Turntablism is the art of manipulating sound and creating music using phonograph turntables and an audio mixer. Beat-matching, scratching, and beat juggling are some of the elements in a tablist arsenal.
Turntablism is a subgenre of hip hop, emphasising manipulation of a vinyl record. One who engages in turntablism is a turntablist: A term created in 1994 by DJ Supreme, to describe the difference between a DJ who just lets records play, and one who actually manipulates the sounds of a record. This term was later popularized by DJ Babu (of the Beat Junkies and Dilated Peoples) who inscribed his mixtapes as "mixed by Babu the Turntablist."
Turntablist DJs use turntable techniques like scratching or beat juggling in the composition of original musical works. Turntablism is generally focused more on turntable technique and less on mixing. Some turntablists seek to have themselves recognized as legitimate musicians capable of interacting and improvising with other performers.
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Backspin - The unofficial Technics 1200 turntables site with online service manuals and forum.
Meta Description: [ The unofficial technics turntables pages ]
Battle Sounds Documentary - Site about the documentary Battle Sounds, documenting the history of the battle/skratch dj, also includes the Carluccio method for turntable transcription.
Beatplanet.com - Featuring San Francisco DJ resources, including a listing of upcoming music events, Bay Area record stores, a Hip Hop BPM Database, and streaming audio turntable experiments.
Meta Description: [ Straight out the San Francisco Underground, Beatplanet lists upcoming music events, Bay Area record stores, houses an extensive Hip Hop BPM Database, and features streaming audio turntable experiments. ]
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Christo's Turntablism Page - Dedicated to the artistry of Turntablism and the peeps behind the wheels of steel.
Cirkutry - Turntablism related information including skratch tutorials, graffiti and other general hip-hop information.
DJ Domination - The official homepage of DJ Domination.
DJ MarWax - Turntablism information, DJ equipment, mixers, turntables, and cartridges, reviews, news and Mp3s.
DJ Swamp - DJ Swamp's official website with performance dates, bio and online store.
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Epitonic.com - Offering broad perspective of history behind turntablism with interviews, downloads, news articles and links.
KidKoala.com - Kid Koala's official site - a Canadian artist on Ninja Tune records.
Meta Description: [ the official kid koala home page - ninja tunes dj, member of Bullfrog. based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ]
Scratch.DK - Hip Hop and Turntablism site. Interviews, News, Dj Battles, Skratch files. In Dansk and English.
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SkratchCon - A large turntablist community message board system.
Sqratch Attack - Includes beats, software, store, and articles about turntablism.
Stanton Magnetics Inc. - Visit our Press Area, DJ Workshop, Message Boards. Learn about new products and discuss turntablism with others.
Statik Recordings - The official web site of Dj Bonez. Features battle records, chat rooms, scratch albums, and RealAudio scratch files.
Styluswars - An online E-Zine dedicated to Turntablism - Home of the Turntable Lounge Show, an exclusive webcast video show dedicated to Turntablism. Also featuring interviews, audio files, and the Styluswars co-operative record label.
Turntablist.ch - All about mixers, turntables, samplers, cartridges, juggling, scratching, drumming, Mp3s, and artists.
Meta Description: [ Turntablism and Producing by Mr. Volli aka Dj Fillyfollygum and other Turntablists!!! All about Mixers, Turntables, Samplers, Cartridges, Juggling, Scratching, Drumming, Mp3's, Artists and more!!! ]
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