DJ Shadow – Endtroducing…..

Another friday, another classic- this time in the shape of DJ Shadow‘s instrumental hip hop masterpiece “Endtroducing…..“.

Released to critical acclaim in 1996, on James Lavelle‘s Mo’ Wax label, the album was created solely using samples from other records put together on a Akai MPC60. Whilst nowadays there’s a glut of artists using computers to try and achieve the same result (not always successfully!) Shadow’s debut album legitimised turntablism as a genre in it’s own right.

I’ve put two of my favourite tracks below, but if you haven’t heard the album in its entirety I recommend you do.

DJ Shadow – Midnight In A Perfect World

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DJ Shadow – The Number Song

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