Quiz 10 Flashcards
Scratch → Turntablism → dj
→ dj until someone came up with turntablism ( dj babu ) in 1995
→ Jamaican dubbing tradition from the 1970s is prototype of djing & turntable
Dubbing legends
→ King tubby & Lee “scratch” Perry
→ first dj to blend records together: Francis Grasso
Scratch, 3 techniques
Flare, transformer, crab
Slip-cueing
→ technical term for blending records
→ created by Francis grasso
→ synchronizing the switch bay between records
Grand wizard theatre
Came up with technique, the baby scratch
Grand mixer DXT ( separate from grand wizard Theodore)
→ GMD was on Herbie Hancock video rock-it from 1984 Grammy
Name of the first all-turntablist album
Return of the dj, 1995
Crews on return of the dj
Dj babu, invisible scratch Piklz, The cut chemist
The beat junkies, dj ztrip
Beat juggling
Combo of mixing,cutting, scratching & sampling occurring simultaneously
Turntablist basic setup
2 turntables, mixer, headphones & sound system / PA/ speakers
Metaphoric manipulation
Sub/alteration of a samples original philosophical theme
Digging/crate digging
Art of searching for beats, albums, to “harvest” for samples
Best digger
DJ shadow, also known for being a gold digger
Largest organized dj battle
Disco mix club “DMC” 1987. 6 min to perform
Visible skratch Piklz
→ known for sounding like a band
→ credited with “orchestrating “ their compositions,formed in 1989
