Scratching over dubstep?

aspect 7 · Post by **aspect 7** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 12:33 pm

I don't think you should rule out stuff like this, cause if you like it someone else is bound to like it. The intro for midnight request line is pretty good for scratching and looping.

faun2500 · Post by **faun2500** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 1:23 pm

If you can scratch, yes!

If you cant, NO!

and if you can, knowing when enough is enough and when to let the tune play is essential.

HamCrescendo · Post by **HamCrescendo** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 1:26 pm

What is a DJ if he cant scratch? *chickachickachickachickachicka*

ed teach · Post by **ed teach** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 6:16 pm

DanRev wrote:What is a DJ if he cant scratch? *chickachickachickachickachicka*

Nothing...

...or a bombaclaat computer jukebox with the automix function turned on.

overcast radio · Post by **overcast radio** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 5:24 pm

If it sounds good, it IS good. One of my all time fave music quotes that catches all without all the subjective viewpoints and ideaologies clashing.

whygohome10 · Post by **whygohome10** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 7:25 pm

i dont know... i am just not a fan of scratching overall... i really just think its annoying. that particular noise just kinda erks me.

jibba · Post by **jibba** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 7:55 pm

Its funny how people think that scratching is strictly a hip hop thing. Just coz it was that genre that spawned it, it doesn't mean that others scenes/sounds/genres can't take it and make it their own.

Take James Zabeila doing sick scratching over house and techno.

Take Craze, Fu, Hype and the likes scratching over D&B.

Sy over hardcore.

If someone's good at it, it can really add to a mix no matter what the genre.

time · Post by **time** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 8:07 pm

deejaying is an artform

What is a dj if he cant scratch?

deejaying is scratching. juggling, mixing tight..

turning up pluging in a laptop an playin mp3s is not dj'ing. applying no thought into your set is not djing.

anyone can put a needle on a record, does that make them a dj. nah... its Skills that make a dj a dj. being able to bust out sharp cuts on the fly makes you a dj. being able to blend well and consistently makes you a dj.

datilt · Post by **datilt** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 8:21 pm

If its well done, I have no problem with it. But it should not be used as exessive as in hip-hop.

faun2500 · Post by **faun2500** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 8:59 pm

TIME wrote:deejaying is an artform

What is a dj if he cant scratch?

deejaying is scratching. juggling, mixing tight..

turning up pluging in a laptop an playin mp3s is not dj'ing. applying no thought into your set is not djing.

anyone can put a needle on a record, does that make them a dj. nah... its Skills that make a dj a dj. being able to bust out sharp cuts on the fly makes you a dj. being able to blend well and consistently makes you a dj.

100%

mechabot 01 · Post by **mechabot 01** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 9:25 pm

I've been having this conversation with one of the other guys in Hellfire Machina.

Riddim scratching works really well with dubstep when done sparingly.
We have used small cuts in most of the tracks we have been writing, some blended into the atmos and some riddim bits too. I think it adds something to dubstep for sure.

From a djing persepctive I think that bringing turtablism into the equation opens up a world of possibilities that have yet to be fully explored in dubstep.

Personally, as many have already said I think when it is done well,
tunrtablism can work with any form of music.

Time - have you got any mixes online I could check out bruv?

w o o g i e · Post by **w o o g i e** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 9:50 pm

Uh I think it depends entirely on the DJ in the mix...
BAD scrathing=BAD
Good scratching=GOOD
Regardless of style of music...
In all honesty I cant believe this is something thats even up for debate or that people are just dismissing on principle. I think its a dangerous thing in any movement when people start saying you just "Can't" do something.

Anyways, big up everyone pushing the sound

promo · Post by **promo** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 10:35 pm

I scratch my head or chin when I'm thinking about something.

promo · Post by **promo** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 10:36 pm

DanRev wrote:What is a DJ if he cant scratch? *chickachickachickachickachicka*

An Ableton user.

ladubstepnostra · Post by **ladubstepnostra** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 11:01 pm

Yagga yo! Mad respect to all turntablists all over the globe keeping this artform alive. Keep innovating and the wax rotating!

my name is not billy · Post by **my name is not billy** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 12:30 am

Burn wrote:just like mcing, when done well scratching can add so much to a set regardless of what type of music it is, but when not done well it will ruin things quick.

Seconded/thirded/forthed? what ever we're up to now!

hd4000 · Post by **hd4000** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 1:22 am

i know its not dub-step but.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y32CpuZRUWk

time · Post by **time** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 8:17 am

Mechabot 01 wrote:

Time - have you got any mixes online I could check out bruv?

Yes hit the Audio Banquet part 4 link in my sig

time · Post by **time** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 8:24 am

hd4000 wrote:i know its not dub-step but.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y32CpuZRUWk

sloppy with no thought dont cut over dubstep like that^.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hBOnmTg6_tI

allstrungout · Post by **allstrungout** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 10:03 am

i've been trying

works better with vocals than fx i think

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