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	Invisibl Skratch Piklz - Biography - AOL Music
		The Invisibl Skratch Piklz were a rotating crew of hip-hop DJs whose tactile acrobatics were more accurately served by the term (coined by Piklz founder DJ Q-Bert) "turntablist." A quintet (although their lineup shifted constantly), the group's core consisted of Q-Bert (Rich Quitevis), "Mixmaster Mike" Schwartz, and Shortkut (J.
		Individually and as a group, the Piklz's reputation in the hip-hop underground is undisputed, and journos get a kick out of describing how they were asked by the world's most prestigious international DJ association (DMC) to stop competing since they were discouraging other DJs from even bothering to enter.
		Their first release, The Invisibl Skratch Piklz Vs. the Clams of Death, is a 12"/CD+ best-of compiling bits of the group's various routines from the past few years.
	music.aol.com /artist/invisibl-skratch-piklz/224158/biography (607 words)

	Invisibl Skratch Piklz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Invisibl Skratch Piklz were a group of turntablists.
		The members of the group were originally hip-hop DJs, who were among the pioneers of the turntablism movement in the 1990's; turntablists create musical pieces by mixing samples from records, by using multiple turntables as instruments.
		The Invisibl Skratch Piklz performed their last show on July 1, 2000 at the Skratchcon 2000 conference in San Francisco, California.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Invisibl_Skratch_Piklz (364 words)

	Beastiemania.com - Who Is Who - Invisibl Skratch Piklz
		Whether you were aware of it or not, ISP (Invisibl Skratch Piklz) was not exactly the first formation of this famous turntable troupe.
		In what would later become viewed as a catalyst in the formation of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz, DJ Apollo chose to leave the ranks of Q-Bert and Mix Master Mike to become the DJ for jazz saxaphonist Branford Marsalis (1993).
		ISP finally came into being in 1995 almost by chance - the story goes that Mix Master Mike and Disk unknowingly created the name "Invisibl Skratch Piklz" for the crew one day while jokingly throwing out hundreds of goofy names.
	www.beastiemania.com /whois/invisibl_skratch_piklz (655 words)

	Youth Radio
		There is a lot of cynicism and denial that arises when talk of the turntable as a musical instrument creeps into conversation, but when these two Bay Area natives take their places behind the two steel wheels, the laughing and skepticism stops and jaws drop to the floor.
		His recognition as a tremendous force in the skratch world began in the early 90's when he won three back-to-back world DJ championships, a feat that earned him such a fierce reputation that rumors are still in passing that he was banned from competing.
		Yogafrog is the major force responsible for virtually every business accomplishment made by the Invisbl Skratch Piklz crew and is also the one who organized the first design contracts with major manufacturers of DJ equipment, thus turning skratch music into a multi-million dollar industry.
	www.youthradio.org /music/010522_piklzintro.shtml (398 words)

	Invisbl Skratch Piklz - Asphodel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		To understand the Invisibl Skratch Piklz, one must first understand turntablism… Whereas a typical DJ plays records, mixing songs at the seams and matching the beats, to form a continuous stream of music -- the turnatablist actually creates new beats; using records not as individual songs, but as pieces of a puzzle.
		The Invisibl Skratch Piklz are among the most innovative and prolific group of artists to call themselves turntablists.
		The Invisibl Skratch Piklz mix any and every style of music -- from RandB love songs to country -- from dancehall reggae to metal guitar rock -- forming a sound that cannot be categorized by any of it's components -- hip-hop in it's truest form.
	www.asphodel.com /artists/view.php?Id=22 (655 words)

	CMT.com : DJ Q-Bert : Biography
		Wider recognition came with the birth of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz in 1995.
		The Invisibl Skratch Piklz toured the globe throughout the latter part of the 1990s.
		As a Skratch Pikl, he contributed to The Invisibl Skratch Piklz Vs. The Klamz Uv Deth (an enhanced CD released in 1997), Bomb Hip Hop's Return of the DJ, Vol.
	www.cmt.com /artists/az/dj_q_bert/bio.jhtml (502 words)

	DJ QBert and Turntablism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Technics 1200 was released in the 70’s and the spinback capabilities allowed for “skratching.” (Skratching with a ‘k’) Scratching is the skill of extending grooves and breaks by cutting back and forth between two copies of the same record.
		History established that QBert, a founding member of the legendary Invisibl Skratch Piklz (1995-2000), created a new era in the DJ/turntablist community, and helped raise the art of hip-hop to its new form, turntablism.
		Invisibl Skratch Piklz and Vestax also released a video called Turntable Mechanics Workshop in which scratching was publicly defined and specific techniques were given names so that turntablists had a shared common “scratch language.” The scratch language is very important in securing turntablism a place in mainstream.
	www.racingmix.com /art/djqbert.htm (1774 words)

