DJ Shadow in Calgary

DJ Shadow is the stage name of American producer and DJ Josh Davis, who was born in San Jose in 1972 and raised in Davis, California. He makes sample-based instrumental hip-hop and electronic music, and became known through his 1996 debut album Endtroducing....., home to “Midnight in a Perfect World,” “Building Steam with a Grain of Salt” and “Organ Donor.” His later records include The Private Press and The Mountain Will Fall. Live! In Tune and on Time documented his 2002 performance at Brixton Academy in London, built around turntables, samplers and synchronized visuals. In 2010, he premiered a show at Coachella inside a sphere covered by projected images. The custom structure then became the centerpiece of the international Shadowsphere tour.