Midnight In A Perfect World (Partial Reconstruction)

[pmsan29]

I find myself coming back to this song again and again...it has been this way for a good 10 years or so now. There is something so magically soothing about this track that transcends both time and space. Great job on finding the original samples!

[Monstersync]

this is very impressive - i was searching for the samples this song uses with the intention of making a remix, so i appreciate you putting the sample names up too.

[jerichowymax]

impressive mang

[gjrlzmaxciek]

0:24 - from what song came that sample ?

[mrsk33]

if you go to endtroducings wikipedia page it will tell you the samples

[eightyeightdays]

Having the samples you should go for a straight rework instead. A good job nevertheless.

[MyNameIsNeutron]

For the drums, Shadow actually used two breaks playing at once, the Rotary Connection one and "Soul" by S.O.U.L.

[BlizzardOfTheCoast]

I'll have to try that, that actually sounds pretty possible. Thanks!

Unless you've got a link to someone else demonstrating it? :)

[hitmusicsingles]

Great reconstruction!

Here's something I discovered, Shadow also sampled some piano on "Midnight in a Perfect World" from Meredith Monk's "Biography":

watch?v=hF0zdkinPFI

[BlizzardOfTheCoast]

Right you are! There are so many misidentified samples for Endtroducing (especially breaks) that when I saw that on Wikipedia I dismissed it without close inspection. Thanks for confirming for me!

[snolan1990]

Perfect

[francaisemusique]

hey blizzard, i dont know if its any use to you, but the intro vocals are from a hip hop song : organized konfusion- releasing hypnotical gases

[francaisemusique]

DJ shadow is just a genious, and a master of crate digging

[Ditocoaf]

I'm hardly educated in this area of music, but I started to follow your youtube because I knew it would lead me to incredible stuff like this. Thank you! And I'm very impressed with this reconstruction. You certainly know your shit.