I was an electronic music DJ (prog house/tech house) back in the day and I always had mad respect for battle DJs like this. I could never do what they do and it's so entertaining to watch. I remember seeing Qbert live and that shit blew my mind but what this kid is doing is on a whole other level.
It's nice to see younger people doing this. All this digital stuff around and there's still kids out there picking up some turntables and killing it like it was the 90s! This dude was a beast!
the main thing i like about RENA is his overall style its like Qbert's style but sped up, his skill is fucking incredible for his age better than adults that ive seen and he does know what he is doing most kids his age press play but he goes OLDSCHOOL. this is how DJ'S should mix and im happy this generation is keeping the art alive, much love from the UK
Wow... I've been mixing for a long time... And always followed DMC even their collections on vinyl.... But I've never seen anything like that... Amazing!!!! 😀
There are so many people on these videos who post totally ignorant comments knowing zero about this art form. Pretty disrespectful and pathetic. To all of you the simplest explanation is: he is using a turntable like a musical instrument, as if it were a piano. He's even making melodies by speeding up and slowing down the turntable on the long held out note for crying out loud. That's very difficult to do. He's basically being like a skilled acrobat or juggler. He's also making a completely new beat out of the original that's on recording. These are all techniques of manipulating sound, tiny increments of sound to make something completely new.
Doesn't change the fact it sounded like trash, there are a lot others on DMC doing better sounding beats, but yeah I get it, you are going to say that I'm ignorant and I don't know nothing about this just cause you saw one video about turntablerism.
Alex Gordeev I totally agree with every thing you've said but what's cracking me up is that this kid is not a boy she's from Japan if you go on her web site you'd see her at the age of 12 practicing in her room just as she got from school kentaro is her inspiration
Atoum Mirtu hip hop is not something where people talk and don't prove themselves that goes for breaking mc ing and turntableism so if you have the balls to put down a 16 year old girl from Japan then show us what you can do I'm excited to see peace
Fantastic chops; Orbits, flares, stabs, juggling, the whole nine. Plus @ that age. Wow! My only gripe, is altering the original song's patterns, speeds and even chopping it up into pieces to make it look like he is doing more than he actually is, to fit the pattern and speed of how he decides he wants to move his hands. Basically, DJs today figure out how they want to move their hands & in what pattern they want & then they adjust the record to fit the timing of their hand movement perfectly. If you are a turntablist or musician or both like myself(former team dmc champ), it's not hard to tell that, if he just let his record play without touching it at all, it would also sound like the record was juggling on its own. Or it may sound like it's skipping, it might have gaps in the beat, or the timing of say, the snares, are all pushed closer to each other. It's just not juggling the original song. He is not the only guilty one, nowadays all these kids are doing it, which sets the standard much much lower for everyone. So now it's, not about how dope you are, but how much time and money you are willing to put into pre-recording. They even prerecord scratches & then scratch over the pre-recorded scratches, which makes it sound like they are doing 3 times as much scratching than they actually are. So rather than learn to juggle or learn to scratch the hard way and develop a very difficult skill that takes A LOT of time, they just let the pre-recorded record do most of the work. It's also the DMC's fault, for allowing it to get this out of control. There should be some kind of rules, otherwise, let's just let the computers battle, play the prerecordings and remove the human component entirely. I gurantee, if you handed 2 real regular vinyl records to the entire group of these kids, 80% would not sound as dope as they do without their personal prerecordings. Not to say I don't love the direction of where battling has gone. But some things you have got to do for yourself. You can't let the machine do everything for you. Also, I'm pretty sure, Funky cold Medina was the only thing that did NOT sound altered and remained in it's original form. Kid is still absolutely amazing. Can't imagine how he'll sound in 5-10 years. Geez!!!
100 percent facts ! Tech is great but sadly has ruined some things a bit for me. Like dj'ing in general. im no expert on dmc shit but all i can say is this is all a bit OTT, its obvious all the song files have been overly tailor made. id much rather watch the old championships for sure
well he probably started at very young age and hasn't stopped practicing for years and years and he seems really passionate about DJing obviously so of course hell get that good at that age. dont let young prodigy's discourage you at making something you love because eventually someone like him will reach an obstacle they cant overcome.