	DJ Faust MP3 Downloads - DJ Faust Music Downloads - DJ Faust Music Videos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Invisibl Skratch Piklz were a rotating crew of hip-hop DJs whose tactile acrobatics were more accurately served by the term (coined by Piklz founder DJ Q-Bert) "turntablist." A quintet (although their lineup shifted constantly), the group's core consisted of Q-Bert (Rich Quitevis), "Mixmaster Mike" Schwartz, and Shortkut (J. Cruz), with...
		Mix Master Mike (born Michael Schwartz in 1970) first attracted attention as a member of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz, one of the most acclaimed DJ collectives of their era -- three-time winners of the annual world scratching competition, they were eventually barred from entering as a result of a lack of any solid competition.
		New York-based turntable group the X-ecutioners were, along with San Francisco's Invisibl Skratch Piklz, among the first all-DJ outfits to sign a recording contract, and the first to release a full-length album focusing on the art of turntable tricknology.
	www.mp3.com /dj-faust/artists/279019/similar.html (586 words)

	Invisibl Skratch Piklz (May 2000)
		To his left, ISP confederate Shortkut offered little more animation, but a much different series of syncopated sounds — for the moment, his scratches played more slow and low to Q’s otherworldly endeavors.
		Along with "honorary ISP member" DJ Flare, who, like QBert, was executing squalling scratches that would make Sonic Youth blush, the trio had an almost carnival-like show going for the M.I. industry types.
		Since their frequent travels don’t often coincide, all five members of ISP are almost never in the same room at the same time — they’re like Wu-Tang Clan like that.
	www.djtimes.com /original/djmag/may00/Piklz.htm (4717 words)

	Invisibl Skratch Piklz (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Invisibl Skratch Piklz (ISP), the pioneers in the world of turntablism, have conquered fans on every continent.
		The Invisibl Skratch Piklz proceed to perform throughout the world, including places such as Japan, Australia, France, London, Switzerland, and Sweden.
		In June 1999, the Invisibl Skratch Piklz were honored by A. Magazine as a member of its "A-100" - the 100 most influential Asian Americans of the past decade.
	www.globaldarkness.com.cob-web.org:8888 /articles/invisibl_skratchpiklz_corporate_profile.htm (572 words)

	MetroActive Music \| Invizbl Skratch Piklz
		The Skratch Piklz engender community with their everyday approachable ways but also cultivate Bay Area scratching with seminars at such unlikely places as the Asian Art Museum and the Art Institute of San Francisco.
		The Skratch Piklz' website offers insider tips and wisdom that could bestow even an out-of-touch desk jockey with some amount of club finesse: "Before a show, try not to shake [turntablists'] hands because moisture from yours can cool their hands down while they are warming up.
		Always coy about their own success, the Skratch Piklz are quick to acknowledge other DJs for their contributions to the form that they themselves dominate.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/sfmetro/03.01.99/skratchpiklz-9907.html (769 words)

	AsianWeek.com: A&E: ‘Scratch’ and sniff with DJ Qbert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Invisibl Skratch Piklz were definitely on another level in terms of scratching.
		The group was known for their amazing skill at eking out all kinds of sounds from a turntable, performing together with superhuman synchronicity and influencing turntablist groups such as the X-ecutioners.
		The Piklz broke up two years ago with a final performance at Skratchcon 2000 at the Fillmore in San Francisco, and since then, Qbert has been concentrating on refining his style and learning even more turntable tricks.
	www.asianweek.com /2002_03_08/arts_hotnsour.html (1261 words)

	ThudRumble.com - Overview
		Founders, QBert and Yogafrog were once of the famed super crew called The Invisibl Skratch Piklz who stood as the "Greatest DJs on Earth," by URB Magazine.
		The records used for skratching is Skratchy Seal, the slipmats used for glide is Butter Rugs, the needle used is their very own Ortofon, the turntable and the mixer is their own with Vestax, lastly the cables that attach everything are their Monster Rumble cables.
		Upon the retirement of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz team project, Yogafrog and DJ QBert set out on taking their art form to directions their creativity can explore.
	www.thudrumble.com /founders.aspx (1065 words)

	westword.com - News - Like a Record, Baby
		Known as a "skratch" DJ, QBert has pioneered many of the style's techniques, among them his trademark "crab skratch," so named because of the way his fingers mimic a crab as they skillfully manipulate the tools of the trade -- vinyl itself, and the turntable's many knobs and controls.
		With their turntable and mixing skills, QBert and his crew, the Invisibl Skratch Piklz, as well as others like the New York-based X-ecutioners and Los Angeles's World Famous Beat Junkies, have helped create a new art form that references hip-hop but is something else altogether.
		Think of Sun Ra and his space explorations with the Arkestra, or Jimi Hendrix's electric torching of the blues at Monterey: This is the stratospheric realm that QBert and his peers inhabit.
	www.westword.com /issues/2000-01-13/music2.html (866 words)

