With the entire Blue Series spread out before him, Spooky has sorted sifted chopped and recombined this music into a shining new work that teases out the lines between jazz and hip hop, then obliterates those lines. The result is a no-hold's barred re-envisioning of some of the most visionary jazz of the 21st century. From the subtly funky drumming of Hamid Drake to the unshakeable basslines of William Parker, the intense lyricism of Matthew Shipp's piano, to the hefty beats of El-P, nothing is off limits. The CD version includes a special bonus disc with an 80-minut continuous mix of Blue Series tracks masterminded by DJ Spooky.
5 Nu Bop/Scrapbook - William Parker, Matthew Shipp
6 Nu-Bop - Matthew Shipp
7 Not in Our Name [Remix] - DJ Spooky, Saul Williams
8 Travelogue II: Medley - Meat Beat Manifesto
9 Nommos Ascending [Remix] - DJ Spooky
10 Bass Pressure Mix - DJ Spooky
11 Ananda Rotation [DJ Spooky Remix] - DJ Spooky
12 Real Is Surreal - Antipop Consortium
13 Optometrix - DJ Spooky, J-Live
14 Alter Echo's Interlude/Mad Professor's Interlude - DJ Spooky
15 Out of the Blue - DJ Wally
16 Jungle Soldier - Lee "Scratch" Perry
17 Anansi's Gambit [Remix] - DJ Spooky
18 Slow Horn - Antipop Consortium
19 SVP - Antipop Consortium
20 Scrapbook - William Parker
21 Visions - Matthew Shipp Quartet
22 Urban Shadows
23 Dementia Absentia [Remix] - DJ Spooky
24 Nebula Interlude - DJ Spooky
25 CD:Dir)Gesture)(N(B*La Theory [Remix] - DJ Spooky
26 More and More - Guillermo E. Brown
27 Maldoror's Gambit [Remix] - DJ Spooky
28 Song of Hope - Leena Conquest, William Parker
29 Mist - Blue Series Continuum
30 I Spy - DJ Wally
31 Double Cross - Spring Heel Jack
32 Golden Age [The Val-Inc Remix] - DJ Spooky
33 Cosmic World - DJ Spooky
34 The Golden Age [The Val-Inc Remix]
35 Cosmic World
With the entire Blue Series spread out before him, Spooky has sorted sifted chopped and recombined this music into a shining new work that teases out the lines between jazz and hip hop, then obliterates those lines. The result is a no-hold's barred re-envisioning of some of the most visionary jazz of the 21st century. From the subtly funky drumming of Hamid Drake to the unshakeable basslines of William Parker, the intense lyricism of Matthew Shipp's piano, to the hefty beats of El-P, nothing is off limits. The CD version includes a special bonus disc with an 80-minut continuous mix of Blue Series tracks masterminded by DJ Spooky.
