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Posted by IpLaYWiTLiGhTs on Mar-09-2008 18:52:

Turntablism...

Anyone into it?

Lordz of Fitness

Nocturnal Sound Krew

(Big ups to NSK, representing Hawaii!)

Posted by Spacey Orange on Mar-09-2008 19:33:

stuff like Q-bert?

neat to look at for a little bit but then loses it's novelty pretty fast for me.

Posted by nchs09 on Mar-09-2008 20:03:

Its kinda cool for the first minute or 2... then it gets annoying.

Posted by Spacey Orange on Mar-09-2008 20:05:

repost

Posted by IpLaYWiTLiGhTs on Mar-09-2008 20:19:

I believe Q-bert is from Hawaii too...

yeah it's something I enjoy watching, but I don't think I'd ever practice it myself. the sound of scratching annoys me when in large amounts.

respect to creating tracks/beats on the fly though...

Posted by enydo on Mar-09-2008 20:26:

Nifty lookin, I wouldn't really listen too it though.

Posted by sean5 on Mar-09-2008 21:21:

for me beat juggling is amazing, but scratching is boring

Posted by sljiva on Mar-09-2008 21:30:

My favourite: Mix Master Mike

And here's him with Beastie Boys in video for Three MC's And One DJ from Hello Nasty (pretty funny in the beginning)

Posted by Watts on Mar-09-2008 21:47:

DJ Q-bert is from the bay area.

Posted by maluco on Mar-09-2008 21:57:

I just got the DMC World DJ Championship 2007 DVD this week.

Nice stuff.

Posted by justin on Mar-09-2008 22:02:

Hip it to the Hop it

Posted by julien2 on Mar-09-2008 22:51:

Kid Koala makes my mom wet

Posted by IpLaYWiTLiGhTs on Mar-09-2008 23:01:

quote:
Originally posted by Watts
DJ Q-bert is from the bay area.

I'm pretty sure he's had some residency here in Hawaii...

Posted by woscar on Mar-10-2008 18:00:

A few scratches here and there in a set are kinda cool. Eddie Halliwell just overdoes it.

Posted by the_gamemaster on Mar-10-2008 18:03:

I personally don't see the point of it at all. Sure it takes skill, but does it actually sound good? Zabiela and Halliwell are ok though.

Posted by kadomony on Mar-10-2008 18:05:

Posted by Pete K on Mar-10-2008 18:12:

DJ Craze ftw.

Posted by Stu Cox on Mar-10-2008 18:20:

It's all about C2C...

Posted by Dj Dizzy on Mar-10-2008 19:56:

q-bert and craze are my favorites

I'm definitely a fan of turntablism, being from Cleveland I've seen a lot of really impressive DJ's at the Mix Master Massacre. Now that I'm in Atlanta I miss it.

Posted by sljiva on Mar-10-2008 20:06:

quote:
Originally posted by the_gamemaster
Sure it takes skill, but does it actually sound good?

Yes it does

Posted by leph555 on Mar-10-2008 20:15:

quote:
Originally posted by Stu Cox
It's all about C2C...

sick

Posted by Dj Dizzy on Mar-10-2008 20:41:

quote:
Originally posted by sljiva
Yes it does

x2

Posted by Whirloop on Mar-10-2008 22:04:

Please don't forget DJ Krush

His mixes are really worth checking out!

Posted by IpLaYWiTLiGhTs on Mar-11-2008 00:20:

quote:
Originally posted by the_gamemaster
Zabiela and Halliwell are ok though.

Zabiela is impressive at what he does, but I don't think he can match the manipulation of tracks that turntablists can pull.

Then again I've never had the privilege of seeing Zabiela live so I'm not to sure of what he's capable of.

Posted by Stu Cox on Mar-11-2008 00:51:

quote:
Originally posted by IpLaYWiTLiGhTs
Zabiela is impressive at what he does, but I don't think he can match the manipulation of tracks that turntablists can pull.

Then again I've never had the privilege of seeing Zabiela live so I'm not to sure of what he's capable of.

It's very different though. Zabiela's music is designed for dancing to with a technical slant, where as turntablism is pure showmanship - you're not gonna go to an 8 hour event with just turntablists all night and expect to dance for most of it.

This is partly why I rate Dave Clarke so highly - his skills border on turntablism, I'll admit what he does isn't quite up to the standard of the DMC kings, but it's still designed to rock a crowd and keep them dancing for 2 hours, which isn't something the turntablists could pull off. Plus half of the stuff he plays is just downright evil!!

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