Well somebody would say that what you said is something racist. Once I said the same thing but about black people making music. I’ve been buried by insults.
four and a half thousand wannabe dj's ages ranging from 20 to 40 probably, hating massively on what they wished they would have been at 12, but still arent at 20 to 40, have disliked this absolute talent... come on, lil muggerman put a fresh drum n bass in there... cant go wrong with that when it comes to rythm.
Can we talk about what he did with the rotation speed knobs for a second?? I’ve always (SINCE FOREVER) imagined this possible, but didn’t think it could/would ever manifest. Until now. YES. and that’s something very very old school. Most modern DJs don’t even know that knob is there.
I think we have reached the point we need 4 turntables and we will have to be able to scratch them all at the same time, meaning we will have to use both hands and feet. Rig up the cross fader to be operated with tongue. It is possible to progress further than prerecorded sessions being acted out. It’ll be like some Scratch Perverts stuff, only done with one person.
Look at all the people commenting here who clearly have no idea what turntablism is! This is a competition about scratching and beat juggling, not playing music for people to dance to. It's purely based on skill, it's not supposed to sound like a lovely piece of music that you sit off and chill to or go out dancing to. A lot of these people in these comments clearly have absolutely no idea of what the Technics DMC Championship and turntablism is!
A proper scratch DJ set. It may have not been musically to the your taste the best but the skill is definitely there and he has time to improve that. Most of the other DJ sets on here are sets for clubs but are not in the original spirit of DMC. The great Jazzy Jeff, Cash Money and the OG Cheese would be turning in their graves if they were dead at the current state of DMC. Nice work Rena.
im old. i remember skratching involved fingers on vinyl....DMC tapes was the thing in my days, things die and become youtube...kinda feel sorry that kids will never experience a skratch battle.
I can see why people voted down. Yes he is incredibly musically talented but this set is mainly about “look what I can do” not a mix. I still voted up tho
I just watched the 2019 champion. WTF happened?? Where did this guy go? 2019 was fucking awful. How did it fall off a cliff? If this guy is still competing, how is he not owning the DMC present day? I'm confused 😕
If I could naturally drum to a song like this. Would I be able to transform that easily into dj. The only thing I could transform is the timing of the beat but the thing I would have to learn is the controls. Right?
1:00 okay u got this... dont mess this up.....keep it goin... 1:43 minutes in D E S T R O Y A L L O T H E R S U C KE R D J S ! !✅️ 2:23 RIP. PURE DESTRUCTION.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️🔥
I may get hate for this. But I remember in the early 2000’s watching a kid (dj a-trak) win a doc finals with pretty much this exact routine. So much is exactly identical. Kind of sucks no one caught this.
This person is very talented. Asians have always been intrigued with the black culture experience. and they show respect by putting all their effort in not to embarrass themselves, but the culture they have learned. including the Germans, Dutch, Icelanders also. and the
This kid is reallygood just ......technology makes DJing so much easier now. Djs today don't have to worry about skipping the record because it is virtually impossible with Serato. Mixers are programmed with everything you need. Knowing the record as well as the song used to be important. Any noise can be used to scratch with. Having limits really challenged a DJ to be unique. Most of these new dj's just manipulate noise and don't reinvent the music,.
I realize this gentleman is amazing. has super amazing talents. one thing I miss is in the 90s when DJs would use actual records. the grabbing the records, cueing it up quickly, those parts were equally as amazing as hitting preset buttons on a computer based setup as this. timing had to be supercritical with actual vinyl records. sure they could not do as many songs perhaps but its quality not quantity. nonetheless, this man here is amazing--reminds me of a young Atrak.
marctronixx productions, llc I would agree with you but the thing is that not everything is pressed up on vinyl these days and not everyone can afford to press up I bunch of test pressings
I was an electronic music DJ (prog house/tech house) back in the day and I always had mad respect for battle DJs like this. I could never do what they do and it's so entertaining to watch. I remember seeing Qbert live and that shit blew my mind but what this kid is doing is on a whole other level.
FUCK YES, AHEAD OF HIS TIME. YOU SAID IT BRO 👍
DJ Rena at age 12: reaching levels of an art form some dream to come close to
Me at age 12: "I can finally fry an egg!"
