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DJ Shadow - Endtroducing (20th Anniversary)

Review by Ed Ledsham

This package is totally unnecessary as anything except a cash-grab»

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2016 has been a stellar year for experimental hip hop luminary DJ Shadow, aka Josh Davis, with the release of his critically acclaimed studio album The Mountain Will Fall – his first release in five years – drawing praise from all corners. For many, it is Shadow’s 1996 debut album Endtroducing that they keep on going back to, widely regarded as a groundbreaking release that paved the way for experimental hip hop and changed the shape of electronic music from that point on. This year marks 20 years since that pivotal release, and to mark the occasion the San Francisco-based producer has announced a special deluxe CD / LP 20th Anniversary Endtrospective Edition featuring the original album, a collection of demos, alternate takes and live versions titled Excessive Ephemera and 12 specially commissioned remixes from some of contemporary electronic music’s leading lights including Hudson Mohawke, Clams Casino, Salva, Prince Paul, Bondax and Karma Kid and more. The CD / LP package includes expanded liner notes from a new interview conducted by Eliot Wilder (author of the lauded 33 1/3 book on the album) and some never-before-published photographs by B+ and Phil Knott to create the 20th anniversary release as Deluxe 3CD and 6LP (3 x double LP) sets.
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