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- Summary: The seventh full-length studio release from electronic producer DJ Shadow is mostly instrumental and features no guests.
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- Record Label: Mass Appeal
- Genre(s): Electronic, Club/Dance, Neo-Electro, Synthwave
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Nov 16, 2023Not so serious, just damn fun. Davis is taking big swings, purposely stomping through giant puddles like a kid again, eager to see how stain patterns form. So even when he misses, he still hits.
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Oct 26, 2023Action Adventure is a tidal wave of dense textures that wash over the listener for a full-sensory rollercoaster ride through the restless creativity of DJ Shadow.
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UncutOct 26, 2023The album flags a bit in the middle but maintains enough propulsion to easily glide past those saggy moments. [Dec 2023, p.34]
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MojoOct 26, 2023Even when further adrift from the lost funk sampledelia that made his name, Shadow's production brilliance shines through. [Dec 2023, p.90]
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Nov 15, 2023He channels snippets into new compositions played over an 808 with some rudimentary vintage synths, evoking memories of his teenage past sitting alongside a radio with fingers tentatively poised on play and record.
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Oct 26, 2023Action Adventure doesn't sound like DJ Shadow's other records, but it's exactly the type of album he would make -- a risky, expectation-bucking set that only fully makes sense to the artist himself.
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Nov 8, 2023For a record titled Action Adventure, it’s surprisingly short on excitement.