Listen: DJ Shadow Plots Rarities Release

Details of DJ Shadow’s rarities collection have been revealed, alongside streams of some of the tracks that will be contained within it.

‘Total Breakdown: Hidden Transmissions From The MPC Era, 1992-1996’ currently has no scheduled date for release but will see DJ Shadow air new material and previously unheard tracks for the first time, including early experimentations on the Akai MPC.

Listen to ‘Dreams Of A Piece’ below:

The compilation is expected to be released on CD, vinyl and digital download, with the full tracklisting as follows:

1. Intropy (Original Version)
2. Vee In Detroit
3. Dreams Of A Piece
4. The Not-So-Quiet Storm
5. Fast Rap Fanfare
6. Intensely Hitting
7. Mystical With Solo
8. Alright
9. Don’t Try It
10. From The Old School
11. Freddi’s Popcorn
12. Quickstep
13. Movin’ On (Gab Demo 1)
14. Falling Up
15. Mellow But Chunky
16. Total Breakdown (Gab Demo 2)
17. Heavy Mood
18. Affectations
19. Perilous Journey (Gab Demo 3)
20. Aye
21. Brittle But Magic
22. Atmospheric Disturbances
23. Swimming Upstream (Gab Demo 4)
24. Up For Grabs (Outro)

The digital version available through DJ Shadow’s official website will also contain the following bonus tracks:

25. Give Up The Drums
26. Slow Poke
27. Vortex

Listen or download 1996’s ‘Affections’ below: