DJ Shadow lending DJ talents to DJ Hero

DJ shadow a start?

He's like the "Che" down tempo, slow jams, hip hop, electronica, etc.

I may have greatly exaggerated, but his older shit still blows my mind.

@nofriendo - no, you did not exaggerate.

DJ Shadow, Tosca (K&D), Amon Tobin, Bonobo.


What are four of the best downtempo DJs out there?

/Johnny Carson

I'm not interested in it, and I have no idea who he is or why I should care o_O

I'm not really interested in the game either. I do enjoy some DJ Shadow from time to time, however.

I especially like UNKLE, a side project he was involved in with James Lavelle. You should check that out, the album is called "Psyence Fiction". UNKLE has a bunch more albums out, but that one is arguable the best. It's got some collaborations on there with Mike D, Richard Ashcroft, Thom Yorke and Badly Drawn Boy, to name a few.

Amen to Phyence Fiction. That alone got me into the genre.

I'm not sure, but it's definitely done.

Didn't we have this discussion the other day?

If you don't think it takes talent to be a good turntablist, well, you probably don't know shit about turntablism. It's as easy as that. You can go ahead and dispute its validity as an instrument all you want (though I still feel that's retarded considering the definition of instrument), but to act as though it takes no talent, no skill, no musical insight... well, bro, that's pretty stupid. Then again, I wouldn't be surprised if you're one of those tards who believes that all there is to it is cross-fading and scratching...

Yeah, the flaw in your whole attack mode Shag is that you assume that a DJ is only a DJ, and that's it. I know several touring, successful, instrument-playing professional musicians who also DJ a lot. It's only the haters that assume that's all the the DJ does or wants to be. Shadow has a wicked scratch, with a lot of control and swing, and he also drums a bit to create breaks for some of his recordings.

I actually don't care that much if people are super-skilled musicians - being a good guitarist, etc., doesn't always mean good music. I'm happy with mediocre skills or samples if the energy and heart is there. I'd take listening to 'Never Mind The Bollocks' or "What Does Your Soul Look Like" over some super-tight noodling by some dick at a Guitar Center workshop. I enjoy well-played music with humans playing instruments, but I also respect what goes into hip-hop and breaks. It's like photography vs. painting; I don't bother arguing which is better, I just appreciate both.

On a side tangent, that is a sick Raiden-esque illustration of Shadow! That 'Ape General' sweatshirt is taking it back a decade when BAPE was almost exclusively seen in pics of Beastie Boys, Futura, James Lavelle, Solex, Cornelius, Ian Brown, and of course Shadow himself. I'm not mad, but I do see a lot of spazzes wearing it now.

I wish he was down with the OTHER dj game though. That controller and the BS conflict between the companies is what's wrong with hip-hop in '96, if you know whatuhmsayin'.

Shit, man, I didn't know there were other Format fans out there. HIGH FIVE

Music for the Mature B-Boy is still in my car's CD player, it's been there for the last month (switching it out every now and then with some of Edan's stuff).

I have no idea what you just said. =U

I heard that The Google has a bunch of links to his music. It's http://www.google.com