DJ Shadow News

December 30, 1999

Dance the Slurp-- One More Time! DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist are going to perform a "farewell performance" of Brainfreeze on January 18th at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles. "We always intended to do a show in LA, even before I asked [Cut Chemist] to join me on the road in October..." said DJ Shadow in a recent e-mail, "then he got his records stolen. Now that they're back, we're doing this 'farewell performance' in LA. Luke always wanted to do it in his hometown." I don't have any information about ticket prices, yet. If you are in the area, you shouldn't miss this show!

December 20, 1999

Endtroducing.com Swag! Be the first on your block to own the nifty Endtroducing.com logoed teeshirts, coffee mugs and mousepads! The proceeds of the sales go to supporting the efforts of yours truly! Visit the new Endtroducing.com Gear Store.

Cut's Records Returned! Cut Chemist's stolen 45's have been returned. Let's hope this spells a return to Shadow and Cut Chemist reproducing Brainfreeze live!

November 10, 1999

Goodwill Tour '99 Teeshirts For Sale Did you miss DJ Shadow on tour this Fall? Did you not bring enough cash to buy Brainfreeze and a teeshirt? Well, fret no more! While supplies last, you can get one of the very cool Blue International Goodwill Tour teeshirts for $19.99 at ArtistDirect. There are only 300 left, so hurry before they are all gone!

November 3, 1999

DJ Shadow Samples Site Updated with Brainfreeze The DJ Shadow Samples site has been updated to include the Brainfreeze samples. As reported below, Cut Chemist had all his 45s for the Brainfreeze set stolen. It is becoming less and less likely that these records will be recovered. If you would like to help Cut Chemist recover some of his lost records, so that he and DJ Shadow will be able to perform this set live again, e-mail DOP if you come across any of the records on the page that are marked with a red HELP and would like to help out Cut Chemist.

October 23, 1999

Cut Chemist Gets Brainfreeze source vinyl stolen
From Allstar Daily News,19 October 1999

Another one to add to the rash of equipment being stolen from musicians: Monday (Oct. 18) night during the Philadelphia stop of DJ Shadow's tour, Shadow announced that his opening act, Cut Chemist, would not be able to perform. The reason? All of his albums, including the 45s Cut and Shadow had for the "All 45's Duel" never showed up from the airport. When Chemist's equipment failed to show up in Baltimore, they thought it was just a case of lost luggage, one of the perils of touring coast-to-coast. But during the Philadelphia show at the Theater For The Living Arts, Shadow announced that the records are now presumed stolen. Other musicians with recent theft problems include Sonic Youth, Fear Factory, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, and Sun Volt.

October 6, 1999

MTV's Website has a newsitem referring to DJ Shadow's tour as the "International Goodwill Tour."

September 30, 1999

Here are the current tour dates, complete with venue and guests!

Oct 6	PNE Forum, VANCOUVER w/Chemical Brothers
Oct 8	Bill Graham Civic, SAN FRANCISCO w/Chemical Brothers & Underworld
Oct 9	Bojangles, SACRAMENTO support- Blackalicious
Oct 10	COACHELLA FESTIVAL, INDIO
Oct 12	W.O.W, EUGENE w/Cut Chemist
Oct 13	Aerospace, SEATTLE w/Cut Chemist
Oct 14	Station 315, PORTLAND w/Cut Chemist
Oct 17	Fletchers, BALTIMORE w/Cut Chemist
Oct 18	TLA, PHILADELPHIA w/Cut Chemist
Oct 19	Bowery Ballroom, NEW YORK w/Cut Chemist
Oct 22	St. Andrews, DETROIT special guests-Latyrx
Oct 23	Smart Bar, CHICAGO special guests-Latyrx
Oct 24	The Quest, MINNEAPOLIS special guests-Latyrx
Oct 26	Bluebird, DENVER special guests-Latyrx
Oct 28	Numbers, HOUSTON special guests-Latyrx
Oct 30	Music Hall, AUSTIN w/Jurassic 5
Oct 31	Club Superstar, HONOLULU
Nov 1	Wave Waikiki,WAIKIKI

Handsome Boy Modelling School set to be released October 19th. The name of the album is "So... How's Your Girl?" and is on Tommy Boy. The album, a collaboration between Prince Paul and The Automator, will include appearances from Mike D, DJ Shadow (DJ Quest on the track "Holy Calamity (Bear Witness II)"), Sean Lennon, Alec Empire, Trugoy, and Money Mark, among others. You can preorder it here.

