D-Styles Explained

D-Styles
Birth Name:	Dave Cuasito^[1]
Birth Date:	6 July 1972^[2]
Birth Place:	Philippines
Origin:	California, U.S.^[3]
Genre:	Turntablism
Instrument:	Turntable^[4]
Years Active:	1992–present
Label:	Funkshitup Records, Dirtstyle Records

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. 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]

Discography

Studio albums

• Phantazmagorea (2002)
• The 13th Floor (D-Styles, Qbert & Shortkut/ Invisibl Skratch Piklz) (2016)
• Noises in The Right Order (2019)
• 545 https://apertivorecords.bandcamp.com/album/khruang-phrung (d-styles,excess,Mike boo,Pryvet peepsho) (2019)
• 545 Khrung Phrung (D-Styles, Excess, Mike Boo & Pryvet Peepsho)
• Creme De La Creme (D-Styles & Nowaah The Flood) (2021)
• 545 808 (D-Styles, Excess, Mike Boo & Pryvet Peepsho) (2022)
• Pacific Standard Time (XP the Marxman, Rhettmatic & D-Styles) (2022)
• Fair Warning (D-Styles & WidowMaker) (2022)
• He Who Laughs Last (D-Styles & Substance810) (2023)
• The Periodic Tables of Excellence (D-Styles & J Scienide) (2022)
• Invincibl Rap Mislz (D-Styles & Napoleon Da Legend) (2023)

EPs

• Sound Advice (2003)
• 545 (2019)

Mixtapes

• Hot Sauce in the Dick Hole (1997)
• Stylus Wars (1997) with A-Trak

Singles

• "Return to Planetary Deterioration" b/w "Clifford's Mustache" (2001)
• "Felonius Funk" (2002)
• "John Wayne on Acid" (2003)
• "Beautiful Fog" b/w "Millions of Locusts Swarming" (2007)

Guest appearances

• Rob Swift - "Salsa Scratch" from Sound Event (2002)
• DJ Greyboy -“Son Ray” (with Ricci Rucker) from Soul Mosaic (2000)
• Awol One & Daddy Kev- “Souldoubt LP” (2001)
• Busdriver - Temporary Forever (2002)
• Busdriver - Cosmic Cleavage (2004)
• Buck 65 - "Rough House Blues", "Surrender to Strangeness", "The Floor", and "Blanc-Bec" from Secret House Against the World (2005)
• Birdy Nam Nam - "Il y a un cauchemar dans mon placard" from Birdy Nam Nam (2005)
• Edit - "Crunk de Gaulle" from Certified Air Raid Material (2007)
• Buck 65 - Dirtbike (2008)
• Themselves - "The Mark" from Crowns Down (2009)
• Nocando - "DSD2" from Jimmy the Lock (2010)
• DJ Kentaro - "Crossfader" from Contrast (2012)
• The Gaslamp Killer- “Impulse” from Breakthrough (2012)
• Jonwayne - "You Can Love Me When I'm Dead" from Rap Album One (2013)
• Bambu - "Last Year" from Sun of a Gun (2013)
• Jesse Medina - "In the Moment" from Meet Jesse Medina (2014)
• Kraddy - "The Prestige" from Be a Light (2014)
• Self Jupiter & Kenny Segal (The Kleenrz)- “Season 2 LP”
• Jonwayne - "TED Talk" from Rap Album Two (2017)
• BeatBombers - “BeatBombers LP” (2017)
• Conway the Machine & Big Ghost Ltd- “If it bleeds it can be killed Album” (2021)
• Ransom & Big Ghost Ltd -“Heavy is the Head LP” (2021)
• Jae SKeese & Big Ghost Ltd -“Authenticity Check LP” (2022)
• Conway the Machine & Big Ghost Ltd- “What has been blessed cannot be cursed LP” (2022)
• Che Noir & Big Ghost Ltd -“Noir or Never LP” (2023)
• Oppenheimer, Rome Streets & Jay Royale- “Laurels” (2023)
• Nosaj Thing -“Look both ways” from Continua (2023)
• Substance810 & Hobgoblin -“Death waits in the dark LP” (2023)
• RhymeStyleTroop & Dead Poetz Society- “Heart of the city LP” (2023)
• SonnyJim & Lee Scott- “Ortolan & Armagnac LP” (2023)

Productions

• DJ Qbert - "Razorblade Alcohol Slide" from Wave Twisters (1998)
• Roc Raida - "The Murder Faktory" from Champion Sounds (2003)
• Busdriver - "Avantcore (D-Styles Remix)" from Fear of a Black Tangent (2005)
• Bambu - "Last Year" from Sun of a Gun (2013)
• Self Jupiter ft. Blu & Volume 10- “Caked Up” (2019)
• Scuba Chicken - "Alyssa Milano" and "Pumpin' Gas" from Ode to Malyssa Ilano (2021)
• Pro Dillinger & Nowaah the Flood- “Know Better remix” (2022)
• Nowaah the Flood & Mach Hommy- “Akbar Pray Day remix” (2023)

Filmography

Film

• Wave Twisters (2001)

External links

• • Dj D-Styles Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2020)

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Vinyl Word. Taipei Times. Marcus. Aurelius. May 2, 2014. May 5, 2017.
2. Book: Larkin, Colin. Colin Larkin (writer)

   . Colin Larkin (writer). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music. Virgin Books. 2000. 201.

3. Book: Katz, Mark. Groove Music: The Art and Culture of the Hip-Hop DJ. Oxford University Press. 2012. 192–194.
4. Web site: D-Styles. SF Weekly. Dave. Pehling. January 22, 2003. April 27, 2014.
5. Web site: Invisibl Skratch Piklz. AllMusic. Sean. Cooper. April 27, 2014.
6. Web site: The Beat Junkies. AllMusic. Steve. Huey. April 27, 2014.
7. Web site: Symbionese Liberation Album - Third Sight. AllMusic. Tim. DiGravina. April 27, 2014.
8. Web site: Low End Theory Anniversary. LA Weekly. Jeff. Weiss. November 3, 2011. December 20, 2019.
9. Web site: Forgotten Classics: D-Styles' Phantazmagoria & Ricci Rucker & Mike Boo's Scetchbook. Fact. Laurent. Fintoni. March 7, 2014. April 27, 2014.