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Q-Bert (born 1969) is the performing name of Richard Quitevis, a Filipino-American (of Ilocano descent) DJ and music-writer. Living in San Francisco, he started playing with records at the age of 15 and was influenced by the street performers of San Francisco’s hip-hop community in the mid 1980s.
He started his musical career in a group called FM20 with Mix Master Mike and Apollo in 1990. They were playing a show in New York when Crazy Legs saw them and invited them to join the Rock Steady Crew. They accepted, and going by the name of the Rock Steady DJ’s they proceeded to take the 1992 Disco Mixing Club (DMC) world title.
Q-Bert was also one of the founding members of the band Invisibl Skratch Piklz. Entitled Wave Twisters, the album was created mainly with samplers and beat machines versus the turntable, and later turned into an animated feature of the same title. Wave Twisters (2001) the movie was somewhat unusual in that the animators and digital artists had to invent images and movements to the pre-recorded music, as opposed to the other way around.
His music was also featured in the game Tony Hawk’s Underground and FreQuency.
He started his musical career in a group called FM20 with Mix Master Mike and Apollo in 1990. They were playing a show in New York when Crazy Legs saw them and invited them to join the Rock Steady Crew. They accepted, and going by the name of the Rock Steady DJ’s they proceeded to take the 1992 Disco Mixing Club (DMC) world title.
Q-Bert was also one of the founding members of the band Invisibl Skratch Piklz. Entitled Wave Twisters, the album was created mainly with samplers and beat machines versus the turntable, and later turned into an animated feature of the same title. Wave Twisters (2001) the movie was somewhat unusual in that the animators and digital artists had to invent images and movements to the pre-recorded music, as opposed to the other way around.
His music was also featured in the game Tony Hawk’s Underground and FreQuency.
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Supreeeme wrote:
GOD, he is dope.
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IllumoHorizon wrote:
I wonder how good this dude really is, glad I get the chance to check'm out this saturday!
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masterwutang wrote:
Jimi Hendrix of the turntables. [2]
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djsegrak wrote:
I learned everything I know through watching your videos on youtube and your scratch dvds
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Max34Rus wrote:
DJ QBert №1
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jonpwnsu wrote:
along with making me (slightly) proud to be Filipino, and making great music, he also was apart of one of the strangest and most awesome albums ever, Dr. Octagonecologyst.
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eab750 wrote:
i breakdance to this music
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doctorbagr wrote:
Does anyone know what the Dubstep remix of Pon De Floor he uses is?
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Makaveli_Jr wrote:
vote up for DJ QBert pics
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alex_sabber wrote:
@galactus15 Stop smokin' that stuff!
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galactus15 wrote:
dude. Imagine a django reinhardt / dj qbert duet
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MrNake wrote:
Best!!!!
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SongsOfMaldoror wrote:
Damn... It was 2001, when I heard Cosmic Assassins for the first time.
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RatBatSpider wrote:
Q at amoeba. check it out! http://www.amoeba.com/whats-in-my-bag/index.html#/detail/2009-11-02_dj-qbert
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SeeingRobots wrote:
The only time I saw this dude, he was with Automator who was looping shit and making beats on the spot while Q Bert did this thing on the qfo, it was outstanding.
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Katisdope wrote:
soooo much skill, this guy is awesome
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galactus15 wrote:
man it would be so great if he came to britain
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stephgodwin wrote:
YAY sooo excited for his RESIDENCY at crown nightclub in Las Vegas starting JUNE 23rd! details coming soon!! brought to you by next events lv (http://www.nexteventslv.com/ )!!
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eastbaythunder wrote:
check the vid "Sneak Attach" killer!
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eastbaythunder wrote:
scratch that biaoch
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DJ Q-Bert - Do it yourself…
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DJ Q-Bert - Sneak Attack
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- Feb 8 Leftfoot & UnderTheCounter presents: DJ QBert & Reeps One Hare and Hounds, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Tapapakanga Regional Park, Auckland, New Zealand
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