Shem McCauley is no stranger to laying low.  After what has been a long imposed hiatus he has quietly reemerged… and we do mean quietly.  Originally you would have known Shem as DJ Streets Ahead, a pioneer in the UK hip-hop scratch scene.  The man has more remixes than you can shake a tone arm at.  Just to name a few, to give you a feel, he has worked with the likes of Prodigy, Moby, Sister Sledge, Roxane Shante, James Brown, Carl Cox, Tim Westwood, Junkie XL, and Public Enemy.  Shem is continuing now with the moniker Slacker and on February 23rd is releasing his next album, Start A New Life on Godlike & Electric Records.

I can’t begin to tell you just how smooth this album is much less how …