Songs of a Dead Dreamer (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Songs of a Dead Dreamer
Type = Album
Artist = DJ Spooky


Released = 2 April 1996
Recorded =
Genre = Illbient
Length = 73:23
Label = Asphodel Records ASP0961
Producer = Paul D. Miller
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jnb1z85aoyv2 link] |
Last album =
This album = "Songs of a Dead Dreamer"
(1996)
Next album = "Synthetic Fury EP"
(1998)

"Songs of a Dead Dreamer" is an electronica album by DJ Spooky, released on 2 April 1996 (see 1996 in music). It is based on "Songs of a Dead Dreamer", the story collection by horror fiction writer Thomas Ligotti. The album was a critical success, though popular acceptance was lukewarm. Widely regarded as one of the first examples of illbient music, "Songs of a Dead Dreamer" was, at the time, a virtually-unique fusion of electronic music and hip hop.

Track listing

# "Intro" – 1:02
# "The Vengeance of Galaxy 5" – 1:12
# "Phase Interlude" – 3:23
# "Galactic Funk (Tau Ceti Mix)" – 6:48
# "Hologrammic Dub" – 7:05
# "Dance of the Morlocks" – 1:00
# "Juba" – 5:24
# "Thoughts Like Rain" – 5:41
# "Anansi Abstrakt" – 11:35
# "Grapheme" – 10:52
# "Phase Interlude, Pt. 2" – 1:06
# "Nihilismus Dub" – 4:13
# "The Terran Invasion of Alpha Cantauri Year 2794" – 6:32
# "Time Out of Joint" – 1:06
# "High Density" – 6:31
# "Outtro" – 0:20