- Active: '90s, 2000s
- Genres: Rock
- Instrument: Turntables
DJ Disk
| Artist: DJ Disk |
| Discography: DJ Disk |
| Wikipedia: DJ Disk |
| DJ Disk | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Luis Quintanilla |
| Also known as | Phonosycograph DISK |
| Born | October 7, 1970 |
| Origin | San Francisco, USA |
| Genre(s) | Hip-hop, turntablism, electro |
| Occupation(s) | Turntablist |
| Years active | 1992 - present |
| Website | http://www.djdisk.net/ |
| Notable instrument(s) | |
| Turntables | |
DJ Disk is a San Francisco Bay Area turntablist of Panamanian, Colombian, and Nicaraguan descent.[1] Born Luis Quintanilla on October 7, 1970, in San Francisco, Disk began scratching and mixing vinyl at a young age.[2] In 1992 he joined his long-time friend DJ Q-bert among the Rock Steady Crew DJs, later changing the group's name to the Invisibl Skratch Piklz.[2]
As a founding member of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz, Disk has been an enormously influential DJ and is credited with inventing the 2 Click Orbit and the 2 Click Flare Lazer Orbit techniques.[3] He was later a founding member of El Stew, which, according to Allmusic, "dealt with the more experimental side of electronic music."[4]
In addition to extensive hip hop work with the Piklz and others, Disk has collaborated with a wide variety of musicians working in other genres, including Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell, Buckethead, Zakir Hussain, Mike Patton, and Jack DeJohnette. He has been involved in over seventy recordings, and has performed in over fifteen countries.[1] While not on tour, he lives in his hometown of San Francisco[citation needed] where he records and teaches turntablism.[5] DJ Disk says he originated the term "turntablist" (see competing claims).[1]
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Discography (partial)
- 1997: Marsupial's Belly Flop Breaks with Xtrakd (Scarecrow)
- 1997: Transmutation Live by Praxis
- 1998: Ancient Termites as Phonosychograph Disk
- 1998: Devil Dub by Ben Wa
- 1998: The Shiggar Fraggar Show! by Invisibl Skratch Piklz (five CDs and Videos)
- 1999: Live @ Slim's / Turbulence Chest
- 1999: No Hesitation by El Stew
- 1999: The 13th Scroll by Cobra Strike
- 2000: 149 Ways to Smash Paul Simon's Face Breaks (Stray)
- 2001: Phonosychographdisk Vs. The Filthy Ape: Mooch Moose (Stray)
- 2001: Warszawa by Praxis
- 2001: Live In San Francisco At Stern Grove by Tabla Beat Science
- 2002: Live by Charged
- 2002: Future 2 Future - Live by Herbie Hancock (DVD)
- 2003: Talamanam Sound Clash by Tabla Beat Science
- 2003: The Rehearsal by El Stew
- 2006: Zurich by Praxis
- 2006: Tornado Urine Breaks (Toolz)
Guest Appearances
- 1995: ...And Out Come The Wolves by Rancid
- 1998: Colma by Buckethead
- 1998: Wave Twisters by DJ Q-Bert
- 1999: Intonarumori by Material
- 2001: Questside (Untold Tales) by DJ Quest
- 2002: The Album by Latyrx
- 2008: Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness) by Praxis
- 2008: Then And Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock by Herbie Hancock
Compilations
- 1996: Altered Beats - Assassin Knowledges Of The Remanipulated (Axiom)
- 1997: Valis II - Everything Must Go (Ion)
- 1999: Planetary Natural Love Gas Webbin' 199999 - Mixed By DJ Pica Pica Pica (Comma)
- 2000: Tektonics (OM Records)
- 2001: Innerhythmic Sound System (Innerhytmic)
- 2002: Scratch (Transparent Music)
References
- ^ a b c "MySpace.com - TURNTABLIST DISK". http://www.myspace.com/djdisk. Retrieved on 2008-08-29.
- ^ a b "djdisk.net: bio". Archived from the original on 2006-01-15. http://web.archive.org/web/20060115041917/http://djdisk.net/bio.html. Retrieved on 2008-07-29.
- ^ "Digitalscratch.com's Dictionary of Scratch Terms and Tricks". http://www.digitalscratch.com/ds/tips.html. Retrieved on 2008-07-29.
- ^ "allmusic ((( DJ Disk > Overview )))". http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:go420r6ar48z~T1. Retrieved on 2008-08-29.
- ^ "djdisk.net: classes". Archived from the original on 2005-03-12. http://web.archive.org/web/20050312073211/http://www.djdisk.net/classes.html. Retrieved on 2008-07-29.
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- Excavation: Beat Alchemy (1999 Album by Various Artists)
- El Stew (Rock Band, '90s)
- The Shiggar Fraggar Show!, Vol. 1 (1998 Album by Invisibl Skratch Piklz)
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