Riddim Warfare
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The A.V. Club | favorable[2] |
| CMJ New Music Monthly | favorable[3] |
| Vibe | favorable[4] |
Riddim Warfare is a 1998 studio album by DJ Spooky. It includes contributions from Sir Menelik, Kool Keith, Killah Priest, Thurston Moore, Ben Neil, Arto Lindsay, and Mariko Mori.[5]
Critical reception
John Bush of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, commenting that "Only one man could conceive of an album including turntable battles, a workout for Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore, and a spoken-word piece on the same album."[1] Joshua Klein of The A.V. Club said, "the record is a surprisingly lithe and notably straightforward exercise in hip-hop psychedelia."[2] Marc Weingarten of Vibe called it "the most cohesive and rhythmically righteous album of his career."[4]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Paul D. Miller, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Pandemonium" | 1:29 | |
| 2. | "Synchronic Disjecta" | 4:26 | |
| 3. | "Object Unknown" | Paul D. Miller, Keith Thornton, L. Phillip Collington, Jr., Larry Smith, Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels | 5:14 |
| 4. | "It's Nice Not to Lose Your Mind" | 0:36 | |
| 5. | "Dialectical Transformation I (A Parallax View)" | 1:34 | |
| 6. | "Post-Human Sophistry" | 3:53 | |
| 7. | "Quilombo Ex Optico" | 3:32 | |
| 8. | "Rekonstruction" | Paul D. Miller, Larry Baskerville, Troy Jamerson | 4:42 |
| 9. | "Scientifik" | Paul D. Miller, L. Phillip Collington, Jr. | 3:43 |
| 10. | "A Conversation" | 3:26 | |
| 11. | "Peace in Zaire" | 7:59 | |
| 12. | "Dialectical Transformation II (Du Nouveau Monde)" | 1:14 | |
| 13. | "Degree Zero" | Paul D. Miller, Walter Reed | 4:50 |
| 14. | "Roman Planetaire" | 3:57 | |
| 15. | "Bass Digitalis" | 1:02 | |
| 16. | "Polyphony of One" | 6:19 | |
| 17. | "Riddim Warfare" | Paul D. Miller, Keith Thornton | 3:20 |
| 18. | "The Nerd" | 1:43 | |
| 19. | "Dialectical Transformation III (Soylent Green)" | 2:11 | |
| 20. | "Theme of the Drunken Sailor" | 5:18 | |
| 21. | "Twilight Fugue" | 2:12 |
Personnel
- DJ Spooky – nmbara, wind chimes, gongs, street noises, additional vocals, bass, electric guitar on track 3, acoustic guitar on track 8
- Sir Menelik – vocals on tracks 3, 9
- Kool Keith – vocals on tracks 3, 17
- Akin Atoms – guitar on tracks 4, 14, 20
- Karsh Kale – drums on tracks 4, 14, 20
- Arto Lindsay – guitar on track 7
- Lucio Maia – guitar on track 7
- Dhengue – bass on track 7
- Jorge Du Peixe – drums on track 7
- Gulmar Bola8 – drums on track 7
- Gira – drums on track 7
- Pupilo – drums on track 7
- Toca Ogan – percussion on track 7
- Marcos Matias – percussion on track 7
- Prince Poetry – vocals on track 8
- Pharoah Monch – vocals on track 8
- Vinicius Cantuaria – acoustic guitar on track 8
- Ambassador Jr. – vocals and scratches on track 10
- Grisha Coleman – vocals on track 11
- Killah Priest – vocals on track 13
- Manny Oquendo – keyboard on tracks 14, 20
- Micah Gaugh – saxophone on track 14
- Julia Sher – vocals on track 16
- Thurston Moore – guitar on track 19
- Ben Neil – trumpet on track 20
- Mariko Mori – vocals on track 21
References
- ^ a b Bush, John. "Riddim Warfare - DJ Spooky". AllMusic. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- ^ a b Klein, Joshua (April 19, 2002). "DJ Spooky: Riddim Warfare". The A.V. Club. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- ^ Jarman, David (October 1998). "DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid - Riddim Warfare". CMJ New Music Monthly: 47.
- ^ a b Weingarten, Marc (October 1998). "UNKLE 'Psyence Fiction' / DJ Spooky 'Riddim Warfare'". Vibe: 166.
- ^ Comer, M. Tye (November 2, 1998). "Ghost in the Machine: DJ Spooky's Cultural Alchemy". CMJ New Music Report: 104–105.
External links
- Riddim Warfare at Discogs (list of releases)