Like Mutabaruka or Shinehead. That's how I satiate that urge for me. The label knows that they can't prohibit me from doing what I want to do. It's between Potrero Hill and Hunters Point in San Francisco. It's become a hangout.
People come after work and smoke herb and enjoy the music.
It's great to have our own spot and that we don't have to go and beg the record company to book us a studio every time we have a creative impulse. We've recorded other artists like Mutabaruka and Shinehead. The Bay Area is probably the most creative spot in the world. The second spot is Italy. There's a lot of DJs in Italy who's doing what DJ Shadow is doing.