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Scratch Attack: I Want My Battle Record Back You Bastard!
is taken from the two-hour, monthly radio show that broadcast
on KPFA and featured recorded & live DJ skratch sessions,
as well as scratch news and DJ interviews. During its 13 episode
run (Jan. 2001 - Feb. 2002) guests included: Kool Herc, Grand
Wizard Theodore, D-Styles, DJ Flare, DJ Shortkut, DJ Apollo, DJ
8-Ball, DJ Relm, DJ Inesha (Alien Army), DJ Quest, Pam the Funkstress,
Afrika Bambaataa, DJ Malik (“The Real World”), Namane
(Local 1200 DJ’s), DJ Pone, Mike Boogie, Snayk Eyez, (89
Skratch Gangstaz), Golden Chyld, DJ Ngobility, (Finger Bangerz),
DJ Stoic, DJ Streak, 2 Fresh, DJ Sniper, DJ Tu Ki, Prince Jam,
DJ Platurn & DJ Spair (Oakland Faders), The Backspin Boyz,
DJ Cue, DJ Marz, Pal 58, DJ Cavo, Toadman, H.O.P., Tico, The Horizons
DJ Project, & Christie Z (Tools Of War). The show also included
regular skratch news reports by DJ Munkifunk and Billy Jam, graf
reports by Yve-1, & DJ battle reports from Bas-One and DJ
Pone. Other regulars included DJ Gamin (videographer) and DJ Syntax
(board engineer & tales of getting gaffled outta twomp skrilla)
plus a myriad of guests who stopped by just to hang out and enjoy
the skratch-friendly environment. This CD compilation is taken
from the show featuring live sessions and especially recorded
tracks for “Scratch Attack.” There will be one more
compilation CD (“Scratch Attack Vol. 2”) in this series
scheduled for a September release.
TRACKING/ARTIST INFO
1) DJs Stoic/Dank/Bonez “Scratch Attack: I Want My Battle
Record Back You Bastard (Intro)” (:31). Produced by DJ Stoic
with contributions from DJ Dank (sounds) and DJ Bonez (scratches).
2) NoNekNed “Skratch” (4:07)
“Skratch,” which premiered on “Scratch Attack,”
is taken from NoNekNed’s limited edition, 7” single
(500 copies pressed, B-side “Women With Mustaches Make me
Nervous!”). Hailing from Dayton, Ohio (Mr. Dibbs country)
the brilliant, albeit underrated, NoNekNed has been creating skratch
havoc since ‘98 along with partner 1e Tch3, under the name
Skratchmatix. Last year they released the battle record “Vinyl
Viagra” which was pressed in Cali so they drove out all the
way from Ohio to pick it up and also hang out for a few weeks
in San Francisco last summer. Current projects for the innovative
duo include a music project about “UFO’s and flying
saucers” which is a collaboration with the Bay Area’s
Future Primitive Sound Session. Contact NNN poolan1@aol.com or
(937)851-1144, & his partner @ OneETCHthree@aol.com
3) DJ T-Rock “Skratch It And Change It!” (2:42) Atlanta’s
DJ T-Rock has two full-length albums: “Who’s Your Daddy”
on Bomb Hip Hop (love that cover) and last year’s “SikInTheHed”
on Stereotype Records/Nu Gruv. He has also contributed tracks
to a grip of compilations including the BOMB releases “Return
of The DJ Vol. 3” and “Vol. 4,” and “Contents
Under Pressure.” In fact he flew out to Frisco last Fall
to perform at the BOMB 10 Year Anniversary celebration. T-Rock
has also co-produced a song on OM Records’ “Deeper Concentration
Vol. III” plus he’s produced the music for TV spot on
Cartoon Network. He can be seen in John Carluccio’s “Battle
Sounds Turntablist Festival No. 6.” Currently he is busy
in the studio recording a few different projects including a 6
song EP called “The Annihilation of Ambient Audio” which
he promises will be “some weird shit…..exactly what
it sounds like, Ambient rhythms and melodic scratches at random,
but strategic points.”
