DJ Spooky

USA

Born: 01 January 1970

Years Active: 90, 2000

Genres: Electronic, Rap, Pop/Rock, R&B

Styles: Electronica, Experimental Techno, Techno, Turntablism, Hip-Hop/Urban, Hip-Hop/Urban, Illbient, Trip-Hop, Post-Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock

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DJ Spooky (That Subliminal Kid) is the most noted (and notorious) proponent of turntablism, an approach to hip-hop and DJing whose philosophy merges avant-garde theories of musique concrète with the increased devotion paid to mixing techniques during the 1990s. Though he's overly intellectual at times (to the detriment of his recordings, interviews, and mixing dates), Spooky was a critical figure in spotlighting the DJ as a post-modern poet in his own right. Influenced equally by John Cage and Sun Ra as well as Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash,...

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