The bike will be launched at the gala on April 11, 2026 as a Limited Edition bike called The Iron Rider Edition.
Sampling is collage is montage. Think about it for a moment. When the film company Kino-Lorber approached me to do a more contemporary score for the fragments of Eisenstein’s 1930 unfinished film “¡Que Viva Mexico!” the first thing I did was research other film scores that had influenced my thinking. Miles Davis’s classic “Ascenseur pour L’echafaud” from 1957, Sergei Prokofiev’s score for Eisenstein’s film “Ivan The Terrible” (1945-1958), Alejandro Jodorowsky’s score for his infamous film “Holy Mountain” (1973) and other more obscure and experimental films like Ennio Morricone’s score for Giulio Petroni’s 1969 film, “Tepepa,” set during the Mexican Revolution. There are so many intangible things that make the film score connect with Eisenstein. To me – collage is montage is assemblage – is dj’ing. The music score I created for “¡Que Viva Mexico!” is a reflection of my own experiences in Mexico and my own insights into how revolutionary cinema acts as a catalyst for social change.
It premieres at Middlebury College
Friday, March 6, 2026
Fusing butoh dance theater, hip-hop mixology, new music, and multimedia,the Vermont premiere of time/life/beauty by Michael Sakamoto and Paul D. Miller (aka DJ Spooky) is inspired by the legacy of famed composer-musician and activist Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952–2023). Inspired by the variety and mystery of Ryuichi’s music, interdisciplinary collaborations, and environmental and anti-war commitments, time/life/beauty looks at the past, present, and future of acute cultural, social, and ecological themes in our historical moment.
From the silence of the void to the canvas of the popular imagination, the cosmos has always called to us. In a new anthology exploring the celestial intersections of art, literature, and interstellar creativity, Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky sets the trajectory. He contributes both a visionary introduction and the cover art—crafting the visual threshold for this journey into the stars.
Edited by Doug Barrett and Saskia Vermeylan, this collection charts the influence of space exploration on the creative mind. It arrives as the latest constellation in Routledge’s series, Science and the Arts since 1750.
Stand by: The full roster of contributors and the cover reveal will be announced shortly.
Routledge’s Series Science and the Arts since 1750
(Artwork and contributors will be released shortly)
DJ Spooky participates in the Venice Biennial for Architecture 2025 with Terreform One architects with his composition Earth Ocean in collaboration with Terreform Architects.
Led by Michael Sakamoto and Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky, time/life/beauty integrates dance theater, hip-hop mixology, new music, and multimedia. Inspired by the life and legacy of composer-musician and activist Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952- 2023), whose career in multiple genres and media surpassed definition.
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