Why DJ Shadow's Endtroducing is a crate-digging cinematic masterpiece

About this episode

The episode features a discussion on DJ Shadow's iconic album Endtroducing, exploring its impact and unique sound.

We gathered to listen through one of the most singular debut albums ever made. Here's the recording of the chat. Niall is joined at our live listening event Listen Closely in the Big Romance by Cian Galvin aka Irish hip-hop producer and crate digger The Expert to discuss... DJ Shadow - Endtroducing (1996) A towering achievement in sample-based plunderphonics, music arrangements and turntablist-lead production techniques, DJ Shadow's 1996's debut album Endtroducing remains one of the most evocative and singular classic albums of recent times. Entirely built of obscure crate-dug samples using an Akai MPC60 sampler, Endtroducing's cinematic soundscapes finds a transportive space where emotionally resonant electronica and hip-hop meet - the middle ground between light and shadow. It is considered one of the best albums of all-time, and is certainly one of mine. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen on Apple | Android | Patreon | Pocketcasts | CastBox | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS Feed | Pod.Link The third instalment of our loosely titled Plunderphonics series for the Nialler9 Listening Party brought us to a…

People in this episode

Host: Niall

Guest: Cian Galvin

Topics covered

• DJ Shadow
• Endtroducing
• crate-digging
• sample-based music
• plunderphonics
• hip-hop production
• live listening event

Keywords

• DJ Shadow
• Endtroducing
• 1996
• sample-based music
• plunderphonics
• hip-hop
• music production
• live event

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mo' Wax

Books & works: DJ Shadow - Endtroducing

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