Various Artists
Scratch Attack: I Want My Battle Record Back You Bastard! vol. 1

LABEL: Hip Hop Slam
RELEASE DATE: July, 2002
RELEASE #: 32
CATALOG #: HHS 032
FORMAT: CD

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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!”

The Last Kreep
Space Breaks

LABEL: Chip Shop Spam
RELEASE DATE: May, 2002
RELEASE #: 31
CATALOG #: HHS 036
FORMAT: Vinyl

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Side A
1) This Is Hip Hop (2:08)
2) Scratch Therapy (7:55)

Side B
3) TurntableCalastetics (:55)
4) IntegratedRythmMachine/Bass Pop (1:47)
5) Planetspook/Kick & Snare Party (2:42)
6) You Need More Therapy (3:37)
7) Space Break Outro ( :06)

Limited edition release in the Last Kreep DJ/battle record series on Chip Shop Spam, this amazing album is even better than its predecessor (“The Good Scratching Record”).
Since a decade ago when his pioneering battle record “Hamster Breaks” (that he co-produced with fellow Bulletproof Scratch Hamsters - Quest & Cue) caught the scratch DJ world by storm, prolific DJ/producer Eddie Def (aka The Last Kreep), has been a busy man juggling a zillion projects including his countless solo projects (under various names), recording with his crew the Bullet Proof Space Travelers, plus his collaborations with such artists as Bill Laswell (look for his contribution to the recent Bill Laswell produced “Scratch” soundtrack), Mike Patton, Buckethead, El Stew etc. etc. “Space Breaks” is the follow up to last year’s “The Good Scratching Record” (Chip Shop Spam). Like that record “Space Breaks” has also been painstakingly tailored to satisfy the itch in today’s scratch/battle/turntablist DJ. So get two copies and use it, abuse it, manipulate it any way possible, and scratch it, and scratch it, and scratch it, and scratch it, and scratch it.

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TRACKING

1) "No Label"/"Sevens" (5:13)
2) "Guitar" (3:46)
3) "Breakbeat" (7:14)
4) "Violinterlude" (1:55)
5) "Cantos" (6:58)
6) "Fr-Fre-Fre-Fresshhhhhhh!" (4:19)
7) "New Break" (3:23)
8) "Hear The Drummer" (3:23)
9) "Human Til Infinity" (6:54)
10) "Elephant Remix Remix" (6:00)

"In-your-face hip-hop beats with a solid funk attitude
layered with turntable screeches and punk jazz"
— XLR8R

This live recording is taken from Live Human's Great American Music Hall, San Francisco concert on July 14, 2001 just after the trio arrived back in their hometown off their summer European tour: a successful Euro-trek that culminated in their sold out performance at the Montreaux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. DJ Quest, Albert Mathias (percussion), and Andrew Kushin (bass) were clearly delighted to be back home and it shows in this amazing live recording. Unlike Live Human's previous studio albums (1997's "Live Human Featuring DJ Quest," 1999's "Monostereosis," and 2000 "Elephish Jellyphant") "Live Human Live" captures Live Human in their most natural element: live. "A mind-bending dollop of deftly executed improv beat magic," is how Bay Guardian writer Dave Pehling described one Live Human show. And this live recording is no different. Note that this limited edition (999 made) debut release from C.O.D. RECORD$, distributed exclusively by Hip Hop Slam, is only sold at Live Human concerts and at select independent outlets (off & online) such as Amoeba Music, Aquarius Records, and TurntableLab.com and others that are willing to buy direct C.O.D. from Hip Hop Slam in an effort to keep prices low for the Live Human fan.

Capturing the ever growing worldwide musical movement of turntablism this twenty track collection features DJs from ten skratch nations including new recordings from the X-ecutioners’ Rob Swift, reigning Canadian DMC/Vestax champ Dopey along with his crew the Turntable Monks, Italy’s leading DJ crew Alien Army, and Korea’s top turntablist DJ Wreckx. As well as these and all the other new tracks from DJs out of Ireland, Holland, England, New Zealand, Norway, and the USA are the two bonus tracks: an instrumental version of Rob Swift’s “Enter The Ablist” and Double Dee & Steinski’s long-out-of-print, 1985 classic “Lesson 3 (The History of Hip Hop)” which was digitally remastered for this release by Double Dee. Also included is Grand Wizard Theodore, creator of the scratch, who reminisces on his highly influential invention in the spoken-word opening track. The CD’s information packed liner notes (reprinted below) include bio & contact data on all the compilation’s artists.

