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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 & 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 & 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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Songs of a Dead Dreamer
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Optometry
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Riddim Warfare
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Rhythm Science
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TheOne5590 wrote:
Absolute pretentious, snobby, pseudo-intellectual. However, Songs of a Dead Dreamer was fucking OSSUM
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RussellChap wrote:
I like the titles on his début album, The Terran Invasion of Alpha Centauri Year being one of the best. The Dubs on the same album are great.
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zenmind_3k wrote:
Love this vibe!
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oOo0o0o0oOo wrote:
spooky deejay
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illiilliiil wrote:
Sound unbound is fucking insane
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Bastafa wrote:
which of this album is most similiar to "Songs Of A Dead Dreamer" ?? i more like his ambient stuff than the hip and triph-hop things
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Pulverie76 wrote:
Sound unbound
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Taharu wrote:
Anyone know thenames of the jungly tracks he spins in the track "The Conversation" on Riddim Warfare?
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coffeeandpigs wrote:
started with The Secret Song, I think I'm gonna give either Optometry, or Riddim Warfare a go after this.
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JoshCIVM wrote:
His remix of Nam June Paik is hilarious xD
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Smirnon wrote:
why do all my DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid get redirected to this
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progtrance7 wrote:
The man is an expansive thinker. [2]
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spaceBass13 wrote:
See you in Chicago this Saturday!
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red-green-blue wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/Dreamy+Music+For+Those+Who+Have+Inner+Peacefulness
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peter_lemenkov wrote:
Матерый музыкант! Надо слушать, братва.
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riot7s wrote:
wth o___o this is dope......
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rosslafond wrote:
Hell yeah Grapheme!
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Revoluti0nNo9 wrote:
P.S I've lived here 19 years untill i moved to South Carolina for college
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Revoluti0nNo9 wrote:
D.C reppinn.... i love D.C but riomarcos, i gotta say. D.C has a terrible music scene is alot of ways, at least in the jam scene i dunno about hardcore.
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riomarcos wrote:
DC has the best hardcore, the best DJ, the best Corporation, the best Fugazi, the best everything. DC is the East Coast, the rest just wishes it was....
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