September 21, 1999

Shadow has asked me to remove the eBay message as he feels it has been up long enough to get his message out. I will be removing the September 11th entry.

Tour Dates:
Oct. 6th (Wednesday) Vancouver @PNE Forum (Opening for the Chemical Brothers)
Oct. 8th (Friday) San Francisco @Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (Opening for the Chemical Brothers)
Oct. 9th (Saturday) Sacramento (Special Guest: Blackalicious)
Oct. 10th (Sunday) Indio, Southern Cali (Coachella Festival, 2nd day)
Oct. 12th (Tuesday) Eugene, Oregon@ Wow Hall (Special Guest: Cut Chemist)
Oct. 13th (Wednesday) Seattle (Special Guest: Cut Chemist)
Oct. 14th (Thurday) Portland (Special Guest: Cut Chemist)

Other cities (90% confirmed): Baltimore (17th), New York (19th), Boston (20th), Detroit (22nd), Chicago (23rd, with Latyrx), Minneapolis (24th, with Latyrx), Denver (26th, with Latyrx), Houston (28th, with Latyrx), Austin (30th, with Latyrx), Honolulu (31st), Waikiki (Nov.1st).

More information as I get it from DJ Shadow.

September 11, 1999

Josh debunks the Tool collaboration rumor: "...the thing about Tool is absolutely fabricated...I've never had contact with them at all. Besides, I'm not doing any outside production again for quite awhile so I can concentrate strictly on starting the next album." Thanks to Josh for the clarification! I will be removing the August 7 Rumor Mill item.

August 25, 1999

Word from the road from Shadow The Real Deal Remix/Lesson 4 Re-Issue is actually a bootleg-- not authorized by Shadow or any label. "Lesson 4 has been bootleged," Shadow said in a call from London yesterday, "I don't particularly mind, but I don't want people to pay $300 for one... it isn't worth it." According to Josh, the original pressing had scratchings in the dead wax in the runout groove that said "Hip hop smoothed out on the hip hop tip with a hip hop appeal to it." This was a dish to Bel Biv Devoe by Josh in 1991. The bootleg just has the catalog number and side. Bigup to Josh for giving the facts on this!

Brainfreeze Information I have been hit with many requests for where to get Brainfreeze, what label it is on, etc. Brainfreeze is not distributed by any label. There is no label information on the CD. So far, the only place to get one of these is at live shows of DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist this Fall. I heard from another fan that Cut Chemist is out of CD's right now. If I get any more information about where to get these, I will put it here on the News page.

August 7, 1999

Real Deal Remix/Lesson 4 Re-Issue! For unknown reasons or sources, Lesson 4 on vinyl has reappeared. At any rate, Sandbox Automatic has the goods for $9. Very good deal, indeed. Lesson 4 went for over $300 on eBay earlier this year! The guy at Sandbox I talked to said that they ordered as many as they could. While supplies last. I ordered one- get yours!

First Announced US Tour Date DJ Shadow is going to be part of KROQ's upcoming Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. It is a two day affair, October 9th and 10th, with many other bands on four stages. Shadow is playing on the 10th on the "Outdoor Theatre" stage along with Jurassic 5. There are other notable acts playing the two-day festival including Money Mark, Art of Noise, the Chemical Brothers, DJ Cam, The Scratch Perverts (!!), Underworld, Carl Craig, Beck, Modest Mouse... the list goes on. Seemingly a not-lame event. Tickets went on sale today-- $50 per day!!

Brainfreeze Notes Okay, I got my copy of Brainfreeze. Very good release as you might expect from Shadow and Cut. It is, as described, a non-stop mix of 45's. There are some pretty cool tongue-in-cheek breaks. All good mixes should include a bit of humor. The cover art is 7-11 Slurpee themed, with photos of Shadow and Cut in 7-11 uniforms in a 7-11. The liner notes mention that this is "the best of two takes, chilled to just the right temperature and server full of frosty wholesome goodness just for you..." Okay... There is a section of the mix where they drop in some obscure dance 45 called "The Slurp" complete with straw-sucking sounds. They do a pretty nifty reworking of the Number Song and Organ Donor towards the end of the mix. Be sure and get one of these when Cut or Shadow plays. It is one that everyone should pick up!

