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Rating: "This album reflects a lifetime of vinyl culture..."
There are records that help you live better. Like "Endtroducing....", the debut album by Josh Davis, a brilliant manipulator of sounds known to most as DJ Shadow. Released in 1996 by Mo' Wax, "Endtroducing...." is as revolutionary as it is ingenious, a work that liberates Hip-Hop music from all its clichés and makes it soar into dimensions until then unknown, an emotional experience difficult to describe with words.
In 13 all-instrumental tracks, interspersed with brief interludes, our DJ Shadow creates an incredible piece from every perspective, ranging from intimate moments to passages of pure epicness that continue to surprise the listener. Once the CD is inserted into the stereo, you easily transition from the extraordinary crescendo of "Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt" to the rhythmic delirium of "The Number Song" and "Stem/Long Stem" (truly magnificent), and as you continue listening, you encounter other gems scattered here and there like the slow and hypnotic "What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part. 4)", "Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain" with its continuous changes of tempo and register, the engaging "Organ Donor", up to the total catharsis of the Axelrod-inspired and gorgeous "Midnight In A Perfect World" (enough said for those who understand...), a true masterpiece of the album and, personally, one of the most beautiful songs of the '90s.
In short, DJ Shadow succeeds in his intent and, besides gaining worldwide notoriety, ends up creating a kaleidoscope of sounds nearing perfection with multiple inspirations (Tangerine Dream, Metallica, the aforementioned David Axelrod, 70s blaxploitation, even Michele Zarrillo!), a tribute to music on a 360-degree level that transcends any attempt at classification or definition.
An essential album for anyone who wants to delve deeper into the music landscape of the past decade (and when I say music landscape, I don't just mean rock!) and, in general, a must-have in any respectable collection. Rating: n.g.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
02 Building Steam With a Grain of Salt (06:40)
Producing...
From listening to records, I just knew what to do
I mainly taught myself
And you know, I did pretty well
Except there were a few mistakes
But I, uh...
I had just recently cleared up, you know, I mean...
I'd like to just continue to be able to...
express myself, as best as I can with this instrument
I feel like I have a lot of work to do. Still, ya know
I'm a student, of the drums
And I'm also a teacher of the drums too
hehe...
What makes Cancer tenacious?
The moon rules the fluids
Including the inner juices of human beings
That which assimilates and feeds the body
So the crab feeds his astral plane
Assimilating and distributing all he receives
Slowly, until it becomes a part of him
I can fly through the strangest land
Black satin starry eyes, brown smiling face...
And I would like to be able to continue to...
Let what is inside of me
Which is, which comes from all the music that I hear
You know, I would like for that to come out
It's not like, it's not really me thats coming
The music's coming through me
The music's coming through me
03 The Number Song (04:39)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, break down baby.
Come on get with it,
1, 2, 3, 4 - hit it
What is this?
This is the number song
but before I start, let's have a countdown
1, 2, 3, 4 (4 4 4)
Listen to this
Just listen to this
Just listen to this
Just listen to this
Just listen to this
Just listen to this
Just listen to this
Just listen to this
Just listen to this
Just listen to this
Just listen to this
Just listen to this
We want y'all to understand...
one, two, three, and...
8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2
Come on get with it,
1, 2, 3, (that's a go) - hit it
Who got the number?
Who, who got the number?
Who got the number?
who, who got the number?
Yeah yeah yeah!
Alright...
Yeah yeah yeah!
I got the number
Won't you please let me... rock your mind
the pa the pa the party
the pa the pa the party
the party's already started
and it's about to end
1, 2, 3, 4 - That's fresh
a 1, 2, 3, 4, 1 - get with it
Get with it
Get get - get with it
10, 9, every body come on...
8, come on louder!
7, louder!
6, louder!
05 What Does Your Soul Look Like, Part 4 (05:09)
Come talk to me...
come on triggy man...
come on, the camera's rolling...
get that fucking bad thing...
lose that...
talk to me...
Who are you?...
Come on chopper male, chopper male sucker!
Got the gusto? - Come on!
In Vietnam!...
And...
And yet, I've just got to do something...
Because, I... I see I'm god, or something...
God...
I am superior to that...
Everyone is dead, or should I call in for the central right now?
And stand naked, with a hurt expression
until it burns me up!
S.O.S
S.O.S
Away, come away, come away
S...
08 Mutual Slump (04:04)
Then I came to America, saw Xanadu,
That's all I wanted to do - rollerskate.
Five feet under.
Do you feel like Darth Vader?
I was scared I have to admit at first,
Never had a cat before
09 Organ Donor (01:57)
Overture:
You got an organ going on there, no wonder the sound has so much body!
Reprise:
You are going to Rock 'N Roll and you can hardly wait for the music to begin. When it happens, you will become a part of that music. You are there, you are going on a musical trip. The highest, happiest trip you ever...
11 Midnight in a Perfect World (05:01)
Insight, foresight, moresight,
The clock on the wall reads a quater past midnight
Ahhh ohhh
Ahhh ohhh
I don't love you
Heading to garden of my heart, aahaahhhhh...
Life come seeking of love , of looove'
m-midnight, m-midnight, m-midnight, m-midnight...
now a.. now a.. now, now, now, now....
aah ooh.
12 o'clock
aah ooh.
rock rock rock. rock the midnight rush.
aaah ooh
aahhh ooh..
now, now, now, now, now, now...
m-midnight, m-midnight, m-midnight, m-midnight...
I don't love you
The midnight rush
Heading to garden of my heart, aahaahhhhh...
Life come seeking of love , of looove'
Oooooh ooooooh oooooh oooooh ooooooh oooooh
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