The members of the group were originally
hip-hop DJs, who were among the pioneers of the
turntablism movement in the 1990s; turntablists create musical pieces by mixing samples from records, by using multiple turntables as instruments. The group started in 1989 as the "Shadow of the Prophet" with
DJ Q-bert,
Mix Master Mike, and DJ Apollo, who left the group in 1993. The group later added
DJ Disk, Shortkut,
DJ Flare,
Yogafrog,
D-Styles,
A-Trak to their lineup. They released numerous mix projects & albums and were featured in
documentaries such as Battle Sounds and
Scratch. The Invisibl Skratch Piklz performed their last show on
July 1,
2000 at the Skratchcon 2000 conference in
San Francisco, California.