Endtroducing in Top 90 of the 90's Endtroducing is listed as the #15 album of the 1990's according to Spin Magazine in its September 1999 "Special Collectors' Issue."

August 1, 1999

DJ Shadow Chat Yesterday's chat went very well. Shadow hung around for about an hour and 45 minutes answering a battery of questions moderated by Mike Beam. I have cleaned up and "synchronized" the chat logs for easier reading.

New Release: The February 26th "All Star Gathering of DJ's playing only 45's" (see February 20th News item below) with Cut Chemist at Future Primatives has a representative CD release called "Brainfreeze" according to Shadow during yesterday's chat. Brainfreeze is essentially a "mixtape" based not on the show itself, but of the DAT made of the rehearsal. No word on who will be selling these CD's, but Shadow said that they will be available while supplies last at the live shows this fall of himself and Cut Chemist.

Soundtrack Information:The name of the documentary film that Josh has scored is called Dark Days and is about the people who lived in the subways in New York. The soundtrack of the movie will have a new Main Title Theme which will see very limited (1000 copies) release on vinyl. The rest of the soundtrack is edited Endtroducing tracks and some other incidental music. No distributor has been picked for the vinyl release.

Solesides Greatest Bumps Update: The upcoming Solesides collection is almost assembled except for some last-minute digging for some tracks that the crew knows exists, but haven't located, yet. More on this as it develops.

Tour Merchandise! Shadow said in yesterday's chat that there will be tour T-shirts!

July 24, 1999

Next DJ Shadow Chat Scheduled DJ Shadow is going to do a chat sponsored in part by Endtroducing.com and the InFlux Mailing List. The chat is scheduled for Saturday, July 31st at 12PM, Noon, US Pacific Time. The IRC Server is underworld.net and the chat channel is #influx. See you there!

Quannum Spectrum release has been pushed back to July 27th. You can order/pre-order Spectrum from CDNOW. They also have the import version with the bonus track.

Site News: The FAQ for the Influx Mailing list has moved to Endtroducing.com. The site was previously maintained by Martin Brannagan who also maintains the comprehensive Spoonweb Mo'Wax website. He is graduating and losing his university web accounts so he is moving this site here. Any additions or changes to the FAQ will be maintained by me. If you have any additions or changes, please send me an e-mail.

Fall European Tour Here are the current dates for August and September:

8/6: Sudoueste, Lisbon, Portugal
8/7: Benicassim Festival, Valencia, Spain
8/13: La Route Du Rock Fest, St. Malo, France
8/20: Mandela Hall, Belfast, N. Ireland
I think this is the same as Shine at Queens University Students Union
8/21: V99, Chelmsford, England
8/22: V99, Staffordshire, England
8/27: Creamfields, Hasselt, Belgium
8/28: Creamfields, Liverpool, England
8/29: HQ, Dublin, Ireland
9/1: Breda, Milan, Italy
9/3: Macumba, Madrid, Spain
9/4: Nitsa, Barcelona, Spain

June 28, 1999

Shadow is back from Europe. He dropped a line to give an update on the upcoming fall tour. In August he will be back in Europe hitting Lisbon, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Belfast, and others as well as V99 and Creamfields in the UK. Next is possibly Japan in September and the US in October-- possibly 20-30 dates. Some of the US dates will just be Shadow, others with Quannum. The tour dates and locations will be announced as I get them.

The soundtrack for the documentary Shadow was working on is completed. Stay tuned for a possible vinyl release of the main theme.

Gig Alert: DJ Shadow is slated to play the Pukkelpop Festival in Hasselt, Belgium on Friday, August 27th. Thanks to Koen for the tip!

May 31, 1999

More Live Information: Shadow has been confirmed for the following dates in August:

Saturday 21 August: V99 Festival, Staffordshire, UK
Sunday 22 August: V99 Festival, Chelmsford, UK
Saturday 28 August: Creamfields Festival, Liverpool, UK

There may be a possibility that he may be on MTV as he is on the MTV Stage.

