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DJ Shadow shares his musical milestones with Matt Everitt in an interview first broadcast in 2011.

DJ Shadow shares his musical milestones with Matt Everitt in an interview first broadcast in 2011.

DJ Shadow discusses the music he first heard as a child, how a West Coast boy was so attracted by the New York hip hop, beat box, break dance & graffiti scene. He also remembers working with James Lavelle and his releases on Mo' Wax, including his record-breaking Entroducing album, and what it was like going from bedroom DJ to working with world-class artists.

1 hour

Last on

Wed 31 Mar 2021 01:00

Music Played

  • DJ Shadow

    THE NUMBER SONG

    • ENDTRODUCING.
    • FONTANA ISLAND.
    • X-X.
  • Lipps, Inc.

    FUNKY TOWN

    • Hits of... 79/80.
    • Polydor.
    • 515-008 2.
  • DEVO

    JOCKO HOMO

    • ARE WE NOT MEN?.
    • VIRGIN.
    • OVED-37.
  • Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

    THE MESSAGE

    • The Message.
    • 2good.
    • B000JCDTLQ.
  • The Gap Band

    YOU DROPPED A BOMB ON ME

    • BEST OF THE GAP BAND.
    • MERCURY.
    • 824-343-2.
  • VINCE GUARALDI

    CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE

    • VINCE GUARALDI A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS.
    • FANTASY.
    • 8431-2.
  • Public Enemy

    Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos

    • IT TAKES A NATION OF MILLIONS TO HOLD US BACK.
    • DEF JAM.
    • 527-3582.
  • DJ Shadow

    ORGAN DONOR

    • ORGAN DONOR.
    • MCA MUSIC.
    • 540-607-2.
  • DJ Shadow

    MIDNIGHT IN A PERFECT WORLD

    • ENDTRODUCING.
    • MO WAX.
    • MWCD-059.
  • UNKLE

    Rabbit in your headlights

    • Rabbit in your headlights.
    • Mo Wax.
    • MW-103CD.
  • DJ Shadow

    I GOTTA ROKK

    • PROMO SINGLE.
    • Copyright Control.
    • PROMO1.
  • The Royal Guardsman

    SNOOPY VS THE RED BARON

    • DANCING ON A SATURDAY NIGHT.
    • OLD GOLD.
    • OG-3713.
  • DJ Shadow

    Organ Donor

    • MOWAX.
  • The Royal Guardsman

    Snoopy vs. The Red Baron

  • Elvis Costello

    Less Than Zero

    • DEMON.
  • Bobby Womack

    Please Forgive My Heart

    • XL Recordings.
  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

    Radio Waves

    • Virgin.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 2 Oct 2011 12:00
  • Mon 4 Dec 2017 04:00
  • Sun 22 Sep 2019 04:00
  • Tue 14 Apr 2020 01:00
  • Wed 31 Mar 2021 01:00

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