DJ Spooky – The Subliminal Kid

Electronic and experimental hip hop musician Paul Miller, aka DJ Spooky, is one of the most noted and notorious proponents of turntablism, an approach to hip-hop and DJ’ing whose philosophy merges avant-garde theories of “musique concrete” with mixing techniques developed during the 1990s.

Influenced equally by John Cage, Sun Ra, Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash, DJ Spooky was a critical figure in the creation of the DJ-as-artist concept. He also played an important role in the development of the musical genres known as ‘illbient’ and ‘trip hop’, thanks notably to albums such as “Songs of a Dead Dreamer” (1996) and “Riddim Warfare” (1998).

In 2008, Spooky edited “Sound Unbound”, a collection of essays on music and art. 2009 saw the release of “The Secret Song”, Spooky’s first new studio release of original material in a decade. Described as “a manifesto about our overloaded digital culture”, the album features collaborations with a host of artists, including a jazz quartet, a chamber ensemble, various rappers including members of the Jungle Brothers, and Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore.

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