User:Loki331/DJ Platurn

DJ Platurn is an Oakland-based performance and mixtape DJ & Producer. He is best known for winning Scion's Free Up Your Mix competition in 2004 with collaborator DJ Spair.

Bio
Born Illugi Magnússon in Iceland, DJ Platurn was influenced early on by his father, who was a DJ in Iceland. His stage name is an adaptation of the Icelandic term for DJ, "Plötusnúður", literally translated to mean "Plate Turner".

Career
DJ Platurn came to prominence in the mid-1990's in Oakland, California's DJ scene and has since gone on to perform and garner acclaim internationally. In 2000 he and collaborator DJ Spair formed the Oakland Faders, a DJ and music production collective that has toured extensively individually and as a group, performing with many notable musicians including DJ Z-Trip, DJ Qbert, Raphael Saadiq, Parliament-Funkadelic, Tower of Power, Da Beatminerz, Jake One, Zion I, Crown City Rockers, Xzibit, Team Canada, and the Triple Threat DJs.

In 2006 DJ Platurn was featured in a documentary film produced and directed by his sister, Ragga Thordarson, a film Producer based in Los Angeles, CA.

In 2010 Platurn co-founded production duo The Midnite Sons. Their first EP, Cold Blooded, was released independently on March 5, 2012.

Awards and Recognition

 * 2000 - Mixwell Mixtape Finalist
 * 2003 - Voted Best DJ in East Bay Express
 * 2004 - Scion's Free Up Your Mix
 * 2004 - Voted Best Turntablist in East Bay Express
 * 2008 - Voted Best DJ in East Bay Express
 * 2011 - Voted Best DJ in East Bay Express Reader's Poll

Mixes:

 * So This Is De La Heaven Part 1 (2001)
 * Best of A Tribe Called Quest (2003)
 * Fader Nation Vol. 1 w/ DJ Spair (2004) Winner: Scion Free Up Your Mix 2004
 * The Catalogue (2005)
 * Blendapella (2007)
 * Lookout Weekend (2007)
 * Debauchery: Vol. 1 (2008)
 * Star Wars: The Musical (2008)
 * Your Dancing Feet Are Always On My Couch (2010)

Remixes:

 * Midas Touch (DJ Platurn Remix) (2010)

Production:
With The Midnite Sons:


 * Oakland To Brooklyn EP (12", EP) (2004)
 * Fight from The Push (Album) (2008)

Tracks Appear On:

 * Scion CD Sampler Vol. 12 (2005)
 * BJX: The Sound Of Bstrd Boots (2010)