DJ Spooky Book gets one of the Books of the Year from Guardian
December 2nd, 2004 by admin
The new DJ Spooky book, "Rhythm Science" was recently chosen by the Guardian as one of its Books of the Year titles.
Diran Adebayo from the Guardian writes:
"Paul D. Miller - aka DJ Spooky, that Subliminal Kid - is an
underground treasure. An African-American cultural
theorist-cum-musician, his Rhythm Science is a sharp, sweetly designed
little number, a manifesto for his way of looking at the world. Tracing
connections between Duchamp, Debussy, the Wu Tang Clan and the everyday
creativity he saw growing up in Washington DC, he shows how art and
idealism can activate each other in this era of sampling and 'multiplex
consciousness'. In its range of reference and its fruitful
speculations, it reminds me of our own Kodwo Eshun's groundbreaking
More Brilliant Than the Sun of a few years back."
Rest of review:
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,6903,1361059,00.html