Dubtometry

by DJ Spooky

Overview

It's the obvious next step for DJ Spooky. Take the tracks he worked over on his groundbreaking Optometry album and give them to various remixers so they can create their own vision of his sound -- a refraction of it, if you will. For the most part, the overworked "dub" tag doesn't really apply, even when he brings in a couple of dub masters like Lee "Scratch" Perry and Mad Professor. But it's a hook to hang it all on. And certainly some of the people here have clear ideas. Karsh Kale, for example, makes a percussive vehicle of "Variation Cybernetique," with tablas unsurprisingly to the fore. It's interesting to compare with Twilight Circus' take on the same piece, which heads toward dreamier realms altogether. Blend offers an almost gamelan sensibility to "Kollage," with plenty of delay creating something quite otherworldly. Negativland's trademark cut-up sensibility comes to "Asphalt," hitting high on the disorientation factor. If you're expecting dub in the Jamaican way -- a remix that's aimed at both feet and head, you won't find it here; this is strictly cerebral. But it's a very successful brain warp that often pushes all the way to the edge (stand up DJ Goo). It makes you wonder if remixes of the remixes might come next, like ripples moving out across a pool. It'd certainly be an interesting idea. In the meantime, be happy with this, a fabulous idea made flesh. ~ Chris Nickson

Product Details

Release Date:	03/18/2003
Label:	Thirsty Ear
UPC:	0700435712829
Rank:	179587

Tracks

1. Alter Echo Dubtometry
2. That Subliminal Kid vs. The Last Mohican
3. Optometrix
4. Jungle Soldier
5. Variation Cybernetique
6. Parachutes
7. Absentia Lee Scratch Perry Intro
8. Variation Cybernetique
9. Interlude
10. Sequentia Absentia
11. Intro
12. Bomb Massive
13. Interlude
14. Dementia Absentia
15. Kollage
16. Asphalt
17. Optometry
18. Ibid, D¿¿smarches, Ibid

Album Credits

Performance Credits

DJ Spooky   Primary Artist
Sequentia Absentia   Primary Artist
Lee "Scratch" Perry   Primary Artist
DJ Goo   Primary Artist
J-Live   Primary Artist
Alter Echo   Primary Artist
Mad Professor   Primary Artist
Rosemary   Primary Artist
Animal Crackers   Primary Artist
Colorform   Primary Artist
Twilight Circus   Primary Artist
Negativland   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Paul D. Miller   Producer,Composer,Art Direction
Flam   Engineer
J-Live   Remixing
Alter Echo   Remixing
Mad Professor   Remixing
Karsh Kale   Remixing
Animal Crackers   Remixing
DJ Spooky   DJ
Lee "Scratch" Perry   Narrator
I-Sound   Remixing
Negativland   Remixing
Matthew Shipp   Artistic Director
Enrique Candioti   Design,Cover Art
Colorform   Remixing
DJ Goo   Remixing
Cynthia Fetty   Creative Director