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While doing little garage parties around the city he kept noticing this small Filipino kid popping up and asking him a lot of questions about how to scratch and dj. This person turned out to be none other then Dj Q Bert. They grew to be friends and Mix Master Mike showed him what he knew. The rest was history. He first gained notoriety after performing at several live DJ competitions. Along with DJ Apollo and DJ Q-Bert, Mix Master Mike formed the first turntablist band, The Invisibl Skratch Piklz . After gaining fame, he hooked up with the Beastie Boys , working on the album ''Hello Nasty''. He is now considered their resident DJ, replacing DJ Hurricane (who was preceded by Doctor Dre - not to be confused with Dr. Dre !). In 1994, after winning three consecutive world titles of the international DMC turntablism award. Mike and Q-Bert were asked to step down from further competition as their domination was too much for the rest of the pack. The two performed an amazing "farewell" set and were honored to become DMC judges. Mike has also helped fellow DJs produce their own albums, most notably, '' Wave Twisters '', by DJ Q-bert . Mix Master Mike is known for his heavy-hitting bass and intricate scratch routines. Mix Master Mike is often credited with inventing the Tweak Scratch. The scratch is performed by moving the record back and forth while the platter is stopped. The inertia of the platter causes the sounds to slow down and drop in pitch in an unusual manner. This claim is backed up somewhat by a recording of a voicemail he left the Beastie Boys on the track "Three MC's and one DJ". In it he states that he's hooked his turntable up to a wah-wah pedal. Mix Master Mike got the idea for his wild music when one night practising he saw 3 lights land on a football field outside of his home. He thought the lights were from another universe and believed that he could communicate with aliens. He is quoted as saying that when he makes an album he tries to make it so that when people listen to it in the year 3000 they'll say "Yo, this is crazy" AUDIO/VIDEO Albums
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