Do you like hip hop? Get down to the Showbox TONIGHT. Joshua Paul Davis, better known by DJ Shadow is one of the most important figures in the development of instrumental hip hop. Inspired by the master works of Public Enemy, since high school, Shadow has been messing around on four track recorders and making beats with his friends which eventually led to the release of the Hip Hop Reconstruction mix tapes and his seventeen minute symphony "Entropy." This banger caught the eye of DJs everywhere, including the London-based label, Mo' Wax. After several album debuts through Mo' Wax, in 2007 his biggest release to date "The Outsider" that had appearances by Bay Area rappers E-40 and Keak da Sneak which gave Shadow an appearance on Letterman. In 2009, DJ Shadow has been a huge asset to the creation of the video game "DJ Hero" which allowed players to be DJ Shadow himself in the game. Since 2010, he's been playing throughout Europe and America for his "Live from Shadowsphere" tour, which is slowly coming to a close starting in Seattle tonight.

Opening up for Shadow is instrumental electronic masters that go by Nerve. These guys use turntables and other instruments to create a sound that rivals the recent dubstep and EDM movement in commercial mainstream now. They sound like a perfect accompaniment to Shadow's mixing expertise.

Show Details
The Showbox Market
$30 at the door
All Ages, 21+ with bar
8PM

My absolute FAVORITE track from Shadow's album, "The Outsider." Just so damn good.