Pioneering producer/DJ/composer DJ Shadow has released his 8th studio album – Action Adventure – today via Mass Appeal. The album features 14 mostly instrumental tracks that represent a continued evolution for DJ Shadow. He has also created music videos for “Ozone Scraper” and “You Played Me” – two songs that show off the synth-heavy sonic worlds that Shadow explores throughout the record.

Action Adventure evokes the halcyon days of video store browsing, a fitting title for an album brimming with soundscapes and the menacing, mysterious feel that is laced through all of his work. Making the album, which he started on January 1, 2022, pushed him deeper into his compositional bag than ever before.

Though he isn’t classically trained, he asked himself questions like “which chord progression would be most natural here, and which would be least predictable?” and worked according to the inner logic that felt right to him. His rule for the record was simple: no compromises.

https://djshadow.lnk.to/actionadventure