This song works for me in original…

@BlueGreenGrey I agree that with you about Entroducing… it’s really my favorite of his and it was so unique when it came out. I remember a friend who had been into hip hop and electronic music for far longer than I had and was from New Hampshire really expanded my already broadening horizons but we still would find ourselves playing DJ Shadow more often and I liked DJ Cam and Mushroom Jazz and other trip-hop music that was pretty new and new to me. It was a really interesting time for all kinds of new sounds in the mid to late nineties and it’s aged well and still sounds great today. I think that’s a sign of innovation in sounds and music, it really seems timeless compared to what ends up being trends and phases. I heard Josh Davis (DJ Shadow) explain in an interview that he wanted all his albums to be different from each other. He had a vision as an artist who wanted to create something different each time. I was often disappointed when he collaborated with some rappers because he sounded so good as a solo artist or in addition to a DJ contrasting style like Q-Bert. I’ve seen footage of DJ nights with those two and Cut-Chemist and Mixmaster Mike just playing off of each other and their relationship with sounds and their encyclopedic knowledge of records and what might work well with something else is astonishing. It’s that 10K hour rule of putting in the time to become a master craft person and there’s definitely some natural born talent but it’s a lot of dedication to become a world class artist that I truly admire and respect. The people who appreciate this workload like fans in Japan and the UK among other parts of the planet is a mark of quality too. These aficionados often live in cities where they can see almost anything and they can choose from the best it’s pretty impressive that in the case of DJ Shadow he came from the lesser known part of Northern California and yet people in Tokyo and London were some of the first to appreciate what he was doing. Entroducing was made from 2 years (‘94-‘96) of his sets and the sound that he was polishing and honing and making his own. I think I really appreciate the so called “tastemakers” who are responsible for bringing something into the light for a mass appeal (no pun intended).

@BlueGreenGrey PS I’m going to try and find the longer duration tracks and albums for you to enjoy because it’s always nice to find something that is more sustainable than just a brief flash so to speak.

@Badjujubee I think for awhile in the late aughts maybe, I would do things like create DJ Shadow station on Pandora to have it suggest similar artists, or listen to some relevant SomaFM channel (perhaps Groove Salad or Cliqhip IDM or similar), and would discover all kinds of artists that I like, like DJ Spooky, RJD2, Madlib (aka Yesterdays New Quintet), Bonobo, Quantic, DJ Smash, Boom Bip, Cinematic Orchestra, Pete Rock, Amon Tobin, Herbaliser, Mark Farina and more I don't remember at he moment ... and more broadly just anything remotely resembling stuff like ambient hip hop, trip hop, mushroom jazz, acid jazz, shibuya-kei, downtempo (e.g., Thievery Corporation, Zero 7) ... love good, long, instrumental grooves, especially wtih good / funky beats

I've never heard of DJ Cam but I'm sampling some now and I love it, thank you for mentioning!!

So some DJ's would improvise live with each other, like some 1950s bebop jazz players? That sounds pretty cool :)

I appreciate you trying to find longer stuff for me, but please, only when you are feeling well, have the extra time 🤗