In 2016, veteran producer Josh Davis released his most recent studio album as DJ Shadow, The Mountain Will Fall, on Nas’ Mass Apeal Records. The album, which Davis reportedly viewed as a risk after eschewing more “comfortable” deals on major labels, was quite a critical success, with songs such as his Run The Jewels collaboration, “Nobody Speak,” becoming regarded among the year’s best releases.

Today, July 6, DJ Shadow has followed up his aforementioned album with a new EP, The Mountain Has Fallen. Releasing the player as a surprise, the artist relates its conception back to his success despite the challenges which faced the 2016 LP:

“I guess you could say that this new EP is my version of a victory lap. It’s a celebration, and an extension of those confident steps forward.”

The four-track record features Davis’ Nas collaboration, “Systematic,” which was released earlier this year as part of the soundtrack for HBO’s Silicon Valley. DJ Shadow also enlists Danny Brown for the viscerally inciting “Horror Show,” which was released earlier today. Furthermore, Steven Price, who won the Academy Award for Best Score in 2013 for his work in Gravity, joins as a collaborator on the epic, yet challenging “Corridors.” The EP also includes a cerebral, rhythmically erratic solo effort, “Good News.”

The Mountain Has Fallen is available in full via Mass Appeal.

View dates for DJ Shadow’s ongoing international tour below:

Jul 6 – Festival d’ete de Quebec – Quebec, Canada
Jul 7 – Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, Ontario
Jul 8 – Park West – Chicago, IL
Jul 10 – Madrid Theatre – Kansas City, MO
Jul 11 – Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
Jul 12 – The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT
Jul 14 – Neptune Theatre – Seattle, WA
Jul 15 – Roseland Theater – Portland, OR
Jul 16 – The UC Theatre – Berkeley, CA
Jul 18 – House of Blues Anaheim – Anaheim, CA
Jul 19 – Rialto Theatre – Tucson, AZ
Jul 21 – Emo’s – Austin, TX
Jul 22 – House of Blues Dallas – Dallas, TX
Jul 23 – House of Blues Houston – Houston, TX
Jul 24 – New Daisy Theatre – Memphis, TN
Jul 25 – Mercury Ballroom – Louisville, KY
Jul 27 – House of Blues Boston – Boston, MA
Jul 28 – Randall’s Island Park / Panorama Festival – New York, NY
Jul 30 – Jefferson Theater – Charlottesville, VA
Jul 31 – Orange Peel – Asheville, NC
Aug 1 – Center Stage – Atlanta, GA
Aug 2 – The Mill & Mine – Knoxville, TN
Aug 4 – Marathon Music Works – Nashville, TN
Aug 11 – Sziget Music Festival – Budapest, Hungary
Aug 13 – Fistral Beach and Watergate Bay – Newquay, UK
Aug 15 – Concorde 2 – Brighton, UK
Aug 16 – Concorde 2 – Brighton, UK
Aug 18 – Le Fort de Saint Pere – St Pere, France
Sep 6 – Fort Punta Christo – Pula, Croatia
Sep 9 – Bestival – Lulworth, United Kingdom
Sep 14 – Rockefeller Music Hall – Oslo, Norway
Sep 17 – Festsaal Kreuzberg – Berlin, Germany
Sep 18 – Technikum – Munich, Germany
Sep 20 – Roxy – Prague, Czech Republic
Sep 21 – W.U.K. – Vienna, Austria
Sep 22 – Alte Feuerwache – Mannheim, Germany
Sep 25 – De Roma – Antwerp, Netherlands
Sep 26 – Paradiso – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sep 28 – O2 Academy – Oxford, UK
Sep 30 – O2 Institute – Birmingham, UK
Oct 1 – O2 Academy Leeds – Leeds, UK
Oct 3 – O2 ABC – Glasgow, United Kingdom
Oct 5 – Albert Hall – Manchester, United Kingdom
Oct 6 – O2 Academy Bristol – Bristol, United Kingdom
Oct 7 – Roundhouse – London, United Kingdom

H/T: Pitchfork

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