D.ST

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D.ST is a musician best known as the turntablist who performed the pioneering scratching on Herbie Hancock’s influential hip-hop/jazz fusion track "Rockit."

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D.ST canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf DJ
musician
turntablist
activeIn New York City music scene
alsoKnownAs Grand Mixer D.ST
linked to: GrandMixer D.ST

Grand Mixer DXT
Grandmixer D.ST
linked to: GrandMixer D.ST

Grandmixer DXT
linked to: GrandMixer D.ST
associatedAct Bill Laswell
Herbie Hancock
Material
birthName Derek Showard
collaboratedWith Herbie Hancock
contributedTo popularization of scratching in mainstream music
countryOfCitizenship United States
era 1980s
featuredOn Herbie Hancock album "Future Shock"
fieldOfWork experimental music
hip hop music
jazz fusion music
genre electro
hip hop
jazz fusion
influenced later generations of hip hop DJs
influentialRecording "Rockit"
linked to: Rockit
innovation using turntable as a lead instrument in popular music
instrument turntables
nationality American
notableFor performance on Herbie Hancock track "Rockit"
pioneering turntable scratching
notableWork "Rockit" (as turntablist)
linked to: Rockit
notedFor integration of hip hop DJing with jazz fusion
virtuosic scratching techniques
occupation musician
record producer
performanceMedium live DJ performance
studio recording
performedOn "Rockit"
linked to: Rockit
pioneerOf DJ scratching techniques
turntablism
roleInRecording turntable soloist on "Rockit"
style experimental turntablism
improvisational scratching
trackContribution scratching on "Rockit"

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