Everything about Grand Mixer Dxt totally explained
DJ Grandmixer DXT (formerly
Grandmixer D.ST, born
Derek Showard) is an American
turntablist. "D.ST" is a reference to
Manhattan,
New York City's Delancey Street on the
Lower East Side. He was featured in the influential hip hop film
Wild Style
Widely recognized as a pioneer, Showard is credited with helping establish the turntable as a a fully performable and
improvisational
musical instrument (Alberts 2002). Especially important is his technique of altering the
pitch of the
note or sound on the LP record.
He is also credited with greatly helping to popularize DJing through his
scratching on
Herbie Hancock's single "
Rockit" from the
Bill Laswell produced album
Future Shock. The
music video for "Rockit" was extremely popular on
MTV.
He is interviewed in the 2001 documentary,
Scratch.
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