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Five years on from his breakout Endtroducing..., hip-hop's reigning recluse showed he still had plenty of tricks up his sleeve -- as well as many more rare grooves left for sampling. Shadow had kept a low recording profile during past years, putting out only a few mix sets alongside a pair of collaborations (Psyence Fiction by UNKLE and Quannum Spectrum). That lack of product actually helps The Private Press display just how good a producer he is; the depth of his production sense and the breadth of his stylistic palette prove just as astonishing the second time out. His style is definitely still recognizable, right from the start; "Fixed Income" and "Giving Up the Ghost" carefully layer wistful-sounding string arrangements overtop cavernous David Axelrod breaks (the latter a bit reminiscent of "Midnight in a Perfect World" from Endtroducing...). From there, though, DJ Shadow seldom treads the same path twice, switching from strutting disco breaks ("Walkie Talkie") to melancholy '60s pop that sounds like the second coming of Procol Harum ("Six Days"). "Right Thing/GDMFSOB" is pure breakers revenge, boasting accelerating, echoey electro breakbeats and enough confidence to recycle Leonard Nimoy's "pure energy" sample and make it work. Later, Shadow turns to pure aggro for the hilarious road-rage comedy of "Mashin' on the Motorway" (with Lateef the Truth Speaker behind the wheel), then summons the conceptual calm of a David Axelrod classic on the very next track with solo piano and a vocal repeating Bible text. Fans may have grown impatient waiting almost six years for the second DJ Shadow LP, but a classic like The Private Press could last at least that long, and maybe longer. [Initially, most copies of The Private Press on sale in America included a track available for download as a bonus.]
© John Bush /TiVo
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Traditional, Composer - DJ SHADOW, Producer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer
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Josh Davis, Composer - DJ SHADOW, Producer, MainArtist - S Cataldo, Composer - Alex Reverberi, MixingEngineer - Jim Abliss, MixingEngineer
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F. Bernard, Composer - Josh Davis, Composer - DJ SHADOW, Producer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - M. Laranche, Composer
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Neil Tucker, MixingEngineer - Josh Davis, Composer - DJ SHADOW, Producer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Jeremy Abbiss, MixingEngineer
2002 A&M Records Limited 2002 A&M Records Limited
Neil Tucker, MixingEngineer - Josh Davis, Composer - DJ SHADOW, Producer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Jim Abiss, MixingEngineer
2002 A&M Records Limited 2002 A&M Records Limited
Josh Davis, Composer - DJ SHADOW, Producer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Dennis Olivieri, Composer - B Farrell, Composer - Billy Conkel, MixingEngineer - Jeremy Abbiss, MixingEngineer
2002 A&M Records Limited 2002 A&M Records Limited
Josh Davis, Composer - DJ SHADOW, Producer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - F Falsini, Composer - Jim Abiss, MixingEngineer - Billy Conkel, MixingEngineer
2002 A&M Records Limited 2002 A&M Records Limited
Josh Davis, Composer - DJ SHADOW, Producer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - F Falsini, Composer - Jim Abiss, MixingEngineer - Billy Conkel, MixingEngineer
2002 A&M Records Limited 2002 A&M Records Limited
Josh Davis, Composer - DJ SHADOW, Producer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Jim Abiss, MixingEngineer - Billy Conkel, MixingEngineer
2002 A&M Records Limited 2002 A&M Records Limited
Josh Davis, Composer - DJ SHADOW, Producer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Jim Abiss, MixingEngineer - Billy Conkel, MixingEngineer
2002 A&M Records Limited 2002 A&M Records Limited
Lateef Daumont, Composer - Josh Davis, Composer - DJ SHADOW, Producer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Jim Abiss, MixingEngineer - Billy Conkel, MixingEngineer
2002 A&M Records Limited 2002 A&M Records Limited
Josh Davis, Composer - DJ SHADOW, Producer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Jim Abiss, MixingEngineer - Billy Conkel, MixingEngineer
2002 A&M Records Limited 2002 A&M Records Limited
Josh Davis, Composer - DJ SHADOW, Producer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Jim Abiss, MixingEngineer - Billy Conkel, MixingEngineer
2002 A&M Records Limited 2002 A&M Records Limited
Traditional, Composer - DJ SHADOW, Producer, MainArtist
2002 A&M Records Limited 2002 A&M Records Limited
Josh Davis, Composer - DJ SHADOW, Producer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer
2002 A&M Records Limited 2002 A&M Records Limited
DISC 2
Lucas MacFadden, Composer - Josh Davis, Composer - DJ SHADOW, Producer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Mark Ali Potsic, Composer
2002 A&M Records Limited 2002 A&M Records Limited
Albumbeschreibung
Five years on from his breakout Endtroducing..., hip-hop's reigning recluse showed he still had plenty of tricks up his sleeve -- as well as many more rare grooves left for sampling. Shadow had kept a low recording profile during past years, putting out only a few mix sets alongside a pair of collaborations (Psyence Fiction by UNKLE and Quannum Spectrum). That lack of product actually helps The Private Press display just how good a producer he is; the depth of his production sense and the breadth of his stylistic palette prove just as astonishing the second time out. His style is definitely still recognizable, right from the start; "Fixed Income" and "Giving Up the Ghost" carefully layer wistful-sounding string arrangements overtop cavernous David Axelrod breaks (the latter a bit reminiscent of "Midnight in a Perfect World" from Endtroducing...). From there, though, DJ Shadow seldom treads the same path twice, switching from strutting disco breaks ("Walkie Talkie") to melancholy '60s pop that sounds like the second coming of Procol Harum ("Six Days"). "Right Thing/GDMFSOB" is pure breakers revenge, boasting accelerating, echoey electro breakbeats and enough confidence to recycle Leonard Nimoy's "pure energy" sample and make it work. Later, Shadow turns to pure aggro for the hilarious road-rage comedy of "Mashin' on the Motorway" (with Lateef the Truth Speaker behind the wheel), then summons the conceptual calm of a David Axelrod classic on the very next track with solo piano and a vocal repeating Bible text. Fans may have grown impatient waiting almost six years for the second DJ Shadow LP, but a classic like The Private Press could last at least that long, and maybe longer. [Initially, most copies of The Private Press on sale in America included a track available for download as a bonus.]
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:15:53
- Main artists: DJ Shadow
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: [PIAS] Recordings Catalogue
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
2002 A&M Records Limited 2002 A&M Records Limited
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