DJ and record producer
DJ Shadow
Born 1972-06-29
Born Joshua Davis in San Jose on June 29, 1972, he started on four-track in high school, pioneered instrumental hip-hop with completely sampled Endtroducing in 1996, and remains a vinyl archaeologist whose collection occupies storage units across town.
Achievements
Guinness record for first completely sampled album Endtroducing; Time All-Time 100 albums; UNKLE Psyence Fiction; Scratch documentary star; seven studio albums of layered analog production.
Birthday: June 29 birthday
Recent successes
- 2023-10-01 · Action Adventure album. Released seventh studio album Action Adventure in October 2023, his first without guest collaborators.
Happy moments
- 1996-11-19 · Endtroducing release. Released landmark debut Endtroducing..... on November 19, 1996, made entirely from vinyl samples.
