DJ Shadow - The 4-Track Era (Volume 1)
DJ Shadow - The 4-Track Era
Volume 1 - The Best of the KMEL Mixes
MP3 | 320Kbps | 164Mb | Trip-Hop Scratch
Volume 1 - The Best of the KMEL Mixes
MP3 | 320Kbps | 164Mb | Trip-Hop Scratch
In one of the most ambitious promotions ever commissioned by DJShadow.com, several hours of Shadow's formative work is being released in a limited three volume set. Recorded between 1989 and 1992 in bedrooms, dorm rooms and friend's attics, Shadow's passion and sweat is evident in every mind-bending minute of breakbeat madness. Remixes, mega-mixes, original tracks…all made for the sheer love of music. Volume One is available now, followed in a few months by Volume Two, and then Volume Three.
The first volume is entitled "The Best of the KMEL Mixes," and features two of the five mixes Shadow recorded for the pioneering Bay Area urban station in 1991. Broadcast during a time when rap was simply not allowed to dominate mainstream playlists, Shadow's mixes were among the first all hip-hop programs (without the inevitable transitions into R&B and crossover) to air in the Bay. Extremely eclectic for the time, artists like De La Soul and the Geto Boys sit along side mid-school obscurities like Almighty & KD Ranks, and Shadow frequently mixes in original breaks (something very few DJs were attempting at the time). Unheard by all but a few since airing over 15 years ago, here's your chance to revisit "Lesson 4-era" Shadow in full glory.
Continuous Mix
Side A (38:18)
Side B (38:53)