TRACKING

1) Grand Wizard Theodore “Birth of the Skratch” (spoken word Intro) (:50)
2) DJ Graft “Ya Know The Name….(Skratching)” (Norway) (2:50)
3) Rob Swift “Enter The Ablist” (2:40) (USA)
4) DJ Raw “NZ Connection” (2:37) (New Zealand)
5) Alien Army “Snuff Music, 4 Movements”” (Italy) (6:20)
6) DJ Yoda “Yoda’s Theme” (England) (:50)
7) DJ Knowledge & DJ Cold Crush “Do what you do best”(Holland) (3:28)
8) ‘89 Skratch Gangstaz “Extra Credit (Lesson 3 Remix)” (4:57) (USA)
9) DJ Wreckx “Honest DJ” (Korea) (3:14)
10) Turntable Monks (feat. Dopey) “Enter The Shaolin Monks” (Canada) (4:04)
11)Troubled Soul “In A World Of Trouble” (Ireland) (2:46)
12) DJ Bonez “A Different Drummer” (Australia) (3:40)
13) DJ Shortfuse “Chainsaw Masochist” (Canada)
14) DJ Sniper “Theme of the Rookie” (Netherlands) (3:56)
15) DJ Yoda “Yoda’s One Man Band” (UK) (:50)
16) DJ Marvel “Fastest DJ Pt. II” (England) (3:30)
17) “Power FM Dublin” Laz-E, Tu Ki, Davy Splyce (Ireland) (0:57)
18) Tino Corp vs. DJ Inesha “Fresh Mambo” (Cuba, USA & ITALY)

SPECIAL BONUS TRACKS
19) Double D & Steinski “Lesson 3 (The History of Hip Hop)” (Digitally Remastered) (4:57)
20) Rob Swift “Enter The Ablist” (Instrumental Mix) (2:40)

ARTIST/TRACK BREAKDOWN (from CD liner notes)

1) Grand Wizard Theodore “Birth Of The Scratch” (The Bronx, USA) (0:50) “Global Turntables” is dedicated to Grand Wizard Theodore (GWT) who created the scratch back in 1975 and consequently kick starting the ever-growing global turntablist movement. This spoken word excerpt, which explains how GWT made that historic creation, is from the interview he did for “Scratch Attack” radio in May, 2001 in the Bronx upon receiving a “Hip Hop Slam Hall of Fame Award” (as shown in picture) for his invaluable contribution to hip hop culture. Since then GWT has recorded his soon to drop full length CD “Hip Hop Headz” to be released on GWT Records. Contact: toolsofwar@aol.com

2) DJ Graft “Ya Know The Name…..(Skratching)” (Norway) (2:50) written & performed by DJ Graft. Born and raised in the small Norwegian town of Bod¯, 22 year old DJ Graft started DJ’ing at age 11 after seeing a DJ scratching on television. Ever a humble fellow he insists that he is “light-years away from the greatest scratch DJ” but he that he is constantly practising to perfect his skills. “Most of my friends are not into hip-hop. Therefore I’ve had nobody to learn from except for people on the Internet, much love to them!,” he said from the town of Troms¯ where he now lives. “I live in a small town, and (most of) the peeps are friends and hang out even though they do not play (or like) the same genres of music.” Contact: djgraft@hotmail.com

