{"id":141044,"date":"2023-10-27T14:36:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T13:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=141044"},"modified":"2023-10-27T14:37:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T13:37:09","slug":"dj-shadows-new-album-action-adventure-out-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=141044","title":{"rendered":"DJ Shadow\u2019s New Album\u00a0Action Adventure,\u00a0Out Today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pioneering producer\/DJ\/composer DJ Shadow has released his 8th studio album –\u00a0Action Adventure<\/em>\u00a0– today on Mass Appeal\/Liquid Amber. The album features 14 mostly instrumental tracks that represent the continued evolution of DJ Shadow. A new addition to an influential body of work defined by a restless ear, always searching to rescue some forgotten gem from the dustbin of music history or a fresh blast of sound from the cutting edge.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shadow has been profiled by\u00a0Stereogum\u00a0and\u00a0SPIN\u00a0and interviewed by Zane Lowe for his\u00a0Apple Music\u00a0show (Lowe calls the album \u201ca stunning body of work\u201d). He also recently sat down for a Q&A with Zane Lowe at the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles, was interviewed on KCRW\u2019s\u00a0Morning Becomes Eclectic, made surprise appearances at recent shows with frequent collaborators Run The Jewels, and DJ\u2019d at Fool\u2019s Gold\u2019s 15th Anniversary party at Public Records in Brooklyn. Upcoming appearances include a hometown Halloween show at 1015 Folsom in San Francisco and Levitation Festival in Austin this Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has also shared music videos for album singles\u00a0\u201cOzone Scraper\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cYou Played Me\u201d\u00a0– two songs that show off the synth-heavy sonic worlds that Shadow explores throughout the record. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou Played Me\u201d was the result of serendipity, dropping the needle on an a capella track of a record he\u2019d never listened to, over a beat that recalls a lost early 80s R&B classic. He says of the track, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s one of my favorite songs I\u2019ve ever made.\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The music video was filmed in a still-operating cassette tape manufacturer in Missouri – National Audio Company – and Shadow has been hiding cassette tapes of the single at indie record stores worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Action Adventure<\/em>\u00a0evokes the halcyon days of video store browsing, a fitting title for an album brimming with soundscapes and the menacing, mysterious feel that is laced through all of his work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Making the album, which he started on January 1, 2022, pushed him deeper into his compositional bag than ever before. Though he isn\u2019t classically trained, he asked himself questions like<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cwhich chord progression would be most natural here, and which would be least predictable?\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

and worked according to the inner logic that felt right to him. His rule for the record was simple: no compromises.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DJ Shadow has been releasing music for over three decades. His landmark debut\u00a0Endtroducing\u2026..<\/em>was released in 1996, is considered one of the finest albums of that decade, and continues to influence new generations of artists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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