.:Turntablism: Beat Juggling & Scratching v2.0

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Check out this interesting video about the art of turntablism, it covers the history of turntablism as an artform and some nice pointers to boot. It is actually a preview to the full length instructional/informational video released by DMC, featuring some of the worlds best turntablists - Babu, Noize and Cutmaster Swift. This DVD is definately worth a look for all those with the needle on the record and hand on the crossfader.

For more info check out the DMC World Merchandise store.

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A couple of days ago I posted DJ Plus One’s routine from the 2001 World DMC’s. I decided it would only be appropriate to link you to Kentaro’s full set for 2001. The previous Kentaro video I posted wasn’t necessarily the best part of his set (actually I think it was…) His whole set is very solid, showing excellent beat juggling skills, nice clean cuts and good beat selection. His drumming skills, though, seem to be lacking a bit compared to Plus One.

Make sure you check out Kentaro’s World DMC 2001 set on YouTube. Pay great attention after the sample “We’re gonna do a song that you never heard before…”. That stuff is gold, thoroughly deserved second place.

There will still be more Kentaro to come soon, as promised. Also some timely news on the World DMC Championships which are well into the heats across the globe. View the DMC World DJ Championships website for more.

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In my last post Kentaro tore up part of his routine from the 2001 World DMC Championships. That year he place second to Plus One who pulled off his infamous ‘Still Number One’ routine. I thought it appropriate to let you see the routine that won it that year. Here is DJ Plus One’s winning routine on YouTube. He performs excellently under pressure, coming out with pure confidence and style - “I will not lose” - a big statement that proved to be true. Pulling off some nicely crafted faderless drums, he later creates creates some really unique sounds by almost tearing the needle from the cartridge and finishes up with those still number one cuts and juggles that I will never forget.

For all those who are curious, he is sampling is I’m Still #1 by Boogie Down Productions. BDP are still number one in my book too.

You really gotta check it out. DJ Plus One’s 2001 World DMC Routine. Once you’ve finished watching that, come back and check out the post on Kentaro’s second place routine.

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I wanted to post the video of Craze’s 2000 set that took the title over Dexter (see last post), but unfortunately embedding is disabled so I can’t post it on this site. Check out his set on YouTube instead.

You will find parts of this set very similar to the needle droppin’ video I posted recently. This 2000 DMC set was what won DJ Craze the title for the third year running and put him down in history books as one of the worlds top DJ’s.

View DJ Craze’s World DMC 2000 set on YouTube.

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Representing O-Z to the fullest. This has got to be, in my opinion, Australia’s best DMC entrant ever. It might (or might not) be fair to say that Dexter really should have won this title, with all respect to DJ Craze and his skills. Dexter had to accept a modest 2nd place in the World DMC championships in 2000.

Yes, here is some consistency between this and the last post, as Dexter is supporting the almighty Shadow at the forum on June 7th ‘07. Should be a great show considering the skills of both of these awesome tablists.

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DJ Craze shows off his infamous turntablistic skills with a bit of his drum n bass influence thrown in. After watching this video it becomes quite apparent why he won three consecutive World DMC titles. This guy is off the hook! His scratches have so much style, his beat juggles…flawless. Respect.

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Being an Australian based site, I thought it might be suitable to pay homage to one of Australia’s best in recent years - DJ Perplex. Coming out of the woodwork (or should I say steelwork?) a few years back, perplex made a name for himself down under relatively quickly and more recently won the 2006 Australian DMC championships - see Aus DMC results post. The following video is of the routine that won him the title over Snair and G-smooth. Props to Perplex - a killer routine.

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DJ Plus One tears this shit to shreds. A very solid routine with razor sharp cuts and some seriously smooth beat juggling - I love the juggle-cuts style too. Very post worthy.

UPDATE: I have updated the video on this post as the previous one was removed from YouTube by the user.

Above is the still number one routine for those who just want the cuts, below is the full version with a break down of the routine.

The one below is actually better in a way as he explains how he developed the routine and the ideas behind it. This one is a bit more of a tutorial but he performs the routine at the end. A lot can be learned from a World DMC Champion…

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DJ Craze rips up a tight set. This guy has some crazy juggling skills. No wonder he has so many DMC Championships under his belt. Check out the DJ Craze website.

Gonna try and post some more turntablism videos soon. Keep posted.

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A basic introduction of how to beat juggle taken from DJ Shortees DJ 101.

A couple more tips that weren’t mentioned in this clip: Make sure the records are the same tempo / pitch level and notice the black markers to indicate the start of the beat.

Shortee has produced a whole series of How to DJ DVD’s. For more info and to order the full DVD check out How2DJ.com.

More info and how to’s coming soon. May be some Qbert Do it Yourself!

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