Reconstructed
DJ SHADOW
Demo Tapes
Hip Hop Reconstruction From The Ground Up
1991
Self-released
Demo, Mixtape
Artwork: The 8th Wonder
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First ever Shadow release. About 20 copies were recorded and sent to various fanzine and underground magazines, the one that got him a column in the June edition of The Source Magazine in the US.
Hip Hop Rec. From The Ground Up Vol 1½
1991
Self-released
Demo, Mixtape
Artwork: The 8th Wonder
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Subtitled "Excerpts From The Movement", as his beats were evolving, it was more of a beat résumé according to Shadow.
3 different demo tapes given to Funkenklein.
3 different demo tapes given to Funkenklein.
FunkenKlein's Tapes
1991
Self-released
Demo, Mixtape
Artwork: The 8th Wonder
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In the same period of time, 3 tapes were made and sent to the late Dave "Funken" Klein, back then head of Hollywood BASIC. In 2025, DJ Shadow would retrieve those tapes.
J-card and body tape
Signed j-card
J-card and body tape
Tracks And Beats (93-94)
1994
Self-released
Demo, Mixtape
Artwork: The 8th Wonder
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About 60 of those tapes were handed by Shadow to prospective MCs as a kind of portfolio, it contains unreleased instrumental tracks and alternate mixes.