This kid was 12 in the video?!? 😲
Don't worry. you are genius.
Even thats impressive dude.
same here man !
Teach your kids what you didnt know. Spread the knowledge and wisdom so that there can be progress
Hell yeah. I couldn't take my eyes off this set. It all looks so random until you start to realize where he's going with each transition and drop.
It's nice to see younger people doing this. All this digital stuff around and there's still kids out there picking up some turntables and killing it like it was the 90s! This dude was a beast!
the main thing i like about RENA is his overall style its like Qbert's style but sped up, his skill is fucking incredible for his age better than adults that ive seen and he does know what he is doing most kids his age press play but he goes OLDSCHOOL. this is how DJ'S should mix and im happy this generation is keeping the art alive, much love from the UK
fyi it was a she
Wow... I've been mixing for a long time... And always followed DMC even their collections on vinyl....
But I've never seen anything like that... Amazing!!!! 😀
Its where the real ones are
There are so many people on these videos who post totally ignorant comments knowing zero about this art form. Pretty disrespectful and pathetic. To all of you the simplest explanation is: he is using a turntable like a musical instrument, as if it were a piano. He's even making melodies by speeding up and slowing down the turntable on the long held out note for crying out loud. That's very difficult to do. He's basically being like a skilled acrobat or juggler. He's also making a completely new beat out of the original that's on recording. These are all techniques of manipulating sound, tiny increments of sound to make something completely new.
His beat juggling is very good!!!
Doesn't change the fact it sounded like trash, there are a lot others on DMC doing better sounding beats, but yeah I get it, you are going to say that I'm ignorant and I don't know nothing about this just cause you saw one video about turntablerism.
Thanks Professor
Alex Gordeev I totally agree with every thing you've said but what's cracking me up is that this kid is not a boy she's from Japan if you go on her web site you'd see her at the age of 12 practicing in her room just as she got from school kentaro is her inspiration
Atoum Mirtu hip hop is not something where people talk and don't prove themselves that goes for breaking mc ing and turntableism so if you have the balls to put down a 16 year old girl from Japan then show us what you can do I'm excited to see peace
the best past of the 80's old school came hitting me. Love this.
1:45 That's some insanely funky scratching
Where normally the ovaries sit, Rena's mother had two turntables.
Fantastic chops; Orbits, flares, stabs, juggling, the whole nine. Plus @ that age. Wow!
My only gripe, is altering the original song's patterns, speeds and even chopping it up into pieces to make it look like he is doing more than he actually is, to fit the pattern and speed of how he decides he wants to move his hands.
Basically, DJs today figure out how they want to move their hands & in what pattern they want & then they adjust the record to fit the timing of their hand movement perfectly.
If you are a turntablist or musician or both like myself(former team dmc champ), it's not hard to tell that, if he just let his record play without touching it at all, it would also sound like the record was juggling on its own. Or it may sound like it's skipping, it might have gaps in the beat, or the timing of say, the snares, are all pushed closer to each other. It's just not juggling the original song.
He is not the only guilty one, nowadays all these kids are doing it, which sets the standard much much lower for everyone. So now it's, not about how dope you are, but how much time and money you are willing to put into pre-recording.
They even prerecord scratches & then scratch over the pre-recorded scratches, which makes it sound like they are doing 3 times as much scratching than they actually are.
So rather than learn to juggle or learn to scratch the hard way and develop a very difficult skill that takes A LOT of time, they just let the pre-recorded record do most of the work.
It's also the DMC's fault, for allowing it to get this out of control. There should be some kind of rules, otherwise, let's just let the computers battle, play the prerecordings and remove the human component entirely.
I gurantee, if you handed 2 real regular vinyl records to the entire group of these kids, 80% would not sound as dope as they do without their personal prerecordings.
Not to say I don't love the direction of where battling has gone. But some things you have got to do for yourself. You can't let the machine do everything for you.
Also, I'm pretty sure, Funky cold Medina was the only thing that did NOT sound altered and remained in it's original form.
Kid is still absolutely amazing. Can't imagine how he'll sound in 5-10 years. Geez!!!
lots of fake pitch slider shit in this one too watch 3:03
True. DMC needs to set standards, allowing tech only to add tools, not crutches.
