Nerd Jamz! The Spice Must Flow!

In honor of this weekend's New York Comic Con, I'm gonna break with self imposed tradition and post a full album, justified by the fact that it is both A): out of print, and B): an essential spin for any beat conscious fantasy dweeb.

Composer and keyboardist David Matthews released the ridiculously cool Dune, his soul tribute to science fiction in 1977 under CTI records, a label which went bankrupt all of one year later. Tracks like "Arrakis" and the standout "Sandworms" showcase the man's Herbert love, and the now unfortunately named Matthews calls on collaborators like sax player Grover Washington, and both Andy Newmark and Steve Gadd on drums to do lazer funk battle with sci-fi heroes David Bowie and John Williams! Matthew's nerd cred is upped ten fold by MF Doom's (ne Daniel Dumile) sampling his soul cover of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" to build the slick hook for MM... Food's "Rapp Snitch Knishes":

David Matthews "Space Oddity"

MF Doom feat. Mr. Fantastic "Rapp Snitch Knishes"

Below, D/L DM's infinitely- fonkier- than- Meco's- disco- edit Star Wars theme, and the full length interstellar love song that is Dune! It appears I've redorkulated.

David Matthews "Star Wars"

David Matthews - Dune (1977) .zip