D.V.S*, aka Derek VanScoten and Cloudchord, is a guitarist / DJ/ Producer based out of Colorado, by way of New York. His music combines big dancefloor beats with vintage soul melodies and modern rock textures.

No stranger to spotlight, he has toured with many acts, including DJ Logic, Devotchka, Cabaret Diosa, The Motet, members of Lotus, Particle and more.

In October 2009, he released "Before I Sing," an 11-track masterpiece merging modern Hip Hop with vintage Motown and Soul Jazz. In January 2010 he released "Beyond the Looking Glass," a 4 song preview of a 2-volume release due out this spring. This new release fuses elements of Hip Hop and and Soul with modern rock guitar and dubstep textures.

In early 2009 he won the Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey remix contest for their tune "Tetherball," which was release on 1320 records.

Brian Haas of JFJO says “"The new D.V.S. album, 'Before I Sing', combines beautiful melodies, super fat beats, jazz guitar power, and lush horn harmonies into true, relevant psychedelic trip hop. The vocal samples are tasteful, emotional and spiritual colors that take the human voice into a melodic fragment world reminiscent of late Miles Davis trumpet work. The record tells a story from beginning to end, has a musical arc from first track to last track and employs real theme and development within each composition. Very positive sounds from a unique, new voice in modern music....highly recommended." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.