100 percent facts ! Tech is great but sadly has ruined some things a bit for me. Like dj'ing in general. im no expert on dmc shit but all i can say is this is all a bit OTT, its obvious all the song files have been overly tailor made. id much rather watch the old championships for sure
@@Randy-nb6fw It's not fake. You're just completely missing the fact that he is pushing the 45/33 RPM buttons on the turntable at the same time.
Haven't checked in on DMC comps since dopey won it. Wow things have escalated
You'd think so. Watch 2019. DMC fell in a ditch after this kid, apparently. Soul left.
12 years old... 12 f'ing years old. Sometimes it gets to the point of unbearably depressing that it's no longer inspiring. Nonetheless awesome.
passed too inspiring
steady on man
well he probably started at very young age and hasn't stopped practicing for years and years and he seems really passionate about DJing obviously so of course hell get that good at that age. dont let young prodigy's discourage you at making something you love because eventually someone like him will reach an obstacle they cant overcome.
lot of talented DJ is in Asia. the world is changing now. Greetings from Auckland.
This is remarkable! 4 minutes onwards was just mind blowing
while the new technology is dope. I appreciate DMC more in the 80s and 90s all VINYL
They still do have an only traditional vinyl segment as well.
Remember one thing : no matter how good you are for doing something there's always an asian who does it better than you !
asian who is younger than you
xD
except for fucking
Lol
Well somebody would say that what you said is something racist. Once I said the same thing but about black people making music. I’ve been buried by insults.
Amazing, 1000 songs on one Vinyl.
four and a half thousand wannabe dj's ages ranging from 20 to 40 probably, hating massively on what they wished they would have been at 12, but still arent at 20 to 40, have disliked this absolute talent... come on, lil muggerman put a fresh drum n bass in there... cant go wrong with that when it comes to rythm.
Can we talk about what he did with the rotation speed knobs for a second?? I’ve always (SINCE FOREVER) imagined this possible, but didn’t think it could/would ever manifest. Until now. YES. and that’s something very very old school. Most modern DJs don’t even know that knob is there.
Giving credit to where credit is due. DAMN!
ABSURD how coordinated his movements are; the video looks sped-up at times.
Would like him to try that in the 70/80s original vinyl jugs
At 3:02 he greets beside it but the sound plays well. Playback?
Yes yes old skool vibes witha and new skool twist, my guys fade skills are tiiiiiight
Anything is tight when digitally mixed.
This kid is so good it's hysterical 😂 best I've ever heard
Just got here after that starwars imperial dj. But damn! Such a skilled dj. 💯
Dude literally the same for me
@@KanekiKen-fc3qo and me
And me lmao
That same video took me to this..... and it's the sh!t...!
ruclips.net/video/44F0d2CbjM0/видео.html
I feel like I've watched him grow up and he's still only 12! Damn...
DJbooth Pro Audio yes
DJbooth Pro Audio Wait is he 12 or just Asian?
Haha racism is funny when its very light.. I:46 - 2:30 was effing awesome!!
Racism? Where?
Actually dj rena is a girl 😂
I think we have reached the point we need 4 turntables and we will have to be able to scratch them all at the same time, meaning we will have to use both hands and feet. Rig up the cross fader to be operated with tongue. It is possible to progress further than prerecorded sessions being acted out.
It’ll be like some Scratch Perverts stuff, only done with one person.
Look at all the people commenting here who clearly have no idea what turntablism is! This is a competition about scratching and beat juggling, not playing music for people to dance to. It's purely based on skill, it's not supposed to sound like a lovely piece of music that you sit off and chill to or go out dancing to. A lot of these people in these comments clearly have absolutely no idea of what the Technics DMC Championship and turntablism is!
I love to see folks bring new forms of expression to the culture, great job bro, that was amazing.
great job youtube suggesting this one after watching Skillz 2019 winning performance.
A proper scratch DJ set. It may have not been musically to the your taste the best but the skill is definitely there and he has time to improve that. Most of the other DJ sets on here are sets for clubs but are not in the original spirit of DMC. The great Jazzy Jeff, Cash Money and the OG Cheese would be turning in their graves if they were dead at the current state of DMC.
