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DJ Spooky
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DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid (born Paul Miller, 1970), is a Washington DC-born illbient and trip-hop musician, turntablist and producer. He borrowed his stage name from a character in a William S. Burroughs novel.
Growing up in DC, Spooky became interested in punk and go-go music, and attended Bowdoin College in Maine, earning degrees in French literature and philosophy. He began writing science fiction and formed a collective called Soundlab with several other artists.
In the mid-1990s, Spooky began recording a series of singles and EPs. His debut LP, “Songs of a Dead Dreamer”, is now widely regarded as a formative influence on illbient. “Riddim Warfare” was an underground hit that include collaborations with Dr. Octagon and other cult figures in indie rock.
He then worked with several other artists on various collaborations and mix CDs, returning in 2002 with “Modern Mantra”. That same year saw the release of “Optometry”, a widely acclaimed collaboration with avant-jazz players Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Guillermo E. Brown and Joe McPhee. This album also features portions of a breaks record by Billy Martin of Medeski, Martin and Wood.
DJ Spooky also composed the score for the 1998 film SLAM, featuring poet/actor Saul Williams in the lead role. The film went on to win both the Cannes Camera D’Or and the Sundance Festival Film Festival Grand Jury Prize.
Growing up in DC, Spooky became interested in punk and go-go music, and attended Bowdoin College in Maine, earning degrees in French literature and philosophy. He began writing science fiction and formed a collective called Soundlab with several other artists.
In the mid-1990s, Spooky began recording a series of singles and EPs. His debut LP, “Songs of a Dead Dreamer”, is now widely regarded as a formative influence on illbient. “Riddim Warfare” was an underground hit that include collaborations with Dr. Octagon and other cult figures in indie rock.
He then worked with several other artists on various collaborations and mix CDs, returning in 2002 with “Modern Mantra”. That same year saw the release of “Optometry”, a widely acclaimed collaboration with avant-jazz players Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Guillermo E. Brown and Joe McPhee. This album also features portions of a breaks record by Billy Martin of Medeski, Martin and Wood.
DJ Spooky also composed the score for the 1998 film SLAM, featuring poet/actor Saul Williams in the lead role. The film went on to win both the Cannes Camera D’Or and the Sundance Festival Film Festival Grand Jury Prize.
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CANT-U-SEE10 wrote:
Mr Brown is my shit!!!!!
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lifetechnique wrote:
I was kickin' it with Paul back in June in Switzerland at the Happy Bar. Awesome!
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ThierryM wrote:
Paul is the new guest of :: the questionnaire
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dominichealey wrote:
Is there a proper tracklisting for Dubtometry anywhere?
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red-green-blue wrote:
No DJ Spooky Group?
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soundtester wrote:
Similar artists are not quite... similar). Spooky made (still makin'?) some unique stuff. Just don't know who really sounds like this man. Btw, a funny thing: no 'Asphodel' label in a label-list.
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napierdalante wrote:
Songs of a Dead Dreamer one of the best cds ever
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Justin1983 wrote:
I dug out my DJ Spooky CDs and ripped them into my itunes, wayyyyyyy too long since I've listened to Spooky, he was deeply missed by me.
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SanPdro wrote:
Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Creation Rebel are in constant rotation.
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xenobiotics wrote:
Songs of a Dead Dreamer forgotten treasure, but luckily found and it made even bigger whirlwind than 12 yrs ago when I've heard it for the first time
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jrsampls wrote:
just bought riddim warfare.... sick nasty wit it
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pokolo wrote:
Hey. I need help from someone who is very familiar w/ DJ Spooky. I have a version of Necropolis but none of the track lengths much up according to discogs. Anyone that knows is stuff pretty well think they can help me to figure out what this is/should be? send me a message.
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voodoodrew wrote:
Creation Rebel is twisted!!!
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Telekenesis wrote:
This album is part of my life, my late teenage years. You helped open my mind, thank you. Thanks for the memories, Spooky you rule and inspire me even to this day. If only you knew...not only me and how you also inspired my family through me showing you to them. Your the dopeness, and part of the raw Hip-Hop movement, you wont be forgotten.
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elnico wrote:
Creation Rebel
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psycho20 wrote:
''Soon Forward'' rządzi!!!!
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basketdan wrote:
Creation Rebel. thank you dj spooky. come to moscow.
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ZEPRATGERNODT wrote:
Zep!
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zeerover wrote:
http://djspooky.com/articles/venice_2007.html has everybody seen this? the file data is blank (and in my case i had to burn it to cd and then re-rip it as an mp3 because it's in m4a), so i was also wondering how people are tagging it. i can't find it in the list of tracks. any ideas? for now i'm going with artist:dj spooky and title:ghost world and leaving everything else blank.
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boothanew wrote:
He borrowed his stage name from a character in a William S. Burroughs novel. - that's a very cool thing to know.
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DJ Spooky
Beck's Bar, Melbourne, Australia
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ELEVATE
schlossberg, Graz, Austria
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| 104 attendees
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- saracorreia added DJ Spooky to saracorreia’s library. yesterday afternoon
- clicK3 tagged DJ Spooky with ‘dub’, ‘downtempo’, ‘instrumental hip hop’, ‘experimental’, ‘trip-hop’, ‘electronic’, ‘trip hop’, ‘hip-hop’, ‘illbient’ and ‘instrumental hip-hop’. Friday afternoon
- muaddib424 added DJ Spooky to muaddib424’s library. Friday morning
- cslhclan tagged DJ Spooky with ‘trip-hop’. Thursday evening
- TheLuke13 added DJ Spooky to TheLuke13’s library. Thursday evening
- Lattata tagged DJ Spooky with ‘hip-hop’ and ‘electronic’. Thursday afternoon
- kalmone, ashleylross, Slacktrack and 2 other people added DJ Spooky to their libraries. Thursday morning
- MonsieurL tagged DJ Spooky with ‘experimental ambient’, ‘experimental dub’, ‘dark dub’, ‘dub’, ‘breakbeat’, ‘experimental hip hop’, ‘trip-hop’, ‘turntablism’, ‘abstract hip hop’, ‘hip hop’, ‘dark ambient’, ‘illbient’, ‘electronic’ and ‘instrumental hip hop’. Tuesday evening
- VVAU, Desch3000, druhtinaz and 1 other person added DJ Spooky to their libraries. Tuesday evening
- napierdalante connected DJ Spooky to the group intergalactic. Tuesday morning
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