#2146: Program #2146

New Sounds | May 24, 2010
DJ Spooky's CD Optometry has been proclaimed an instant classic by many critics, a vast sonic essay that merges DJ culture seamlessly with jazz, ambient, and other styles. As DJ Spooky wields laptop, turntables, treatments, bass, he is joined by pianist Matthew Shipp and violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain, among other guest musicians. Spooky calls Optometry "jazz for the genre splice generation," and as this edition of New Sounds illustrates, it's a big step forward in the DJ genre.

PROGRAM #2146 with DJ Spooky (Monday 4/21/03)

ARTIST(S)

RECORDING

CUT(S)

SOURCE

DJ Spooky

Optometry

Reactive Switching Strategies for the Control of Uninhabited Air, excerpt [3:00]
Ibid, des marches, ibid [5:30]
Sequentia Absetnia - Dialectical Triangulation I [7:00]

Thirsty Ear #57121**
www.thirstyear.com

DJ Spooky, featuring Mad Professor and Lee 'Scratch' Perry

Dubtometry

Lee 'Scratch' Perry: Jungle Soldier [1:00]
Sequentia Absentia, Lee 'Scratch' Perry intro [1:00]

Thirsty Ear #57128**
www.thirstyear.com

DJ Spooky

Optometry

Dementia Abserntia - Dialectical Triangulation II [3:30]
Variation Cybernetique [3:00]

See above.

DJ Spooky, et al.

Dubtometry

Karsh Kale: Variation Cybernetique Mix [5:0]

See above.

Rob Burger

Lost Photograph

Mem [5:00]

Tzadik #7170
www.tzadik.com

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