A clip featuring DJ Shadow from the 2002 film 'Scratch', which is a documentary about the hip hop DJ. You can pick up a copy at Amazon here: www.amazon.com/...
"just being in here is a humbling experience to me because you're looking through all these records and it's sort of like a big pile of broken dreams in a way." GOD DAMN. what a statement.
I had the exact same thought when I watched this great documentary for the 1st time,It shows you how serious,emotional & humble he is about his mastered craft!
Statistically speaking, it's still possible........I mean, there are still countless moments of genius waiting to be sampled and rearranged into something new. You should check out DJ Format some time......he's put out some incredible stuff over the years, and his latest LP - Devil's Workshop is heavy on the sampling. There are still purist hiphop producers out there that are prepared to take a hit on the royalties.........but yeah, Endtroducing's in a class of its own.
I always felt like The Avalanches - Since I Left You was like the spiritual sequel to Endtroducing. Not in terms of how it sounds, but the approach / attitude. Another record made entirely from samples of obscure forgotten records
What is so interesting is that the maker of Skratch, Doug Pray, initially went into it with the idea that DJ culture was empty. That they weren't real musicians in any sense and were just stealing music essentially, and he wanted to make a documentary to that effect. However, as he began to research it more and make the film he immediately did a 180 as he found out of how rich DJ and hip-hop culture really is. And so decided to do a documentary celebrating the history of it. Pretty cool.
I always come back to this and it makes me emotional every time I hear that quote about how all the records are like a pile of broken dreams. “All these cats thought they were”.
"But downstairs, it's a claustrophobic mess, a dank room impossibly dense with vinyl. If you know the basics of record care, you know that you are not supposed to stack the vinyl vertically-- you store it on its edge, like a book. But here are what look to be hundreds of records stacked on top of each other, so that the record on the bottom of the pile is subjected to hundreds of pounds of force and the grooves are presumably being slowly crushed with each passing minute."
"A true writer walks all over their crumpled pieces of paper lying on the floor...their mistakes, notes..." - E Hemmingway I can't but think of how Shadow is doing the same thing. That basement is chalk-full of records, even on the floor but he still has mad respect for all of it.
I'm just a fan of music no matter how it's listened to but watching him find records that I know dam well I've never heard of, it makes me feel like there is still a whole world of music I've never heard of and probably never will..
"its not gonna make a bad DJ godd, but it will make a good DJ better." Spot on. Good musicians make gold out of shit, and platinum out of gold. This place means a wider perspective, and being worthy for it is something you have to earn.
As a complete vinyl junkie myself, I am in awe of that place. It would be amazing to dig through there. When they show that basement, I hear angels sing and see beams of light come down from above.
Sadly Records is no longer with us......think it closed about 5 or 6 years ago?! I made it there with a workmate (fellow digger) in around 2001......we managed a good few hours going thru the crates before we had to call it day. Took a picture of him standing in the exact same spot as Lyrics Born......sadly no cat was present that day!
you can really tell shadow is a true artist. he seems very introverted/introspective. and he speaks some truly poetic, and insightful words when he talks about "a pile of broken dreams". and, consequently, you can really FEEL it in his music. hes an amazing artist.
"i honestly feel like the people that dig, don't stop digging cuz its a part of who we are. people that don't: you don't have to. it's not gonna make a bad dj good, but it'll make a good dj better."
Increíble, cientos de miles de discos anónimos en los que pusieron todas sus esperanzas miles de músicos totalmente desconocidos. La cantidad de maravillas que pasarían totalmente desapercibidas para siempre si no fuera por tipos como DJ Shadow, Keb Darge y otro montón de dj's y compiladores.
i was just thinking the same about cd's earlier, granted cd's arent as classic as vinyls but there still vanishing. i can remember being the last one to get a cd player because i was poor and my mom was finally buying one with her tax check, and i picked out da brat and nwa posse cd weeks before we even got the player just waiting to play it and hear the whole cd. no one can even get that excitement anymore. digging thru the cd rack wondering who all these artists were and taking a chance
The LP at 3:06 is Johnny Jenkins - "Ton-Ton Macoute!" Pretty cool blues/soul/funk album. I have a copy still sealed in shrink that I found at Goodwill.
