Quote: Charisma @ June 22 2008, 12:04 PM BSTCheck out a guy called Crucial Christo, I think he might actually be head mental.
I found this video of his particularly electric.
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Hey David, has your mate heard of Vestax's new Controller One turntable? It's got sort of a built-in keyboard. Here's a video of it, being demonstrated, coincidentally, by one of the guys I competed against, back in the day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCP28_n1DAI
Quote: catskillz @ June 23 2008, 2:43 AM BSTHey David, has your mate heard of Vestax's new Controller One turntable? It's got sort of a built-in keyboard. Here's a video of it, being demonstrated, coincidentally, by one of the guys I competed against, back in the day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCP28_n1DAI
I know nothing about 'turntablism', but I liked that video.
It's an acquired taste. It's not just about the sound you create with the turntables, it's also how you create it. In order to fully appreciate some DJs, you a) have to be familiar with the records he uses, and b) have to be able to see what he's actually doing with them. The most impressive aspect of most turntablist's routines is something known as "Beat-juggling", which is when they take 2 copies of the same record, and they cut between the two of them, creating what some people have described as a live remix.
Check out this clip, of an Australian DJ, juggling 2 copies of Jimi Hendrix's 'Purple Haze', in the DMC World Final, back in 2000, which was held at the Millennium Dome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fv57jwiaYE