CONTACT: djt_rock@hotmail.com
4) Relm & Streak “WeDigChicksDotCom” (LIVE) (6:13)
Formerly of the Supernatural Turntable Artists (STA) these two
busy and fun-loving turntablists (DJs Relm and Streak) add a much
needed dose of entertainment and humor (not to mention lots of
breastessssss: check the covers of their PornoStas battle records)
to a genre that can often lacks both. On bonus track (#23) they
talk about their latest venture (the website that gave name to
this live turntables assault: www.wedigchicks.com). At the start
of 2002 Relm started producing a weekly skratch music/interview
segment for Bay Area commercial station Wild 94.9FM Contacts:
djrelm@yahoo.com, djstreak@hotmail.com, www.wedigchicks.com
5) “Album Cover To Masturbate To” (Crude Interlude)
(:10) This sound-montage includes DJ Pone referring to the cover
of Streak’s “Lingerie Breaks” (PornoStas), a multifunctional
battle record that brings new meaning to the term “bedroom
DJ.”
Check out DJ Pone’s informative report in these CD liner
notes on the relation between turntablism and porno. Contact:
djpone@89skratch.com
6) D-Styles/Pone/Snayk Eyez “Morbid Innuendo of the Skratch
Kind” (LIVE) (5:40)
Taken from one of the times when D-Styles (a regular show guest)
stopped by to join the ‘89 Skratch Gangstaz’ Pone and
Snayk Eyez for a totally improv session that rocks hard and demonstrates
the collective talents of these three Bay Area natives. Most noteworthy
is the amazingly gifted D-Styles (Beat Junkies/former ISP), whose
long-awaited debut album (as distinct from his countless Dirt
Style battle records), will soon drop. Titled “Phantazmagorea”
it was premiered on “Scratch Attack” and is described
by DJ Stoic as “Easily the best solo scratch album….it
succeeds on several levels: the quirky, the dark, the perv, the
headnod-ridin’ and the raw b-boy battle circle.”
7) DJ Stoic “Autumn Shuffle” (2:46)
“Seasonal scratch music” is how we categorized this
moody autumn scratch tune (recorded especially for “Scratch
Attack”) from DJ Stoic. It can also be found on the Oakland
based/San Diego raised DJ’s underground CD “Jack Move
& the Beer Belly Blues” CD. An in-house producer with
Hip Hop Slam since 2000, DJ Stoic has added his production and
skratch skills to several releases including the “Turntables
By The Bay” series, “Global Turntables,” “Shigger
Fragger Battle Beats Breaks Loops & Shit,” and other
upcoming releases. He is currently on lockdown in his Oakland
studio, charged with felony crate digging with intent to beat-jack,
but is using the time to fine-tune his anticipated official debut
album, slated for a late summer 2002 release on Hip Hop Slam.
Contact: stoic@hip-hop.com
8) DJ 8-Ball “2-Tone 8-Ball” (LIVE) (1:58) Legendary
DJ 8-Ball, winner of the 1992 West Coast DMC battle and the world
champion 1993 NMS Superman DJ battle in New York, is a lifetime
master manipulator of the tone as displayed on this excerpt from
his live “Scratch Attack” studio set. A former honoree
member of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz DJ 8-Ball (a major fan of
electro) is truly a Bay Area DJ legend and as such was honored
with his own historic display in the recent San Mateo County Museum
exhibit dedicated to Bay Area Filipino DJs. On the bonus track
#23 you will hear 8-Ball recalling how young Bay Area DJ’s
first got into the artform back in the early days. More recently
8-Ball has recorded such tracks as his tone-happy “The Poetry
of War of the Flies” (from “Turntables By The Bay”)
and is currently finishing up an electro CD. Contact: cls8saiyan@aol.com
9) Coretex (feat. DJ Vandal & Rubian) “Skratch Caffeine”
(3:16) Hailing from the Netherlands Coretex is DJ Vandal (scratches)
and Rubian (beats & production) who recorded “Skratch
Caffeine” especially for “Scratch Attack” radio
show and this compilation. Rubian, who began his career as an
emcee back in the late ‘80’s, turned to producing in
1994 with a Commodore Amiga 1200 and later on a PC with Wavelab,
Octamed, and Cubase programs. His production & emcee credits
include The Facedband, Keutel (Hybrid Metal), DJ Sniper (track
on “Global Turntables”) , The Swot Team, Tha Thundabirds,
and Suggest. Meanwhile DJ Vandal (DJ Sniper’s older brother)
began DJ’ing in ‘95 in his bedroom in the small rural
Dutch town of Sneek (Note: at last count there were five scratch
DJ’s in the town of 35,000). He formed the S.W.O.T. Team
(Science and Wisdom Of Turntablism) with DJ Knowledge, Mista Sweet,
and his younger brother DJ Sniper and as such contributed a track
to Cues Hip Hop Shop Vol. I. Vandal also has two mixtapes out
and is currently working on some new recordings including the
“Skratch EP” that includes some skratch tracks by Vandal
and Sniper, some instrumental beats by Rubian and Vandal, and
a track by the Bulletproof Space Travelers!!
