Tag: scratch
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RIP Lee Scratch Perry
It happened while I was away, we lost Lee Scratch Perry, dub reggae legend at 85. He will be honoured on the podcast, whenever the next one happens – but this excellent track posted by Scott Cairo – 1977’s futuristic Disco Devil reboot of Max Romeo’s Chase The Devil – sums up the genius of…
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I own hip hop, and you do too
Another day, another person having a go at Iggy Azalea. I’m not opposed to that, she’s an awful pop rapper, but then again it’s that hypocrite Q-Tip trying to lecture a rather skewed picture of hip hop history, pretty sure him and Tribe were middle class kids from Queens? Anyway I’m sure those that grew…
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On ‘real DJing’
The debate about who is a ‘real DJ’ goes on and on…and probably will never stop as new technology comes in, although ironic that a lot of the turntablists have on the sly embraced digital via Serato and Scratch. A friend posted this video from DJ Craze, a response to Daniel Tosh and others who…
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Mr Bronksi Meets Mr Evans
I love the Barron Knights, and I’ve never heard this version of I Feel Love, but after Soundhog posted this video for Buffalo Bill Girl’s Last Scratch (hmm that has a different meaning now after Silence of the Lambs…), I went looking for other Barron Knights singles I’d missed and found this. Genus animation from…
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Reality Engine TX 4: Found Unsound (Remnants)
TX 4: Found Unsound (Remnants) by Reality Engine The last Reality Engine TX release, and this is a collection of experimental ‘found sound’ pieces, ones that didn’t fit on any of the other TX series. Introducing the album and interspersed across it is my old modul-8 radio (mod.radio) jingles I did for the rudimentary Real…
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Def Con Wan video
New video for E-Jitz cover of Pop Will Eat Itself’s ‘Def Con One’, soon to be released on Prankmonkey. It’s a tribute to 80’s scratch video and video art pioneers such as George Snow, Gorilla Tapes, Invisible Television and the like, and my old Milk Lab art degree work, so delved into my VHS archive…