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Approved: DJ Shadow (TGE Gig Previews 2011)
By Andy Malt | Published on Tuesday 3 May 2011
In the run up to this year’s Great Escape, which takes place in venues across Brighton from 12-14 May, we’ll be previewing some of our favourite artists who are playing the festival this year. And today, we’re kicking things off with DJ Shadow, who, as well as speaking about his music and career at the CMU-programmed Great Escape convention, will be playing one of the three headline shows at the Brighton Dome.
An innovator in live and recorded music for more than 20 years, he’ll be bringing his impressive ‘Shadowsphere‘ show to the UK (and indeed Europe) for the first time, which sees him perform inside a giant globe displaying 360 degree visuals before opening up to show the man doing what he does.
What he does, of course, is technically impressive in itself, as he recreates music from across his albums using numerous turntables and samplers, from classic tracks like ‘Midnight In A Perfect World‘, through his work with James Lavelle on the first UNKLE album, and up to his forthcoming new record. The next day Great Escape delegates will be able to see Shadow discussing all of the music and the Shadowsphere as part of the convention’s In Conversation programme.
To get into this show, plus all the other hundreds of panels, sessions, parties and gigs taking place at The Great Escape this year, get your delegates pass from escapegreat.com.
