Shadow’s Cast

Dec 21, 2008

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.

Category: Hip hop, Jazz

richard43 says:

December 22, 2008 at 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.

Todd Smith says:

December 22, 2008 at 4:35 pm

Maarten says:

December 22, 2008 at 7:59 pm

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

Javejavor says:

December 23, 2008 at 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.

sonic_synesthesia says:

December 23, 2008 at 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