Shadow’s Cast

December 21, 2008 at 11:16 pm

To light a candle is to cast a shadow
- Ursula le Guin

DJ Shadow - Building Steam with a Grain of Salt
(Endtroducing. . . . ./1996)
Daedelus - Pursed Lips Reply ft. Sach
(Invention/ 2002)
DJ Shadow - What Does Your Soul Look Like? (Part 4)
(Endtroducing. . . . ./ 1996)
Daedelus - Perchance a Bit
(Invention/ 2002)
DJ Shadow - Six Days
(The Private Press/ 2002)
Radiohead - The Gloaming (DJ Shadow Remix)
(Would You Buy A War From This Man? 7″/ 2004)
DJ Shadow - Fixed Income (Remix)
(The Private Press/ 2002)
Aceyalone - Forward
(A Book of Human Language/ 1998)
DJ Shadow - In/Flux
(In/Flux / Hindsight/ 1993)
Aceyalone & RJD2 - A Beautiful Mine
(Mad Men: Music from the Series, Vol. 1/ 2008)

sidenote(s): Piggybacking off of InsideOut — kind of — I put together a bit of a year-end wind down list. DJ Shadow’s groundbreakingly legendary tracks have been the soundtrack of my 2008; so what better way to reflect on the year than to offer a sonic sampling of my mode and mindset during the past 12 months. To cut the monotony, I mixed a few of my personal favorites — many of whom came in as very close seconds on the 2008 iPod play count, and many of whom find inspiration in the Shadow. Aceyalone is a Los Angelean legend on the mic. Daedelus uses an incredibly innovative merger of almost-Baroque, ambient, and drum ‘n bass to create a strikingly distinctive sound. RJD2 needs no introduction; but for fairness’ sake, he uses sampling to emphasize the roots of hip-hop through soul and fundamental drum ‘n bass beats. So here’s my year to segue you into a splendiforous 2009 — enjoi.

photo credit: aleXpro3 via brooklyn Art Project.com

Posted by sonic_synesthesia in Jazz, hip hop -

12 Comments »

  1. richard43 said, December 22, 2008 @ 3:06 pm

    Thanks for the nice post. Really appreciated the point to Aceyalone. Had not paid attention to him before. Have a nice peacful holiday.

  2. Todd Smith said, December 22, 2008 @ 4:35 pm

    :D

  3. Maarten said, December 22, 2008 @ 7:59 pm

    Thanks for all your time you put in this great blog!

  4. Javejavor said, December 23, 2008 @ 3:22 am

    The DJ Shadow tracks are really great. I only knew his “Organ Donor” thing up to now, but this is waaay better.

  5. sonic_synesthesia said, December 23, 2008 @ 10:07 am

    Glad you all are digging the list; as always, as long as it resonates with someone, i’m in great spirits

    richard: happy holidays to you as well

    todd: :D

    maarten: thanks for all the time you spent reading and listening

    javejavor: yeah, organ donor is on endtroducing with these tracks; that album made me look around a bit more for his other stuff, and theres tons to be found out there so definitely give it a go … glad i could spark a bit of interest haha

  6. kata rokkar said, December 25, 2008 @ 12:07 am

    GOD i love this blog

  7. sonic_synesthesia said, December 25, 2008 @ 1:03 am

    merry christmas kata

  8. Billy Angel said, December 25, 2008 @ 5:04 am

    Thanks for DJ Shadow
    Thank baby Jesus for motel de moka

  9. kata rokkar said, December 25, 2008 @ 5:58 am

    merry christmas sonic

  10. Siva Nishan said, December 25, 2008 @ 11:39 pm

    Dj Shadow is a legend!.. Thanks for the great posts all year round. Happy holidays and here’s to a grand 2009!. :)

  11. Jeremy said, January 7, 2009 @ 2:09 pm

    A Beautiful Mine is an incredible song — thanks for exposing its beauty to the rest of us.

  12. annieontheroad said, January 17, 2009 @ 7:45 am

    I second the “GOD i love this blog” quote. Thanks for the music.

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