QUANTOPIA is commissioned by the Internet Archive, created with funding from a Hewlett 50 Arts Commission from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and presented in association with YBCA. Produced by Sozo Artists, Inc. with additional support from Sozo Impact, Inc.

Hey people - Can you believe that the Internet turns 50 this year? Recently I had a concert to celebrate that. It’s called Quantopia. The concert was introduced by the legendary inventor of some of the early systems that made the Internet what it is today - Dr Leonard Kleinrock - here's his statement opening the concert: https://vimeo.com/313197229 
And check him out in Werner Herzog’s movie “Lo and Behold”: https://g.co/kgs/r9qZdD

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who came out to support Quantopia a little while ago in San Francisco. We had a sold out, packed house, and lots of folks from the history of the Internet came out to support the project.

Quantopia will be touring and there will be a book, exhibition and album from the project so stay tuned. We also released an “open source” album with Internet Archive - the legendary activist foundation that supports dynamic engagement with many of the issues the Internet is facing. You can read some of my essays about this (which will be a book in a bit) here http://www.djspooky.com/quantopia 

I’d like to encourage you to check out how the Internet has affected much of our data driven, contemporary society, and I’ve included a couple of links to projects that I think reflect that. Here’s a handy batch of maps Sir Tim Berners Lee made to show the evolution of the Internet 

In other news, I finally, finally, finally finished my next album - “The Invisible Hand”. I worked with material from Stewart Copeland from the legendary band “The Police” (yes, millennials, there was a band called The Police - google them!). I am working on a cryptocurrency project in tandem with the album. More in that in a bit!

Stewart Copeland from The Police- with DJ Spooky - new album project coming up!

Thanks as always for the support! Check out the open source version of Quantopia. We worked with the amazing San Francisco Girls Choir for the choral parts, and wow - I am totally blown away.

Also - if you have a moment, check out the album “Silent Voices” I did with the Brooklyn Youth Chorus - featuring some great composers and artists. They are amazing! 

Paul aka DJ Spooky