Nice work Rena.
Just came from the 1997 final won by A Trak. Dude doesn’t just scratch, he has to change the records out!
Same with me dude.. Vinyl change just awesome man..those were the days.
I reckon that he's using custom pressings made just for this set.
@@tzauron you can see the laptop. those are timecode vinyls with custom stickers.
and this kid cheated watch when he use the pitch slider at 3:03
I remember when they actually use to do this and still make good music and have the crowds moving wtf is this shit
nice...
Hey this was awesome for an 12 year old kid
OH....
@@no-sz6dj tampons for you
@@craignorris8798 yes
Holy crap!! How old is that kid?? He good AF.
That was a great set
I hope Dj Craze is watching this, that's his new him. He's just nice 🙌 🙌
Yeah but can you play dj hero on expert mode?
this video out of just about every other DJ mixes out there this one gave me chills!!!
i’m a metalhead step one but this is the most beautiful thing i’ve ever seen
Same, sid wilson from slipknot opened a new world for me
his is better... ruclips.net/video/44F0d2CbjM0/видео.html
Epic mix. Amazing stuff you can do with Serato. I love it. The cowbell scratch at the beginning was some epic shit.
This dudes girlfriend must be always dehydrated.
That's a 12 year old girl
@@staceybishop5944 nice one! Hope he gets what you meant... hahaha
Still haven't heard someone better than Q-Bert! Good luck finding someone better DMC! :D
He is Asian too..loll
Lol we don't say a baseball pitcher is bad because he doesn't throw better than Cy Young...
im old. i remember skratching involved fingers on vinyl....DMC tapes was the thing in my days, things die and become youtube...kinda feel sorry that kids will never experience a skratch battle.
This is pure art.... I' am most of impressed! There is no other word... this kid just rock whatever he could rock and made my day!
1:43 killing part
He destroyed everyone with this, not even close. LOL
EXCELLENT DJ...___.very good DJ..
Please tell me what song is this 2:40
Smoke weed everyday San holo remix
You must know the basics to
appreciate this...
The audacity of this kid to destroy the place and smile at the audience! :D
What a badass!
かっこいい！！
この時、12歳ですか？？
すごい…日本🇯🇵の枠を越えてますね。
ここ見てると、日本人のコメント少ないですね。まだまだDJ文化が浅いから?
The good hahaha
日本でのプロモーションでもやってなかったら、世界大会だし多種多様な国籍の人が見るでしょ。日本人ももちろん多数見てるでしょうが英語件のコメントが多い動画には日本語でコメントしない風潮がyoutubeには昔からあるからね。日本でメジャーかどうかは知らないけどDJ文化は結構強いと思いますよ。
少なくとも周りの他の国（韓国、中国など）よりも良いDJ文化を持っていることは間違いありません。
Wow The best king dj rena👍🥰👍🎧📀💿📀
did the turntables go for a smoke afterwards?
Every time I watchI'm amazed..
Where I come from a group of guys playing reggaeton on their laptop at parties believes they are at this lvl...
I can see why people voted down. Yes he is incredibly musically talented but this set is mainly about “look what I can do” not a mix. I still voted up tho
Since the DMC is a turntablism and not a mixing contest, you won't find any regular kind of set there... Only 'look what I can do'-show-offs. :D
Fuck you’re dumb. Go play with your Traktor controller.
He's great... Good luck. Hope you make it.
4:40 song please?
2:23どっかできいたことあるフレーズ。
思い出せん
buddhaの人間発電所ですよ
これの49秒あたりです
ruclips.net/video/mnl7Q_IBXbw/видео.html
BeatboxのTom Thumとか？
2016の総集編みたいなの見てこいつめっちゃ上手くねって思ったけど次の年優勝してんのか
I didn't know this was still a thing.
Good work!
👍
@4:02 xD
Where u Been.living ? Under a rock bro? Lol.
I just watched the 2019 champion. WTF happened?? Where did this guy go? 2019 was fucking awful. How did it fall off a cliff? If this guy is still competing, how is he not owning the DMC present day? I'm confused 😕
改めて見にきたけど信じられへんぐらいうまいな
Damn...this dude is gooood! One of my favorite sets. Did he win?
