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Derek Showard Better Known By The Stage Name GrandMixer DXT Is An American Musician One Of The Earliest To Use Turntables As A Musical Instrument In The 1980s. Early In His Career He Was Known As Grand Mixer D.ST A Reference To Delancey Street On The Lower East Side Of Manhattan New York City. He Was Featured In The Influential Hip Hop Film Wild Style. Widely Recognized As A Pioneer Grand Mixer DXT Is Credited As Being The First Turntablist. He Was The First Person To Establish The Turntable As A Fully Performable And Improvisational Musical Instrument Alberts 2002 . Especially Important Is His Technique Of Altering The Pitch Of The Note Or Sound On The Record. He Is Also Credited With Greatly Helping To Popularize DJing Through His Scratching On Herbie Hancock's Single "Rockit" From The Bill Laswell And Material Produced Album Future Shock. He Is Featured In The 2001 Documentary Scratch.

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