The third member of the Vile Arts triumvirate, SpinOza is 'the mixing monad,' responsible for the technical operation of Uncle Vanya in Dub.
What's with the name?
After reading Kode 9's book on Sound Warfare, DJ SpinOza took the name as a celebration of the concept that God is all things. He also liked the pun on 'spin.' Fun fact: SpinOza doesn't know how to use decks and makes his post-visual theatre in Audition.
And the capital O?
He says it 'represents the monad,' which is actually part of Leibniz's philosophy and was originally the gnostic idea of the Godhead. We think it is more likely that there are other artists who noticed the pun, and already have a copyright on DJ Spinoza.
What are his influences?
Having listened to his compositions, it is unsurprising to find out that he looks books better than music. He frequently quotes William Burroughs, the progenitor of the cut-up technique, (badly): 'in a pre-recorded universe, the only thing worth having is the master tape.' He says that his identity was developed after he read Goffman's book The Presentation of the Self in Everyday Life. 'The general idea is that we are always performing,' he says. 'So I might as well have a stage name.'
Was he called DJ Fullback for a bit?
Er, yes. Before he started taking himself too seriously.
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