DJ Shadow

Heard of DJ Shadow? Hip/Hop producer and DJ. Excellent producer and DJ. Always brings some large beats to the table. Sequences them up so funky. Here are 3 EPs of his featuring some material that you might not have heard before and some that you might have. Two of these EPs, High Noon and Stem feature some tracks that appear on Shadow's debut Endtroducing... while the third, Lost & Found (S.F.L.)/Kemuri, is a split EP featuring the Japanese DJ, DJ Krush on the latter track. Definitely some gems in here.

"High Noon" is a sweet track featuring a guitar riff which drops out to a solid break and keys section. A fairly typical DJ Shadow instrumental which in my opinion is most often a good thing cuz at least you'll be able to hear some awesome drums.

The vocal sample in "Devil's Advocate (Heaven v. Hell - Bonus Beat)" says it all. It's all about the beat on this track. Many various other instruments and sounds come into this track but it is the drums that keep it going and when the track strips down to solely drums the track really stands out.

"Stem" features some more electronic sounding beats. The other version of stem, "Long Stem" uses part of the sample from "Organ Donor" and is a good alternate mix to the original. Much more drawn out and without the enormous drums in the original. Upgrade IMO. "Red Bus Needs To Leave" is once again another chance for DJ Shadow to show off his drum sequencing skills. Finally "Why Hip Hop Sucks In '96/Soup" feature the same beat but with different vocal samples. This time I'd have to favor the album cut.

The final EP features the awesome DJ Krush and you can hear his influence in both his cut and Shadow's. I'd have to say that DJ Krush's track gets my head nodding quicker but Shadow's track on this EP is one of my favorites of all 3 EPs.

Overall just a bunch of solid tracks from a couple solid EPs by a couple solid artists.

DJ Shadow - Stem, High Noon, Lost & Found (S.F.L.)/Kemuri

also more DJ Krush! His album Holonic which has the track "Kemuri." Check him out. A DJ from the other side of the Pacific.



DJ Krush - Holonic

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1. Forward

2. Anticipation

3. Yeah

4. What's Behind Darkness

5. Freestyle 1

6. To Be Continued

7. Fucked-Up Pendulum

8. Freestyle 2

9. Am3:00tyo

10. Duality

11. Light (Can You See It)

12. Dig This Vibe

13. Temps

14. Only the Strong Survive

15. Real

16. Shin-Sekai

17. Kemuri

18. Bypath -- Would You Take It?

19. Skin Against Skin