DJ Shadow

Josh Davis, aka DJ Shadow, (born January 1, 1973 in Hayward, CA) is a turntablist musician.

DJ Shadow spent his teenage years in Davis, California and was a DJ at the community radio station KDVS. During his time a

Josh Davis, aka DJ Shadow, (born January 1, 1973 in Hayward, CA) is a turntablist musician.

DJ Shadow spent his teenage years in Davis, California and was a DJ at the community radio station KDVS. During his time as a radio disc jockey, DJ Shadow was significant in developing the experimental instrumental hip hop style associated with the California-based Solesides record label. His early singles for the label, including In/Flux and Lost and Found (S.F.L.), were genre-bending works of art merging elements of funk, rock, hip-hop, ambient, jazz, soul, and used-bin found records. DJ Shadow is often cited as a leading creator of trip-hop, though this is a label he strongly contests.