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DJ Shadow, a.k.a. Josh Davis, could be credited with bringing newfound introspection to the gloating sounds of hip-hop. Condensed with urban oscillations and scatological beats, Endtroducing... shutters with eclectic samples and aural montages that reach beyond the constraints of hip-hop style. Enhancing the mix with fundamentals of rock, soul, funk, ambient, and jazz, the modern fusions fail to go unnoticed, even by the casual listener. While most of the tracks are compiled by layering samples from vinyl treasures found in used-record bins, the production quality of the mosaic is unmatched. Darkened melodies carry throughout the album with its eye on the end of the tunnel. The narration samples come from numerous sources and keep the listener involved and waiting for resolution. With a message as fragmentary as an overheard conversation, Endtroducing... conveys no apparent conclusion, but begs the mind, body, and soul for some rewind. --Lucas Hilbert
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This Deluxe Edition includes a bonus CD of demos, alternate versions and remixes. DJ Shadow, a.k.a. Josh Davis, could be credited with bringing newfound introspection to the gloating sounds of hip-hop. Condensed with urban oscillations and scatological beats, Endtroducing... shutters with eclectic samples and aural montages that reach beyond the constraints of hip-hop style. Enhancing the mix with fundamentals of rock, soul, funk, ambient, and jazz, the modern fusions fail to go unnoticed, even by the casual listener. While most of the tracks are compiled by layering samples from vinyl treasures found in used-record bins, the production quality of the mosaic is unmatched. Darkened melodies carry throughout the album with its eye on the end of the tunnel. The narration samples come from numerous sources and keep the listener involved and waiting for resolution. With a message as fragmentary as an overheard conversation, Endtroducing... conveys no apparent conclusion, but begs the mind, body, and soul for some rewind. --Lucas Hilbert
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
From the moment 'Best Foot Forward' introduces Shadow (aka San Fransisco born Josh Davis) as "just your favourite DJ saviour", you know it's going to be a rollercoaster ride. From the chilled out bliss of 'What Does Your Soul Look Like?' to the frantic beats of 'Stem', this is the sound of modern music being re-invented. It's not just his exquisite choice of samples, it's the revlutionary way he uses them to create completely new pieces of music. The standout track for me (and many others) has always been 'Midnight In A Perfect World', with its delicious female vocal draped over that fantastic hook which makes you weak at the knees every time you hear it. All that and a pounding beat added to the fray make it an absolutely killer tune. But having said that all the tracks on this album have a remarkably polished quality about them, even the slightly rawer 'Napalm Death', and Shadow has somehow managed to capture a spectrum of different moods and make them work on one album. There is no easy way to sum up this album, all I can do is plead that if you don't have it, you must buy it. It is the defining album of its kind for the nineties, and I believe it will in later years come to be regarded as one of the classics of all time.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I always find it strange when people talk about their favourite track on this album. The whole "experience" is what makes this album so good. There is not one stand out track: the whole thing plays like one continuous stand out track! The onslaught of almost maddening beats give way to sudden passages of tranquility that use each other to great effect through the contrast they produce. Playing like a modern day classical piece this is diverse and dark. Also like the best music it rewards repeated (even continuous) listening!
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
What more can I say about this epoch making album that hasn't been said already?Entroducing,for me is perhaps the greatest beat constructed audio journey ever committed to vinyl and cd.Dj Shadow has beautifully composed a mesmerising album of pure uncut bliss that awakens and reinvigorates the soul.Lush strings and spine tingling spaced out samples and sounds are fused like a match made in heaven with Shadow's penchant for sampling the deepest of drum patterns and heaviest of drum soaked breaks.Unlike many of his other contempories,Dj Shadow is more than simply a Dj,he's a musical genius and beat innovator and treats the sampler like a real instrument and has made sampling an art form.One could say that Dj Shadow is the Beethoven of sampling,ie,always challenging the boundaries of musical creativity and taking his form of music beyond the next level.I urge all discerning lovers of music to introduce themselves to Entroducing,your life will be enriched for it.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Still Brilliant
A corner stone in music and a huge step down the enlightend path of DJ Shadow...
I'm now hooked and will seek out his other early works. Top Class music engineering!
I'm now hooked and will seek out his other early works. Top Class music engineering!
Published 1 month ago by philip Smart
The Best Instrumental Album Ever Released
...Seriously. Despite only using samples, Shadow has crafted an incredibly deep, detailed and sophisticated melange of horror-movie piano, slithering guitar and those oh-so-perfect... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Ned Blackburn
Superb !!!!!!!
If you listen to this and don't think it's amazing:- you must be dead!!!!!
You won't be disappointed.......one of the best DJ albums.
You won't be disappointed.......one of the best DJ albums.
Published 9 months ago by Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
good film, shame about the DVD
I'm sure there is nothing wrong with the film, but the quality of the DVD is appaling! crackling, skipping, jumping, it was a hard to keep track of the story.
Published 11 months ago by Sally
Iconic for the 90s and Noughties generations
In the 1970s if you had a teenage party it was essential to play a Pink Floyd album or Mike Oldfield's "Tubular bells" - they were the hip, spacey, unconventional music of their... Read more
Published 15 months ago by AlanMusicMan
Dull and repetitive
I downloaded the track `Organ Donor' by DJ Shadow a couple of years ago and it's been a firm favourite of mine, so when I read the rave reviews on Amazon and other websites for... Read more
Published 15 months ago by DS
Is this the DELUXE version with the bonus disc??
Is this the deluxe version? IIt's not very clear, for example it says it is the deluxe edition with bonus disc under the product description yet says under product details that it... Read more
Published 16 months ago by vel
Essential Listening
This is one of those records that is utterly timeless, completely in tune with every decade where electronica has played a major part. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Mr. M. L. Hawes
One of the best albums I own
This is one of those albums the more you listen to the more you like, if I listened to this album once i would have given it 3 stars, I just can't resist playing it most nights (it... Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2009 by tim moss
Get It
Bit of a classic really. The only thing I can add to the other reviewers comments is this: Wondering whether it's worth getting rid of the single disc edition you have and... Read more
Published on 19 July 2009 by Andy Barnard
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