LoginOptometry
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Like an angry thunderstorm dissipating into still winds and humid temperatures, Optometry opens like gangbusters with free jazz and DJ squabble, and then slowly spirals into more meditative moods. Manning laptop, kalimba, and turntable, New York DJ-theorist DJ Spooky stretches and shifts the free jazz ramblings of the Matthew Shipp quartet like a sea captain navigating a treacherous ocean. Spooky is as much an improviser as Shipp and crew, adding atmospheric samples, gentle melodies, and laptop mayhem at will. Beat poetry by Carl Hancock Rux adds hip-hop edge, and Spooky still opts for pretentious song titles ("Reactive Swi
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Manufacturer: Thirsty Ear
Release date: 27 August 2002
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0700435712126 UPC: 700435712126
Release date: 27 August 2002
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0700435712126 UPC: 700435712126
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