DJ J-Rocc talks about his philosophy behind DJ’ing, his preference for performing in Europe as opposed to the U.S., and Keeping Time. He also shows off a little sample work alongside his stellar DJ skills.
Consequence takes us behind the scenes for the making of Q-Tip’s The Renaissance and features The Abstract on the 1’s & 2’s.
A very unique invite only DJ battle series is coming to a close this Sunday, August 10th.
The Behringer Just Listen DJ Battle presented by 2mybeat.com and Tools of War will run from 3pm – 4pm at Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn NYC as part of the Brooklyn Soul Summit Music Festival. The events are free and all ages are welcome to attend.
Producer Just Blaze goes head to head with DJ Belinger for a live battle on the 1’s and 2’s. Classic material, but was dropping the instro to "Oh Boy" a little underhanded? Respect to UHTN
Since 2004 inventor Thierry Alari has been working to turn the DJ world upside down by creating a portable all-in-one scratch instrument capable of being played while walking, standing, or sitting. At first glance, the Scratchophone looks like a cross between a hand drum and turntable, but upon further inspection it’s quickly revealed to be … Read more
Before being a master of the boards, he was a beast behind the turntables! Here’s early 1990’s footage of T.I. producer DJ Toomp at an Earwax Records DJ battle where he ended up being one of the co-winners. Notice the skills while juggling doubles of Jeru The Damaga’s "Come Clean" and Afrika Bambaataa’s "Planet Rock".
Hip-Hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash appears live on Fox News and killed a Serato free, old school set using real vinyl… flawless! Respect to APC
All the DJ’s and turntable junkies will want to check this one… Pete Rosenburg and Cypha Sounds sit down for a conversation with Serato’s General Manager, Executive Vice Presidents of Product R&D, and New Product R&D. The Serato crew breaks down the technological principles behind everything and speak about it’s development… crazy! Download: Juan Epstein: … Read more
You thought Serato was as next level as things could get? Yuru Suzuki has designed an analog turntable with 5 tonearms and stylus, each containing its own volume fader. He’s also designed the Finger Player, which is a turntable with a wearable stylus that turns the user into a human tonearm allowing one to truly … Read more
Q-Bert and DJ Scratch (EPMD, Busta Rhymes, Redman, Wu-Tang, Jay Z) sit down to discuss past dj battles like the New Music Seminar, ITF, and DMC. They also touch on dealing with stage fright, production, and his innovations in DJ’ing.