DJ Shadow Archive Shows

"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)

"Without a doubt the most technically-involved set I've ever been a part of.  Eight turntables, often all playing at once, with our feet controlling loop pedals.  We had toured versions of the set on and off for nearly two years, and by this point we were pretty much at our peak.  Cut and I have occasionally discussed doing another 45 set, but we always come back to the same conclusion: 'We'll never be able to top The Hard Sell!" - DJ Shadow

From The DJ Shadow Archives - DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist Live in Portland (July 2008)

"Shortly after finishing my 2016 album 'The Mountain Will Fall,' I was given the prestigious task of preparing my second Essential Mix for BBC Radio1.  It had been nearly 15 years since my first go-round, so I felt obligated to go all the way in. This first part was all about the new, showcasing my favorite underground beats & stuff.  As with my first Essential Mix, the gears shift radically at the halfway mark, so it seemed to make sense in a streaming context to let this power-hour stand on its own."  

-DJ Shadow

DJ Shadow Essential Mix 2016 (Hour 1)

"If you're having a difficult time identifying any of these tracks, there's a reason for that...they're all derived from vintage demo cassettes, most of which were unheard by the general public until this mix.  It's something I had been planning for some time, and it all feeds back into the 'crate digger' aesthetic I've always valued so much as a DJ.  When the mix originally aired, I had to edit some of the language, so here it is for the first time in full uncensored glory."

-DJ Shadow

DJ Shadow Essential Mix 2016 (Hour 2)

"This is the unedited version of my mix for Diplo's show on the BBC; you'll hear a few of my favorite bits worked into later live sets, for example the Paradiso Amsterdam show later that year.  Fully aware of the audience I was playing to, this mix is about as ratchet as I ever went, or ever would have wanted to go.  Fun times though." -DJ Shadow

BBC Radio1 Diplo & Friends Guest Mix, 2013

"For a brief time beginning in early 1991, for one hour a month, I was able to command the airwaves of the largest urban radio station in San Francisco...and my agenda was to bring the real.  These were among the first all-rap (no R&B, no crossover) to ever air on commercial radio in the Bay Area.  It was made on my 4-track cassette recorder, and I threw the kitchen sink at it.  Dedicated to my mixshow heroes who came before me: Michael Erickson, Dave Moss, Theo, Cameron Paul, Alexander Mejia, and King Tech."- DJ Shadow

DJ Shadow KMEL Mix #1 (1991)

"Based on the favorable listener response to the first mix, I was invited back for more. If you thought the first mix was wild, this one is even further out there. Maybe TOO out there, based on the grumbling at the station during the first few minutes (ha). Much love to everyone at KMEL who allowed a young teenager with big ideas the opportunity to do something different."- DJ Shadow

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