“他是爱因斯坦，并且发型更帅；他是托尔斯泰，在穷街陋巷也吃得开；他锋利如佐罗之剑，搞笑如莎翁笔下的吹牛骑士。”
DJ Spooky是电子乐界一位既学院又街头的传奇人物。
他的作品横跨Trip-Hop、Illbient、世界乐、爵士乐等不同音乐领域，合作的对象囊括“音速青年”（Sonic Youth）的Thurston Moore、“公敌”（Public Enemy）的Chuck D、坂本龙一、先锋爵士大师Matthew Shipp、William Parker等世人景仰的标杆性人物。他作曲，也混音，写电影原声，还创作多媒体艺术作品。他与Brian Eno、Moby等人合写关于声音艺术的书籍，在阿尔卑斯山上的“欧洲研究学院”教授音乐媒介艺术课，今年39岁的他还是世界独立音乐大奖（The Independent Music Awards）的评审。
因为DJ Spooky，Hip-Hop、Dub-Step等来自街头的声音艺术受到了更加严肃的关注。Trojan Records，一个传奇的雷鬼乐厂牌在成立40周年之际，邀请DJ Spooky对厂牌下所有的作品进行混音，以Lee "Scratch" Perry、Bob Marley、Peter Tosh、U-Roy、King Tubby and Prince Jammy.的音乐为素材，制作成一张色彩丰满的mash-up佳作。在新专辑《宋的秘密》（The Secret Song）中，DJ Spooky找来了伊朗、印度、中国的艺术家进行合作，打破Hip-Hop和爵士以及各国文化之间的疆界，用音乐探寻全球一体化与经济发展之间的冲突。以改变人们思索世界的方式为己任，电子乐界何其有幸，能够诞生出如此一位年轻的思想家。
独家采访Paul. D Miller（DJ Spooky）
1. 这是你第一次来中国吗？是什么促成了这次演出呢？
这是我第一次在中国大陆演出，但是我也和中国的艺术家闵小芬和周晶（音译）合作过，周晶在我的新专辑中朗诵了一段关于经济学的作品。
2. 你和坂本龙一、Thurston Moore（音速青年）、Mathew Shipp等音乐精英有过合作，什么样的人能够带给你灵感，并且让你产生想要跟他们合作的意愿呢？
我总是想要从寻常的美国嘻哈乐中找到突破，我会听埃塞俄比亚的Mulatu Astatke、中国的欧阳靖（Jin）、Martin Atkin的《中国制造》（Made in China）dub soundsystem，还有北京的DJ Wordy等等，我会被那些想要打破陈规戒律，不愿接受寻常风格的艺术家所激发。这个世界有如此多的音乐，为什么要被普普通通的东西所困扰？
3.你最新的专辑《宋的秘密》（The Secret Song）里有中国小说家、经济学家周晶（音译）献声。请一个中国人用普通话阐释亚当•斯密的经济学概念，这样的创意是怎么来的？
美国经历了严重的经济危机，但是中国已经从中恢复并且朝一个更加强大的状态发展了。我对全球经济的变幻以及它如何影响文化、艺术、文学、科学到人们定义生活的基本方式有着强烈的兴趣。总之，我想做出一张专辑，能够像镜子一般反映出经济中的函数，这也是我用普通话来作为标题曲名的原因，普通话用在这里非常完美！
4.你说过《宋的秘密》是以声音中的经济与全球化冲突为核心的，你是如何对制作这张专辑的各种题材进行整理的呢？你期待受众对这张专辑有什么样的接受度？
美国总是以世界的中心自居——这其实已经发生了变化。不过整个星球上的人都喜欢美国文化，很多事情都是自相矛盾的。布什的8年过去之后，我想做一张“重启”人们意识的专辑，这张专辑是DJ文化的一面棱镜，世界其他地方的人们可以透过它重新审视美国。这个任务 听上去挺繁重的，但是，嘿，总有人得去做吧。
5.作为一个DJ，你想要让人们思考，还是要人们舞蹈？
是的！我在麻省理工出版社出了一本叫作《无疆之音》（Sound Unbound）的书，和Pierre Boulez、Moby、Chuck D、Brian Eno这样的人以及其他的一些作者。做这本书基本的想法就是思考也是一种舞蹈。我不懂得为什么人们总是要将音乐同其他的艺术和创作形式中拆分出来。所以，让我们的舞蹈充满非同寻常的创造力，让音乐去激发更多思索世界的方法吧！
6. 我们能够在ZOO电子音乐节上期待您带来一场什么样的演出呢？
狂野的！有趣的Pary！还有我为新专辑做的那些酷毙的视频投影。把纽约的新年倒数和北京的新年倒数的时刻加在一起，就是那样的！去想象吧！
（文字、采访/Lua Zhou）
原文：
1. Is this your first time visiting China? What makes you come and play in China?
This is my first time dj'ing in mainland China, but I've worked with Chinese artists like Min Xiao Fen and Jing Zhou! Jing Zhou narrates my new album. It's about economics.
2. You've collaborated with music elite like Ryuichi Sakamoto, Thurston Moore, Mathew Shipp etc., what kind of people can inspire you and make you want to work with them?
I'm really interested in getting out of normal American hip hop. I'm listening to stuff like Mulatu Astatke from Ethiopia, Jin (chinese hip hop!), Martin Atkin's "Made in China" dub soundsystem, Dj Wordy from Beijing etc I'm inspired by people who break the rules and don't accept normal styles. The world has so much music, why bother with normal stuff?
3. The title track of your recent release The Secret Song featured Chinese novelist, economist Jing Zhou. How did you come up with the idea to mix a story in Mandarin with Adam Smith’s concept?
America has been going through a massive financial crisis, but China has recovered and is moving into a stronger situation. I'm intrigued by the global dynamics of economics, and how it influences everything from culture, art, literature and science to the basic way people define life. Anyway I wanted to make an album that was a mirror of this kind of "entropy" in economics, and that's why having the album title song in Mandarin was PERFECT!
4. You said The Secret Song is centered on the collision between economics and globalization in sound, how did you put together all the materials you need for this album? What kind of reception do you expect from the audience?
The main thing about America is that it thinks its the center of the world. That is changing, but people all over the planet love American culture. There's a kind of paradox going on. After the last 8 years of Bush, I wanted to do an album that would be a kind of 'reset' for the way the rest of the world looks at America through the prism of Dj culture. It's a big task, but hey... someone's gotta do it!
5. Would you like to make people dance or make them think while you are DJing?
Yes! I've written books with MIT Press, which is part of one of America's top techonology universities, with people like Pierre Boulez, Moby, Chuck D, Brian Eno, and others. It's called "Sound Unbound" - but the basic idea is that "thinking" is a kind of dance. I don't see why people always want to separate music from art and other forms of creativity. So yes! Dancing is incredibly creative, and so music should inspire new ways of thinking about the world.
6. What kind of show can we expect from you at Zoo Festival(17th of October in Beijing) ?
It's going to be a wild, fun party! With lots of cool video projection I've done for the new album. Just think of it as downtown NY meets downtown Beijing!
Interviewed by Lua Zhou