Songs of a Dead Dreamer

by DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid

Songs of a Dead Dreamer cover art

Paul D. Miller essentially codified the New York illbient aesthetic with this sprawling, surreal instrumental release. Blurring the lines between avant-garde turntablism, dark ambient drone, and slowed-down hip-hop breaks, the record operates as a massive sonic collage. Its cinematic, deeply paranoid atmosphere provided a grim, intellectual American counterpoint to the contemporaneous Bristol trip-hop scene.

Genres

  • Illbient
  • Trip Hop

Tracklist

  1. Intro
  2. The Vengeance Of Galaxy 5
  3. Phase Interlude
  4. Galactic Funk (Tau Ceti Mix)
  5. Hologrammic Dub
  6. Dance Of The Morlocks
  7. Juba
  8. Thoughts Like Rain
  9. Anansi Abstrakt
  10. Grapheme
  11. Phase Interlude Pt. 2
  12. Nihilismus Dub
  13. The Terran Invasion Of Alpha Cantauri Year 2794
  14. Time Out Of Joint
  15. High Density
  16. Outtro