DJ Shadow spent his teenage years in Davis, California and was a DJ at the community radio station KDVS. During his time as a radio disc jockey, DJ Shadow was significant in developing the experimental instrumental hip-hop style associated with the California-based Solesides record label. His early singles for the label, including In/Flux and Lost and Found (S.F.L.), were genre-bending works of art merging elements of funk, rock, hip-hop, ambient, jazz, soul, and used-bin found records. DJ Shadow is often cited as a leading creator of trip-hop, though this is a label he strongly contests.
Although he previously released a couple of original works (during 1991-1992 for Hollywood Records) by the time Mo' Wax's James Lavelle contacted him about releasing In/Flux on the fledgling imprint, it wasn't until his distribution association with Mo' Wax that his sound began to mature and cohere.
Shadow's first full-length work, Endtroducing....., was released in late 1996 to immense critical acclaim. Following the success of this album, he acted as a shadow producer for Rage Against The Machine for their album, Evil Empire. It is said he influenced the solo on their song "Bulls On Parade". Endtroducing... made the Guinness World Records book for "First Completely Sampled Album" in 2001. Preemptive Strike, a compilation of early singles, followed in early 1998. Later that year, Shadow produced tracks for Psyence Fiction, the debut album by U.N.K.L.E., a long-time Mo' Wax production team that gained superstar guests including Thom Yorke (of Radiohead), Richard Ashcroft (of The Verve), Mike D (of the Beastie Boys) and others. His next project came in 1999, with the transformation of Solesides into a new label, Quannum Projects. Nearly six years after his debut production album, his second album, The Private Press, was released in June 2002. In the same year, the movie "Scratch" (2001, Doug Pray) was released to DVD with DJ Shadow appearing several times throughout the movie.
The documentary films "Dark Days" and "Wisconsin Death Trip" feature music of DJ Shadow while "Scratch" features an interview and more music.
DJ Shadow has also collaborated with fellow artist Cut Chemist. Together they have made two CDs entitled Brainfreeze and Product Placement. These albums fuse jazz, funk, and soul in the framework of a cohesive concept. The second of these (Product Placement) followed a very similar pattern to the first, but using remixes/other versions of the songs in roughly the same order.
In the year 2004, Shadow released his feature length DVD, In Tune and On Time. The DVD features a live performance in London, emphasizing intricate visuals.
In 2005, Shadow released a Deluxe Edition of his first album, Endtroducing.... and a new album, titled "The Outsider" in 2006.
While Shadow's earlier works, especially 'Endtroducing.....', are known for their innovation in genres such as hip-hop, ambient, and trip-hop, his fourth full length album, The Outsider, had several tracks dedicated to Hyphy. This decision has been controversial, leaving many fans feeling alienated. DJ Shadow addressed this point in an August, 2006 interview, in which stated, "Repeat Endtroducing over and over again? That was never, ever in the game plan. Fuck that. So I think it's time for certain fans to decide if they are fans of the album, or the artist."
Also in 2005, Brian Udelhofen began work on the Shadow Percussion Project, an attempt to adapt some of the tracks from Endtroducing... for a live performance group. The result was largely successful and well-received by DJ Shadow himself.
In 2007 DJ Shadow was contacted by the Hollywood Bowl to do a show featuring Freeze with Cut Chemist. However, not wanting to repeat old material DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist came up with a whole new routine entitled The Hard Sell. In 2007 and 2008 they went on The Hard Sell tour and were accompanied on stage by two large video screens with visuals created for the tour.
Discography
Solo Albums
* 1996 - Endtroducing.....
* 1998 - Preemptive Strike
* 2000 - Dark Days
* 2002 - The Private Press
* 2003 - The Private Repress (Japanese Remix Album)
* 2004 - In Tune and On Time
* 2005 - Endtroducing... (2xCD Deluxe Edition)
* 2006 - The Outsider
* 2007 - The 4-Track Era Vol.1 Best of the KMEL Mixes
* 2007 - The 4-Track Era Vol.2 Best of the Remixes and Megamixes (1990-1992)
* 2011 - The Less You Know, the Better
with Q Bert
* 1997 - Camel Bobsled Race (Q-Bert Mega Mix) CD-EP
with UNKLE
* 1998 - Psyence Fiction
with Cut Chemist
* 1999 - Brainfreeze
* 2001 - Product Placement
* 2004 - Product Placement on Tour
* 2005 - Freeze
* 2008 - The Hard Sell
with Dan The Automator
* 1998 - Bombay the Hard Way: Guns, Cars and Sitars
Stem / Long Stem
DJ Shadow Lyrics
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And then decide.
I come to play right down
I'll tell your children not to lay right down
I say parking tickets?! you're crazy! I don't
He says well, they have some outstanding warrants left on you,
So they take me in on a chain to long beach.
