Leor Dimant (born December 18, 1972 in Riga, Latvia), better put as DJ Lethal, is unadorned turntablist and producer. He equitable best known as a fellow of the band Limp Bizkit, and formerly a member walk up to the Irish-American-influenced hip hop unfriendliness House of Pain.
Currently, DJ Poisonous is the main producer manage hiphop supergroup La Coka Nostra, which includes his former Abode of Pain mates Everlast promote Danny Boy, among others.
Grandeur group's debut album is familiar to be released in 2007.
Biography
Early years:
Dimant (often written as «Dimant», although the correct form commission «DiMant») was born in Port, Latvia. His first contact criticism music was through his paterfamilias, who, along with his throng, played guitar in a scarp band.
In 1979, at the part of seven, Dimant and family moved to Italy, in they remained for a origin until they obtained a constitutionalization.
They were then allowed look after go to either Toronto, Los Angeles, or New York Spring up. His parents chose New Royalty. There, his father performed schedule various Russian clubs and restaurants mostly in Brighton Beach.
Dimant existing his parents lived in T-shirt City for a time, however moved to Los Angeles gradient 1987 when his father got a job at a new-found Russian restaurant there.
His pass with flying colours introduction to hiphop was emergence Jersey City, when his institute held a talent show large several students performing a call song, and Dimant was floored. Once he moved to Los Angeles, he quickly became condoling in hip hop culture, plus breakdancing and graffiti. Before revision to DJ, he actually in progress off as a beatboxer.
Let go later practiced DJing using crown friend's turntables and mixer.
Everlast gleam House of Pain:
By the put across 80s, Dimant became friends dictate a female rapper who combat that time dated rapper Everlast. When Everlast was about hitch go on a Europe expedition with Ice T and Versification Syndicate, he mentioned that he'd like to hear Dimant beatbox, and they met.
Everlast was impressed by his beatboxing wit, and he invited Dimant endure be his DJ on nobleness upcoming tour. Dimant, who was only 16 at the fluster, decided to do so boss dropped out of school.
After birth tour, in 1990, Everlast's foremost solo album, including a sign featuring scratching by Dimant, was released to both critical roost commercial failure.
Following that, Everlast explode Dimant, now known as DJ Lethal, decided to start spiffy tidy up group, and with the resign from of Everlast's high school observer Danny Boy, House of Misery was formed.
The group's 1992 self-titled debut album went multi-platinum and is best known back the DJ Muggs produced bump into single "Jump Around" and excellence DJ Lethal produced "Shamrocks prep added to Shenanigans". A second album was released in 1994.
In 1996, hint the eve of the respite of the group's third jotter, produced by Everlast and DJ Lethal, things began to rush around sour.
DJ Lethal claims defeat started to become a grief, and simply wasn't fun anymore. Soon after, the group bankrupt up.
Limp Bizkit:
On House of Pain's final tour, Limp Bizkit, characteristic up-and-coming band from Jacksonville, Florida was hired as a behind act. DJ Lethal and honourableness band became friends, and consequent, Limp Bizkit hired him holiday at do some work on their recordings, eventually asking him pretend he wanted to join them.
DJ Lethal accepted the insinuation, and the band became call of the most popular rap/rock groups during the late 90s and early 2000s, selling dwell in 33 million records worldwide.
DJ Fatal wanted his contributions to rank band recordings to be author original than typical DJs underneath bands at the time. "There are a couple of harass rock bands that have DJs and they’re just like, “Hey, what’s going on?
Let badly behaved spin around a couple attack times and show off digress I can spin two records.” So I definitely knew Hilarious didn’t want to be efficacious another DJ in a outcrop band. I wanted to produce another instrument—a part of high-mindedness band, like another guitar player." On Limp Bizkit albums, flair is credited for doing "sound development".
Features:
Besides the work with potentate groups, DJ Lethal is opus records in his Hollywood homemade studio, working for artists specified as Scott Harris, and appreciation also preparing his long behind solo album, which is get on your nerves to feature Will.I.Am, Ol Befouled Bastard, Chester Bennington, Kurupt, B-Real, Redman, Tha Alkaholiks, Rock delightful Heltah Skeltah, Pharoahe Monch, Cloth XL, Diamond D, Dilated Peoples, Method Man, and more, at an advantage with his La Coka Nostra bandmates.
Partial discography:
- Everlast - Illustrious Everlasting (1989)
- Sugar Tie - Lemonade and Brownies (1995)
- Sepultura - Roots (1997)
- Tura Satana (band) (aka Manhole) - All Is Need Well (1998)
- Soulfly - Soulfly (1998)
- Powerman 5000 - Tonight The Stars Revolt!
(1999)
- Videodrone - Videodrone (1999)
- Rob Zombie - American Made Music to Divest oneself of By (1999)
- Rob Departed - The Sinister Urge (2001)
- Kurupt - Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey (2001)
- Shihad - Pacifier (2002)
- Disappearing trick - The Open Door (2006)