Needle To The Record DJ Competition :: Saturday, October 9, during A3C Hip Hop Festival [http://www.a3cfestival.com/]
There are just a couple of spaces available to battle! Sign up NOW to be part of a powerful night of turntablism! CLASSIC, VINYL ONLY, head-to-head competition!
[Deadline: September 30th]
Pro-Ef's Compression Chamber series kicks off today with the release of Episode 1 - Paper Trail. Check the snip below. Its available at CD baby (link below), Amazon & other major digi stores.
On a related side note check the mix Pro-Ef did for Monday Jazz: So Let's Take a Trip
Here's a mix I did for Mix Kingdom (mixkingdom.blogspot.com). It's a real dope site where you can get some of the sickest mixtapes on the web, so make sure to check it out. Anyways, this one has a bunch of B-Boy breaks as well as some real nice underground and classic Hip Hop. Enjoy.
01 Kings of the Wild Frontier - Trans Am
02 Johnny Pate - Shaft in Africa
03 Dennis Coffey - Theme from Black Belt Jones
04 Bite Hard - Hard Hitter
05 The Ohio Players - Funky Worm
06 N.W.A. - Dope Man
07 Akrobatik - Put Ya' Stamp on It (Feat. Talib Kweli)
08 Pete Rock - Give it to Yall (Feat. Rock Marciano & Trife)
09 The Wascals (aka Pharcyde) - Class Clown (Instrumental w/ somaR Cuts)
10 Nine - Me, Myself, and My Microphone
11 Leaders of the New School - Case of the PTA
12 Stetsasonic - Talkin' All That Jazz
13 EPMD - I'm Mad (DJ Scratch Jazz Mix)
14 Blacksheep - Strobelight Honey (Radio Mix)
15 The Bamboos - Eel Oil (w/ somaR Cuts)
16 The Budos Band - Up From the South
17 Johnny Taylor - Ever Ready
18 Bobby Byrd - Hot Pants (I'm Coming)
19 Q-Tip - Move
20 Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - It's a Demo
21 Edan - Emcees Smoke Crack (Remix)
22 Diverse - Escape Earth (The Moon)
23 J-Dilla - Make Em' Nv (Instrumental)
24 J-Live - It Don't Stop
25 Asheru & Blue Black - B-Boy
26 Dilated Peoples - This Way
27 Damian Marley - Road to Zion (Feat. NaS)
Just came across this album by DJ Inform on bandcamp. It's 13 tracks of samples & scratching. Check the streaming version below. It's name your price on bandcamp so give it a listen, break him off a little something and get your download on...
Mr Funktion of Denver Colorado has started a very cool scratch video project. Pure(w)rist will be an annual video compilation composed of videos from scratchers around the globe. The first video is expected to be out in January 2011. You can contribute your video & audio to the project, check the Pure-(w)-rist manifesto below for the details.
Pure-(w)-rist (noun): someone who insists on great precision; a person who is in search of pure form.
What is Pure-(w)-rist?
Introducing Pure-(w)-rist, a free annual online video designed for the sole intention of spreading and promoting scratch culture. Pure-(w)-rist feature’s audio and video submitted by scratchers from around the globe.
Why does it matter?
Pure-(w)-rist will serve as a valuable educational tool, which will help Connect individuals with others who share a similar passion, as well as allow every participant to Communicate with one another via the art of scratch. Ultimately, the main focus and mission of Pure-(w)-rist is for all parties involved to be able to Cultivate and Elevate their scene further by exposing people from all over the world to the culture of scratch.
How does it work?
By simply sharing the video with others in your area you’ll expose the audience to a new perspective of the art form, causing the seed of new ideas to be planted, and helping others mature as artists. Once learned, we can apply this new found knowledge to our own scenes. What’s more, an even greater elevation occurs due to the fact that scratch culture transcends all cultures – no matter nationality, race, ethnicity, religion, language, or even ideology – the art of scratching breaks down barriers exposing individuals to a common-shared culture.
