DJ Quietstorm is a disc jockey

Disc jockey

A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...

, currently living and working in Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

. He has also had some success as a graphic design

Graphic design

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er, with one of his works reaching the final at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival

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.

History

Born in Tucson, Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

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, Quietstorm's family moved to San Paolo

San Paolo

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 in Brazil

Brazil

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 at age 6 due to his father's work. At age 9 he returned to the United States

United States

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 to live in Peoria, Illinois

Peoria, Illinois

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. At 13 he moved to Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

 for the first time and attended an international high school there. After finishing school Quietstorm went back to Illinois to pursue a degree in computer engineering

Computer engineering

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 at the University of Illinois

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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. He returned to Tokyo for a while after graduating, living in the Naka-Meguro district. In the mid 80s Quietstorm began to DJ. After a brief return to Illinois, Quietstorm began to intensely play on the Tokyo club scene. In 1996 Quietstorm first encountered and joined the Living Legends

Living Legends

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 crew from Oakland, California

Oakland, California

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 when they stayed at his house on a trip to Japan.

Together they recorded the album Escape Forever as well as several other songs. Around this time Quietstorm also created the Quiet on the Set V.1 mix tape and established the Naka-Meguro Drug Store crew.

Albums

• Escape Forever
• In Time, Like This (with DJ Kensei) [Live] (2001)
• Damare (2001)
• Soramiro (2004)

Mixtapes

• Quiet on the Set 1
• Quiet on the Set 2
• Quiet on the Set 3
• Tight, Vol. 2: Quiet on the Set 4 (1999)
• Quiet on the Set 5
• Tight, Vol. 5: Quiet on the Set 6
• URA: Tags of the Times (1999)
• Hal 2001 A Mix Odyssey (2000)
• DJ Quietstorm 100% Live (2005)
• Live At The Liquid Room, Tokyo, Japan, Dec.12, 2004 "Between You And Me"

AKA Quiet on the Set 7 (2005)

Singles/EPs

• Be Quiet Feat. Twigy / Fuji Rocks Feat. Killer Bong (2004)
• Beater / Unkle, Episodo 5&6 (2004)
• Tom Sellak / Life Itself (2004)
• Home Alone (2004)
• Jebidiah (2005)

External links

• CISCO Records DJ Quietstorm
• DJ Quietstorm at amazon.co.jp