RECORDING OF THE DAY: DJ Spooky "Songs of a Dead Dreamer"

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In my effort to add to this board I thought I would comment on recordings from time to time. Here goes.........This is a neat recording that came out in the 90's. DC's DJ Spooky is a turntablist that also plays instruments from time to time as well. I saw him live in 2003 with Mike Clarke (HH Headhunters) on drums. Cool show. Besides spinning two tables he also played a stand up bass and controlled a video screen with neat images. "Dead Dreamer" is my favorite of his work. It is trippy, hypnotic and dark and mostly down tempo. Unlike recent works it is just him spinning and some added synth. He really does a nice production and the stereo image is huge. Some of the sampled material is lacking in fidelity but that's expected. One of the samples is Fats Waller playing organ from the Eraserhead soundtrack. So fidelitywise it is lacking in spots to be sure but the material and production made me quickly forget that. He often generates the tracks in layers adding them one at a time. There are some cool grooves on this album. I reccomend anyone who enjoys the trippy,hypnotic and industrial side of things to give this a try.
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Topic - RECORDING OF THE DAY: DJ Spooky "Songs of a Dead Dreamer" - Awe-d-o-file 14:45:00 10/29/04 (5)

Thanks everyone - Awe-d-o-file 06:02:51 11/02/04 (0)

Re: RECORDING OF THE DAY: DJ Spooky "Songs of a Dead Dreamer" - nobody 16:27:54 10/29/04 (2)

what about Riddum Warfare? -t - Sordidman 16:38:33 10/29/04 (1)

never heard that one (nt) - nobody 13:52:12 10/30/04 (0)

Cool! Thanks for that rec. Last night I picked up.... - Sordidman 16:17:22 10/29/04 (0)

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