Endtroducing.....

by DJ Shadow

Overview

As a suburban California kid, DJ Shadow tended to treat hip-hop as a musical innovation, not as an explicit social protest, which goes a long way toward explaining why his debut album, Endtroducing....., sounded like nothing else at the time of its release. Using hip-hop, not only its rhythms but its cut-and-paste techniques, as a foundation, Shadow created a deep, endlessly intriguing world on Endtroducing....., one where there are no musical genres, only shifting sonic textures and styles. Shadow created the entire album from samples, almost all pulled from obscure, forgotten vinyl, and the effect is that of a hazy, half-familiar dream -- parts of the record sound familiar, yet it's clear that it only suggests music you've heard before, and that the multi-layered samples and genres create something new. And that's one of the keys to the success of Endtroducing.....: it's innovative, but it builds on a solid historical foundation, giving it a rich, multifaceted sound. It's not only a major breakthrough for hip-hop and electronica, but for pop music. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	11/19/1996
Label:	Mo Wax
UPC:	0769712412326
Rank:	31999

Tracks

1. Best Foot Forward
2. Building Steam with a Grain of Salt
3. The Number Song
4. Changeling/Transmission 1
5. What Does Your Soul Look Like, Pt. 4
6. [Untitled Track]
7. Stem/Long Stem/Transmission 2
8. Mutual Slump
9. Organ Donor
10. Why Hip-Hop Sucks in '96
11. Midnight in a Perfect World
12. Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain
13. What Does Your Soul Look Like, Pt. 1 [Blue Sky Revisit]/Transmission 3

Album Credits

Performance Credits

DJ Shadow   Primary Artist
Lyrics Born   Vocals
Gift of Gab   Vocals

Technical Credits

Salva   Remixing,Additional Production
Clams Casino   Remixing,Additional Production
George Alex Spyropoulos   Composer
Karma Kid   Remixing,Additional Production
Bondax   Remixing,Additional Production
Baraka   Composer,Composer
Josh Davis   Composer,Mixing,Composer,Producer,Musical Producer
UZ   Remixing,Additional Production
Jimmy Heath   Composer
Christopher Franke   Composer
James Lavelle   A&R
Edgar Froese   Composer
Pekka Pohjola   Composer
Prince Paul   Remixing,Additional Production
Peshay   Composer,Remixing,Additional Production
Peter Baumann   Composer
Teeko   Remixing,Additional Production
Daedelus   Remixing,Additional Production
Bjoerk   Composer
Cut Chemist   Mixing,Remixing,Additional Production
Marius de Vries   Composer
Nellee Hooper   Composer
Gift of Gab   Composer
DJ Shadow   Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Producer,Mixing Engineer,Musical Producer
Will Bankhead   Design,Photography,Cover Design
Adrian Younge   Remixing,Additional Production
Jeremy Storch   Composer
Hudson Mohawke   Remixing,Additional Production
Ray Smith   Composer
Barney Bankhead   Photography
Automater   Assistant Engineer
DJ Spinn   Remixing,Additional Production
Ben Drury   Design,Cover Design
Patrick Campbell-Lyons   Composer
Kuedo   Remixing,Additional Production
Lee Bannon   Remixing,Additional Production
Pekka Pohoja   Composer