Filipino record producer
D-Styles
Birth name Dave Cuasito[ 1] Born (1972-07-06 ) July 6, 1972 (age 52) [ 2] Philippines[ 2] Origin California , U.S.[ 3] Genres Turntablism Occupation(s) Instrument Turntable [ 4] Years active 1992–present Labels Funkshitup Records, Dirtstyle Records
Musical artist
Dave Cuasito 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]
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^ a b Fintoni, Laurent (March 7, 2014). "Forgotten Classics: D-Styles' Phantazmagoria & Ricci Rucker & Mike Boo's Scetchbook" . Fact . Retrieved April 27, 2014 .