DJ Shadow's Endtroducing (33 1/3)
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (966 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0826416829 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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"From DJ Shadow's passion for music to his involvement in mixing and interactions with some of the key electronica wizards of modern times, any who would understand the man or his music needs Endtroducing in their collection."- The Midwest Book Review (Midwest Book Review)'It's good to see DJ Shadow's 1996 debut LP Endtroducinggetting the 33 1/3 treatment: the series of smart pocketsize bookscanonising classic albums'
"Great album. Good book." according to Dawn-Marie. Unlike Entroducing the album, which is essentially flawless, Eliot Wilder's book has its pros and cons. I'm going to throw out four items I think any prospective buyer of the book should know, and then briefly comment on what I found to be the pros and cons of each item.1. The autho. Best of Series From the 33 1/3's, I've read David Bowie's LOW, Eno's ANOTHER GREEN WORLD, Neil Young's HARVEST,and The Pixies DOOLITTLE. This is by far my favorite title in the series. And to be honest, I'm not a big hip hop fan. The book is basically an extended interview with DJ Shadow as he tel. "Great story of one of americas genius'" according to Casey Wheeler. Great story of one of americas genius', behind his primitive tooled opus, showing that sampling IS a respected art form
What resonated about Endtroducing when it was released in 1996, and what makes it still resonate today, is the way in which it loosens itself from the mooring of the known and sails off into an uncharted territory that seems to exist both in and out of time. Josh Davis is not only a master sampler and turntablist supreme, he is also a serious archeologist with a world-thirsty passion (what Cut Chemist refers to as Josh's "spidey sense") for seeking out, uncovering and then ripping apart the discarded graces of some other generation - that "pile of broken dreams" - and weaving them back together into a tapestry of chronic bleakness and bea