Man Recordings Inspiration Series #6 : Grandmixer D.ST
Saturday, September 13th, 2008
Grandmixer D.ST is from the early 1980s generation of NY scratch DJs. His debut public appearance was as DJ in the amphitheatre scene of the movie “Wild Style”, shortly after D.ST hit the jackpot as being the guy responsible for the turntable parts in Herbie Hancock´s “Rockit”. Another D.ST´s highlight was the track “D.ST Cuts It Up”, which was featured on the – ESSENTIAL – 1984 Celluloid compilation “Street Music Material”. The compilation was produced by Material and contains tracks by Fab Five Freddy, Phase 2´s legendary “The Roxy”, The Clash (!) feat. Futura 2000 and with “The Smurf” probably the 1st electro funk track featuring a live hard rock guitar. Check D.ST´s video and try to track down “Street Music Material”, this is timeless electro funk. Some of the tracks have lately been released on the “Celluloid Years” compilation, but nothing beats the original album vinyl. Oh and the cover artwork is by Futura 2000. After listening to “D.ST Cuts It Up” again I have to ask myself: Why on earth is no one doing music like this anymore today? Why is everyone only looking to the block party prime years of hip hop and completely fading out on the shit that Celluloid Records released from 1983-1985?