Contacts: vandal@home.nl rubian@home.nl
10) Rupert Jee’s Shout-Out (:07)
Our man Rupert Jee from Hello Deli (which we have lovingly renamed
Hello DJ) gives and gets major props. Look for the soon to drop
“Rupert’s Breaks” on Chip Shop Spam Records and
if you’re in New York City stop by his spot at 213 West 53rd
(near Broadway) and order a sandwich and soda from the man.
11) DJ Shortkut “Ain’t It Funky” (LIVE) (3:58)
The incredibly talented DJ Shortkut (Beat Junkies/Triple Threat/formerly
ISP) can do no wrong as witnessed on this live radio session.
Also check out bonus track #24 in which Shortkut relays his sordid
tale of crate thievery in Phoenix. Also look out for the anticipated
Triple Threat (with Vin Roc & Apollo) full-length debut this
summer. Contact: djsk1200@aol.com
12) Kraftjerkz feat. Kid Ginseng & DJ 704 “Canibinoidz”
(2:17) Kraftjerkz featuring Kid Ginseng and DJ 704 deliver this
great studio track which comes courtesy of the talented, teenaged,
turntablist Kid Ginseng (who corresponds regularly with DJ Munkifunk
and also his hero Eddie Def) and who is a big fan of electro and
avant-garde. Kid Ginseng’s discography includes the 2000
“Germanik Robotz” mix-tape and last year’s “ILL_eKtR()”
CD. Keep your eye on this young talent.
Contact: kidginseng@aol.com
13) DJ Platurn “Meltdown - Live” (5:32)
East Bay DJ Platurn grew up around records. His father was a big
time DJ back in his native Iceland. At twelve he learnt guitar
but later turned to the decks and has been DJ’ing avidly
for eight years. Platurn is a member of the Oakland Faders (with
DJ Spair) and is also DJ with the group MulaBaka (featuring drummer
Sam Ospovat & David Bamberger on upright bass). His long discogrpahy
includes: Mix Tape Series(Rings Of Platurn Vol. 1-8), Oakland
Faders Flea Market Treats with DJ Spair, Cuts for Order 12”
(What You Hear-1998), Beats and cuts for “Eviction Suite
#3”-Highdivers EP(1999), Track on Cue‚Äôs
Hip-Hop Shop Vol.2(Oakland Faders-Dope Music-2000), Cuts on Funkmaster
2000 LP(2000) - Icelandic funk band, Oakland Faders’ Fader
Beats EP(Stray Records-2001), and the MulaBaka EP. Contact: oaklandfaders#hotmail.com
/(510)496-6088 - Oakland Faders Collective Hotline
14) Grand Wizard Theodore ID (:08)
Grand Wizard Theodore (GWT) who created the scratch back in 1975
does a shout out. Look for his spoken word intro on “Global
Turntables” and also for his soon to drop compilation CD
“Hip Hop Headz” on GWT Records. Contact: toolsofwar@aol.com
15) Snayk Eyez (LIVE) “Bay Area Skratch” (4:12) DMC
champion DJ Snayk Eyez, who is featured in the movie “Scratch,”
demonstrates his skills on this intense live session: one of the
many he’s done on “Scratch Attack.” As a solo battle
DJ he won the first ever DMC Battle for World Supremacy in San
Francisco in 2000 and made it into the semifinals in the DMC World
Finals in London. In the DMC World Supremacy Battle in 2001 he
placed second. As part of the Bay Area’s ever-active ‘89
Skratch Gangstaz (with DJs Pone & Mike Boogie…member
Badrok is on hiatus) his discography includes incredible group
tracks on the BOMB’s “Return of the DJ Vol. 4”
(“Lesson 89”), Hip Hop Slam’s “Turntables
By The Bay” (“Cut From Behind”), and “Global
Turntables” (“Extra Credit: Lesson 3 Remix”). Snayk
Eyez is currently working on a battle record. Contacts: www.89skratch.com
bookings@89skratch.com
16) DJ Quest “Call-In Scratch” (LIVE) (1:04) DJ Quest
of Live Human/Bulletproof Space Travelers who couldn’t make
it into the radio studio for this interview called in and decided
to do a short scratch routine over the phone too. Quest’s
recently released the recommended cassette only mix-tape “Pauze
Dek.” and the battle record “Vinyl Headz” Along
with 2Fresh, under the name Mission Cartel, he produced the “Vinyl
Headz” battle record. Meanwhile “Live Human Live”
is just out on C.O.D. Records.
