- D-Styles
D-Styles (born
July 6 ,1972 in thePhilippines ) is a scratch DJ. His 2002 album "Phantazmagorea " is believed to be the first all-scratched full length release.Fact|date=June 2008D-Styles is a member of hip hop group
Third Sight , alongside emceeRoughneck Jihad and producer/DJDufunk . He was also once a part of theInvisibl Skratch Piklz alongside DJs Q-bert andMix Master Mike and theBeat Junkies alongside DJsJ-Rocc ,Melo-D ,DJ Babu andRhettmatic . Another frequent collaborator is Los Angeles-based producerDaddy Kev , who has featured D-Styles scratching on various recordings by underground emcees likeBusdriver ,The Grouch andAWOL One .On October 31st/November 1st 2002, in conjunction with the release of
Phantazmagorea , The D-Styles Sextet (consisting of D-Styles,Shortkut ,J-Rocc ,DJ Babu ,Rhettmatic , andMelo-D ) did live reconstructions of the tracks ofPhantazmagorea and "Return To Planetary Deteriation" and "Razorblade Alcohol Slide".Ned Hoddings opened for them with their own scratch compositions. The event was documented in the DVD A Night At The Knitting Factory released byFat Sack Films .In 2003, D-Styles embarked on a tour alongside fellow turntablists
Ricci Rucker ,Toadstyle ,Excess , andMike Boogie aka Mike Boo.Fat Jack was also featured with anMPC set. Also involved wasDaddy Kev . The tour was dubbedThe Bastard Language Tour . The tour was also documented in a DVD of the same name also released byFat Sack Films .cratch Music
D-Styles played a pivotal role in the foundation of the scratch music genre. His first song "Razorblade Alcohol Slide" - featured on the Dj Q-bert LP "Wave Twisters" was composed entirely by scratching and was the first of its kind. Fact|date=June 2008 As with most scratch music compositions each element of the song was scratched and then layered together simultaneously. For the song, D-Styles sampled the bassline from
Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello which was the intro to their song 'Revolver'. Morello has expressed his fondness of DJ-emulated sounds and has always credited the DJ with being a big influence in his guitar playing.D-Styles also produced the beat for
Kid Koala 's track, "Annie's Parlour" on his record,Some of My Best Friends Are DJ's .External links
* [http://www.djdstyles.com/ Official website and discography]
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