‘I accidentally invented trip-hop’ – how we made DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing - The Guardian

‘People said: “Nobody’s going to listen to instrumental trip-hop.” But I was thinking of huge soundscapes, like the ones by Pink Floyd or Beethoven’

By 1991, sampling had entered a golden era with De La Souls 3 Feet High and Rising, NWAs Straight Outta Compton and the Beastie Boys Pauls Boutique. I was a senior in high school, frustrated that I c… [+4113 chars]

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