As well as being one of the ablest solo turntablists on the globe, Cut Chemist is also a member of two highly rated crews: underground rap kings Jurassic 5 and the Los Angeles Latin funk band Ozomatli. He came up with the L.A. rap group Unity Committee, and debuted on wax with the B-side of UC's 1993 single "Unified Rebelution." The track... [+] Read More

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DJ Radar first got his start in dance music when he and Emile suited up for the Bombshelter DJ's collective in the early '90s. Worldwide dates in Japan, Europe, and North America gave DJ Radar a chance to stretch his electronic palette throughout the decade. Once the new millennium rolled around, DJ Radar connected with jazz pianist Raul Yanez... [+] Read More

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DJ Shadow's Josh Davis is widely credited as a key figure in developing the experimental instrumental hip-hop style associated with the London-based Mo' Wax label. His early singles for the label, including "In/Flux" and "Lost and Found (S.F.L.)," were all-over-the-map mini-masterpieces combining elements of funk, rock, hip-hop, ambient, jazz,... [+] Read More

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Chinese-Canadian turntablist Kid Koala was born Eric San in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1975. Classically trained on the piano, San instead put his fingers to work on a pair of Technics 1200s starting in the late '80s. He was a college pub DJ and bedroom turntable manipulator for nearly a decade before landing a recording deal with U.K.... [+] Read More

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Mix Master Mike (born Michael Schwartz in 1970) first attracted attention as a member of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz, one of the most acclaimed DJ collectives of their era -- three-time winners of the annual world scratching competition, they were eventually barred from entering as a result of a lack of any solid competition. Debuting in 1996... [+] Read More

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Among the true talents in the late-'90s new skool of old-school hip-hop, Peanut Butter Wolf began DJing as a teenager and became quite an entrepreneur at his San Jose, CA, high school, selling mix tapes of his turntable work. He debuted on wax in 1989 with "You Can't Swing This" on All Good Vinyl, recorded with a smooth MC named Lyrical... [+] Read More

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TheArm^^ Trip-Hop/Turntablist out of the Califorina UnderGround...


Check into the mind of TheArm^^ and enter 11. In these dark and hunting melodies on Sound Spaces built from foundations of Hip-Hop Beats, Jazz, Blues, and Experimental Rock delivered in the traditional mix of the Hip Hop DJ's of old on "Tables with Live Cuts" but... [+] Read More

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