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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

Following from the buzz garnered by his remix for Machinedrum last Fall, Shadow has applied his production techniques to a fascinating subject: '70s Dutch prog band Supersister.  Releasing a handful of albums on Polydor between 1970 and 1974, the band counted among its ranks one Robert Jan Stips, whose keyboard playing caught the ear of Shadow way back in the mid '90s.  (That's Robert Jan's playing you hear sampled on both the "Organ Donor Remix" AND "Rabbit In Your Headlights" by Unkle!)  Stips and Shadow met in 2010 at one of Shadow's Netherlands "Shadowsphere" shows, and a discussion was introduced about the possibility of a remix or other collaboration.  "It just seemed appropriate," says Shadow, "Given how influenced I've been by RJ Stips' playing.  Plus, it's a great way to draw attention not only to the songs I've sampled, but their broader work as well."  On his remix, Shadow interpolates portions of "Dona Nobis Pacem" by Supersister, and twists them into a complex framework inspired by elements of footwork and the contemporary California beat scene (check out that drop!!!)

Thanks to RJ Stips and Shadow, the remix is being made available as a free download above and here: http://bit.ly/DJS-SupersisterDL

Curious listeners can also learn about Supersister and RJ Stips' other projects via the following links:
http://supersister.nl/
http://www.stips.net/
http://www.nits.nl

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