--- product_id: 31272036 title: "OPTOMETRY" price: "MX$990" currency: MXN in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.mx/products/31272036-optometry store_origin: MX region: Mexico --- # OPTOMETRY **Price:** MX$990 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** OPTOMETRY - **How much does it cost?** MX$990 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.mx](https://www.desertcart.mx/products/31272036-optometry) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Optometry bring together one of the masters of DJ culture with real musicians and the results are staggering. Joining Spooky are Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Joe McPhee, Guillermo E Brown, and more all whom provide the inpiration to bring the Blue Series concept to a new plateau. Limited edition double vinyl. First hearing of this album stirred memories of George Russell's Electronic Sonata For Souls Loved By Nature (1969): Both feature an acoustic jazz group, piano-driven, set within an electronic context. Here the pianist is Matthew Shipp and instead of Russell's tape composition, DJ Spooky supplies laptop, turntables, treatments, bass, etc. Optometry comes with liner notes and the track titles are... challenging. The opening "Ibid, desmarches, ibid" delivers traffic sounds out of which a snare-heavy, rolling, tripping rhythm appears, a double bass starts to play a catchy figure, piano chords drive things along. There's an intense, muscular quality to Shipp's playing, a McCoy Tyner-like emphasis. "Reactive Switching Strategies for the Control of Uninhabited Air" has the bass up in the mix, there's a circular piano figure and clickety percussion; things are accessible, near-catchy; laptop loops may be in play. Again those heavy, dramatic chords with the bass figures pushing patterns through. In "Variation Cybernetique: Rhythmic Pataphysic (part I)" repeated piano clusters played fast almost recall Philip Glass, reverberating off each eardrum, long violin notes, glass-like percussion, gong. Captivating, beautiful stuff. "Periphique" is a beautiful piece of work: the percussion is all brushes and ride cymbal, there's bowed double bass and Joe McPhee plays trumpet. This penultimate track starts with a feeling of aimlessness, of wandering in a wide-open, darkened landscape where the sky is all too big and we're all too small. With "It's a mad, mad, mad world", the final track, a confused certainty returns; there are a couple of jokey/ironic vocal samples and some more straightahead playing. This initially surprised me by appearing to belie the music that had gone before it, to represent an unexpected loss of confidence. On further thought it's perhaps understandable in light of "Periphique"s sense of loss/lostness. All in all, Optometry is a big, serious-sounding piece of work. The overall impression of this reviewer is of an earnest, driven endeavour which finds itself in a place it didn't expect to be. Although Optometry sounds like an essay in possibilities, a sonic prototype which is unlikely to go into production, it bears repeated listening and throws many sonic jewels before our ears. --BBC Music Thirsty Ear is leading the way in the cross-pollination between electronic music production and jazz. Their Blue Series seems to have set its goal no lower than to move jazz forward into the 21st Century, and in creating fresh and challenging settings for improvisation and the music's sonic palate, they're succeeding. In 2001 they dropped Spring Heel Jack's dark and abstract Masses, which was a rewarding experiment in the merger of jazz improvisation and electronic textures. Earlier this year they released the excellent Matthew Shipp disc Nu Bop, which shared the general working method of Masses but was more interested in rhythmic tension and the age-old pursuit of getting down. Now DJ Spooky has weighed in with Optometry, a sprawling cityscape of an album that absorbs both the ambient/abstract and the booty-shake, and fuses them with a staggering technique and ambition. --Popmatters Review: Many Emotions - This is a really great album that balances hope, promise, chaos, failure, and redemption. The art here - besides the brilliant musicianship - is that you _will_ have an emotional reaction from listening to this. I've never heard his other albums, but I'm definitely interested after listening to Optometry. Review: Best DJ album ever!!! - This is a fine piece of work. DJ Spooky is tops in my book. What better way to create a master work than to hire the help of musicians like William Parker, Matt Shipp, etc... Great, great album! ## Images ![OPTOMETRY - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71SQQkcNppL.jpg) ![OPTOMETRY - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71oiDeLlu7L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Many Emotions *by B***B on March 14, 2016* This is a really great album that balances hope, promise, chaos, failure, and redemption. The art here - besides the brilliant musicianship - is that you _will_ have an emotional reaction from listening to this. I've never heard his other albums, but I'm definitely interested after listening to Optometry. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Best DJ album ever!!! *by T***X on November 11, 2003* This is a fine piece of work. DJ Spooky is tops in my book. What better way to create a master work than to hire the help of musicians like William Parker, Matt Shipp, etc... Great, great album! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ An Innovative And Complex Fusion Of Jazz, Ambient, And Rhythmic Colors *by W***Y on March 6, 2026* The first time I listened to this album, I found it difficult. It seemed slightly discordant, very abstract, excessively percussive, and a little gloomy. And i found the splices of rap to be slightly jarring. But since I was trained and educated to be a classical musician, I realized that I could very well be biased and overly rigid. Frankly, though, after the third or fourth time I listened to the album, my appreciation of it grew steadily. And my enjoyment certainly increased. It is a remarkable work -- fusing jazz, ambient, discordant tonalities, and very sophisticated rhythms and drumming. In the past, I've listened to a lot of Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, Harold Budd, and Mark Isham. So my tastes have been sort of molded and channeled into a kind of meditative ambient stream. But with this record, I've needed to reach out from the groove I was meshed in, and to learn to have a more open ear for new musical structures and organically rhythmic passages. Interestingly, though, I could still perceive fragments of Eno, Budd, Flairck, Hiroshima, and even a touch of Alan Parsons Project in this excellent album. Having been introduced to DJ Spooky's work in his highly ambient alternative soundtrack for the remastered Blu-ray of The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari (1920), it was a revelation to hear this more ambitious, multi-faceted, and expressive record. I certainly look forward to learning even more about DJ Spooky's artistry in the future. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.mx/products/31272036-optometry](https://www.desertcart.mx/products/31272036-optometry) --- *Product available on Desertcart Mexico* *Store origin: MX* *Last updated: 2026-05-16*