He spent countless hours researching primary source materials locked in the state’s storage bins and looking at newspaper and eyewitness accounts of events.

If the music gives you a feeling of déjà vu, it’s not just because Survive draws from familiar source materials.

“That is part of me,” he said, acknowledging his reliance on such source materials in his work following “Endtroducing,” including multiple collaborations with Cut Chemist.