DJ Shadow: Without a Doubt

It’ll be good to catch up with our old friend Shads again when he returns to Yugong Yishan this month. Surely he ought to have been granted an honorary Chinese citizenship by now? Or at least the key to the city of Beijing for his services to genius? Anyhow, he’s back (again) and we never grow tired of his flying visits. If you haven’t had the chance to see him spin live yet, you should definitely catch this show.

Reasons to go
His last release may have gotten a lukewarm reception, but he has an embarrassment of seminal material to draw on and his Beijing shows never fail to sell out. Quickly.

Reasons to avoid
… are thin on the ground. Erm, how about: You hate incredible music?

After the show you’ll wish …
You’d become a trip-hop beat-head sooner and that DJ Shadow was a resident spinner in Beijing instead of just a frequent visitor.

When and where?
Aug 11 at Yugong Yishan.

Click here to see the Beijinger August issue in full.

Photo courtesy of the organizers.