DJ Shadow talks DJ Hero 2

By Robert Purchese Published 23 April, 2010

"It was a trip," says spinner.

DJ Shadow has become the latest person to talk about DJ Hero 2.

He told BBC Radio 1 presenter Zane Lowe he was working on the game and is in it.

"It was interesting," he said of his work on DJ Hero 1 (via VG247). "I'm actually working on the next one as well. But yeah, it was a trip."

"I never thought I'd be in a game, let alone doing what I was doing on the backhands, putting the mixes together."

DJ Hero 2 hasn't been officially confirmed by Activision, but that hasn't stopped GAME, DJ David Guetta, Activision and Activision boss Bobby Kotick talking about it.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds. @Clert on Twitter.

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Comments (17) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • Muzakjunkie #1 2 years ago

    Really enjoyed the first game so I'll look forward to new tracks.

  • andywilkie35 #2 2 years ago

    I hope there is a Guitar Hero 6 this year, Activision haven't released a Guitar Hero in years! Also I want Band Hero 2, but this time more Lady Gaga tracks!

    /puts gun in mouth

    edit: sarcasm aside, I loved DJ Hero so will be getting this...
    Edited by andywilkie35 at 23/04/10 @ 17:20

  • Ceelion #3 2 years ago

    I really liked the first game, but after the decks broke one week on I took it back for a full refund. I bought the game more for the soundtrack rather than anything else.

  • kinky_mong #4 2 years ago

    Why is it a big announcement that Shadow is in the second game when he was an integral part of the first?

    Anyway DJ Hero was pretty good but waaaaay overpriced at release especially as the turntable controller was of extremely poor quality. I haven't heard from anyone who has a DJ Hero deck that doesn't randomly lose your multiplayer when you pull a rewind, and on top of that there were loads of reports of buttons breaking as well as the unreliable crossfade.

  • enfilade #5 2 years ago

    I just don't think enough gamers like mash-up, dance and electronic music to justify this. Personally I love that kind of music, but from my personal experience the majority of people who are into Gears of War and Modern Warfare would much rather listen to Metallica than Justice, or to the Nine Inch Nails instead of Daft Punk.

  • DAN.E.B #6 2 years ago

    I hope theres a lot more dance tracks this time! I love hip hop but the dance ones seemed more fun to play

  • frankfurter209 #7 2 years ago

    DJ Shadow can say/do whatever he wants. As far as I'm concerned, there is no greater album than Endtroducing.

  • SimonM7 #8 2 years ago

    You're not supposed to sit on them, Ceelion.

  • OrgasmicMutton #9 2 years ago

    I'm considering getting the first one after my exams now that it has dropped to more reasonable price levels.

    It did seem like a rather decent collection of music - after all you can't go wrong with Daft Punk.

  • TRUTH #10 2 years ago

    Here's something interesting I found - acid-house music originally actually started in India!

    http://boomkat.com/vinyl/288726-charanji...
    Edited by TRUTH at 24/04/10 @ 10:22

  • davymackie #11 2 years ago

    would love abit of prodigy this time and some indie bands would be nice.

  • Toothball #12 2 years ago

    @kinky_mong

    The problem with rewinds seems to be that you're supposed to do them at the end of sections rather than just randomly. If you do them in the right places you keep your multiplier like you're supposed to. Trouble was that the game didn't actually tell you that at all, so you pretty much had to guess. I hear that the next will have more of an indication of when rewinds are best used.

    DJ Shadow was one of the things that sold me on the first one though, and his mixes were some of the best ones on offer. Good to hear he'll in on the second too.

  • Ceelion #13 2 years ago

    @Toothball

    The problem with my deck was that buttons randomly triggered when the deck span. When I went for a rewind, I lost my multiplier because buttons pressed themselves. It happened to a lot of other people too!

  • Toothball #14 2 years ago

    @Ceelion

    Hmm, I hadn't noticed it doing that. I'll pay more attention next time.

  • Ceelion #15 2 years ago

    @Toothball

    The easiest way to test the button triggering was to spin the decks (ala rewind motion) on the menu screen, and if you moved / entered the game, you had a faulty turntable.

  • geeza2020 #16 2 years ago

    fuck off annawoods you cunt

    edit: and they're gone :)
    Edited by geeza2020 at 26/04/10 @ 10:45

  • Toothball #17 2 years ago

    @Ceelion

    Cheers for the tip, I'll probably give that a go later to make sure.