DJ Spooky, the leader of the abstract "illbient" New York DJ

scene, gets assists from a number of high-profile artists on his

upcoming, self-produced album, Riddim Warfare (Sept. 22).

Spooky

(a.k.a. Paul D. Miller) is joined by Sonic Youth guitarist

Thurston Moore on "Dialectical Transformation III (Soylent

Green)," rapper Killah Priest of the Wu-Tang Clan

("Degree

Zero"), scatological MC Kool Keith ("Seein' Objects" and "Riddim

Warfare") and Keith sidekick Sir Menelik ("Seein' Objects"

and

"Scientifik"). Also appearing on various tracks on the album are

members

of rap crew Organized Konfusion, horn player Ben Neill

and

experimental musician Arto Lindsay. The 21-track album,

written,

composed and performed by Spooky (who also played bass on all the

tracks), will feature the songs "Pandemonium," "Synchronic Disjecta,"

"It's Nice Not to Lose Your Mind," "Dialectical Transformation I (A

Parallax View)," "Post-Human Sophistry," "Quilombo Ex Optico" and

"Roman Planetaire."