Seeing this is just sad. Do NOT stack vinyl records Never stack records on top of each other whether in their jackets or not. This is one sure fire way to cause warping, possible cracking of the vinyl record because of the weight and will inevitably produce scuff marks and ring wear on the record's album cover marring the artwork. Records must always be stored upright like books on a shelf.
it's true. it's just that in the 80's and 90's, those records were considered junk. they arent even dollar bin, with a dollar you bought a dozen of them. the stands did cost more than the records then.
Man I want to just get into that basement and 1) build some fuck off mahoosive pigeon hole cabinets, 2) Start putting all those stacks into them on their sides, 3) have some lunch 4) start playing through and sorting!
I feel the same as him... I got like 50/80 LP's in my rack here... and still ... i can go through it like 100 times... always find something else in it... where i can make another 2 beats from 1 sample... so .. incredible... I want to go to a record store here in Holland... don't have them much here...
even Dj Shadow himself plays CDJs:)) it's just evolution...i got around 800 vinyls, i will never sell even one:) now i play mp3s as well...but all the time i check my records, its much more for me:) mp3 is clearly about music, vinyl is about love:)))
@TheSludgeMan he samples other records, and then cuts them up into pieces to be played on a drum machine. i believe he used an mpc 60 for entroducing. maybe it was an mpc 2000, i'm not sure. then he mixes them all up and emerges with beautiful music.
I was digging 1 day and found the xact record i wanted so quick. It was a record I had never heard of b4 but it felt like god handed it to me later when i spun it
Amazing artist. Endtroducing is sublime and timeless. Always been a big fan of DJ Shadow and other darker Trip Hop inspired acts like Portishead, Tricky, Massive Attack, Unkle, DJ Krush, Amon Tobin, HTDA, Allflaws
I can't help but get a little depressed seeing this clip. Having been a DJ for 14 years (albeit a techno/tech-house DJ), I remember what it felt like spending a day or two just looking for that truly awesome tune. With MP3's, it feels like we've left future generations with nothing that would be considered musically tangible, and it's a damn shame to think about.
Endtroducing... is one of the greatest albums of all time. buy it. it will change your life. Also check out a documentary called Dark Days. DJ Shadow's music is in the movie and it fits the mood perfectly.
Great clip…AWESOME documentary. I bought it, when it was released, around 2002 & it was well mixxd with Dolby 5.1. The filmmaker? Get this-- it was they guys first commercial release, if memory serves & he killed b/c it was FILLED with so many awesome artists.
@dep1001 The store is called Records and the location in the film was in downtown Sacramento, California. Now they're located at 16 and Broadway. I used to work there for a little while on weekend in '02-'03. THAT BASEMENT WAS MASSIVE!!. That section had thousands upon thousands of records plus lots of different kinds of memorabilia. If you ever gert to Sac town look them up. I'm back in Sac for a visit next week. Cannot wait!!
alot of independent record shops are closing because of economic inflation and cyber convenience. its now 14 years later into a cyber shift from analog to digital. in these times it would benefit the culture of beat producing if musicians can come to a communal site on the internet and upload wav files of their own performed/recordinged breakbeats basslines strings winds horns and sound designed snares and DIY 808 kicks high hats and alot of soul and funk music socially and you really have to come from a background of digging for funk and rare funk on 12's or 45's from places and people that know their shit and have extensive references of musical theory on jazz funk soul and maybe just maybe the blues and rock and of course psychedelia. so you wouldn't have to use the sampler on your drum machine or DAW program but just to chop wav files into measurments of notes and edit and add filters and effects to wav files then resequence and compose them into your own composition. yes a website for musical talent that can be auditioned for special projects maybe for agencies or others just looking to start a band and jam with. a network social media especially focused on cultivating music and all levels of musicians. for some reason that most people shouldn't be aware of i could imagine major record labels tying to buy out the whole inventory of these independent mom and pop record shops right when they close their business because of difficult times, where else would their inventory go, there's no space to keep it once the doors are closed.
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"just being in here is a humbling experience to me because you're looking through all these records and it's sort of like a big pile of broken dreams in a way."
GOD DAMN. what a statement.
my favorite quote from the doc.
I had the exact same thought when I watched this great documentary for the 1st time,It shows you how serious,emotional & humble he is about his mastered craft!
That basement spawned arguably the greatest album of all time
"it's sort of like a big pile of broken dreams... if you're making records, you're sort of adding to this pile."
Well said Shadow.
