Past Performance
November 20, 2009, 8:00 pm
Hogg Memorial Auditorium
$29/24 (UT Faculty/Staff & Seniors)/10 (Students)

“The chops of a musician, the genre-blending ear of a disc jockey and the conceptual vision of a performance
artist.” – Wired

Melting. Moving. Cracking. Splashing. Without politics or preaching, the sounds of a dramatically changing world are at the core of this intense multi-media experience. DJ Spooky shares his vision of our future by weaving the sounds of ice he recorded in Antarctica. The performance features his trademark spinning backed by live music. If you think you’ve already seen the power of DJ Spooky at the edge of a dance floor at a downtown club at 3 a.m., think again. Whether performing at the Melbourne Festival or the Democratic National Convention, the future of sound mixing is here… and it’s center stage.

Graham Reynolds, co-artisit director of Austin’s Golden Hornet Project (GHP), will be directing the musical ensemble for the performance. The collaboration follows an extensive recorded collaboration on The Secret Song, DJ Spooky’s latest release. GHP provided string tracks for six of the album’s songs. GHP and DJ Spooky are planning further collaborations, including a Concerto for Turntable.

Program: Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica

REVIEWS, RESOURCES, AND MORE
Performance Review – by Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, Austin American-Statesman
DJ Spooky Website
Azadi (The New Complexity) – listen to a track from DJ Spooky’s new album The Secret Song

Campus & Community Engagement Events
Community Happening: DJ Spooky