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Paul D. Miller
12+ albums
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Growing up in DC, Paul D. Miller AKA 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 (see 1998 in music) was an underground hit that include collaborations with Kool Keith 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. In 2004 DJ Spooky released a book, Rhythm Science published by MIT Press. The same year saw the launch of his film/music/multimedia performance piece "DJ Spooky's Rebirth of a Nation". A live audio/video re-mix of D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation which includes footage from choreographer Bill T. J
top songs
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Primary Inversion
8172Prologue (The Duchamp Effect)
4583Striated Interlude #1
4124Colophon
3765Indra's Net (Song Of The Circular Ruins Edit)
2806Morphic Interlude (The Sun Ra Effect)
2797Necrologue (The Lament Of Darth Vader)
2478Striated Interlude #2 (Biomorphic Structure #786*Beta)
2409Invisual Ocean (Critical Bandwidth Mix)
20810City On The Edge Of Forever (Vector Analysis Mix)
208albums
Viral Sonata
Viral Sonata: An Inventory Of Effects
Death In Light Of The Phonograph: Excursions Into The Pre-linguistic
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Death In Light Of The Phonogra
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Edible Flowers
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Invisible Soundtracks: Macro 2
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Death In Light Of The Phonograph
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An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music, Vol. 1
Computer Music Journal Sound Anthology, vol. 24
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computer music journal sound a
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An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music / First A-Chronology 1921-2001
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Computer Music Journal Sound Anthology Volume 24, 2000