Artist
DJ Disk
63 releases · 93 collaborators · 19 labels
- Real name
- Luis Quintanilla
- Date active
- 1997 – 2025
- Relevance
- Low, weak ties with the core dub techno cluster
Bio
DJ Disk is an American turntablist born on October 7, 1970, in San Francisco.
Influential DJ credited with inventing the 2 Click Orbit, the echo fade technique and the 2 Click Flare Lazer Orbit techniques.
He was part of the turntablist group Invisibl Skratch Piklz & participated to various projects/abums with guitarist Buckethead (including their band El Stew, Phonosycographdisk & Cobra Strike).
In addition to his hip-hop work with the Piklz and other artists, Disk has collaborated with Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell, Buckethead, Zakir Hussain, Mike Patton, Norah Jones, Flavor Flav, Rancid, Primus, and Jack DeJohnette.
Owner of the Scarecrow Music label.
Influential DJ credited with inventing the 2 Click Orbit, the echo fade technique and the 2 Click Flare Lazer Orbit techniques.
He was part of the turntablist group Invisibl Skratch Piklz & participated to various projects/abums with guitarist Buckethead (including their band El Stew, Phonosycographdisk & Cobra Strike).
In addition to his hip-hop work with the Piklz and other artists, Disk has collaborated with Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell, Buckethead, Zakir Hussain, Mike Patton, Norah Jones, Flavor Flav, Rancid, Primus, and Jack DeJohnette.
Owner of the Scarecrow Music label.
Also known as
DJ Disk (Artist)
Label
Relevance
Releases
Active
- Releases: 8 Relevance: very high Active: 1999 – 2018
- Releases: 8 Relevance: very high Active: 1997 – 2025
- Releases: 6 Relevance: very high Active: 1998 – 1999
- Releases: 2 Relevance: high Active: 2002 – 2006
- Releases: 2 Relevance: high Active: 1998 – 2010
- Releases: 3 Relevance: medium Active: 2000 – 2001
- Releases: 1 Relevance: medium Active: 2002
- Releases: 10 Relevance: low Active: 1999 – 2006
- Releases: 5 Relevance: low Active: 1998 – 2006
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1998
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2025
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1997
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1999
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2006
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2002
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2024
- Releases: 1 Relevance: extremely low Active: 1999
- Releases: 1 Relevance: extremely low Active: 2002
- Releases: 1 Relevance: extremely low Active: 1999