The Six Nations is upon us. For those not in the know, it’s an annual rugby tournament featuring England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France, and Italy. And to commemorate this event, English scratch legend Mr Switch assembled matching opponents from the other five nations to battle it out on this most excellent posse cut video.
Donning suitably stereotypical attire, Ritchie Ruftone (Scotland), DJ Koncept (Ireland), Killer Tom (Wales), Viny’ Lourd Son (France) and Mandrayq (Italy) go bar for bar in this 2 minute scratch fest. Unlike the Six Nations tournament, I’m not sure that there’s a clear winner. But as we’re told, it’s not the winning but the taking part that counts right?
This is what awesome looks like.
Real nice concept.
I’m assuming you meant ??? “[…] it’s not the winning but the taking part that counts right?”
So dope
Can someone explain the “alternating hands scratch” in the video ? It is done on a channel fader and has quick alternating left to right , left to right , over and over while fading in and out on the channel fader (up and down motion ) If someone with knowledge of this technique could share , it would be greatly appreciated
Took me a while to get it when I learned this scratch, you open and close the channel fader with each hand in turn, its basically about timing so you don’t smack your hand into the other one!
I learned it by doing it super slow to start with: start with the fader all the way up and then pull it down to closed position and then back up to the top again with your left hand, as you release your left hand from the fader, grab it with your right hand and pull it down to closed position then back up again, grab it with the left hand again and repeat.
The rhythm is the important part of the scratch, as the hand on the fader is coming up to open the fader, the other hand should be already be coming down to grab it as you release it.
When you get it it seems so simple but doing it slow is the key to understanding it.
Appreciate your explanation of the technique . Thank You
Now compare those performances to that of a DJ performing on an NI S8. No comparison as far as which one is more entertaining to watch.