DJ SPOOKY

Paul D. Miller (aka Dj Spooky that Subliminal Kid) is a conceptual artist, writer, and musician working in NYC. His written work has appeared in The Village Voice, The Source, Artforum, Raygun, Rap Pages, Paper Magazine, and a host of other periodicals. He is a co-Publisher along with the legendary African American downtown poet Steve Canon of the magazine "A Gathering of the Tribes" - a periodical dedicated to new works by writers from a multi-cultural context, and he was the first Editor-At-Large of Artbyte: the Magazine of Digital Culture. He is the co-founder of 21C magazine, a new online publication with many of the more progressive aspects of the Artbyte project.

His work as an artist has appeared in a wide variety of contexts such as the Whitney Biennial, The Venice Biennial for Architecture (year 2000), the prestigious Ludwig Museum in Cologne, Germany; Kunsthalle, Vienna; The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh and many other museums and galleries.

Miller has recorded a huge volume of music as "Dj Spooky that Subliminal Kid" and has collaborated a wide variety of pre emininet musicians and composers such as Iannis Xenakis, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Butch Morris, Kool Keith a.k.a. Doctor Octagon, Killa Priest from Wu-Tang Clan, Yoko Ono and Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth amongst many others. He also did the music score for the Cannes and Sundance award winning film "Slam" starring critically acclaimed poet Saul Williams.

website>> www.djspooky.com

SAUL WILLIAMS

Williams’ debut performance and featured poetry in the film "Slam", which he co-wrote and starred in, brought audiences to their feet across the world. Winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 1998, the Camera d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, along with the Audience Award for Best Picture and the World Distributors Award for Best Picture, "Slam" goes down in history for exposing the universal truths that one must grasp in order to escape imprisoned mind-states. Along with his co-star, Sonia Sohn, Williams was personally awarded the Perry Ellis Breakthrough Award by New York's Independent Film Project (IFP) and was also nominated for a Spirit Award for best performance. Marc Levin's idea to direct this poetic masterpiece came about after seeing Williams recite his poetry in the Grand Slam Championship at the Nuyorican Poet's Cafe, where he became the Grand Slam Champion for 1996.

Williams’ love of language which is rooted in his love of hip-hop has come full circle as he now takes his lyricism back to its musical roots. Songwriting has become Williams’ latest endeavor. He envisions a hip-hop that is as musically evolved as his lyricism. Collaborating with six band members, he is composing a sonic soundscape for his already rhythmic and expansive poetry. His music has been featured on a number of CD's, including: Lyricist Lounge, the "Slam" soundtrack, Black Whole Styles, Eargasms and Krust's Coded Language. His album, Amethyst Rock Star, was co-produced by Williams and Rick Rubin.

Williams’ work has been featured in The New York Times, Esquire, Time Magazine, Elle, Details, Detour, Premiere, Entertainment Weekly, Vibe, Essence, Source, Paper,Rolling Stone, and countless other periodicals. His first book, The Seventh Octave, was published by Moore Black Press. His last book of poetry, She, was published by MTV/ Pocketbooks and is now in its third printing. His current book , said the shotgun to the head , published by MTV/Pocketbooks will be released in September 2003. Williams is also featured in a number of poetry anthologies: Listen Up, Catch The Fire, Slam and In Defense of Mumia.

website>> www.saulwilliams.com