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DJ Krush Self-Remixes "Best Of" Comp, Launches Tour

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Downtempo beatmaster and instrumental hip hop pioneer DJ KRUSH has decided to take Kanye's "I drop my new shit/ It sound like the Best Of" mantra to the next level by actually fusing the two. How? By remixing his own catalog on Red Ink Records' forthcoming release Stepping Stones: The Self-Remixed Best, dropping September 19 on double CD/vinyl.

The first disc of the package, called Lyricism, covers KRUSH's work with MCs-- from the Roots' Black Thought and Malik B to Def Jux's Aesop Rock and Mr. Lif. KRUSH, however, remixed each track and included two new ones: "Mosa" (featuring Kan) and its corresponding remix.

True to its name, the second disc-- Soundscapes -- consists solely of instrumentals, including tracks with DJ Shadow and the Roots' Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson. As with Lyricism, KRUSH remixed all of the tracks on Soundscapes and added new ones: "Intro", "Elapse", and "Drum".

KRUSH kicks off a North American tour tonight in support of Stepping Stones.

Stepping Stones: The Self-Remixed Best:

Lyricism (Disc 1):

01 Only the Strong Survive [ft. C.L. Smooth] (Bon Mix)

02 Kiro [ft. Twigy & Rino Latina II] (Vib Mix)

03 Vision of Art [ft. Company Flow] (Broken Mix)

04 Zen Approach [ft. Black Thought] (Cradle Mix)

05 Final Home [ft. Esthero] (Piano Mix)

06 Kill Switch [ft. Aesop Rock] (Beep Mix)

07 Nosferatu [ft. Mr. Lif] (Space-Cadet Mix)

08 Song for John Walker [ft. Anticon] (Sticky Mix)

09 Meiso [ft. Black Thought & Malik B] (Silent-Gun Mix)

10 Danger of Love [ft. Zap Mama] (Gray-Sky Mix)

11 Shinjiro [ft. Mos Def] (Harsh Mix)

12 Mosa [ft. Kan]

13 Mosa [ft. Kan] (Remix)

Soundscapes (Disc 2):

01 Intro

02 Stormy Cloud [ft. Ken Shima] (Raindrop Mix)

03 Elapse

04 Trihedron [ft. Opus] (Stray Mix)

05 Still Island [ft. Shuuzan Morita] (Still 'n' Slow Mix)

06 Endless Railway [ft. Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson] (Sentiment Mix)

07 Day's End [ft. Kazufumi Kodama] (After-Dusk Mix)

08 Outro (Revised)

09 Duality [ft. DJ Shadow] (2006K Mix)

10 Kemuri (Untouchable Mix)

11 Drum

12 Duck Chase [ft. PhonopsychographDISK] (Double-Up Mix)

13 Bypath - Would You Take It? (Static Mix)

Cityscapes:

09-06 Philadelphia, PA - Fluid

09-07 New York, NY - Irving Plaza

09-09 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club

09-10 Boston, MA - Underbar

09-12 Toronto, Ontario - Mod Club

09-13 Montreal, Quebec - Club Soda

09-15 Atlanta, GA - The Loft

09-16 Dallas, TX - Minc Lounge

09-19 Detroit, MI - The Shelter

09-21 Minneapolis, MN - Foundation

09-22 Chicago, IL - Smart Bar

09-23 Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre

09-25 Portland, OR - Holocene

09-26 Seattle, WA - Neumos

09-27 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom

09-29 San Francisco, CA - Mezzanine

09-30 Los Angeles, CA - Knitting Factory

10-02 Honolulu, HI - Fashion 45

Video: DJ KRUSH: Final Home [ft. Esthero]

[ September 06, 2006 ]

Written by Dave Maher

Courtesy of Pitchfork Media

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