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DJ Disk is a San Francisco Bay Area turntablist of Panamanian and Nicaraguan descent. Born Luis Quintanilla on October 7, 1970, in San Francisco, Disk began scratching and mixing vinyl at a young age after listening to Kraftwerk and seeing the first Star Wars movie. Some years later he started competing in DJ battles and doing local shows. In 1992 he joined his long-time friend DJ Q-bert in the Rock Steady Crew DJ's, before changing their name to the Invisibl Skratch Piklz. DJ Disk has contributed to more than 70 recordings, and more than 30 DVD releases.

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  • DJ Disk is a San Francisco Bay Area turntablist of Panamanian and Nicaraguan descent. Born Luis Quintanilla on October 7, 1970, in San Francisco, Disk began scratching and mixing vinyl at a young age after listening to Kraftwerk and seeing the first Star Wars movie. Some years later he started competing in DJ battles and doing local shows. In 1992 he joined his long-time friend DJ Q-bert in the Rock Steady Crew DJ's, before changing their name to the Invisibl Skratch Piklz. DJ Disk has contributed to more than 70 recordings, and more than 30 DVD releases.
  • DJ Disk ist ein DJ aus San Francisco. Geboren wurde er am 7. Oktober 1970 als Luis Quintanilla. Er fing schon sehr jung mit dem Scratchen und Mixen an. 1992 trat er seinem langjährigen Freund DJ Q-bert in der Rock Steady Crew bei. Kurz danach benannten sie sich in Invisibl Skratch Piklz um. Als Gründugnsmitglied der Invisibl Skratch Piklz war Disk ein sehr einflussreicher DJ. Er erfand den 2 Click Orbit und den 2 Click Flare Lazer Orbit.
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  • DJ Disk
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  • Turntables
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  • 1981(xsd:integer)
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  • PhonosycographDISK
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  • Promo shot of DJ Disk
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  • 1970(xsd:integer)
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  • Luis Quintanilla
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  • DJ Disk is a San Francisco Bay Area turntablist of Panamanian and Nicaraguan descent. Born Luis Quintanilla on October 7, 1970, in San Francisco, Disk began scratching and mixing vinyl at a young age after listening to Kraftwerk and seeing the first Star Wars movie. Some years later he started competing in DJ battles and doing local shows. In 1992 he joined his long-time friend DJ Q-bert in the Rock Steady Crew DJ's, before changing their name to the Invisibl Skratch Piklz. 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.[1] In addition to extensive hip hop work with the Piklz and other supergroups like El Stew, Disk has collaborated with the likes of Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell, Buckethead, Les Claypool and Primus, Serj Tankian, Wayne Shorter, Zakir Hussain, Mike Patton, and Jack DeJohnette, among many others, and has toured worldwide. While not on tour, he lives in his hometown of San Francisco where he records and teaches turntablism. DJ Disk has contributed to more than 70 recordings, and more than 30 DVD releases.
  • DJ Disk ist ein DJ aus San Francisco. Geboren wurde er am 7. Oktober 1970 als Luis Quintanilla. Er fing schon sehr jung mit dem Scratchen und Mixen an. 1992 trat er seinem langjährigen Freund DJ Q-bert in der Rock Steady Crew bei. Kurz danach benannten sie sich in Invisibl Skratch Piklz um. Als Gründugnsmitglied der Invisibl Skratch Piklz war Disk ein sehr einflussreicher DJ. Er erfand den 2 Click Orbit und den 2 Click Flare Lazer Orbit. Zusätzlich zu seiner exzensiven Hip Hop-Arbeit mit den Piklz und anderen arbeitete Disk auch mit Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell, Buckethead, Zakir Hussain, Mike Patton, Serj Tankian und Jack DeJohnette. Wenn er nicht gerade tourt lebt er in seiner Heimatstadt San Francisco, wo er aufnimmt und Turntabilism unterrichtet.
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