Steinski was one of the original turntablist DJ's-- a great influence on my favorite turntablist DJ Shadow. This is a track off of Steinski's first and only official retrospective, "What Does It All Mean?" -- what can I say, I'm a sucker for jazz-influenced laid back hip hop. Incidentally Steinski's first mixes weren't on turntables at all. He collaborated with Double Dee by splicing together tape reels in the 80's. Now that is hardcore. That's like Ansel Adams bringing large format photography to the pinnacle of that art form, slaving away in an unknown basement doing something no one has ever done before. Music and photography share an interesting lineage in that respect. It's the pioneering nerds who slave away over their art who create these new forms that shake the world.
