DJ Shadow - From The Archives

As has been well-documented elsewhere, I spent much of 2012-2014 doing DJ sets of other people's music (as opposed to strictly my own) for the first time since the 90s. I had so much fun hunting around on the internet, looking for the latest weird stuff to work into the set. I once heard a comedian describe their process, how they tried a new joke each night until eventually, they had a solid 75 minutes of their best material. That's how this set felt to me. 2013 was also the peak of EDM, and although I never fully embraced that movement, if you were a DJ, it was impossible not to be influenced by it on some levels. As a result, there's a few moments in the set that, years later, seem a little borderline in terms of an authentic personality fit..but I guess that's the dichotomy between immediacy and timelessness. When playing my own stuff, I sweat the credibility and the 'journey.' This, in contrast, was just for fun. - DJ Shadow
Listen to -
Part 1: https://soundcloud.com/djshadow/all-basses-covered-paradiso-excerpt1
Part 3: https://soundcloud.com/djshadow/all-basses-covered-paradiso-excerpt3

All Basses Covered (Paradiso, Amsterdam 10-19-13) Excerpt 2

As has been well-documented elsewhere, I spent much of 2012-2014 doing DJ sets of other people's music (as opposed to strictly my own) for the first time since the 90s. I had so much fun hunting around on the internet, looking for the latest weird stuff to work into the set. I once heard a comedian describe their process, how they tried a new joke each night until eventually, they had a solid 75 minutes of their best material. That's how this set felt to me. 2013 was also the peak of EDM, and although I never fully embraced that movement, if you were a DJ, it was impossible not to be influenced by it on some levels. As a result, there's a few moments in the set that, years later, seem a little borderline in terms of an authentic personality fit..but I guess that's the dichotomy between immediacy and timelessness. When playing my own stuff, I sweat the credibility and the 'journey.' This, in contrast, was just for fun. - DJ Shadow

Listen to -
Part 1: https://soundcloud.com/djshadow/all-basses-covered-paradiso-excerpt1
Part 2: https://soundcloud.com/djshadow/all-basses-covered-paradiso-excerpt2

All Basses Covered (Paradiso, Amsterdam 10-19-13) Excerpt 3

As has been well-documented elsewhere, I spent much of 2012-2014 doing DJ sets of other people's music (as opposed to strictly my own) for the first time since the 90s. I had so much fun hunting around on the internet, looking for the latest weird stuff to work into the set. I once heard a comedian describe their process, how they tried a new joke each night until eventually, they had a solid 75 minutes of their best material. That's how this set felt to me. 2013 was also the peak of EDM, and although I never fully embraced that movement, if you were a DJ, it was impossible not to be influenced by it on some levels. As a result, there's a few moments in the set that, years later, seem a little borderline in terms of an authentic personality fit..but I guess that's the dichotomy between immediacy and timelessness. When playing my own stuff, I sweat the credibility and the 'journey.' This, in contrast, was just for fun. - DJ Shadow

Listen to -
Part 2: https://soundcloud.com/djshadow/all-basses-covered-paradiso-excerpt2
Part 3: https://soundcloud.com/djshadow/all-basses-covered-paradiso-excerpt3

All Basses Covered (Paradiso, Amsterdam 10-19-13) Excerpt 1

Nite School Klik = DJ Shadow & G Jones

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Nest HQ Guest Mix: Nite School Klik (DJ Shadow & G Jones)

"Sometimes even I'm a little baffled by my choices as a DJ...we were invited to Steve LeMac's radio show in support of the Unkle album, so what do I play? Miami bass! Electro! And some Demon Boyz for ya! It doesn't make a lot of contextual sense, but at least I had fun. This was completely live, direct to air. " - DJ Shadow

From The DJ Shadow Archives -DJ Shadow (UNKLE) Live BBC Evening Session (1998)

"When DJ's have an album project dropping, there's always tons of requests to supply exclusive mixes to various radio shows, and it can be daunting to accomplish them all. This mix seems to incorporate a fair chunk of my live show at the time, a sure sign that I was already out touring to support my record 'The Private Press.'"- DJ Shadow

From The DJ Shadow Archives - Mary Anne Hobbes Mix (2002)

