  joshua paul "josh" davis (born june 29, 1972),discogs profilefamily tree legends joshua p. davis better known by his stage name dj shadow, is an american music producer and dj. he is a prominent figure in the development of instrumental hip hop and first gained notice with the release of his highly acclaimed debut album endtroducing...... he has an exceptionally large personal record collection, with over 60,000 records. ==history== ===early years=== dj shadow was experimenting with a four-track recorder while in high school in davis, california, and began his music career as a disc jockey for the university of california, davis campus radio station kdvs. during this period he was significant in developing the experimental hip hop style associated with the london-based mo' wax record label. his early singles, 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, 
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