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August 15, 2002

The Scientist of Sound

DJ Shadow made a great record -- using only other records

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Line up for "Attack of the Clones" if you want -- for a totally different breed of science-fiction geek, the long-awaited follow-up of the summer belongs to DJ Shadow. Shadow, otherwise known as California beatmaster and vinyl fetishist Josh Davis, became one of the leading lights of DJ culture with...

2002 RS: 3.5of 5 Stars

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DJ Shadow is one mad scientist who obviously doesn't get out of the lab much. Shadow, otherwise known as Northern California beatmaster and vinyl fetishist Josh Davis, became one of the leading lights of DJ culture with a string of head-spinning singles in the '90s, weaving more obscure rare-groove samples than any lawyer could trace into an expansive new style of headphone funk. He defined the tr...

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