D-Styles | |
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| Birth name | Dave Cuasito[1] |
| Born | July 6, 1972[2] Philippines[2] |
| Origin | California, U.S.[3] |
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| Instrument(s) | Turntable[4] |
| Years active | 1992–present |
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Dave Cuasito (born July 6, 1972), better known by his stage name D-Styles, is a hip hop producer and DJ. He has been a member of Invisibl Skratch Piklz,[5] Beat Junkies,[6] and Third Sight.[7] He has also been a resident DJ of Low End Theory.[8] D-styles is an instructor at the Beat Junkies Institute of Sound.
In 2002, D-Styles released his solo studio album, Phantazmagorea, on Beat Junkie Sound.[9] It was described by Fact as, "The perfect evolution of hip hop's sample addiction: an album made entirely of samples manipulated by the human hand and overseen by a human brain."[9]
Discography
Studio albums
EPs
- Sound Advice (2003) (with Daddy Kev and The Grouch)
- 545 (2019) (with Excess, Mike Boo, and Pryvet Peepsho)
Mixtapes
Singles
- "Return to Planetary Deterioration" b/w "Clifford's Mustache" (2001)
- "Felonius Funk" (2002)
- "John Wayne on Acid" (2003)
- "Beautiful Fog" b/w "Millions of Locusts Swarming" (2007)
Guest appearances
- Rob Swift - "Salsa Scratch" from Sound Event (2002)
- Busdriver - Temporary Forever (2002)
- Busdriver - Cosmic Cleavage (2004)
- Buck 65 - "Rough House Blues", "Surrender to Strangeness", "The Floor", and "Blanc-Bec" from Secret House Against the World (2005)
- Birdy Nam Nam - "Il y a un cauchemar dans mon placard" from Birdy Nam Nam (2005)
- Edit - "Crunk de Gaulle" from Certified Air Raid Material (2007)
- Buck 65 - Dirtbike (2008)
- Themselves - "The Mark" from Crowns Down (2009)
- Nocando - "DSD2" from Jimmy the Lock (2010)
- DJ Kentaro - "Crossfader" from Contrast (2012)
- Jonwayne - "You Can Love Me When I'm Dead" from Rap Album One (2013)
- Bambu - "Last Year" from Sun of a Gun (2013)
- Jesse Medina - "In the Moment" from Meet Jesse Medina (2014)
- Kraddy - "The Prestige" from Be a Light (2014)
- Jonwayne - "TED Talk" from Rap Album Two (2017)
- BeatBombers - “BeatBombers LP” (2017)
Productions
- Roc Raida - "Razorblade Alcohol Slide" from Crossfaderz (2000)
- Roc Raida - "The Murder Faktory" from Champion Sounds (2003)
- Busdriver - "Avantcore (D-Styles Remix)" from Fear of a Black Tangent (2005)
- Bambu - "Last Year" from Sun of a Gun (2013)
- Scuba Chicken - "Alyssa Milano" and "Pumpin' Gas" from Ode to Malyssa Ilano (2021)
Filmography
Film
- Wave Twisters (2001)
References
- ↑ Aurelius, Marcus (May 2, 2014). "The Vinyl Word". Taipei Times. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2000). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music. Virgin Books. p. 201.
- ↑ Katz, Mark (2012). Groove Music: The Art and Culture of the Hip-Hop DJ. Oxford University Press. pp. 192–194.
- ↑ Pehling, Dave (January 22, 2003). "D-Styles". SF Weekly. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
- ↑ Cooper, Sean. "Invisibl Skratch Piklz". AllMusic. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
- ↑ Huey, Steve. "The Beat Junkies". AllMusic. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
- ↑ DiGravina, Tim. "Symbionese Liberation Album - Third Sight". AllMusic. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
- ↑ Weiss, Jeff (November 3, 2011). "Low End Theory Anniversary". LA Weekly. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
- 1 2 Fintoni, Laurent (March 7, 2014). "Forgotten Classics: D-Styles' Phantazmagoria & Ricci Rucker & Mike Boo's Scetchbook". Fact. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
External links
- D-Styles at IMDb
- Dj D-Styles Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2020)
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