Riddim Warfare

Riddim Warfare
Studio album by DJ Spooky
Released	1998 (1998)

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. ^[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
CMJ New Music Monthly	favorable [3]

John Bush of AllMusic commented, "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." ^[2] Joshua Klein of The A.V. Club said, "the record is a surprisingly lithe and notably straightforward exercise in hip-hop psychedelia." ^[4] Marc Weingarten of Vibe called it "the most cohesive and rhythmically righteous album of his career." ^[5]

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

1. Comer, M. Tye (November 2, 1998). "Ghost in the Machine: DJ Spooky's Cultural Alchemy". CMJ New Music Report : 104–105.
2. Bush, John. "Riddim Warfare - DJ Spooky". AllMusic . Retrieved April 4, 2017.
3. Jarman, David (October 1998). "DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid - Riddim Warfare". CMJ New Music Monthly : 47.
4. Klein, Joshua (April 19, 2002). "DJ Spooky: Riddim Warfare". The A.V. Club . Retrieved April 4, 2017.
5. Weingarten, Marc (October 1998). "UNKLE 'Psyence Fiction' / DJ Spooky 'Riddim Warfare'". Vibe . p. 166.

External links

• Riddim Warfare at Discogs (list of releases)