He dug through that basement and came up with gold. There will never be another Endtroducing.
Reentroduceing
Makes me realize how many other records are there with soul and passion put into them. Potentially hiding all around the world....
Statistically speaking, it's still possible........I mean, there are still countless moments of genius waiting to be sampled and rearranged into something new. You should check out DJ Format some time......he's put out some incredible stuff over the years, and his latest LP - Devil's Workshop is heavy on the sampling.
There are still purist hiphop producers out there that are prepared to take a hit on the royalties.........but yeah, Endtroducing's in a class of its own.
That record is like a miracle
I always felt like The Avalanches - Since I Left You was like the spiritual sequel to Endtroducing. Not in terms of how it sounds, but the approach / attitude. Another record made entirely from samples of obscure forgotten records
Genuinely one of the best documentary scenes i've ever seen
What is so interesting is that the maker of Skratch, Doug Pray, initially went into it with the idea that DJ culture was empty. That they weren't real musicians in any sense and were just stealing music essentially, and he wanted to make a documentary to that effect. However, as he began to research it more and make the film he immediately did a 180 as he found out of how rich DJ and hip-hop culture really is. And so decided to do a documentary celebrating the history of it. Pretty cool.
@@TomLittle1981 You mean he came into it with an open mind? How refreshing
I'm grateful they let him down there, otherwise we might not've heard the greatest instrumental hip-hop album ever
But DJ Shadow didn't make Donuts, bro?
Joking aside, Endtroducing... Was a game changer.
I can’t express how much I love the cinematography and music in this clip. Takes me back when I first saw it in my college dorm room.
I'm 22 & I deeply appreciate this
"its not gonna make a bad dj good but it will make a good dj better" could not have been said any better :)
I always come back to this and it makes me emotional every time I hear that quote about how all the records are like a pile of broken dreams. “All these cats thought they were”.
This too emotional especially with the music on the background, it's got too much soul in it
"But downstairs, it's a claustrophobic mess, a dank room impossibly dense with vinyl. If you know the basics of record care, you know that you are not supposed to stack the vinyl vertically-- you store it on its edge, like a book. But here are what look to be hundreds of records stacked on top of each other, so that the record on the bottom of the pile is subjected to hundreds of pounds of force and the grooves are presumably being slowly crushed with each passing minute."
20 years... Still epic album
Omg all that vinyl stacked like that is hurting me...
Truth is, DJ Shadows's voice is so soulfull and meaningfull that it would make an awesome sample. I kinda like the irony.
"A true writer walks all over their crumpled pieces of paper lying on the floor...their mistakes, notes..." - E Hemmingway
I can't but think of how Shadow is doing the same thing. That basement is chalk-full of records, even on the floor but he still has mad respect for all of it.
I'm just a fan of music no matter how it's listened to but watching him find records that I know dam well I've never heard of, it makes me feel like there is still a whole world of music I've never heard of and probably never will..
Here in 2021. I got Scratch on DVD when it first came out and I’ve still got it 😂
this is probably the coolest thing ive ever seen in my life
8 years later but yes
This was always my favourite part of the film...
I love how this interview was shot under an avalanche of vinyl. Scratch is one of my favorite docs ever.
"its not gonna make a bad DJ godd, but it will make a good DJ better." Spot on. Good musicians make gold out of shit, and platinum out of gold. This place means a wider perspective, and being worthy for it is something you have to earn.
As a complete vinyl junkie myself, I am in awe of that place. It would be amazing to dig through there. When they show that basement, I hear angels sing and see beams of light come down from above.
Sadly Records is no longer with us......think it closed about 5 or 6 years ago?! I made it there with a workmate (fellow digger) in around 2001......we managed a good few hours going thru the crates before we had to call it day. Took a picture of him standing in the exact same spot as Lyrics Born......sadly no cat was present that day!
Living in sacramento, almost 20 years after this was filmed, i wonder where all those records from that basement are now.
I've always wondered the same thing. I was able to check out that basement in the late 90s - unbelievable.
Inspirational. Down to earth, he knows he's got talent, but he doesn't rub it in other peoples faces.
Wow...amazing...passion for music meets passion for music
the last album that he pulls out at the end..i have that album too. haha its "house session 10th anniversary." GREAT album. DJ shadow has good taste.
A story well told of hope and dreams of an artist and it starts with the music old and new.
you can really tell shadow is a true artist. he seems very introverted/introspective. and he speaks some truly poetic, and insightful words when he talks about "a pile of broken dreams". and, consequently, you can really FEEL it in his music. hes an amazing artist.
That album was released 12 years ago. "Endtroducing... made the Guinness World Records book for 'First Completely Sampled Album' in 2001."
"i honestly feel like the people that dig, don't stop digging cuz its a part of who we are. people that don't: you don't have to. it's not gonna make a bad dj good, but it'll make a good dj better."
My favorite quote from that segment. And this Documentary was the sole one that shaped my DJ Career from Senior Year of High School onwards.
Increíble, cientos de miles de discos anónimos en los que pusieron todas sus esperanzas miles de músicos totalmente desconocidos. La cantidad de maravillas que pasarían totalmente desapercibidas para siempre si no fuera por tipos como DJ Shadow, Keb Darge y otro montón de dj's y compiladores.
i was just thinking the same about cd's earlier, granted cd's arent as classic as vinyls but there still vanishing. i can remember being the last one to get a cd player because i was poor and my mom was finally buying one with her tax check, and i picked out da brat and nwa posse cd weeks before we even got the player just waiting to play it and hear the whole cd. no one can even get that excitement anymore. digging thru the cd rack wondering who all these artists were and taking a chance
"just being here, is ahumbling experience because these records and its like a pile of broken dreams." so so true. pls reply
The LP at 3:06 is Johnny Jenkins - "Ton-Ton Macoute!" Pretty cool blues/soul/funk album. I have a copy still sealed in shrink that I found at Goodwill.
my favorite part of this movie.
i watch this segment just for a sense of personal peace.
Seeing this is just sad.
Do NOT stack vinyl records
Never stack records on top of each other whether in their jackets or not. This is one sure fire way to cause warping, possible cracking of the vinyl record because of the weight and will inevitably produce scuff marks and ring wear on the record's album cover marring the artwork. Records must always be stored upright like books on a shelf.
GQ Silas right
it's true. it's just that in the 80's and 90's, those records were considered junk. they arent even dollar bin, with a dollar you bought a dozen of them. the stands did cost more than the records then.
I can´t believe how down-to-earth this dude is.
"10 years down the line you'll be in here"
Man I want to just get into that basement and 1) build some fuck off mahoosive pigeon hole cabinets, 2) Start putting all those stacks into them on their sides, 3) have some lunch 4) start playing through and sorting!
0:23: Records. K Street, Sacramento, California.
god, he is such an inspiration for me.
DJ Shadow - Midnight in a perfect world...
My favorite DJ 💖!
'midnight in a perfect world' from the album 'entroducing'
One of the best Documentaries EVER!! DJ Shadow's music is so Deep, Intelligent, and Soulful.
I just absolutely love the tune in the video. Midnight in a perfect world! Legendary track!
great movie...an history of actual music and generation...
I feel the same as him... I got like 50/80 LP's in my rack here... and still ... i can go through it like 100 times... always find something else in it... where i can make another 2 beats from 1 sample... so .. incredible... I want to go to a record store here in Holland... don't have them much here...
My Dream come true. Thank you Dj Sharow.
Always goosebumps. Amazing...
It always be a legendary movie scene for me
DJ Shadow is my favorite! reppin' UCDavis!
i actually find this clip inspirational. i don't exactly know why
Soul stirring.
Damn I cant believe there so much records thats untouched. Its a djs paradise.....
even Dj Shadow himself plays CDJs:)) it's just evolution...i got around 800 vinyls, i will never sell even one:) now i play mp3s as well...but all the time i check my records, its much more for me:) mp3 is clearly about music, vinyl is about love:)))
@TheSludgeMan he samples other records, and then cuts them up into pieces to be played on a drum machine. i believe he used an mpc 60 for entroducing. maybe it was an mpc 2000, i'm not sure. then he mixes them all up and emerges with beautiful music.
After watching this film, I've had some dreams of going down into that basement, lol, no lie! It looks like an amusement park for djs/producers!!!!
chills thru my spine
2:03 is perhaps the deepest thing I've heard from any musician, ever.
I was digging 1 day and found the xact record i wanted so quick. It was a record I had never heard of b4 but it felt like god handed it to me later when i spun it
There are more atoms than combinations on a musical staff.
