Aussie Hard House DJ here, back in the Day there were like 5 of us in Sydney that played the Hard stuff that scratched, we shared whatever small clips we could find ONLY amongst ourselves and talked ENDLESSLY trying to figure out how you guys did this We replicated what we could but fuck me, we never got ANYWHERE near this What i LOVED about Scratching/Turntablism was the tactile FEEL of Vinyl ALL Analog, Practice Bred Precision, NOWHERE TO HIDE Man Im soooo happy i found this channel
Excellent video! I loved the whole Mr. Thing routine that he did in the world final, especially that ending with that "transform" scratch. Mind blowing. And I also loved Tigerstyle's routines as well. He's got a great style and his music choice is different for sure. I have his break record he put out a while ago. Keep these coming!
Awesome video Blakey!! Took me back!! And absolutely loving the content idea also!! At last a youtube channel that covers the subject and art of Turntablism / DJ Battle's! 👏🙏 Keep up the dope work champ! 👏👊💪
As a side note... I think a live stream watch along series of various UK Finals much like the 98 US Final watch along dmc did with Craze, Dummy etc.. a couple years back would be a crazy dope idea!! And if anyone could pull it off??.. 🤷♂️😉😎👊🙏
I'm so old I remember when Cut Master Swift was considered new school! Back then DJ Cheese was the man to beat so when Swift appeared on the scene, us Brits were stoked. I've seen both Cheese and Swift live, Cheese in 86 and I think Swift in 88, although i remember that 89 set well. Thank you for this compilation, I do enjoy your channel.
So many memories watching these, we were real lucky in Belfast to have a lot of these DJs visit Northern Ireland. We never get quality turntablists like that now, maybe once or twice a year if lucky but there was someone visiting every other week back then.
Same here in Newcastle every week. We had Noize regularly come here, QBert, Craze, Develop, Quest from BPSH, Kid Koala, ATrak, Perverts, plus loads more. Nowadays I don't think a single scratch dj comes here, and I'm too old to be bothered going out now!
Noize played good few times in a club I played in. Small grimey club that also had scratch perverts, a trak, cash money and others play. Same though you never see them now. Yoda played while back but that’s it
Very dope list. The UK has always been the most original with how they approach the turntables. I would add Quest and Muzzell to the list as well but you cant go wrong with UK champs. 🔥🔥🔥
Criminal that Woody never won DMC, one of the most technically adept UK battlers ever yet super funky with it as well. Some cool choices here: Mad Cut's routine with 2Pac 'I Get Around' from 2000 would probably take it over the one from 2001. Plus One's 'Can I Kick It?' routine gets feels really overlooked because of what comes after it. Honourable mention to Skully's Porn Theatre Usher's juggle in 2003
Love Mr Things 2000 routine. Never saw the UK set, but his World Final routine got him a worthy 3rd place if I remember rightly. I used to have the 1200 mixer, and whilst it was basic, the sound was so good, you didn't need a mid and high controller.
Cut master swift&dj pogo are very nice guys，was jam with them in pogo home back in the day.also so lucky met Tony Vega in record shop mr.Bingo.saw him practice routine before he go championship.love those djs from UK，they are so nice.great old day ❤
Unbelievable to think that all these routines actually involved putting the needle on the record,changing the records mid routine as I’ve said before in another post,no stems,no rekordbox,no laptop,no pads and no break records,this was true artistry and true djing in its true form
Showing my age here I’ll admit but I can remember seeing Simon Harris and Froggy DJing in a nightclub in I’m sure ilford,in the early 80s,not DMC winners I know but they were certainly good at beat mixing,I know Harris went on to bigger and better things and Froggy died quite young
1999 was peak DMC for me too. Plus One was insane. Scratch Perverts always had such great musicality and fun in their routines. I think for the crowd to love it, it's gotta sound good as well as be skillful. And man, I tried to do that Mr Thing "C'mon it's time to get funky" scratch so many times - never really got close to being as clean as him :)
I remember when my homie received the dmc 99 tape. He called us up to come over and watch it. My mind was blown ... p-trix, Tony Vegas, dexta with the frontier psychiatrist shit and then craze who blew the competition out of the frame ... p-trix seemed to be pissed off by his 3rd place though ...
