Rhythm Science

The MIT Press, ISBN 026263287-X "DJ is writing," this seems to be the nodal approach, which is inevitable for an author such as DJ Spooky, who leaves his lyrics flow with the same naturalness of his mix, removing the tyranny of time, synthesis and combinations conceptual, theoretical and intrigues in a smoothie with no escape. The culture of sampling, and gestures, are expressed as an approach identical to the non-linearity typical of hypertext, a fragmentation conscious built piece by piece, or as the author says: "Lego buildings blocks of consciousness." His exposition is a remix of sentences with appropriate samples (citations) and above all a continuous rhythm, interrupted by strategic pauses waiting, expressed by phrases dry, almost slogan, put there to compel the reader to stop for a while ', take a breath reflection can not be avoided, and back down again in the subsequent flow of the discussion. The information buzzing in the mind as the discussion continues, finding their space and overwhelming the previous ones, "the dj spreads to memetic infection". Crossing literary studies and looting practices and attitudes of hip hop, not to mention the attention to the birth of contemporary techniques, such as the accidental first video editing George Melies, Dj Spooky always manages to find one strategemma to bring the high ' attention in a succession of peaks that rise in magmatic divert the issues. The graphics, to close the circle of this concept book, in turn samples the author and does 'turn' visually layout around the central hole, die-cut on all pages including the cover, at the end of which there is emblematically a copy of the CD produced by the same author by sampling the stout label catalog Subrosa.