ADE is proud to announce DJ Shadow as conference guest and performer for this years event. The dj/producer from California will be present at ADE Next for an interview and hosts his own night at Paradiso on Saturday October 19th. Last december DJ Shadow was kicked of the decks in Miami for playing a set that was 'too future' for the crowd. While playing Dutch producer Krampfhaft's track Spit Thunder at the Mansion Nightclub the promotor of the venue whispered something to Shadow. The DJ then took the microphone and said: "I've waited a long time to play here, but they said this shit is too future for all y'all" and left the stage. A few days later the owners of the venue apologised. By then Shadow had already taken to Twitter to respond to the matter: "I don't care if I get kicked out of every rich kid club on the planet. I will never sacrifice my integrity as a DJ...ever." During his interview at ADE Next he will address this matter for the last time ever.
DJ Shadow's (real name Josh Davis) legacy began in Californian college town Davis in the early 90's where he started digging at record stores and sampling about every record in the music library of the local university radio station. He began experimenting with a 4-track and quickly released his first mixes and singles, later compiled on the album Preemptive Strike. In Davis he also hooked up with the members of Blackalicious and Lyrics Born to form the Solesides label. In 1996 DJ Shadow released groundbreaking album Entroducing on Mo' Wax which would go on to make the Guinness World Records book for 'First Completely Sampled Album". It has become one of the true classics of the triphop genre. Often imitated and copied but never surpassed, Entroducing still stands as a testament to his love for digging and samples everything from jazz, funk, soul and hiphop to psychedelic 60s rock records and movie quotes.
Having established himself as one of the greatest in the game Davis went on to create the UNKLE album with James Lavelle and guest vocalists Thom Yorke, Ian Brown, Beastie Boy Mike D and Kool G Rap. He also proved to be a master of the funk 45's showing off his skills together with Cut Chemist in the legendary Brainfreeze sessions. He went on to produce his solo albums The Private Press (2002), The Outsider (2006) and The Less You Know The Better (2011), made a score for the fantastic documentary Dark Days and continued to innovate and experiment with new styles of music whilst staying close to his first true love: hiphop. After his performance at Amsterdam Dance Event the producer will hit the studio once more to work on his next masterpiece.
DJ Shadow will be present at ADE Next for an in depth interview so don't miss this chance to hear this legend talk about his past, present and (too) future. The October 19th DJ Shadow show at Paradiso will be hosted by Riff Raff. Listen to one of DJ Shadow's most recent mixes for Diplo & Friends BBC Show to get a taste of what's to come.
Tickets for ADE Next can be purchased here.
Tickets for the show at Paradiso available here.
Additional info:
www.amsterdam-dance-event.nl
