At 11.53 97-03-09 -0500, you wrote:
quoted 6 lines I realize that this is all old news, but i've been away from my computer
>I realize that this is all old news, but i've been away from my computer
>for a while...I tuned in the NPR DJ Shadow review, and i'm curious about
>him and the other artists mentioned, including Dr. Octagon. what's his
>stuff like? I'm beginning to take an interest in Mo' Wax's output, and i
>like the stuff i've heard so far(which isn't much)...any information would
>be welcome.
the dj shadow album "endtroducing..." is the most brilliant item i've heard
from mo'wax so far. it's a 9,5 out of 10. without doubt. if you've been
locked away in a little dark basement the whole -96 and got out in -97
wondering what three records you should by from the passed year i'd say
first of all DJ SHADOW, squarepusher and then the black dogs music for
adverts. but dj shadow is probably the most brilliant record of them all.
it's beautiful, it's ugly, it's slow, it's fast, it's divided up, it's
united, it's great but it ain't bad on one single fuckin minute.
dj shadow (josh davis) says he's doing hiphop. he is, but then again he's
not. for some of the homeboys down at NYC this album probably's an
anachronism, and totally unlistenable. i guess a lynching of djshadow would
be kinda fitting for them homies. josh davis probably hasn't written a
single melodi on "endtroducing..." (well, maybe one;), and he probably have
got that 100MB sampler we all wish we had, cuz everything on this album is
sampled. blacksabbath, james brown, africa bambaataa, bjork, everything has
it's place on this record. and it's just so brilliant.
josh davis personal grand ol master is kool dj herc (first saluted in the
booklet) an old jamaican who came to america in 67 and blew away all all the
other soundsystems in west bronx. he taught people that a good beat were a
good beat even if it came from a shampoo commercial. this message seems to
have had a pretty stong impact on the shadow. beats and beats and beats. and
some more beats. probably stolen from things we wouldn't want to touch with
a bargepole...
it's ambient and hiphop at the same time, most people would accordingly call
it "triphop". i myself looks upon it as a long, exciting and pleasant
journey through mr davis personal record collection.
an exploring record indeed.
kool dj herc is probably smiling at his foremost disciple. the homeboys
would probably want to see him rolled in tar and feathers and old vanilla
ice sleeves. i want to kiss the man for bringing me a record like this.
incredible and totally uttery awesome.
i'm not familiar to dj shadows other releases but, you bet, i will be.
sell your tv is you can't afford it in some other way.
as for dr octagon, i've only heard that "instrumenatlist" album, and it's
really nothing that i would reccomend to anyone. maybe an enemy of mine, but
no other one. avoid at all cost or something like that. i belive it's an
instumental verison of another, earlier, record, and hopefully that's a
little bit more interesting, cus this "instumentalist" album really sucks
major rocks.
my 0.2.
franz..
np. dj shadow - building steam with a grain of salt.
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