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At some point I would like to finish watching Scratch. It is complicating my views of the history of turntablism.
Key notes
Herbie Hancock's "Rockit", with a DJ whose identity I can unfortunately not recall seems to have gotten everyone into Turntablism.
Qbert got into the game after getting to know Mix Master Mike.
Grand Wizard Theodore invented scratching.
My CD collection, while much smaller than those of some people I know, is a complete travesty when compared to record collections of people such as Jazzy Jay.
Double Dee and Steinski, of whom I imagine no one I know has heard, essentially created the styles of DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist, of whom many people have heard; the former is the darling of the hipster record listener, and is assumed to be a forefather of RJD2 and The Avalanches (which I cannot verify factually, beyond saying that they sound similar - The Avalanches were a rock band prior to being crazy samplers.)
The "break" seems to actually just be the bridge, in theory the bridge of a song that is designed to make you dance like a fiend. Thus, breakbeat techno has nothing to do with speed or what-have-you - it is entirely tied to the repetitiveness of the track. You are looping the break, over and over again. (Of course, your good DJ connects all sorts of unrelated breaks into a wonderful pastiche.)
At this point in the film, the evoluiton seems to be DJing -> scratching (Afrika Bambataa forms the Zulu Nation) -> divergence of DJs and rappers -> formation of concept of "turntablism", rise of DJ competitions (Invisibl Scratch Piklz win a great deal and invite others to try and get good) -> Reunification of MCs and DJs (Jurassic 5, Dilated Peoples), growth of experimental hip-hop (DJ Shadow et al.) -> ?
Key notes
Herbie Hancock's "Rockit", with a DJ whose identity I can unfortunately not recall seems to have gotten everyone into Turntablism.
Qbert got into the game after getting to know Mix Master Mike.
Grand Wizard Theodore invented scratching.
My CD collection, while much smaller than those of some people I know, is a complete travesty when compared to record collections of people such as Jazzy Jay.
Double Dee and Steinski, of whom I imagine no one I know has heard, essentially created the styles of DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist, of whom many people have heard; the former is the darling of the hipster record listener, and is assumed to be a forefather of RJD2 and The Avalanches (which I cannot verify factually, beyond saying that they sound similar - The Avalanches were a rock band prior to being crazy samplers.)
The "break" seems to actually just be the bridge, in theory the bridge of a song that is designed to make you dance like a fiend. Thus, breakbeat techno has nothing to do with speed or what-have-you - it is entirely tied to the repetitiveness of the track. You are looping the break, over and over again. (Of course, your good DJ connects all sorts of unrelated breaks into a wonderful pastiche.)
At this point in the film, the evoluiton seems to be DJing -> scratching (Afrika Bambataa forms the Zulu Nation) -> divergence of DJs and rappers -> formation of concept of "turntablism", rise of DJ competitions (Invisibl Scratch Piklz win a great deal and invite others to try and get good) -> Reunification of MCs and DJs (Jurassic 5, Dilated Peoples), growth of experimental hip-hop (DJ Shadow et al.) -> ?