DJ Shadow joins host Stephen Kallao

For his latest album, DJ Shadow turned to a curious eBay purchase: 200 tapes recorded off an 80s radio mix. Those tapes, along with the producer’s massive personal vinyl collection, form the foundation of Action Adventure. On the World Cafe, DJ Shadow talks about making his seventh album and how he approaches music curation and collecting during an era of information overload.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist
The Clash “The Magnificent Seven” Sandinista!
DJ Shadow “Ozone Scraper” Action Adventure
DJ Shadow “You Played Me” Action Adventure
DJ Shadow “Dealer Choice” Action Adventure
DJ Shadow “Free For All” Action Adventure
DJ Shadow “Nobody Speak” The Mountain Will Fall
DJ Shadow “A Narrow Escape” Action Adventure
DJ Shadow “Friend or Foe” Action Adventure
Maggie Rogers “Dog Years” WC Recording
Moby “South Side” Play
The Specials “A Message To You Rudy” The Specials
The Rolling Stones “Live With Me” Let It Bleed
St. Vincent “Every Tear Disappears” WC Recording
St. Vincent “Broken Man” All Born Screaming
LCD Soundsystem “Big Ideas” 21
Khruangbin “May Ninth” A La Sala
Natalie Merchant “Jealousy” Tigerlily

Hour Two
Rufus Wainwright “I Don’t Know What It Is” Want One
The Avett Brothers “Love of a Girl” the avett brothers
R.E.M. “It’s The End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)” Document
Tori Amos “Silent All These Years” Little Earthquakes
Noah Kahan “Northern Attitude (ft. Hozier)” Stick Season
Jade Jackson “Finish Line” WC Recording
World Party “Every Night” WC Recording
Nada Surf “Always Love” WC Recording
Jalen Ngonda “Illusions” Illusions
Rufus & Chaka Khan “Ain’t Nobody” Stompin’ At The Savoy
Leon Bridges “If It Feels Good, Then It Must Be” Good Thing
Shuggie Otis “Miss Pretty” Inspiration Information
The National Parks “Timber!” 8th Wonder
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova “Falling Slowly” Once
The Decemberists “Burial Ground” Burial Ground
Elliott Smith “Miss Misery” Good Will Hunting