I love his motivation. Keeps me going. To be better
@lawless691 it's midnight on a perfect world. It opened a whole new world of music up to me the first time I heard it.
im from Woodland California. that like 7 minutes away from Davis. this guy is my favorite DJ.
K Street records downtown Sacramento?
beautiful
Amazing artist. Endtroducing is sublime and timeless.
Always been a big fan of DJ Shadow and other darker Trip Hop inspired acts like
Portishead, Tricky, Massive Attack,
Unkle, DJ Krush, Amon Tobin, HTDA, Allflaws
are these 'masters'? good job dj shadow, keep advertising your huge record collection, i'm coming for you
this is what hip hop is all about.
shadow is a legend
"PPL THAT DONT, imean it wont make a good dj bad, but itll make a good dj, better..."
true story (:
Oof, that takes me back.
Don't sleep on "Dark Days", though.
damn..... that is a dj's holy place.
such a wide place of records. thats amazing
I can't help but get a little depressed seeing this clip. Having been a DJ for 14 years (albeit a techno/tech-house DJ), I remember what it felt like spending a day or two just looking for that truly awesome tune. With MP3's, it feels like we've left future generations with nothing that would be considered musically tangible, and it's a damn shame to think about.
Endtroducing... was the first album in history to be composed entirely of samples. now it all makes sense.
Endtroducing... is one of the greatest albums of all time. buy it. it will change your life. Also check out a documentary called Dark Days. DJ Shadow's music is in the movie and it fits the mood perfectly.
just.. inspiring thats all i can say
Great clip…AWESOME documentary. I bought it, when it was released, around 2002 & it was well mixxd with Dolby 5.1.
The filmmaker? Get this-- it was they guys first commercial release, if memory serves & he killed b/c it was FILLED with so many awesome artists.
I loved this part in the doc.
He is dope, max respect!!!
Great scene, great film.
Great movie, great producer.
I thought my 500+ vinyl hoarding collection was empressive lol
Shadow & madlib are different though, they made digging and searching for old gems exciting
its beautiful
iystealthyi midnight in a perfect world
so, so sick
Thiz is incredible...
excellent
that basement is just..HELLA beautiful, yet so sad..poor vinyls
Endtroducing was, and is, the perfect underground album(pardon the pun). So much substance to it, in atime when substance is hard to come by.
@dep1001 The store is called Records and the location in the film was in downtown Sacramento, California. Now they're located at 16 and Broadway. I used to work there for a little while on weekend in '02-'03. THAT BASEMENT WAS MASSIVE!!. That section had thousands upon thousands of records plus lots of different kinds of memorabilia. If you ever gert to Sac town look them up. I'm back in Sac for a visit next week. Cannot wait!!
alot of independent record shops are closing because of economic inflation and cyber convenience. its now 14 years later into a cyber shift from analog to digital. in these times it would benefit the culture of beat producing if musicians can come to a communal site on the internet and upload wav files of their own performed/recordinged breakbeats basslines strings winds horns and sound designed snares and DIY 808 kicks high hats and alot of soul and funk music socially and you really have to come from a background of digging for funk and rare funk on 12's or 45's from places and people that know their shit and have extensive references of musical theory on jazz funk soul and maybe just maybe the blues and rock and of course psychedelia. so you wouldn't have to use the sampler on your drum machine or DAW program but just to chop wav files into measurments of notes and edit and add filters and effects to wav files then resequence and compose them into your own composition. yes a website for musical talent that can be auditioned for special projects maybe for agencies or others just looking to start a band and jam with. a network social media especially focused on cultivating music and all levels of musicians. for some reason that most people shouldn't be aware of i could imagine major record labels tying to buy out the whole inventory of these independent mom and pop record shops right when they close their business because of difficult times, where else would their inventory go, there's no space to keep it once the doors are closed.
R.A.D.+H.E.R. 3:05 Johnny Jenkins "I Walk on Guilded Splinters"...solo drum breakbeat on that piece of vinyl.
DJ Shadow was one of the few Americans to really understand trip hop, Endtroducing was up there with the best of 'em...
Normally I think of crap when I hear the word DJ, but DJ Shadow is great.
its also got vocals from the chick from portishead in it. and shes a beacon of trip hop much like shadow him self.
That takes record hoarding to a whole new level.
love how he pronounces "records"
genius is a word often overused. not in this case.
20 years later, what ever became of this place?