DJ Spooky's albums:
DJ Spooky has collaborated with many artists including:
Nick Cave, Butch Morris,
Kool Keith (a.k.a.
Doctor Octagon),
Killa Priest (from
Wu-Tang Clan),
Yoko Ono, and
Thurston Moore (from
Sonic Youth) and many many others. He also
recorded the
soundtrack for the film "
Slam" which was highly acclaimed, and won awards at the
Cannes and
Sundance Film Festivals.
Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky's
real name) is also an accomplished writer who has writen for such sources as:
The Village Voice,
Raygun,
The Source,
Artforum, Paper Magazine,
Rap Pages, and a plethora of other
periodicals. He is a co-Publisher of "A Gathering of Tribes" (along with
Steve Cannon) which is dedicated writers from a multi-cultural context. Miller was also the first "Editor-At-Large" of "
Artbyte: the
Magazine of
Digital Culture".
Miller
works and writes out of
New York City.
This is from his website (www.djspooky.com):
His work as an artist has appeared in a wide variety of contexts such as the Whitney Biennial, The Venice Biennial for Architecture (year 2000), the prestigious Ludwig Museum in Cologne, Germany; Kunsthalle, Vienna; The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh and many other museums and galleries.
Also mentioned on his website is an upcoming novel entitled "
Flow My Blood the DJ Said" by Miller, and further explains that the Millers surname of "DJ Spooky, that
Spectacular Kid" is a
character from this novel.
If you ever have a
chance to see
DJ Spooky live, I would highly suggest it, I saw him on
March 18, 2001 (go
here and to read a short
write up about the
time that I saw
him, you'll
need to scroll
down a bit, because it's a
daylog).
Not only is Miller an amazing turntablist, but he also switches styles as
smooth as changing
wax, he flips from old-school-
hip-hop to
jazzy sounds to
drum and bass to modern
rap to
rave-sounding
techno breaks during a single
show.
On
top of that, DJ Spooky plays
cello at many of his show. He plays his cello over the
beats on his
turn tables and runs it through either his
mixer and/or an effects
box to create a truly
unique musical experiece.