Thanks to James Mullen and Simon Thorpe for the updates...

May 23, 1999

European dates update: The Paris show has been cancelled, and a Glasgow, Scotland date on May 27th has been added. So, the mini-tour dates are/were as follows:

Brussels, Belgium: May 22
Copenhagen, Denmark: May 23
Glasgow, Scotland: May 27
Dublin, Ireland, May 28
Winchester, England (Homelands Festival): May 29

It is possible that Latyrx may show up for the three UK dates. Additionally, the Homelands show will be broadcast on BBC-1 the following Tuesday by Mary Ann Hobbs.

May 7, 1999

Additional European date: May 26th, Paris, France on the Batofar. I'm not certain what "on the Batofar" means.

April 25, 1999

As you frequent visitors will notice, Endtroducing is in the middle of a redesign. It's been a long time coming. This is the fourth or fifth revamp of the site since its inception in 1997. I've learned quite a bit about HTML since the start.

Rolling Stone Magazine, in their latest issue picked Endtroducing as one of the Dance and Pop Essential Recordings of the 90's. "Endtroducing is headphone macrodub with a crafty Californian sense of humor..." Indeed.

More tour news: DJ Shadow will be playing Brussels, Belgium May 22nd at the Ancienne Belgique along with a couple of other possibly Belgian DJ's. Shadow will play around Midnight. Thanks to BERT for the update.

The second show in London was Friday, April 23 at the Scala club, Kings Cross, London. This was part of a new Mo'Wax night that also included the Scratch Perverts, James Lavelle, and the Psychonauts, among others.

April 16, 1999

Quannum/Latyrx/Shadow shows in the UK: April 21 in Bristol at Blue Mountain, April 22 at London W11 at Subterrania, and April 24th at Manchester University. Update from NME Newsdesk. No word on second London date Shadow mentioned at the chat. Thanks to everyone who found this link...

April 15, 1999

DJ Shadow has been confirmed to play Dublin's Olympia Theatre on Fri 28th of May, with support from Monkey Mafia and DJ Johnny Moy. Tickets are available from usual outlets and priced at £18.50. Thanks to Neil Clavin from Influx List and Darren Webb for the update.

From the chat: Some of the Solesides back catalog will be re-released in the form of a compilation called "Solesides Greatest Bumps" and will include some unreleased studio material.

Shadow will be in the UK from April 18-26 doing shows in Bristol, London (two shows) and Manchester. I hope that BBC-1 does some remotes... If anyone catches him, send me the details!

April 11, 1999

Well, the DJ Shadow Chat was a success! After some last-minute moderation (the everybody was very anxious to talk to Shadow, but it got very confusing) the Q&A session went without a hitch. Shadow answered a bunch of questions and talked a bit about his many projects coming up. The Q&A went for about an hour and fifteen minutes after which the moderation was dropped and Josh talked to the lingerers for awhile and answered more questions and comments. Here is the transcript

March 21, 1999

Upcoming DJ Shadow Chat Scheduled DJ Shadow is going to do a chat sponsored in part by Endtroducing.com and the InFlux Mailing List. The chat is scheduled for Saturday, April 10th at 12PM, Noon, US Pacific Time. Pacific is GMT-8, I believe for the rest of the world. The IRC Server is underworld.net and the chat channel is #influx. See you there!

Mr. Davis is busy: He just recorded a song with DJ Qwest, it's called "Holy Calamity- Bear Witness Part 2." It's not mixed yet, but will likely be mixed by the Automator. He is also working on two (!) film projects and is getting ready to go on the road with Quannum. More details as they arrive. Thanks to DJ Shadow for the news!

March 7, 1999

Tonight on 120 Minutes, MTV will be debuting the "Be There" video! Sources at Mo'Wax US are hoping for a US release of the single-- maybe some MTV exposure will help.

Many people have asked where they can get a copy of the Funk Spectrum compilation on BBE, which DJ Shadow put together (See February 11 item below). I have talked to a couple of places that have or will have it for order. Timewarp has it available now, and even has pictures and RealAudio clips. According to folks at Dusty Groove they should carry it, also.

