DJ Shadow Drops “You Played Me” Chrome Sparks Remix

Includes LA’s The Fonda Tomorrow (Sold Out), NYC’s Webster Hall February 7

January 18, 2024 - - To celebrate his 31-date international tour beginning tonight, DJ Shadow has released a new remix of his song “You Played Me” by Chrome Sparks. “You Played Me” is a highlight on the pioneering DJ, producer and composer’s 8th studio album Action Adventure, which came out in October on Mass Appeal / Liquid Amber. While Shadow has performed a number of shows in the past few years, his Action Adventure tour is his first extensive run since 2017 and hits The Fonda in Los Angeles tomorrow (which is sold out), and Webster Hall in New York City on February 7. See below for the full itinerary and go here for tickets and more information: https://djshadow.com

Listen to the “You Played Me” Chrome Sparks remix here: https://djshadow.lnk.to/chromesparksremix  

American musician, producer and DJ Chrome Sparks has been praised by The Fader, Pitchfork, Resident Advisor and more, is known for his collaborations with Flume and Dirty Projectors, and has done remixes for Major Lazer, Chet Faker and Porter Robinson. Of the remix, Chrome Sparks says: "Getting asked to do a DJ shadow remix was a huge honor. The track has such a cool world about it- to make it my own I felt the need to totally reinvent it and figured I’d just fully take it to party mode and try to have fun." 

Action Adventure features 14 mostly instrumental tracks that represent a continued evolution for DJ Shadow. It’s a thrilling new addition to an influential body of work defined by a restless ear, always searching to rescue some forgotten gem from the dustbin of music history or a fresh blast of sound from the cutting edge.    

Tied to the album release, Shadow has been profiled by Stereogum and SPIN, interviewed by Zane Lowe on his Apple Music show and recently on The Great Creators podcast. Additional album coverage includes The Fader, Billboard, NPR’s New Music Friday and more. He also sat down for a Q&A with Zane Lowe at the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles, was interviewed on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic, and made surprise appearances at shows with frequent collaborators Run The Jewels. 

The album version of “You Played Me” was the result of serendipity, dropping the needle on an a capella track of a record he’d never listened to, over a beat that recalls a lost early 80s R&B classic. He says of the track, “it’s one of my favorite songs I’ve ever made.” The music video was filmed in a still-operating cassette tape manufacturer in Missouri - National Audio Company - and Shadow has been hiding cassette tapes of the single at indie record stores worldwide. Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTdeebyJ1MQ 

DJ Shadow has been releasing music for over three decades. His landmark debut Endtroducing…..was released in 1996, is considered one of the finest albums of that decade, and continues to influence new generations of artists. In the past few years he’s reached some tremendous new heights. 2016’s The Mountain Will Fall featured "Nobody Speak" with Run The Jewels. That single has long since gone gold, has nearly 100 million streams on Spotify, and continues to seep into the public consciousness as a soundtrack to countless spots in film and on TV. He returned in 2019 with Our Pathetic Age - a double LP featuring De La Soul (performing “Rocket Fuel” together on Jimmy Kimmel Live), Nas, Run the Jewels, Pusha T, Inspectah Deck and Ghostface among others.