turntablist

British  

/ ˈtɜːnˌteɪbəlɪst /

noun

1. a DJ who is skilled in using turntables to obtain distinctive effects from records

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Example Sentences

By the time I rolled into my friend’s late-summer block party, the DJ had lapsed into a trance – not the kind that happens when a turntablist is riding a groove but, rather, clamoring to escape one.

From Salon

The Neighborhood Kids can operate as either a stripped-down hip-hop trio of the two rappers and turntablist DJ JG, or as a full band, with Rosy on guitar, bassist Emmerson, and drummer Gatoz Locoz.

From Los Angeles Times

The song first emerged from a freestyle rhyme during a band rehearsal, then was recorded with rapid-fire vocals from the two rappers, a beat created by turntablist DJ JG, and blasts of swirling electric guitar from Niko Rosy.

From Los Angeles Times

Then the camera whirls to capture a turntablist and rapper wearing a Kangol bucket hat.

From Salon

Jackson Wang and NIKI; the “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” director Destin Daniel Cretton; and influential figures like the ’90s dance-pop singer Jocelyn Enriquez and the Bay Area turntablist group Invisibl Skratch Piklz.

From New York Times