BPM 2017: Hang out at the Portablist Lounge
Trade shows are places to hang out with fellow DJs. And at BPM 2017, you'll be able to take part in the Portablist Lounge, with your portable turntable.
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Vekked and Brace = Fresherthans DMC 2017 team entry
Behold Vekked and DJ Brace aka The Fresherthans delivering their DMC 2017 teams battle set, made interesting for us gear geeks by the use of cool stuff.
The cassette tape scratching ScrubBoard is back for more
In a world filled with all manner of next level DJ technology, Jeremy Bell keeps pushing forward with his cassette tape based ScrubBoard. Here's an update.
VIDEO: Six sick scratchers for Six Nations
Mr Switch, Ritchie Ruftone, DJ Koncept, Killer Tom, Viny' Lourd Son, and Mandrayq — six sick scratchers celebrating the Six Nations rugby tournament.
Playing with 7 inches of pure pleasure
Turntablism is demanding, intense, and at a level very expensive. So why are so many DJs looking past Technics to get busy with crappy 7" portable decks?
VIDEO: Shredding RATM on the Scratchocaster MK2
Viny Lourd Son has been busy updating his first version of the guitar-meets-turntable Scratchocaster mashup. Watch him shred and scratch!
DJ Woody’s Pitch Shifter : lo-fi fretless fader mod now for sale
We saw DJ Woody's lo-fi take on fretless faders last week. 10 days later, lego and blu tack becomes the Pitch Shifter and is now a thing that you can buy.
John Beez is back — new fretless fader kit coming
The fretless fader is hot right now, just as it was 7 years ago. But John Beez is back with a totally new take on it, and a commercial kit is coming.
The Poor Man’s Fretless Fader from DJ Woody
While some are butchering old Vestax mixers to replicate John Beez's fretless fader, DJ Woody took a rather more direct approach. With Lego and Blu Tack.
Native Sessions: Rafik and Unkut talk turntablism
Time for some more Native Sessions courtesy of NI. This time, Rafik and Unkut take to the stage to deliver some history and performance.
VIDEO: DJ Woody’s “Hip Hop is 40” live at IDA World 2015
Check out DJ Woody perform his brilliant "Hip Hop is 40" video set live from the IDA World DJ finals in Kraków, Poland a couple of weeks ago.
Letting off steam: XDJ-1000 scratching [VIDEO]
Want to know how well the Pioneer XDJ-1000 scratches? I let off some post-taxes stress and threw this video together quickly before it had to go back.