All DMC Winners 1985 - 2009

I read a post on another blog a while back with all t he DMC winners in Audio format. A very cool idea, but as personally I get more visually inspired I decided to extend this thought to, what else, Youtube

So I took some time to put together a Playlist of [...]

Scratching Terminology

As I mentioned earlier, there are a few terms that are often misunderstood or interchanged. In this section I will try to explain [...]

All that Scratching is making me itch

‘Scratching… what is it?’. This is a sentence that can be found on a lot of battle breaks. It’s a reference to the fact that most people who have never really tried to scratch might think that it [...]

Vinyl or the LP

In order to produce any sound on your turntable you need records! Some dudes who have got a lot of time on their hands use ‘cratedigging’ to get that different sound or just that sample that they were looking for. Luckily for the most of us somebody came up with the idea to put a [...]

Basic Techniques on handling the Turntable

It is important to remember that even the best adjustment tips will not make a difference if you do not have a good ‘feel’ for the record. Every needle will skip eventually if you are banging away on the vinyl. I normally use two or three fingers to control the vinyl: ring, middle and index [...]

Autobahn scratch

Since Scratchlopedia Breaktannica came out this scratch has undoubtedly been the most discussed. How does it work? What is the pattern? It didn’t really help that the doubletime pattern on the DVD was actually a different pattern than the ‘regular’one. In any case, below my example of it (regular speed…) and I’ve added the transcription [...]

Turntablism

Turntablism, by some referred to as ‘the art of the Scratch DJ’. In my opinion the following definitions describe the terms the best:

Turntablist: ‘One who uses the phonograph turntable as component to make music as well as an instrument to literally play music.’ (Official International Turntablism Federation Newsletter, 1996)

Turntablism: ‘Manipulation of previously recorded track(s) to [...]