DJ Disk is a San Francisco Bay Area turntablist of Panamanian and Nicaraguan descent. The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, or the Bay, is a geographically and ethnically diverse metropolitan region that surrounds the Turntablism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating music using phonograph turntables and a DJ mixer. Panama, officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá) is the southernmost country of Central America. Nicaraguans ( Spanish: Nicaragüense; also Nica, Nicoya and Pinolero) are people inhabiting in originating or having significant heritage Born Luis Quintanilla on October 7, 1970, in San Francisco, Disk began scratching and mixing vinyl at a young age. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city In 1992 he joined his long-time friend DJ Q-bert in the Rock Steady Crew DJ's, before changing their name to the Invisibl Skratch Piklz. Rock Steady Crew is a Breakdancing crew and hip hop group that was established in the Bronx, The Invisibl Skratch Piklz were a group of American / Filipino turntablists.
As a founding member of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz, Disk has been an enormously influential DJ and is credited with inventing the 2 Click Orbit and the 2 Click Flare Lazer Orbit.
In addition to extensive hip hop work with the Piklz and others, Disk has collaborated with the likes of Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell, Buckethead, Zakir Hussain, Mike Patton, and Jack DeJohnette, among many others, and has toured worldwide. Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with Herbert Jeffrey Hancock ("Herbie" born April 12 1940 is a Jazz Pianist and Composer. Bill Laswell (born February 12, 1955 in Salem Brian Carroll, better known as Buckethead, is an American Guitarist and Songwriter. Ustad Zakir Hussain ( Hindi: ज़ाकिर हुसैन Urdu: زاکِر حسین born March 9, 1951, is a famous Tabla Michael Allan Patton (born January 27 1968) is an American singer Songwriter, Composer, multi-instrumentalist and Video Jack DeJohnette (born 9 August 1942) is an American Jazz Drummer, pianist, and composer While not on tour, he lives in his hometown of San Francisco where he records and teaches turntablism.