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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Gavin Koppel
| image = DJLYFE.jpeg
| alias = '''DJ Lyfe'''<br>DJ1987<ref name="myspace.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.myspace.com/dj1987music |title=DJ 1987 on MySpace Music 12/14/2006 |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=2009-11-21}}</ref><br>Kid Lyfe<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/DJ+Lyfe?anv=Kid+Lyfe |title=DJ Lyfe Discography at Discogs|accessdate=2009-11-21}}</ref><br>Mr. 1987<br>G. Koppell
| instrument = [[Turntablism|Turntables]],<ref name="thegauntlet.com">http://www.thegauntlet.com/bio/216/Incubus.html|title=The Gauntlet-Incubus</ref><ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|last=Huey|first=Steve|title=Incubus > Biography|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p13273|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=allmusic|year=2006|accessdate=2008-12-19}}</ref><ref name="myspace.com"/> [[Electronic keyboard|keyboards]], [[sampler (musical instrument)|samples]],<ref name="myspace.com"/>[[Programming (music)|programming]]<ref name="myspace.com"/>
| genre = {{hlist|[[Alternative rock]]|[[nu metal]]|[[Electronic music|electronic]]|[[turntablism]]|[[trip hop]]}}
| occupation = [[Musical instrument|Musician]], [[DJ]], [[music producer]]<ref name="myspace.com"/> [[Graffiti|graffiti]] [[artist]], [[Video editing|video editor]]<ref name="myspace.com"/>| years_active = 1995-present
| associated_acts = {{hlist|[[Incubus (band)|Incubus]]|DJ 1987|Mr. 1987|Kid Lyfe|[[DJ Greyboy]]|[[DJ Kilmore]]}}
| label = [[Immortal Records]]<br>[[Immortal Records|Immortal]]/[[Epic Records|Epic]]<br>[[Sony Music Entertainment|Sony Music]]
| background=non_vocal_instrumentalist}}

'''Gavin Koppel''', better known by his stage name '''DJ Lyfe''', is the former turntablist and co-songwriter of the band [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]] between the years of 1995 and 1998. He is also a [[graffiti]] artist.

==Career==

Koppel got his start in music in 1987. He met the band Incubus, at that time consisting of [[vocalist]] [[Brandon Boyd]], [[guitarist]] [[Mike Einziger]], [[drummer]] [[José Pasillas]], and [[bassist]] [[Alex Katunich]] in 1994 at the S.I.R. Theater.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.myspace.com/djlyfeofincubus |title=DJ LYFE of INCUBUS |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=2009-11-21}}</ref> He joined in 1995<ref name="thegauntlet.com"/> and performed with the band for their 1997 [[Extended play|EP]], ''[[Enjoy Incubus]]'' and the following album later that year, ''[[S.C.I.E.N.C.E.]]'', on [[Turntablism|turntables]]<ref name="allmusic"/> under the stage name '''DJ Lyfe'''. He is credited as doing "Turntable Kung-fu" on ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.'' <ref name="aln2.albumlinernotes.com">[http://aln2.albumlinernotes.com/S.C.I.E.N.C.E.html S.C.I.E.N.C.E<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/DJ+Lyfe?anv=Kid+Lyfe |title=DJ Lyfe Discography at Discogs|author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=2009-11-21}}</ref> He also appeared on the track "Familiar" from ''[[Spawn: The Album]]'', which Incubus performed with [[DJ Greyboy]]. He was replaced by [[Chris Kilmore|DJ Kilmore]] after being fired in 1998.<ref name="myspace.com"/> In 2003, Koppel sued Incubus for failing to account properly.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20091021222737/http://geocities.com/elleopal/news.html</ref>

His graffiti art has been featured on TV show ''[[Cold Case (TV series)|Cold Case]]'' Season 7 episode 13.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1551688/ "Cold Case" Bombers (TV episode 2010) - IMDb<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>{{failed verification|date=April 2012}}

==Discography==

===With Incubus===

''The following is a partial discography of Incubus, documenting the releases on which the DJ is credited.''
*''[[Enjoy Incubus]]'' - [[Extended play|EP]] (1997)
*''[[S.C.I.E.N.C.E.]]'' (1997)

===Solo filmography (as a mixtape DJ)===

*''87 Ways DVD Mixtape Vol. 1'' (2005) - ''As DJ 1987''

==References==
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