DJ Design's interest in hip-hop began in 1979, when he first heard a song by Sugarhill Gang, the name of which he now forgets. Fast forward to 1986, when Keith decides to borrow brother Richie's Yamaha turntable, bought a Pyramid 10 band EQ mixer (with echo), and completed the set with a gem of a used record player he found at Salvation Army. Equipment in hand, plus a stack of old records handed down to him by his father ( who had the baddest collection of Soul and Rock LP's in all of Vietnam), Keith was poised to carry on the funk legacy. Eleven years later, DJ Design finds his first production on wax, with part time cohort, Rasco. Soon to follow was a full time gig with his current group, Foreign Legion, garnering much underground respect worldwide. One day while shopping (stealing) with Peanut Butter Wolf for ashtrays, Keith slipped a cassette of beats into Wolfs car stereo. Ecstatic with what he heard, Design soon found himself a member of the Stones Throw roster, and released the compelling instrumental album, Gather Round. Oh yeah, he also did the best remix for the Beastie Boys "Negotiation Limerick File", but he's not really one to boast. In closing, DJ Design has reached international player status, ya feel me? Discography * RASCO - What it's All About- 12"- Stones Throw * PEANUT BUTTER WOLF - Phonies- My Vinyl Weighs a Ton LP- Stones Throw * FOREIGN LEGION - Full Time B-Boy- 12"- ABB * DJ DESIGN/PEANUT BUTTER WOLF - Level 5: The Disc Jockey- Strength Magazine * OMP. - London/FFRR * DJ DESIGN - Never Be the Same- Return of the DJ: Vol 3- Bomb Records * BEASTIE BOYS - Negotitation Limerick File (DJ Design Remix)-Grand Royal * PEANUT BUTTER WOLF - Live at the Dump (Stonesthrow Megamix)- MTV: Masters of the 1's and 2's-MTV/ Priority * DJ DESIGN - Gather Round LP- Stones Throw * FOREIGN LEGION - Nowhere to Hide- 12"- Insiduous Urban * FOREIGN LEGION - Kidnapper Van LP- Insiduous Urban * DJ DESIGN - Soul Power '70-Urban Revolutions Comp.- Future Primitive Sound WEBSITE: http://www.foreignlegionhq.com Gather Round DJ Design $15.98

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