Pre-DJWORX, we were skratchworx, a site that started life servicing the niche needs of turntablists. One of the soundtracks to the daily grind was Bomb Hip Hop‘s Return of the DJ series, a seminal collection of turntablist songs all neatly packaged in album form by BombHip Hop founder Dave Paul. It’s a broad collection of styles from abstract tablism to straight up head-nodding funk, and Dave has just posted on Facebook that it’s all available as a free download.
UPDATE
Bomb Hip Hop’s free download link has now expired, which I take to mean that it’s no longer free. Sorry.
I would urge everyone to grab this to sample turntablism as a musical style. There is a perception that scratch DJs are all about battling, and I for one would love to see a shifted focus on DJs who just perform rather than create short sets within the confines of a competition format. In the whole scheme of things, there are many amazing turntablists who have never stepped up to the battle plate, but are still world class DJs.
These are great, you’ve probably heard parts of them in a lot of other places. My personal favorite is WristStraining Order by Defect & Quixotic on vol. 5.5
can u upload so we can get em? it was taken down.
This is cool! I actually bought the first two in like the late 90’s/early 2000’s
can u upload so we can get? it was taken down.
Oh shit, sorry I just saw this post! You want me to try and find them? I know they’re In my basement in a box somewhere lol
wow great stuff
can u upload so we can get it?
yess i lost this cd a long time ago
can you upload, it was taken down?
thanks!!
hell yeah essential listening
Damn I tried all the links but apparently its not available anymore.. any suggestions?
rats. looks like it got pulled.