How do I get involved?
* Participate! We rely heavily upon audio and video files from you, so be sure to send them to [email protected]. Please have the subject heading read “purewrist video submission” – (.avi .wmv and quicktime formats welcomed). Please keep videos no longer than 3 minutes long. Include your dj name, location (Country, City, State), name of track or looper you’re scratching over, and any crew affiliations you would like us to mention. For all audio submissions, please have the subject heading read “purewrist audio submission” – ( any format is fine). *Please note that we’ll select portions of tracks at our discretion.
* Spread the Word! We’re an entirely grass roots team with limited time and resources, so please help us by telling friends about submitting audio and video files.
* Join the Team! Founded in 2010 and based out of Denver, Colorado, we’re fairly small, but would love to have like minded individuals join our team of scratch culture activists.
As a follow up to 'The Architect' Rob Swift & Scion have put out 'Sketches of the Architect', a free 6 track EP. If you haven't checked Dope On Plastic, Rob Swift's monthly radio show on Scion Radio17. Check the video preview & links below to download the album & listen to Dope On Plastic.
Issue 5 of LSD Magazine has a nice feature on Tom Paeschuyzen of Beat4Battle Belgium. Its a 500 page online magazine full of art goodness. Check the links below to download the PDF or view it online book style.
Tom at Beat4Battle sent over this mix by Reverend D.
TrackList:
Smell Lile MILF Spirit vol.01
1. Big M Bootie – Believe
2. Sunsetsoul & Da Wiesel – Boogaloo stomp (Smoove remix)
3. Simon Paul – Oil, loop and filter
4. Smov – Cheeba Dance
5. KW Griff – Respect
6. Radio Trip – Computers singing
7. Feature Cast feat. Kool Keith – Channel surfing
8. Da Wiesel – Soulfood (Feature Cast remix)
9. Incredible Bongo Band – Apache
Smell Lile MILF Spirit vol.02 (Scratch by Ceed)
1. The Fendaheadz – Sunrise
2. Tom Middleton – Nutsin (Guynamukat dirty blaxploitation funk edit)
3. Dr. Strafe – Canned tuna
4. Mr. Confuse – The groove merchant
5. Braund Reynolds – Rocket (Dub mix)
6. Funkonamics – Crosstown shelter
7. Big M Bootie – A hippie happy end
8. Jefferson Airplane – Somebody to love
9. Duke of Burlington – Flash
A bit about Reverend D:
Coming from France and from the Techno scene (no link between), Reverend D. is spreading the good funky breaks word in Belgium from the late 2008 ; At the same time, he joined the Radio Vibration crew (107.2 FM in Brussels & www.vibration.fm) as a producer, voice and DJ.
24 hours a day are not enough with his works as DJ, columnist, program planner and head of the weekly turntablist radio show « Tales From The Crate » alongside F.abot & Odilon, two remarkable members of Pipolass and Beat 4 Battle families (check it on www.myspace.com/talesfromthecrateofficial).
The Reverend D. isn't one of these amazing records jugglers, however, he's proud to entertain the Pagans with finest and breaks & funk selections that you hear these times ...
Dj Grazzhoppa has released The Blue Prints, 'Special Remixes & Edits' from his album Dayz Of Thunder. Listen below & check the links for more Dj Grazzhoppa music & videos.
On one of the recent chats during a Skratch Stream (nozlrecordings.com) it came up that Om Unit/2tall would be uploading a bunch of his old scratch beats. I came across the link on the DV Forums (digitalvertigo.co.uk) where 2tall posted the link to the beats. Some of these are already in the tablist.net loop archive. I had to pass it on.
Here is an hour video from the Mellennium Stage at the Kennedy Center. The video features Dj I-Dee & Dj Rockin' Rob. I was tipped to this video by Christie Z-Pabon's Tools of War email list. Check the links below for the video & to check out the email list.