Yes many 😂
that is FUCKING awesome DUDE! My GREATEST RESPECT!
4:13 mind blown
If I could naturally drum to a song like this. Would I be able to transform that easily into dj. The only thing I could transform is the timing of the beat but the thing I would have to learn is the controls. Right?
@3:02 even that slight error of missing the pitch, couldn’t ruin this masterful routine, kid is cold 🥶 wit it.. #respectfromny
Feeling pretty good about the state of Dj’ing after that performance. Congrats Dj Rena
Ô para ,o mlk é pica ele e um Dj completo ele é um mixer, difícil de ver com tanta dignidade. Shows
1:00 okay u got this... dont mess this up.....keep it goin...
1:43 minutes in D E S T R O Y A L L O T H E R S U C KE R D J S ! !✅️
2:23 RIP. PURE DESTRUCTION.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️🔥
hey, my mixer, YES !!!!!! Ni won at a Rane event. love it
I may get hate for this. But I remember in the early 2000’s watching a kid (dj a-trak) win a doc finals with pretty much this exact routine. So much is exactly identical. Kind of sucks no one caught this.
Ohh my God you are de best bro
damn dude taking it back old school and he plays san holo's the next episode remix. i'm growing up
I wonder what his parents thought about him DJing at first. At least at his age now he's bringing home the bacon for them.
Steve Junior Ama his dad was a Dj
Hell what? ah i got it... level asian 🤣 Crazy, big Respect
What is the name of the track on 2:11 ? Please someone tell me
Simon says - pharoahe monch 😉
Thanks 🙏
おめでとうございます🎉
Wtf ! Ta assuré !!!!! Trop fier de toi garçon ! Et c'est que le début 😉👍
Majhoul J-RÔ 😎☝️
Much Respect.
This person is very talented. Asians have always been intrigued with the black culture experience. and they show respect by putting all their effort in not to embarrass themselves, but the culture they have learned. including the Germans, Dutch, Icelanders also. and the
This kid is reallygood just ......technology makes DJing so much easier now. Djs today don't have to worry about skipping the record because it is virtually impossible with Serato. Mixers are programmed with everything you need. Knowing the record as well as the song used to be important. Any noise can be used to scratch with. Having limits really challenged a DJ to be unique. Most of these new dj's just manipulate noise and don't reinvent the music,.
おめでとうございます😀🎵
Ninja boy!!
I thought first it's faked🤣 he's so damn good, creative, fast and the most important is he has much fun
That was super tight hearing San Holos The Next Episode remix
Amazing. Thanks. 👍
loved the godzilla sampleintro ! = )
That song sis actually Pharoh monk Simon seyz
@@chrisroyal8749 Actually it was the Japanese Godzilla theme song first.
Dope!
Rico Yuliandhivi 😎☝️
R
2:47 when you listen to smoke weed everyday on strong acid xD
I'm waiting for Dj embryo
(Edit) n MC fetus.
What's the sample he uses at around 3:17-3:18?
ruclips.net/video/qm1-PDpNPpA/видео.html&ab_channel=VideoArchives
Simon Says by Pharoahe Monch
People don’t really understand how hard this is actually. He’s not using serato,jus timing and analog technique. Amazing.
Let me tell you that the this is what you may describe as "serato"... ~ digital djing, the turntables and the 2 vinyls are just controllers.
This is just straight up depressing. Good on you kid, I think I'll sell my turntable again....
They even use Serato at the DMC Worlds now ? ...
Electronic91 they have for years
It's actually traktor
reginald jones as dj prefers
I realize this gentleman is amazing. has super amazing talents. one thing I miss is in the 90s when DJs would use actual records. the grabbing the records, cueing it up quickly, those parts were equally as amazing as hitting preset buttons on a computer based setup as this. timing had to be supercritical with actual vinyl records. sure they could not do as many songs perhaps but its quality not quantity. nonetheless, this man here is amazing--reminds me of a young Atrak.
marctronixx productions, llc I would agree with you but the thing is that not everything is pressed up on vinyl these days and not everyone can afford to press up I bunch of test pressings
To him... This is just messing around... To us.... This is NO JOKE...
BRILLIANT!!!
Had to double check if the playback speed was on normal...