#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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