February 27, 1999

I have had the fortune of hearing an amazing mix tape. Normally I wouldn't plug anything from Endtroducing, but any DJ Shadow fan should check this out. The tape is called Off The Record(s) and has two mixes: "Floundering" by Mr. Jeigh is not Shadow-related, but has some really great juxtipositions and transitions (any mix with Jello Biafra is worth note!); the other mix is called "Solecism 91-98" by Aspirin and is a collage of the original samples that Shadow used on pieces like In/Flux, Latyrx, Swan Lake, Entropy, and others. In most cases Aspirin is taking the samples and mixing them in the familiar forms and then varying them. A fun "spot-the-sample" piece. Off the Record(s) is distributed by Neon Wilderness. Worth a listen!

Vote Shadow: HMV and Channel 4 in the UK are conducting a vote for the "Music of the Millennium." This is your chance to voice your opinion about Shadow and his work as the best of the Millennium.

From the rumor mill: It is possible that last night's show at Club 550 will be the next Future Primatives CD. Let's hope!!

February 20, 1999

The UNKLE chat on the Beeb is over, but if you want to read the transcript it is here. Notice that Endtroducing is mentioned twice!

Gig Alert: DJ Shadow will be part of an "All Star Gathering of DJ's playing only 45's" with Cut Chemist, Peanut Butter Wolf and Shortcut at a Future Primative Session at Club 550 Friday, February 26th. Club 550 is located at 550 Barneveld, San Francisco. Call 415-905-8868 for directions and more info. If anyone tapes this, please let me know!

Coming Soon: DJ Shadow is interested in participating in a live chat online. This will be sponsored by Endtroducing and In/Flux. Watch this space for information.

February 16, 1999

Web Chat Alert!!: DJ Shadow and James Lavelle will be doing a live chat on the Top of the Pops website Thursday 18th February at 5pm (GMT). Be sure to catch it!

February 11, 1999

New DJ Shadow album?: Shadow helped compile a Funk collection for UK label Barely Breaking Even with club DJ Keb Darge. The website says that the album, released February 8th, 1999 titled Funk Spectrum is a compilation of "20 tracks that define the funk sound of contemporary club land." Does anybody know how to order this?

February 6, 1999

Set your VCR's!: BBC-4 will be broadcasting the UNKLE gig from the Astoria in London from 12:35am to 1:10am (UK time). Thanks to Shan Rixon for the update.

February 2, 1999

Gig Alert! DJ Shadow with Latyrx and Blackalicious at Justice League in San Francisco on February 20th. Tickets are $15. Click Here for details.

January 20, 1999

I just found out that Polygram US put up a website dedicated to UNKLE. It has audio from the album as well as the Rabbit In Your Headlights video. Unfortunately there was a contest that evidently was over January 5.

January 17, 1999

According to an article in New Music Express, DJ Shadow will be part of a line-up to play a festival at The Bowl, Matterley Estate near Winchester, Hampshire, UK called "The Homelands" on May 29 and 30. Parts of it will be broadcast on BBC-1 and will also include acts such as The Chemical Brothers, Asian Dub Foundation, Monkey Mafia, Paul Oakenfold, Fatboy Slim, Paul Van Dyke, and others. Thanks to Daniel from Swankarmy for the update!

January 14, 1999

The new UNKLE single will come as two CD singles or one 12". The track listings are as follows (Thanks to Simon Thorpe for both News items):

CD1
1. Be There
2. Be There (Underdog remix)
3. Be There (Underdog instrumental)

CD2
1. Be There
2. The Knock (Drums of Zep) (Noel Gallagher remix)
3. Rabbit In Your Headlights (Video)

12"
A. Be There (Underdog remix)
B. Be There (Underdog instrumental)

Additionally, UNKLE is reported to be scheduled to appear live on BBC-1 on January 25th. I can only assume it will be on the Steve Lamacq show. I don't know if Shadow will be part of this or not. It is possible that he will be.

January 10, 1999

The new "Be There" single (see December 10, 1998 news item) will be a 2-part (as is typical of UK singles, it seems). The aforementioned Noel Gallagher remix of "The Drums of Death (The Knock)" will be on the second CD and be called "The Drums of Zep" as it contains Led Zeppelin drum samples. There will be two CD's or one 12". Thanks to Neil Parnell.