Presto

With apparent affects of Pete Rock and roll, Jay Dee, and DJ Leading, Culver Town, CA, DJ/maker Presto (true name Christopher Douglas) consistently stayed true to his spirit- and jazz-inflected formula of boom-bap beats to produce a name for himself. Despite becoming born and elevated in Houston, TX, Presto’s NY mind-set experienced him playing his preferred information by Pete Rock and roll & C.L. Even, Gang Starr, and Mobb Deep when he initial begun to DJ in 1992. About four years afterwards, he graduated up to manufacturer position, purchasing his initial ASR-10 key pad, and produced beats for different local sets of which he was an associate. Presto’s initial record, the self-pressed EP Breakin’ Cement, emerged in 2000 and highlighted the underground lower “Relax YOUR BRAIN,” which DJ Tag Farina grabbed for his hip-hop/home mix Compact disc Mushroom Jazz, Vol. 3 (2001). Even more fascination with the record for the Western world Coast provided him the courage to relocate towards the Los Angeles region and start his record label, Cement Grooves. In the years pursuing, he strike the underground picture using a flurry of produces, like the Calligraphy EP (a cooperation with Cali MC Lowd) and generally instrumental record Jazz Juice in 2002; Inflight Instrumentals in 2003; and then Impressions in 2004. Locating opportunities to build up other performers, he crossed pathways with defected Dark Eyed Peas vocalist Kim Hill, and his label pressed up her AT THIS TIME 12″ one in 2005. Following the Magic LP found its way to 2006, he spent a few years building his status and making contacts with several trustworthy performers in underground hip-hop. Distributed via Excess fat Beats, his 2008 recording, State from the Artwork, boasted many visitor appearances, included in this Sadat X, C.L. Clean, Fatlip (from the Pharcyde), and Huge Professor.