DJ SHADOW レコード& CD

Review: Legendary sample finder, turntablists, hip-hop don and all-around good egg DJ Shadow has taken a rather different path for Action Adventure, his seventh solo album. Or rather one of coming full circle perhaps, as it's one that finds him looking inwards and working entirely alone without any collaborators - as he did on legendary debut 'Endtroduing' - in an attempt to document most honestly "my relationship to music. My life as a collector and curator. All my records and tapes". The lead single 'Ozone Scraper' sets a fine tone with its sense of adventurous travel getting you excited for the musical trip to come.

Review: DJ Shadow has done it all in his career, from groundbreaking debut album Entroducing.... to high-profile collabs with Nas and Run the Jewels and adventurous and alternative explorations of rhythm on more recent albums. His seventh full-length finds him going totally solo once more, looking back at his long relationship with music and 60,000-strong record collection. He explores all sorts of moods and glovers from drum & bass to breakbeat to juke and hip hop, all with a polished digital aesthetic and bright sense of melody. The best tunes for us though, are the more tender and introspective ones like 'Forever Changed'.

Review: Sample maestro, turntable wizard and genre-blender extraordinaire DJ Shadow unveils his latest album after teasing with hit single "Rocket Fuel" featuring vocals from legendary trio De La Soul earlier in the year. The full length finds the US beat maker in an angry mood, with plenty of anxiety riddled cuts, frazzled synths and raw textures conveying a certain unease with the world around him. There are still moments of his trademark string laced beauty on "Firestorm" and gorgeous instrumentals like "Rosie," but this is definitely the sound of an artist who still has plenty of new things to say.