DJ Spooky is a turntablist, record producer, philosopher, and author.
10 Facts About DJ Spooky
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DJ Spooky borrowed his stage name from the character The Subliminal Kid in the novel Nova Express by William S Burroughs.
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DJ Spooky contributed to the AIDS benefit albums Offbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip and Onda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon produced by the Red Hot Organization.
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DJ Spooky collaborated with Ryuichi Sakamoto on projects including The Discord Symphony.
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DJ Spooky collaborated with Iannis Xenakis on the recording of Kraanerg, with the STX-Ensemble in 1997.
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DJ Spooky joined the ninth and eleventh annual Independent Music Awards judging panel to assist independent musicians' careers.
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DJ Spooky was a judge for the third Independent Music Awards.
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In 2016, DJ Spooky composed a New Forms duet for carillon and a computational re-synthesis of the Tsar Bell, a Russian bell which broke before it was ever rung.
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In 2017, DJ Spooky started composing the music for Intercepted, a podcast produced by news publication The Intercept.
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DJ Spooky has a daughter born in 2011 to Fumika Yamamoto.