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A renegade Doctor of Music from Harvard University, DJ Dubble8 (a.k.a. Erik Spangler) is a composer and turntablist whose hybrid soundscapes thrive on a unique blend of experimental and popular influences. Samples from old vinyl records, programmed drum patterns, newly composed acoustic layers, and synthetic sound elements are all subject to live time-bending through digital turntable manipulation. Dubble8’s acoustic compositions have been performed across the United States and Canada, by ensembles including the Atlantic Brass Quintet, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, International Contemporary Ensemble, Callithumpian Consort, and the yesaroun’ duo. He has performed his own music in solo DJ sets across the United States, at venues ranging from clubs and galleries to university concert halls.Recent production projects include soundtracks for several short films by Joe Zohar (Moving Box Studios, Ithaca, NY)-- "Chalk Outlines" (2006) and "Repentance" (2005); a collection of tracks for experimental/trip-hop singer Du Yun, leading to an album to be released by Tag Team Records; "OY" featured on rising underground hip-hop artist S.K.I.P.'s album "What They Never Told You" (2006); a composition for bassoon and electronics, "a firefly in the belly" (2006), commissioned by Dana Jessen (New England Conservatory of Music); solo albums "Tompkins County Organic: homegrown beats, vol. I" (2005) and "Fourth World Nyabinghi"(2006).A committed teacher, Dubble8 has served on the faculty of institutions ranging from Ithaca College to Oasis Middle School (Cape Coral, FL). He currently teaches music at Maryland Academy of Technology and Health Sciences (charter high school in Baltimore, MD).

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Member Since: 7/26/2005
Band Website: www.dubble8productions.com
Band Members: Erik Spangler
Influences: DJ Spooky, DJ Krush, Amon Tobin, Madlib, Aesop Rock, Blockhead, Kid Koala, DJ Logic, Dan the Automator, Dr. Israel and the Brooklyn Soundsystem, RJD2, Hi-Tek, Mark Farina, Venetian Snares, DJ Shadow, El-P, Sun Ra, Charles Mingus, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Gyorgy Ligeti, DJ Premiere, Goldie, Mixmaster Mike, King Tubby, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Bjork, Squarepusher, Jah Shaka, Yoshio Machida, DJ Grazzhoppa, DJ Wally, Oval, Portishead, Olivier Messiaen, Duke Ellington, DJ Qbert, Erik M, Heiner Goebbels, Ornette Coleman, X-ecutioners, Nobukazu Takemura, Jonathan Harvey, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Param Vir, Ken Ueno, Du Yun, Morton Feldman, Tom Waits, Brian Eno, R. Murrary Schafer
Sounds Like: Layered textures fusing hip-hop, dub, and drum&bass rhythms with an orchestral and cross-cultural sound pallete. These pieces interweave samples from original compositions (for classical instrumentation) with found objects from any point in recorded audio history, seeking out resonant relationships between diverse sources. Taking inspiration from many areas of musical experience which have been kept segregated by our conditioning, this music aims to participate in the work of breaking down the walls that keep people from listening to each other.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Upcoming shows in Portugal, Canada... and a new song for download

Busy couple of weeks ahead. Next Tuesday I am spinning at the Contemporary Museum here in Baltimore for the next Mobtown Modern event, "Sequenzathon", featuring the solo instrument Sequenzas of the la...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:34:00 GMT

My essay on the turntables is published on NewMusicBox.org

Check it out:http://www.newmusicbox.org/article.nmbx?id=5688
Posted by on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:56:00 GMT

Lessons in Digital Music Composition

This summer I am striving to be self-employed as a composer, DJ, and teacher. As I begin life as a stay-at-home dad, letting my wife take a turn as the primary income maker, I am advertising private l...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:10:00 GMT

Mobtown Modern- a new music series in Baltimore

I am proud to announce the launching of a new music series, called Mobtown Modern, which I am co-curating with saxophonist Brian Sacawa. We have been very fortunate to partner with the Contemporary Mu...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:34:00 GMT

A Story Of This Place: Charm City Remix

I am currently finishing an 80-minute soundtrack to accompany a recorded narrative by multi-media artist Kianga Ford. The project, entitled "A Story Of This Place: Charm City Remix", will open at The ...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:15:00 GMT

birth of mila (a.k.a. dj dribble ate)

I'm a dad! Mila Marie Spangler was born on October 17, at 1:22 AM. She ended up being delivered by c-section following a prolonged labor, weighing 7 lbs 6 oz at birth. My wife Marie was really amazing...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 06:22:00 GMT

NEW JOB, NEW LOCATION, BABY ON THE WAY!!!

In the next month Marie and I will be moving from Gainesville down to Cape Coral, in Southwest Florida, the Fort Myers area. I have been offered a job teaching music at a charter middle school, a scho...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:16:00 GMT

post-Katrina observations from the road

[While I was driving out for a lecture and performance at the University of Arizona last week, my wife Marie called and asked me to tell her a story next time we spoke on the phone. I took this as an ...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:49:00 GMT

Composer to DJ: the vehicle of hybrid electronica

Tracing my musical journey...My music background began with a desire to be a professional recorder player at age 9, playing in an Early Music group in Iowa City, IA, and writing little melodies that i...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:20:00 GMT

--new album release!!--

"Fourth World: A term coined by composer/trumpeter Jon Hassell to describe an electronic hybrid of ancient and modern, acoustic and digital, composed and improvised, and Eastern and Western musics."--...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:06:00 GMT