	Mixmaster Mike (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		As one of the founding members of the now-defunct Invisibl Skratch Piklz, Mixmaster Mike has a long, storied career behind the ones and twos.
		He may be the dopest DJ on planet Earth, as his turntablist skills are extremely well rounded, ranging from scratching to mixing to juggling.
		And even though the ISP are no longer a unit, Mike has struck out on his own, continuing his global assault in the name of turntablism.
	www.epitonic.com /artists/mixmastermike.html (430 words)

	Invisibl Skratch Piklz - AOL Music
		The Invisibl Skratch Piklz performed their last show on July 1, 2000 at the Skratchcon 2000...
		Invisibl Skratch Piklz (ISP), the pioneers in the world of turntablism,...
		The Invisibl Skratch Piklz proceed to perform throughout the world,...
	music.aol.com /artist/invisibl-skratch-piklz/224158/main (160 words)

	Beastiemania.com - Who Is Who - Mix Master Mike
		Mike had proved himself to be a DMC World Champion with his turntablist crew Invisibl Skratch Piklz.
		And while with ISP, MMM released several mix tapes and video tapes which showcase his wrists of fury.
		This routine had been done previously by fellow ISP member DJ Q-bert on his album.
	www.beastiemania.com /whois/mix_master_mike (147 words)

	Invisibl Skratch Piklz - The Shiggar Fraggar Show! Vol. 5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Live turntable orchestration session starring the now-defunct Invisibl Skratch Piklz at their peak when the lineup was QBert, Disk, Apollo, Mixmaster Mike, Shortkut, Shiggar Fraggar, and emcee UB40.
		Recorded live in May 1996 at Hip Hop Slam in Oakland, CA as part of the Pirate Fuckin Radio series.
		Note that originally these sessions, which were 90 minute mix-tapes/radio shows, were both distributed by Hip Hop Slam to about a dozen pirate radio stations around the USA and by the Piklz as mix-tapes.
	illegalart.net /catalog/otherlabels/shiggar_fraggar_show5.html (121 words)

	Turntablism Downloads - Download Turntablism Music - Download Turntablism MP3s
		Even while he's scratching and sampling to his heart's delight, Quest ranges quite far for his samples, from the squawking horn-section blasts on the opener "Onetwothree" to a sitar and jaw harp "Grasshopper." The intense old-school funk of "Orangebushmonkeyflower" leads right into reverb territory with "Percodan," while "The E Pod" is an excellent skate-anthem-in-waiting.
		A record posed somewhere between Booker T. & the MG's and Invisibl Skratch Piklz, Monostereosis is one of the freshest turntablist items down the pipe in several years.
		The turntablist revival of the '90s produced some major talents (the Invisibl Skratch Piklz, the Beat Junkies, the X-Ecutioners), but the nuances of their skills were often lost on casual observers, and only sometimes translated to recordings.
	www.mp3.com /turntablism/genre/579/subgenre.html (3743 words)

	CMT.com : Shortkut : Biography
		A founding member of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz and Triple Threat DJ crews,
		At 18 he helped found the Invisibl Skratch Piklz with Mix Master Mike, Q-Bert, and DJ Disk.
		The Piklz went on to become one of the most influential DJ crews of the '90s, leading Shortkut to a membership in the Beat Junkies and remixes for Ras Kass and Ozomatli.
	www.cmt.com /artists/az/shortkut/bio.jhtml (161 words)

	YouTube - Skratch Bastid vs Brace 2004 Skribble Jam DJ Finals (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Skratch Bastid definitely beat him but this looks like a much bigger slaughter than it was.
		Brace came pretty good (in the first round, he flipped a beat into "Billy Jean") and he got SB pretty good with the intro.
		Skratch Bastid becoming the two time Skr Skratch Bastid becoming the two time Skribble Jam DJ Champion.
	www.youtube.com.cob-web.org:8888 /watch?v=woyBHewiZtw&mode=related&search= (337 words)

	Invisibl Skratch Piklz cds, vinyl records and music albums (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Invisibl Skratch Piklz Vs Da K (special order)
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	Davey D's Hip-Hop Corner: The New Source For The Hip-Hop Generation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Invisibl Skratch Piklz were recently featured in a documentary that premiered yesterday [Monday March 13th] at the Asian American film festival.
		The ISP were prominently featured in the half hour documentary which was put together by up and coming film director Ralph Briones.
		Lastly for all you fans of Mixmaster Mike who is not only a Skratch Piklz, but also the DJ for the Beastie Boys, he is currently on tour.
	www.daveyd.com /FullArticles/articleN270.asp (596 words)

	Invisibl Skratch Piklz Workshop Performance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		If you're into scratch DJing, you've obviously heard of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz.
		Respected by many for an outrageous range of skills, the Bay Area-based quintet - D-Styles, Q-Bert, Yogafrog, Mixmaster Mike and Shortkut - is one of the few outfits that has transcended the tight-knit, scratch-jock community.
		With quicksilver manual dexterity, impeccable rhythmic sense and crowd-pleasing style, the Piklz always dazzle.
	www.djtimes.com /original/realvideo/scratchwork/videomain.htm (62 words)

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