DJ Shadow in Chicago

DJ Shadow is the American producer and DJ Josh Davis, from San Jose, California. He builds instrumental hip hop out of layered samples lifted off vinyl, worked up on an Akai MPC60 II and turntables. His 1996 debut "Endtroducing....." was recognized by Guinness World Records as the first album made entirely from samples, and he followed it with "The Private Press" (2002) and "Action Adventure" (2023).