3) Rob Swift “Enter The Ablist” (USA) (2:40) Written, scratched, mixed, & produced by Rob Swift for Swift Tracks Music BMI. Mgmt: troublewith2 productions coconut1@pacbell.net. At age nine, thanks to the influence of his older brother “Universe” and his DJ’ing father, Queens, New Yorker Rob Swift got on the turns and throughout Intermediate school was active DJ’ing school parties and slinging mixtapes with his partner Les (later of the Beatnuts). In 1991 he entered the New Music Seminar DJ battle and placed third. The battle’s winner, Steve D, was so impressed that he invited Rob to join the X-Men (later known as X-Ecutioners). As a member of that crew Rob has performed/toured extensively and recorded the albums “X-pressions” (Asphodel) in 1997 and the new “Built from Scratch” (Loud). Meanwhile Rob’s rich solo discography includes appearances on such compilations as “Return of the DJ Vol. 1” & “Cue’s Hip Hop Shop Vol. 1,” plus his own albums: 1997’s “Soulful Fruit” (Stones Throw), 1999’s “The Ablist” (Asphodel), and his new album “Sound Event” (Tableturns). Dropping in Summer 2002 it features appearances from Large Professor, DJ Melo D, DJ Klever, DJ Quest, and Bob James. Contacts: wwwxecutioner.com, xecutioner@mac.com

4) DJ Raw “N. Z. Connection” (New Zealand) (2:37) Produced, written & performed by DJ Raw (I.P. Senmanu) for 1200 Stylez & 2 Much Records. DJ Raw was born and raised in the New Zealand capital ofWellington. He began “messing with a 3 in 1 stereo” in 1987. By ‘89 he had his first 1200’s and immediately began entering DJ battles and by 1991 was the reigning New Zealand DMC champ. Consequently he has won numerous DJ battles including 1993 Ruff House battle, both the 1997 New Zealand ITF and the 1997 Australian ITF battles, plus the 2000 New Zealand DMC (that September he placed seventh at the DMC World Finals in London). Over the years he has released eight mix tapes including “Butta Mix Vol 5” and “Fat Blendz Vol 2.” His credits include production & scratching on the King Kapisi album “Savage Thoughts” and production on the Footsouljahs EP “Stylz, Deliveriez, Flowz.” He is currently finishing up his solo album, “1200 Stylez and MC Flowz.” Contacts: www.phunkrepublic.com sounds2much@hotmail.com

5) Alien Army “Snuff Music, 4 Movements” (Italy) (6:20)
Produced by Skizo at the Grande Madre Aliena Studios, Italy. Scratches by Skizo, Tayone, Zak, & Inesha. Italy’s premier turntablist crew Alien Army (Skizo, Tayone, Zak, Inesha, & Metz) was founded in 1996 by DJ Skizo who is 100% dedicated to the art of turntablism. Since their formation Alien Army, as a team and as individual DJs, have won countless DJ battles including Alien Army winning the 2000 Italian ITF, Tayone taking titles in the 1997 Italian ITF & the 2001 Italian Vestax Extravaganza, Inesha winning the 1999 Italian DMC Championship, and Skizo winning in Australia (his second home) the 1996 Australian DMC. Look for a soon-to-drop Alien Army album, featuring talent from around the globe, and also a new break beat album by Skizo with Australian producer DJ Sing. Contacts: www.alienarmy.net alienskizo@hotmail.com

6) DJ Yoda “Yoda’s Theme” (England) (:50) Recorded/mixed/scratched/dug-up/created/blended by DJ Yoda @ Greenpeace & Yoda’s lab. DJ Yoda from London, England is one funny, prolific, & talented muthafucka. His battle titles include the Scratch DJ category of the Diesel U Music Awards 2001 (www.diesel-u-music.com). As a key member of the Fat Lace crew (www.fat-lace.com), he edits The Magazine for Ageing B-boys, as well as penning the DJ page for the UK’s Hip Hop Connection magazine, plus he writes for both Sleaze Nation and IDJ. But Yoda is perhaps best known for his great mix-tapes which include “Jews Paid” and “Jews, Paid Too!” with DJ Greenpeace, “Jewbonics” and “Piano Breaks”. As well as being a resident at London hip-hop clubs Spread Love (www.spread-love.com) and The Fat Lace Night, Yoda’s DJ duties have also included judging the 2000 DMC World Finals. Plus he has travelled as far as Japan, Sweden, Ireland and Australia to DJ with the likes of The Arsonists, Ugly Duckling, Lootpack & the Scratch Perverts. With “Antedote Breaks” (a mix CD on Antedote Records), a Spread Love CD, and his new mixtape (“How To Cut and Paste Vol.1”) Yoda’s future looks as busy as his past. Contacts: www.jewspaid.com, deejayyoda@hotmail.com

