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Dsc | New York City | 06/16/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"As soon as I put this in, I was begging for more. Simply awesome. I thought I'd share what was on the liner notes for anybody interested:"Born in El Salvador, raised on Maui and nicknamed for the mysterious bastard son of a legendary hawaiian king, Keoki arrived on the US mainland in 1988. He landed a job with TWA in New York tracking lost luggage. Though the gig allowed him to travel the world for free, it was while moonlighting as a busboy at Danceteria, a hot Manhattan nightclub, that Keoki saw the sights and heard the sounds that would change his life. Fascinated by the powerful connection a DJ could make witha crowd, Keoki himself began to play records, putting his own distinctive spin on other srtists' music. Flamboyant as hell, he dubbed himself, "Superstar Dj" Keoki. Though it started as a lark, the "Superstar Dj" Keoki phenomenon quickly caught on. By the early nineties, the underground dance music scene had swelled to a critical mass.As resident DJ at Manhattan's infamous Limelight, he was at the center of the 'club kid' phenomenon and on the cutting edge of all that was new in electronic music. The rave scene in America was born and Keoki, as one of the first traveling DJ's was thrust into the spotlight. The former baggage handler was soon jetting, first class, to perform everywhere. He discovered dramatic new ways to keep a crowd in the palm of his hands. His was a sonic sleight-of-hand in which funk could meet punk, and where a barking scooby doo would mix perfectly with a ranting Jimmy Swaggart, all underscored by an electronic beat.A hook up with Moonshine music led to the release of a series of top-selling-DJ-mised albums including "Superstar DJ Keoki-All mixed up" and "Disco death race 2000" along with his originally-produced "Ego trip" album. Over a decade later at the beginning of a new millenium, with hundreds of thousands of records sold, Keoki is still one of the biggest crowd pullers in electronic music.""

The "Superstar DJ" Does It Again

Jason E. Pellinen | Minneapolis, MN | 05/09/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"What a DJ. As always, his track selection is impecable and his mixing is top notch. There is not much else to say about this CD. In the immortal words of Tony The Tiger.... "It's Grrrrrreat.""

Unimpressive..

chance margheim | Blacksburg, Va United States | 04/21/2003

(1 out of 5 stars)

"I really dont see what all the fuss is about here. As a huge trance fan I recognize that there are all different styles and so everyones got their own tastes, but this cd was just dissapointing. First off, I really couldent classify it at all. I didnt sense any progressiveness or hard beats, and hardly any trance like tunes from what I could hear, either! I couldent chill to it, it was mostly just noise. This is the only piece ive heard of keoki so I wont totally destroy it but..I wouldent reccomend it to anyone."