Endtroducing 25 (Vinyl 2xLP) Reggae & Ska

Endtroducing 25 (Vinyl 2xLP) Reggae & SkaLtd edition half speed master A seminal, incredibly influential hip hop release (also regarded as pretty much the last word in instrumental 'trip hop', a term used a lot at the time), Endtroducing is simply one of the defining albums of the 90s. It is famously also the first record ever made entirely from samples of other people's records with a particularly broad array of sources used, many mined from the catacomb like basement under the artist's

and selflessness

It's a well known fact that the record

Production work from John Congelton adds a different dimension to Olsen's sound

Despite its incredible pop hooks the whole LP drips with an undercurrent of darkness

radiowaves

but in a good way - one that shows that Miles' ideas were not accidents

Beat The Retreat and

and world renowned Fiddle master Mark O'Connor

alongside new collaborators Danny Brown

ridiculed and redefined plugged-in punk before hitting the self-destruct button and burying the evidence under a pile of hand-mutilated microgrooves for over 35 wet summers

sounding more self-assured than she did on her debut

Brian Borcherdt (aka Dusted) is the founding member of Holy Fuck as well as Lids which includes members of Metz and Constantines