'Legions of Boom: Filipino American Mobile DJ Crews in the San Francisco Bay Area'

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Aug 5, 2015

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'Legions of Boom: Filipino American Mobile DJ Crews in the San Francisco Bay Area'

Oliver Wang joins A Martinez to talk about the influence of Filipino American DJ crews from the 1980s on popular music and the scene at the time.

Mixmaster Mike was one of the most well known acts to come out of the 1980s Bay Area mobile DJ scene. Here he is performing with The Beastie Boys.

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Oliver Wang joins A Martinez to talk about the influence of Filipino American DJ crews from the 1980s on popular music and the scene at the time.

For years, Take Two regular Oliver Wang, has been researching his new book 'Legions of Boom: Filipino American Mobile DJ Crews in the San Francisco Bay Area.' The influence of these DJ crews on popular music shouldn't be understated, even though most of them were only in high school when they were dropping beats and crossfading their favorite albums.

Oliver joins A Martinez for a discussion about the influence of these groups, why they were largely Filipino and how they churned out some well known musicians, including Mixmaster Mike.