All legends for sure . A big one for me was Dj Reckless. I think 1990 the European DMC finals which he won if I'm not mistaken. I was the Bang zoom (let's go go) chase was mind blowing for me at the time. Near 30 years on and dj are still using the chase technic...
Please do Shiftee’s routine mate. Not the best set ever but it’d be a crazy video to have an ex champion breakdown, with him paying homage to several iconic prev champions. Missy Elliot bit still goes so hard even today, even if it isn’t the most technical
I was at the '99 Edinburgh heat that Plus One won. He actually told me he really liked my set. The venue was jam-packed with DJs in the afternoon, and it took hours for everyone to get up on stage. I got through to the later part of the heat that night, but it was so dark in the club, that I couldn't tell the green and blue stickers apart on my records, and I messed up. It's funny, 3 years later, in '02, I came back after a 3-year break and entered the Glasgow heat, and there were only about 7 of us there. By the way, it actually snowed, for about 15 minutes, in Edinburgh, when I was on my way to the venue, in fucking July!!. It must've been an altitude thing.
By the way, that Winston Churchill-esque voice that the Scratch Perverts used at the end was actually recorded by one of their friends especially for the battle.
@@DJBlakeyUk Didn’t C.J. Mackintosh win the UK DMC Final too Blakey in 87 mind you I suppose if I wasn’t a lazy git I could google that question,surely though one of the first superstar djs
@DJBlakeyUk They sounds great and sharp, solid piece od equipment! I replaced them by concordes just for aesthetic purposes, but 100% sure they can handle every work. Thanks for new video it was fun and interesting!
It’s a great question. Apparently he is doing well but just doesn’t have anything to do with DJing anymore last time I heard. He was always one of my favs. Legend
If it’s DJ Skully he’s got a residency in Gloucester Massachusetts last I heard and that was this year,he’s still doing he’s champion sounds mixtapes too I think
@@sidwallace6053 I just spoke to a close friend of skullys and this is not the same Skully in this video. So either it’s a mistake attaching the real skully’s bio to this Dj in MA, or its identity fraud 😅
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Aussie Hard House DJ here, back in the Day there were like 5 of us in Sydney that played the Hard stuff that scratched, we shared whatever small clips we could find ONLY amongst ourselves and talked ENDLESSLY trying to figure out how you guys did this
We replicated what we could but fuck me, we never got ANYWHERE near this
What i LOVED about Scratching/Turntablism was the tactile FEEL of Vinyl
ALL Analog, Practice Bred Precision, NOWHERE TO HIDE
Man Im soooo happy i found this channel
Excellent video! I loved the whole Mr. Thing routine that he did in the world final, especially that ending with that "transform" scratch. Mind blowing. And I also loved Tigerstyle's routines as well. He's got a great style and his music choice is different for sure. I have his break record he put out a while ago. Keep these coming!
@@eatshrots 🙏🏻
It was great to go back and see these again (the DVDs can stay in the loft) - loving these mate, keep them coming 👌
@@jaynichol thanks for watching
Awesome video Blakey!! Took me back!! And absolutely loving the content idea also!! At last a youtube channel that covers the subject and art of Turntablism / DJ Battle's! 👏🙏 Keep up the dope work champ! 👏👊💪
As a side note... I think a live stream watch along series of various UK Finals much like the 98 US Final watch along dmc did with Craze, Dummy etc.. a couple years back would be a crazy dope idea!! And if anyone could pull it off??.. 🤷♂️😉😎👊🙏
@@PandamoniumHHB love the idea
Loving these vids you are doing. Keep them going 👍🏻
@@elgee appreciate that!