"I really have no specific memory of putting this mix together, or for what purpose. Nonetheless, 'Live In NYC' is what Dat tape says, so I'll go with it. It's a decent representation of me behaving myself and in non-confrontation mode, sticking to a script and playing primarily brand new rap of the era. I remember being kind of proud of the Fantasy Three into De La intro."- DJ Shadow

DJ Shadow Spinning Live In NYC, 1996

"Some time in 1985, I stumbled across a station playing 'The Roof Is On Fire' by Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three, cursing and all. Thus began my initiation into the world of college radio. The first DJ at KDVS to have a rap show was named Oras Washington, and he became an important mentor. I made this brief mix and rode my bike down to the station to hand-deliver the tape. It's pretty rough, but it's a good snapshot of what I was into: East Coast and West Coast rap (not to mention a bit of London) and some James Brown thrown in for good measure."- DJ Shadow

From The DJ Shadow Archives - KDVS 1988 Mix

"This was something I put together to hype up the Solesides Greatest Bumps project, and parts of it ended up dovetailing into our live show at the time."- DJ Shadow

From The DJ Shadow Archives - Quannum Megamix 2000

"I'm fond of this mix because it has a little bit of everything musically. Some deep hip-hop stuff (old and new), but also Mystikal, who was blowing up on a mainstream level. I liked breaking up the conservative 'backpack rap' aesthetic wherever possible. It kept things from getting stale and predictable."- DJ Shadow

From The DJ Shadow Archives - XFM Mix 2002

"We were on one of our many tours of the UK and Europe during this time frame, and stopped by Zane Lowe's show. All of us were crammed into a tiny session room, and went live right to air...no mistakes allowed. This was probably my favorite era in which to DJ, everyone was still using vinyl exclusively and just having fun, scratching like mad. It was me and Chief XCel on the turntables, and Gift Of Gab, Lyrics Born, and Lateef The Truthspeaker on the mic." - DJ Shadow

From the DJ Shadow Archives - DJ Shadow & The Quannum Crew Live on BBC Radio 1 (2000)

"I had a blast putting this show together, and just threw everything I had at it. Hopefully the effort shows the level of my respect for Gilles...I didn't want to come with anything less than my best. I'm particularly proud of the mixes. I think it's safe to say that a definitive playlist of this show could never/ will never be accomplished." - DJ Shadow

From the DJ Shadow Archives - Gilles Peterson 6 Music Takeover 2018 (Hour 1)

From the DJ Shadow Archives - Gilles Peterson 6 Music Takeover 2018 (Hour 2)

From the DJ Shadow Archives - Gilles Peterson 6 Music Takeover 2018 (Hour 3)

"Zane and the Apple team politely extended a promotional opportunity around the release of 'The Mountain Will Fall' in the form of my own Beats1 mini-series. Each show was designed to illuminate the listener to different facets of my career up until that point. I basically had three hours to bring people up to speed so that the new album had context. At one point they asked me what I was going to name it, and I had a funny picture of a guy in my phone, so I used his image and added the hashtag '#Radioface,' for whatever reason. The name didn't really stick, but it was fun putting these together. "- DJ Shadow

From the DJ Shadow Archives - Beats1 Show #1 (2016)

From the DJ Shadow Archives - Beats1 Show #2 (2016)

From the DJ Shadow Archives - Beats1 Show #3 (2016)

"In 2009, I was asked to play the video game convention E3 in support of the release of Activision's DJ Hero. There were only two rules: include some of the mash-ups I made for the game, and no cursing please. I obliged (mostly), and there's some fun moments....recorded several months before the 2009 Halloween set, this is less about the dance floor than an attempt to reference the broader contributions of the DJ and DJ-based music. Watch out for the Coldplay/Bonecrusher mash-up, which is one of my favorite things I ever did."- DJ Shadow

From The DJ Shadow Archives - E3 All Vinyl Set Part 1 (2009)

From The DJ Shadow Archives - E3 All Vinyl Set Part 2 (2009)

In 2009, I consulted for, and appeared in, Activision's DJ Hero video game.   As part of my involvement, I performed at quite a few industry events and eventually did a couple of club dates.  Some of these sets were more rehearsed than others, and the quality varied.  This one, recorded live on Halloween night at a KCRW benefit, was far and away my favorite of the bunch...both in terms of technical display and song selection.  I'll post some of the other recorded sets later, there's some nice moments along the way.- DJ Shadow

DJ Shadow Live in Los Angeles, CA - Halloween, 2009

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