DJ Shadow | The Less You Know, The Better

Josh Davis, better known as hip-hop mystic DJ Shadow , has crafted his latest album The Less You Know, The Better out of cinematic and introspective tales of the everyday. In whole, the album acts out a narrative, riddled with emotion and the vocal signatures of artists such as Yukimi Nagano of Little Dragon and Talib Kweli. On that note and in regards to the synesthesia Davis experiences with art, he says-

When you’re growing up in America music is forced on you, even in the supermarket. But films are too. Basically my philosophy on art is that you can take paintings and articulate them in words, forms or music. You can take music and articulate it visually. You can take books and turn them into paintings based on or inspired by movies. I think tension in movies is very important due to the fact that, and many people say that, my music is very cinematic sounding. It’s just that I really admire the manipulation of a motion, whether it is in books or in movies. I think that movies are more visceral because they are more dimensional. When I go to a film I want to be visually moved, I want something to really strike me. I am inspired by films, and by soundtracks, by the concept of writing music based on what you see.

Come On Riding (Through the Cosmos) – DJ Shadow

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