Fri, February 20, 2009
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DJ Shadow (born Josh Davis) is widely credited as a key figure in developing the experimental instrumental hip-hop style associated with the London-based Mo' Wax label. He worked his way through hip-hop's early years into the heyday of crews like Eric B. & Rakim, Ultramagnetic, and Public Enemy. He had already been fiddling around with making beats and breaks on a four-track while he was in high school, but it was his move to the NorCal cow-town of Davis to attend university that led to the establishment of his own Solesides label as an outlet for his original tracks. The folks over at Solesides.com are "sponsoring" an informal remix contest for his track "This Time" (from 1996) to flip some new tracks to go with the original acapella. Download it, make your own remix and post it up on the SoleSides Boards and win a nice surprise package. DJ Shadow |