I still use my stanton needles
I'm so old I remember when Cut Master Swift was considered new school! Back then DJ Cheese was the man to beat so when Swift appeared on the scene, us Brits were stoked. I've seen both Cheese and Swift live, Cheese in 86 and I think Swift in 88, although i remember that 89 set well. Thank you for this compilation, I do enjoy your channel.
@@JamieFurlong appreciate it 🙏🏻
So many memories watching these, we were real lucky in Belfast to have a lot of these DJs visit Northern Ireland. We never get quality turntablists like that now, maybe once or twice a year if lucky but there was someone visiting every other week back then.
Same here in Newcastle every week. We had Noize regularly come here, QBert, Craze, Develop, Quest from BPSH, Kid Koala, ATrak, Perverts, plus loads more. Nowadays I don't think a single scratch dj comes here, and I'm too old to be bothered going out now!
Noize played good few times in a club I played in. Small grimey club that also had scratch perverts, a trak, cash money and others play. Same though you never see them now.
Yoda played while back but that’s it
Very dope list. The UK has always been the most original with how they approach the turntables. I would add Quest and Muzzell to the list as well but you cant go wrong with UK champs.
🔥🔥🔥
Silk Kuts was sick, Muzzel was sick, Richie Ruftone of course
Criminal that Woody never won DMC, one of the most technically adept UK battlers ever yet super funky with it as well.
Some cool choices here: Mad Cut's routine with 2Pac 'I Get Around' from 2000 would probably take it over the one from 2001. Plus One's 'Can I Kick It?' routine gets feels really overlooked because of what comes after it.
Honourable mention to Skully's Porn Theatre Usher's juggle in 2003
@@cculture great shouts!
Love Mr Things 2000 routine. Never saw the UK set, but his World Final routine got him a worthy 3rd place if I remember rightly.
I used to have the 1200 mixer, and whilst it was basic, the sound was so good, you didn't need a mid and high controller.
@@TheMeeesterT He fully deserved 3rd!
Cut master swift&dj pogo are very nice guys，was jam with them in pogo home back in the day.also so lucky met Tony Vega in record shop mr.Bingo.saw him practice routine before he go championship.love those djs from UK，they are so nice.great old day ❤
Unbelievable to think that all these routines actually involved putting the needle on the record,changing the records mid routine as I’ve said before in another post,no stems,no rekordbox,no laptop,no pads and no break records,this was true artistry and true djing in its true form
Soooo much jeopardy. Part of the fun
Showing my age here I’ll admit but I can remember seeing Simon Harris and Froggy DJing in a nightclub in I’m sure ilford,in the early 80s,not DMC winners I know but they were certainly good at beat mixing,I know Harris went on to bigger and better things and Froggy died quite young
Amazing sets
@@DJAUDIO1 🙏🏻
1999 was peak DMC for me too. Plus One was insane. Scratch Perverts always had such great musicality and fun in their routines. I think for the crowd to love it, it's gotta sound good as well as be skillful. And man, I tried to do that Mr Thing "C'mon it's time to get funky" scratch so many times - never really got close to being as clean as him :)
@@ThatsMistaTwistToYou totally agree
Deffo was peak. The scene was so strong, and although it's decades ago those guys back then were way ahead of their time.
Agree 100%. My first DMC videos, watching them endlessly trying to work out how to put a good routine down. 25 years on and still nowhere near.
I remember when my homie received the dmc 99 tape. He called us up to come over and watch it. My mind was blown ... p-trix, Tony Vegas, dexta with the frontier psychiatrist shit and then craze who blew the competition out of the frame ... p-trix seemed to be pissed off by his 3rd place though ...
