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DJ Shadow Debuts New KCRW Show

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April 10, 2017 • This week, the pioneering DJ and producer kicks off a monthly Saturday-night residency called Find, Share, Rewind.

DJ Shadow Debuts New KCRW Show

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Best Music Videos Of 2016

Best Music Videos Of 2016: DJ Shadow, 'Nobody Speak (Feat. Run The Jewels)'

August 24, 2016 • The short film for "Nobody Speak," brilliantly directed by Sam Pilling, is a powerful — if sometimes comical — statement on the dysfunction of this year's political season.

Watch DJ Shadow's Hilarious Alien Abduction

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Music Videos

Watch DJ Shadow's Hilarious Alien Abduction

December 14, 2016 • Aliens are bent on abducting a drunk man in the middle of the night. But, with a six-pack of beer tucked under his arm, he doesn't go quietly.

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World Cafe

DJ Shadow On World Cafe

XPN

November 2, 2016 • "All the technology in the world can't make a DJ with bad taste a good DJ," the sampling pioneer says. In this session, he discusses his latest album, This Mountain Will Fall.

DJ Shadow On World Cafe

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Josh Davis, a.k.a. DJ Shadow, spins live on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic. Larry Hirshowitz/KCRW hide caption

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Favorite Sessions

KCRW Presents: DJ Shadow

KCRW

March 6, 2013 • The legendary producer and turntablist celebrates the release of his greatest-hits album, Reconstructed: Best of DJ Shadow, by performing his "Organ Donor Megamix" on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic.

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Music Reviews

Music critic Milo Miles

Fresh Air

January 7, 2003 • Music critic Milo Miles reviews two new recordings that rely on new technology: DJ Shadow's The Private Press (on MCA) and The Best Bootlegs in the World. Ever.

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Real Media

DJ Shadow On Sampling As A 'Collage Of Mistakes'

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Music Interviews

DJ Shadow On Sampling As A 'Collage Of Mistakes'

November 17, 2012 • More than 15 years after his game-changing debut, Endtroducing....., the hip-hop producer born Josh Davis is about to see his work get the deluxe box set treatment. He explains where he finds the scraps of sound that make up his albums and why he does his best work when he's alone.

DJ Shadow On Sampling As A 'Collage Of Mistakes'

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First Listen: DJ Shadow, 'The Less You Know, The Better'

DJ Shadow's new album, The Less You Know, The Better, comes out Oct. 4. Dirk Lindner/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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First Listen

First Listen: DJ Shadow, 'The Less You Know, The Better'

KCRW

September 25, 2011 • The latest album from the left-field hip-hop shaman features more gritty, mystic tales of the everyday, plus collaborations with members of Little Dragon and De La Soul.