Contact: QuestDJ@aol.com
17) Sum-1 “Come To Get Busy” (2:51)
Hailing from “down under” as Bas-One introduced him,
is Australia’s talented Sum-1 whose DJ battle titles include
Australian/New Zealand I.T.F championship, Reigning S.A. I.T.F
champ ( didn’t compete in the Australian Final). Additionally
Sum-1 has done skratching on tracks with Oakland’s BukeuOne
(while visiting Australia) and also Mass MC. Contact: mcookcon@adam.com.au
18) DJ Ngobility “Turntable Nobility” (LIVE) (1:34)
Another amazing live skratch session from “Scratch Attack”
regular DJ Ngoblity from San Jose’s world famous Finger Bangerz
crew. Not only is DJ Ngobility an accomplished solo/team turntablist
but he is also fast becoming one of the skratch world’s most
promising recording engineers and mastering technicians: an example
of which can be heard on the new “Live Human Live” (C.O.D.
Records) which he edited and mastered at Studio Quality along
with William K. Rudolph.
Contact: ngobility@fingerbangerz.com
19) Backspin Boyz “Quit Playin’ With My Records”
(LIVE) (1:04) A rare US performance from the world’s first
superstar DJ boy-band, The Backspin Boyz whose current lineup
includes Pone (the main DJ on this live session), DJ Inesha, Munkifunk,
& Snayk Eyez (note that both Timi D… and Billy Jam were
kicked out of the group right before they became famous in Asia).
While back home in the USA they may be virtually unknown, The
Backspin Boyz have enjoyed Top Ten pop success in such countries
as Singapore, Korea, Fiji, and Japan. “The fact that we are
still unknown in America doesn’t bother me,” confided
DJ Pone in an interview with TV Asahi backstage at Tokyo Concert
Dome. “I like it because it means when I get off tour and
get home to the Bay Area I am able to walk down the street and
not be noticed or mobbed by screaming girls.”
20) Golden Chyld “Sir Golden Chyld Boulevard” (LIVE)
(6:31) Just how fuckin amazing is DJ Golden Chyld from San Jose’s
world famous Finger Bangerz? Well just check out this smoking
live routine similar to the one he did at the 2001 DMC US finals
at Club Townsend in San Francisco, or note the fact that the mayor
of San Jose renamed First Street, the city’s main thoroughfare,
“Sir Golden Chyld Boulevard.” Info: www.fingerbangerz.com
21) Troubled Soul “What Is Your Trouble?” (1:16) Produced
by Troubled Soul for ‘The Heels Of The Bread’ (Thanks
Mister Deasy) Born and raised in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the
talented DJ/producer/ label owner (Equilibrium) Troubled Soul
now lives in Dublin, Ireland. His discography includes two volumes
of “Lightweight Weatherproof and Durable,” and the recent
“Balance” CD from where this segment was taken. He also
has an excellent track (“In A World of Trouble”) on
“Global Turntables,” has released a single with Exile
Eye (“Inessence”), and is currently busy recording several
projects.
Contacts: www.equilibriumrecordings.com djtroubledsoul@hotmail.com
22) “Record Collectors” (OUTRO) (:18)
A hodge podge of sounds that includes our mainman Bas-One plus
a British bloke giving a diss to anal American record collectors.
23) “What Is Hip Hop Records” (4:53)
Set to beats from The Last Kreep’s “The Good Scratching
Record” (Chip Shop Spam) this track (the first of three bonus
tracks) is a montage of snippets from various interviews conducted
during the first year of “Scratch Attack” with some
other radio show bits tossed in. Included are the voices of Kool
Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, 8-Ball, Relm & Streak, Pam the Funkstress,
Bas-One, Munkifunk, and Billy Jam.
24) “By The Time I Got To Phoenix Half My Crate Was Gone”
(1:17) This is an excerpt from DJ Shortkut’s interview in
which he explains how his crate was gaffled by some United Airlines
baggage handler.
25) “Too Hard For The Fuckin Radio” (:23) Another collage
of sounds including Bas-One’s infamous on-air diss of the
N-Sync video in which “that fat guy” shows he “can’t
scratch, man!” and a footnote to the “Scratch Attack:
I Want My Battle Record Back You Bastard!” show which ultimately
was “Too hard for the fuckin radio!”
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