And now they lock me up in the cell behind the courtroom in Long Beach,
While I'm awaiting to be heard on my traffic offences! parking tickets!
And I panicked, I'm thinking, oh my God, man,
While I'm here, you know, holding me, actually what's to stop them?
I mean what's really to stop them? oh, I assumed that maybe some day
My mother would realize that I should have gotten out!
But ah, she was nice, she would have known but still, what's to stop them?
And I'm panicking
And finally they called, sorry
Oh my god, I am
Scared.
Not a dream
We are using your brain's electrical system as a receiver,
We are unable to transmit to your conscious neural interference,
You are receiving this broadcast as a dream,
We are transmitting from the year 1-9-9
The lyrics of DJ Shadow's song Stem/Long Stem/Transmission 2 are shrouded in mystery, presenting a hallucinatory and disjointed narrative that features a variety of voices and perspectives. The song begins with a distant, muffled voice that speaks the lines "Then go back / And then decide." These lines seem to imply a sense of uncertainty or indecision, suggesting that the singer is facing a difficult choice or decision.
The lyrics then shift to a more direct and urgent tone, as a different voice warns "I come to play right down / I'll tell your children not to lay right down." These lines could be interpreted as a threat or warning, as the singer seems to be suggesting that there is danger lurking nearby.
The song then takes a more autobiographical turn, as the lyrics describe a surreal and menacing encounter with law enforcement. The singer is arrested for outstanding warrants related to parking tickets, and he panics, fearing that he may be unjustly accused and punished. The lyrics of the song create a vivid and unsettling sense of disorientation and paranoia, as the singer struggles to make sense of what is happening around him.
Overall, the lyrics of DJ Shadow's song Stem/Long Stem/Transmission 2 present a complex and enigmatic narrative, exploring themes of uncertainty, fear, and paranoia.
Line by Line Meaning
Then go back
Reflect on your past actions
And then decide.
Make a decision based on your reflection
I come to play right down
I'm here to perform my music with passion and energy
I'll tell your children not to lay right down
I'll inspire and motivate the youth to chase their dreams and not give up
I say parking tickets?! you're crazy! I don't
I denied receiving any parking tickets
He says well, they have some outstanding warrants left on you,
The officer informed me that I have unpaid warrants on my record
And they want to just solve them you know, whatever it'll be.
They want to resolve my unpaid warrants and don't care how they do it
So they take me in on a chain to long beach.
They arrest me and take me to jail in Long Beach
And now they lock me up in the cell behind the courtroom in Long Beach,
I'm locked up in a cell near the court in Long Beach
While I'm awaiting to be heard on my traffic offences! parking tickets!
I'm waiting for my hearing for my traffic offenses and unpaid parking tickets
And I panicked, I'm thinking, oh my God, man,
I became very anxious and scared about the situation
While I'm here, you know, holding me, actually what's to stop them?
I start to question what prevents the authorities from keeping me locked up
I mean what's really to stop them? oh, I assumed that maybe some day
I thought that maybe my mother would come to my rescue, but it was just wishful thinking
My mother would realize that I should have gotten out!
I hoped my mother would understand my plight and help me escape
But ah, she was nice, she would have known but still, what's to stop them?
Even though my mother would have cared, there was no guarantee that it would change my situation
And I'm panicking
I'm feeling extreme anxiety
And finally they called, sorry
Finally, someone told me that I was going to be released
Oh my god, I am
I am in a state of shock
Scared.
Feeling frightened
Not a dream
This is a real experience
We are using your brain's electrical system as a receiver,
This is a message being transmitted to your brain
We are unable to transmit to your conscious neural interference,
The message is being distorted by your thoughts and emotions
You are receiving this broadcast as a dream,
You are interpreting this message as if you are dreaming
We are transmitting from the year 1-9-9
This message is being sent from the year 199x
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: PATRICK CAMPBELL-LYONS, GEORGE ALEX SPYROPOULOS, JOSH PAUL DAVIS
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
SPINER
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SPINER
I don't believe you
Astrobastard
"And now it became, y'know, the days pass, and they pass eternally and endlessly, every day has 3,653 hours in it. I... couldn't breathe.
Every one of us is going to agree that there's one thing that's right: there's only one thing that you own and that's your life, man. And you only own it as long as you've got your freedom."
ilovenewyork89
I love this song and those words are profound
Mariana Didushok
@Matasikox from this song..
Matasikox
<3 what is it taken from?
JONEZ
After being a fan of this album since it dropped its truly amazing to hear contemporary producers breath some new life into it with their sound. Clams nailed this one.
катя синюк
Do u ever find a song so good u want 2 cry
Mamaliga drob de miel
@PortPowerAZ this would be witchhouse in this case