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“So Bach, Beethoven, Duke Ellington, Thelonius Monk, these are all people who would sort of rearrange or take riffs from people. Same thing with rock, if you look at the Rolling Stones doing a cover of Otis Redding or you know if you look at literature James Joyce is pulling fragments of text from other people.”

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DJ Spooky

DJ Spooky, also known as Paul D. Miller, is a versatile artist renowned for his innovative work in music, visual arts, and digital media. Born in 1970, he is a multidisciplinary artist who merges music, literature, philosophy, and technology to create unique works. more

“One-and-done is the most damaging thing in college basketball. It brings money into the college game, because it kickstarts the bidding war. When you know a kid can't turn pro and is going to go to school for one year and then go pro, that's when you see everyone going to games and courting players.”

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Author:Sonny Vaccaro

“There is a complexity and layering that goes on with this kind of thing, so the music is slightly repetitive and when I say repetitive it's in the same tradition as people like Steve Reich or Erik Satie or even WC.”

People Kind Goes On Music Is Tradition Complexity Repetitive

Author:DJ Spooky

“Very unfairly, there's a negative image of the kid, which really stems from the greed and selfishness of the NBA and NCAA. They're forcing these kids to go to school.”

Kids School Negative Greed Selfishness Nba Stem Ncaa

Author:Sonny Vaccaro

“I wanted to do is kind of invoke that and then dive into that kind of repetition as a DJ thing because DJing you hear beats, like "boom, boom, boom, bap, bap." You know hip hop, house, techno. So how do you translate between those electronic motifs and the motifs of the landscape itself? That is what I wanted to go for.”

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