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Action Adventure
Electronic · 2023 · 14 tracks · 57m

Action Adventure

DJ Shadow

A synth-heavy pivot into retro-futurism. Cinematic, neon-lit soundscapes that trade dusty hip-hop breaks for clean, driving electronic textures.

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It's like DJ Shadow found a box of 80s sci-fi soundtracks and decided to make them hit harder.

A sleek, retro-futurist exploration of solitude and late-night urban energy.

Action Adventure · vs · DJ Shadow
Instrumental Only+2.2σ

The vocals lean far further into instrumental only than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks · 57m
01
Ozone Scraper
3:31
02
All My
2:43
03
Time and Space
8:22
04
Craig, Ingels, & Wrightson
3:10
05
Witches Vs. Warlocks
4:10
06
A Narrow Escape
2:56
07
You Played Me
3:28
08
Free for All
2:30
09
The Prophecy
4:43
10
Friend or Foe
2:42
11
Fleeting Youth (An Audible Life)
3:32
12
Reflecting Pool
7:55
13
Forever Changed
3:43
14
She’s Evolving
4:16
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition into the eight-minute cosmic sprawl of Time and Space where the rhythm dissolves into pure atmosphere
The sudden 1980s R&B vocal chop on You Played Me that feels like a lost radio transmission
The aggressive, percussive breakbeat shift halfway through Witches Vs. Warlocks
Sits BesideSee all
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