This mix was part of Shadow Radio, an online collection of mixes hosted on DJ Shadow's website in 2010. There were 7 episodes all together. The below information is from Shadow's website.
A Day Without Your Love
Show contributed by Bob Abrahamian on Oct 25, 2010
Emotional, other-worldly soul sounds culled from the files of Chicago's Bob Abrahamian, vocal group collector extraordinaire. Ice-cold reality from the likes of Force of Habit, the Color Us People Band, Depths of Love, and more. If you like what you hear (and you should), check out more at sittinginthepark.com
Message From Shadow
One of the most common questions I am asked is, “So, what are you listening to?” Shadow Radio represents the best answer I could ever give. Music makes its way to me (as it probably does to you) in so many ways…through scavenging, promo mailings, hand-to-hand, on the advice of friends. I totally disregard any sense of “shelf-life,” that is, the hipster mentality of “been there, done that, on to the next.” I’m just as likely to be into crunk music 10 years from now as I am to be discovering European DIY stuff 30 years on. Once a form of music gets into my DNA, it’s there for life, be it hyphy, funk, or garage rock. Everyone else has moved on to this musical horizon over there? That’s fine, I’ll discover it on my own time, and with my own filter, rather than because that’s what I’m “supposed to be listening to.” Hip-hop will always be my first love, and it’s the Bambaataa aesthetic that still shapes my musical life: “listen to the music that was not necessarily intended for you.” Sometimes I’m the first to the party, sometimes the last. Such is the vastness of music. While I do expend a lot of effort to seek unheard music, Shadow Radio is NOT about, “look at me and my fancy record collection.” It’s not about rarity, value, or prestige, it’s about finding music from the past and present that helps speak to my (our) experiences and how to cope with them; circumstantially, there are lost classics and unknowns in equal measure. Music has shaped me socially, politically, emotionally, and spiritually. In every real sense, music has “saved me.” I consider it a great honor and responsibility to share the power of music with as many others as possible; it’s why I became a DJ. I LOVE exposing genius to the weary, cynical ears of friends, peers, and the public at large. When it comes down to it, what we all seek from music is TRUTH, not packaged, pre-fab fast food for the brain and soul. Consider Shadow Radio, then, to be the antidote, a placeholder for much better things to come as musicians emerge from the current cultural wasteland to inspire us once more. Oh, one last note: I detest irony in music, and as such, none of my selections are “ironic.” You can be sure that if it appears on Shadow Radio, it is a full-fledged endorsement of the artist’s vision, even if selected in jest, or in a context probably not originally intended. Without the occasional chuckle, music would be dull indeed…and as such, I feel that even unintentional humor is cause for celebration, and is a worthy component of our shared musical experiences. Enjoy the sounds!
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