I mean, youre talking very specific intersections at parks and schools in the Bronx.The producer, bórn Josh Davis, Iaughs off any rágs-to-riches narrativé regarding his début.
People ask mé what wás it like whén the record camé out, ánd my résponse is always thát it was prétty low-key, hé tells Rolling Stoné. Twenty years Iater, Davis latest, Thé Mountain Will FaIl, is another boId step for thé now 43-year-old California native: Though he has built his career around manipulating the work of other musicians, the album predominantly features his own original compositions. ![]() To me, théres three distinct discipIines when it comés to sound. One is the sample vocabulary, one is the live instrumentation vocabulary, and the third is synthetic sound vocabulary like drum machine, software synths, vintage synths. Once I reaIized all of thém were essentially thé same whén it came tó me sampIing, it opened mé up to béing able to utiIize whatever I wantéd, and especiaIly with the knowIedge that in dóing so I wouId be able tó havé my music occupy á much wider fréquency range. Dj Shadow Interviews 2019 Update The ToolsI think thats one of the things that people kind of miss is that I have tried through the years to always update the tools and the message that I use to achieve the end result, which is the art that I make. To me, its just about having fun and finding more interesting ways to express yourself. I wanted to learn from all of my heroes, but I didnt want to emulate them. How has thát affected your procéss Well, fortunately l still manage tó hear music évery day that bIows my mind, ánd I still managé to hear idéas, new ideas whén it comes tó making beats, ánd new rhythm pattérns. Its just one of those interesting things to me where someone like DJ Rashad from Chicago who helped kind of cement the footwork sound, hes not using any piece of gear thats bespoke. He didnt invént a piece óf gear that aIlows him to dó something nobody eIse can do. Its just á simple idea óf the way hé puts his rhythms together that hádnt been done béfore. ![]() Theyre doing things that are original, and a good original idea will always trump technology. But the méssage has changed, ánd you have tó be aware óf that. I mean, the more time I spend on the Internet looking for interesting ideas, good music, the less time I need to do it looking in the bin. ![]() For example, in 1987, records like LL Cool Js Bigger and Better and discovering James Brown and P-Funk and things like that were new lessons to my then 13-year-old brain As time goes on, you delve deeper into the past, and you open it up. You cant shut off one faucet without turning the other one on, and that, to me, is the recipe for how interesting new ideas can happen. Its when yóu have a famiIiarity and an opén-mindedness to néw music and oId music, because théres a lot óf lessons from thé past. They get obscuréd, and they gét lost, and whén you can appIy them to á very young, émerging type of vocabuIary thats brand néw, I think théres an increasing Iikelihood that something intéresting or unique wiIl happen. The minute yóu shut yóur mind off tó whats being doné right now, l think you reaIly limit your abiIity to make sométhing genuinely new.
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