@ I must’ve watched that vhs a thousand times. Jay-k was dope too
Still running Stanton 500AL's with the OG genuine styluses :)
All legends for sure . A big one for me was Dj Reckless. I think 1990 the European DMC finals which he won if I'm not mistaken. I was the Bang zoom (let's go go) chase was mind blowing for me at the time. Near 30 years on and dj are still using the chase technic...
Human sampling at its finest
I remember seeing Ritchie Rufftone doing a similar battle set at Battle Royale at the Jazz Cafe Camden the year before. So good.
As a biased Aussie; can we get a vid reacting some Aussie sets like Dexter Jred and The Master?!
Love the series mate.
@@Madstubborn Aussie special in early 2025!
@ 🔥
Please do Shiftee’s routine mate. Not the best set ever but it’d be a crazy video to have an ex champion breakdown, with him paying homage to several iconic prev champions.
Missy Elliot bit still goes so hard even today, even if it isn’t the most technical
Love it 😅
Love the battle content - any chance you could do a detailed vid on 2-clicks/orbits and how training progression should sound
@9:16 i think this is something vekked does too iirc in the toronto cutting room ep
@@vicious-nu thank you 🙏🏻 I do plan on doing scratching tutorial content real soon!
I was at the '99 Edinburgh heat that Plus One won. He actually told me he really liked my set. The venue was jam-packed with DJs in the afternoon, and it took hours for everyone to get up on stage. I got through to the later part of the heat that night, but it was so dark in the club, that I couldn't tell the green and blue stickers apart on my records, and I messed up. It's funny, 3 years later, in '02, I came back after a 3-year break and entered the Glasgow heat, and there were only about 7 of us there. By the way, it actually snowed, for about 15 minutes, in Edinburgh, when I was on my way to the venue, in fucking July!!. It must've been an altitude thing.
By the way, that Winston Churchill-esque voice that the Scratch Perverts used at the end was actually recorded by one of their friends especially for the battle.
Great stuff man, please keep these vids coming.
Obviously a fair bit to choose from but maybe a slight omission of both Quest and Muzzell
@@tableturnsmore Yes I agree with you. Will def do a part 2 in the future! Thanks for watching
Miss my 580s and 680s.
Mind you Blakey mate you wasn’t to shabby yourself haha 👑👑👑
@@sidwallace6053 Haha thanks! Could not include myself though that would be insane
@@DJBlakeyUk Didn’t C.J. Mackintosh win the UK DMC Final too Blakey in 87 mind you I suppose if I wasn’t a lazy git I could google that question,surely though one of the first superstar djs
@ he did!
Blakey I’ve just watched the C.J DMC mix he’s cutting the shit out of LL Cool J,s Rock The Bells
I always thought woody should have won the year in 2002
@@Visions_in_Toyko razor thin
I do have a pair of stanton 500 mk2 systems
@@_bxx OG carts. How do they sound? I was not using them with good speakers back in the early 2000s 😅
@DJBlakeyUk They sounds great and sharp, solid piece od equipment! I replaced them by concordes just for aesthetic purposes, but 100% sure they can handle every work. Thanks for new video it was fun and interesting!
@ thanks for watching
You missed out quest, he was a badass.
@@elgee yeah quest was dope I should’ve included him!
Yes always thought MAD CUT should have got a title. I think if he would of continued he would of eventually won it.
What happened to skull?
It’s a great question. Apparently he is doing well but just doesn’t have anything to do with DJing anymore last time I heard. He was always one of my favs. Legend
If it’s DJ Skully he’s got a residency in Gloucester
Massachusetts last I heard and that was this year,he’s still doing he’s champion sounds mixtapes too I think
@ That has to be a different Dj Skully surely?
@@DJBlakeyUk no mate it’s the very same the club flyer says former DMC Battle for Supremacy UK Champion,large capacity nightclub called The Cut
@@sidwallace6053 I just spoke to a close friend of skullys and this is not the same Skully in this video. So either it’s a mistake attaching the real skully’s bio to this Dj in MA, or its identity fraud 😅