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phrontist — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:08:20 -0800

By: phrontist

phrontist — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:20:44 -0800

(Kid Koala's Moon river is also fantastic, but not included in this post due to it's use of external effects).

By: Peter H

Peter H — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:21:53 -0800

H-LY HELL is that the entire SCRATCH film ONLINE? I'd balk at copyright yada yada, but the medium sort of insists copyright nada nada! So hooray, Thanks!

By: numlok

numlok — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:38:03 -0800

Some great stuff. Might I add this routine by Birdy Nam Nam?

By: DU

DU — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:42:23 -0800

Whoa. Is "Birdy Nam Nam" a reference to the Peter Sellers movie "The Party"? If so, it's the second one I've found to what I thought was an obscure (though hilarious) line in a relatively unknown film.

By: numlok

numlok — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:47:08 -0800

DU: Yep.

By: Dizzy

Dizzy — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:47:39 -0800

This post gave me a big smile! Thanks!

By: phaedon

phaedon — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:51:57 -0800

Man. I haven't even clicked any of the links yet and I'm already talking shit. I can't wait and wine and dine on these links, phrontist. "Birdy Nam nam" is a whole scene in 'The Party" where Peter Sellars feeds the bird and accidentally kills it. One of the funniest (but a little dated) movies of all time. Anyway, Q is the man. Remember the beginning of DemolitionPumpkingSqueezeMusik? His whole sex scratch on Kool Keith's Dr. Octagon album? This guy was there for everything. Fuck him for not even using a mixer at tableturns. Shit, this is the second hip-hop post in one, I think I'm going to bust out a copy of Super Duck Breaks and just listen to it straight through (hahaha!)

By: Mach5

Mach5 — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:52:48 -0800

excellent use of the wikkkawikka tag

By: phaedon

phaedon — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:55:32 -0800

And. Maybe you've sometimes "heard" crowds roaring from DJ recordings that are plugged straight into the board. That's because needles pick up ambient vibrations. Well I once had the pleasure of seeing Kut Masta Kurt at a show tie a rubber band to the end of his needle, the other end to a fader, and pluck an entire bass line using his finger. Genius!!

By: phrontist

phrontist — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:00:57 -0800

I was going to include Birdy Nam Nam, but we'd done it before.

By: numlok

numlok — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:15:29 -0800

Yeah, I thought I'd seen 'em in the blue. Since the two posts dovetail into eachother so well, I suppose it would have been better form for me to post a link to that post instead. C'est la vie.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:43:12 -0800

makin' me itch. Maybe you just have crabs.

By: boo_radley

boo_radley — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:44:55 -0800

Well done, sir. I don't know how well they fit into the turntablist genre, but I discovered Birdy Nam Nam and Younger Brother at the same time, and I love 'em both.

By: kozad

kozad — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:51:32 -0800

I saw Grandmaster Flash twenty years ago amongst an incredibly diverse crowd...this was probably the first rap performance in Denver...and I thought it was a pretty cool temporary fad...just like my mother did about the Beatles in 1963. Joke's on me, I guess.

By: noahpoah

noahpoah — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:05:06 -0800

The one handed Qbert stuff in the "makin'" link is simply astonishing. Fanks, throntist.

By: caddis

caddis — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:48:55 -0800

Cool. I love early hip hop. I first saw a hip hop dj somewhere around 1979 and could not believe how much fun the music was. It sure blew away the typical dance music of the time (disco). He was rapping and scratching and had the house on fire. I saw a few more in clubs and then in '81 I heard Grand Master Flash open for the Clash. Wow, Wow, Wow. There were so many issues with their performance but the music was awesome.

By: numinous

numinous — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:08:45 -0800

HELL YEAH. This is the best post that I've come across. Thank you so much for posting these links, phrontist. I haven't gone through them all yet (so much material!) but that first link is freaking great. Serious props.

By: gcbv

gcbv — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:21:53 -0800

Seconded. qbert one handed is absolutely incredible. I was wondering where he was going to go next.

By: phrontist

phrontist — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:36:39 -0800

I love early hip hop While much of what I posted is fairly dated, turntablism is alive and well. Really, if you get a chance, watch Scratch. It's a shame that what most think of as hip-hop today is so distant from what the great stuff was and continues to be. Turntablism is about directly maniuplating sounds in the time and amplitude domain - the possibilites are fascinating and I really don't think the surface has been... scratched.

By: scatman

scatman — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:53:52 -0800

Damn, what wonderful shit. Amazing. And the fact that MCs essentially usurped territory staked out by the DJs (aided by record-contract circumstance, but nonetheless) will end up being my most useful musical history lesson of the year. Great post.

By: Loser

Loser — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 01:02:08 -0800

Watching Z-Trip's demo at the end of Scratch was a good and bad thing: on the upside, my wife finally understood what was so amazing about turntablism, on the downside, DJ's were suddenly very hot: "Wow, they're dexterous with their fingers." C'est la vie. Of all the YouTube links though I find myself dredging this one up again and again. 4:02. Damn. And phaedon, I know what you mean about the crowd noise through the needle. Pick up any of the Future Primitive CD's any you'll hear that a-plenty. God, those shows were amazing live.

By: chillmost

chillmost — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 01:45:56 -0800

Ill.

By: slimepuppy

slimepuppy — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 02:48:27 -0800

I don't pretend to know much about the turntable-music scene and scratching, but I do love it. Birdy Nam Nam I found on youtube a few months ago and they are fucking amazing. The 'Scratch' docu is entertaining, but unfortunately in too much of a hurry. It's a great overview, but seems unable to quite penetrate the surface of the whole scene. Worth watching just to see DJ Shadow's record store/collection.

By: davehat

davehat — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 03:36:17 -0800

If you liked "Drunk Trumpet" (the Kid Koala routine in the fpp) you might like "Flutine" by DJ Woody.

By: 2or3whiskeysodas

2or3whiskeysodas — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 05:23:55 -0800

I saw Kid Koala at SXSW this year, and much to my surprise, it might have been the single best set of all the great perfomances I saw that weekend. And that "Moon River" bit was the show stopper.

By: sleepy pete

sleepy pete — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 08:44:34 -0800

Qbert=alien or possibly an alien god. Thanks for this. Also, homunculus, you could have at least linked to someone doing the crab ya ninny.