7) DJ Knowledge & DJ Cold Crush “Do what you do best” (Holland) (3:28) Beats by Cold Crush & DJ Knowledge, scratches by DJ Knowledge, mixed by Cold Crush. produced for “Flavor in ya rear end(tertainment)” DJ Knowledge (NL) - Swot Team - Hailing from the Northern Netherlands town of Sneek are producer Cold Crush (studio arsenal includes: Akai MPC 2KXL, Yamaha A4000 Sampler, Korg MS 2000, Roland Juno 106, Mackie 1402 VLZ, PIII 800 Computer, & Bitstream MIDI Controller) and the prolific DJ Knowledge who has DJ’ed for the SWOT team, BTP crew, Thumbbrothers, Ghettobirds and the P Double Faced Band. Knowledge has released several mix tapes including “Electric Fantastic” and has contributed to releases from the SWOT Team (on “Cue’s Hip Hop Shop Vol. 2”) and P Double Faced Band (“Test 1,2” CD) Contacts: djknowledge@hetnet.nl, jayeazy@home.nl

8) ‘89 Skratch Gangstaz “Extra Credit (Lesson 3 Remix)” Produced, mixed, & scratched by ‘89 Skratch Gangstaz at The Snayk Pit, Vallejo, CA. The Bay Area’s ever-active ‘89 Skratch Gangstaz, featuring Snayk Eyez, Pone, and Mike Boogie (member Badrok is on hiatus) took inspiration from Double Dee & Steinski’s “Lesson 3” by getting many of the same vinyl sources used for thier classic to de/re-construct this new recording. DJ Pone, whose battle history includes being a finalist in the1999 USA DMC, is also a member of reggae band Dub Efx and is the resident turntablist on Hip Hop Slam’s radio show “Scratch Attack.” Mike Boogie’s production credits include the Tableturns battle record “Food Around The Corner.” Snayk Eyez is known the globe over for entering battles: he won the first ever DMC Battle for World Supremcy in San Francisco in 2000 and made it into the semi-finals in the DMC World Finals in London. In the DMC World Supremacy Battle in 2001 he placed second. The ‘89 Skratch Gangstaz discography inlcudes tracks on the BOMB’s Return of the DJ Vol. 4” (“Lesson 89”) and Hip Hop Slam’s “Turntables By The Bay” (“Cut From Behind”). Contacts: www.89skratch.com bookings@89skratch.com

9) DJ Wreckx “Honest DJ” (South Korea) (3:14) Produced, mixed & scratched by Wreckx. Born and raised in Seoul, South Korea DJ Wreckx started DJing about 10 years ago and has consequently dedicated to his life to the music: DJ’ing at clubs like Soul Train and Club Masterplan, setting up Korean DJ battles, and also owning one of Korea’s few vinyl record stores: Eunsuri Records. To date he has recorded seven mixtapes including the recent “DJ Wreckx MixTape Vol. 7: It’s My Style” and has also contributed his production and DJ skills to a half dozen Korean hip-hop compilations. Currently he is finishing up his first full length album. Of the track “Honest DJ” he said: “This DJ culture is getting bigger in Korea but it’s either commercial or just rubbish… So I wanted to put this messege on this song. The intro is taken from a Korean radio show where I was at and the words in the song are like, “ If you can elevate the listeners’ emotions with your skratch(DJing), you are truly a “DJ” but when you just follow the footsteps of money and fame, you’ll find yurself a sucker dj.”
Contacts: www.djwreckx.com djwreckx@nownuri.net

10) Turntable Monks “Enter The Shaolin Monks” (Canada) (4:04) Produced, mixed, and scratched by the Turntable Monks. Featuring the DJs Dopey, J-tec, J-swift of the crews Turntable Monks, Needillworks and the intro/outro voice of Tommyboygeorgemichaeljordannightrider “Enter The Shaolin Monks” is a powerful representation of the rich Canadian DJ scene whose reigning battle DJ champion is Dopey who boasts a long list of titles including 1999-2000 DMC Toronto Champ, 1999-2000 ITF Toronto Champ, 2000-2001 DMC Head to Head Canadian Champ, the 2001 DMC Montreal Champ, the 2001 Vestax Extravaganza Canadian Champ, and the Allies All-Star Beat Down Champ at the legendary nightclub the Roxy in New York City on July 20th, 2001. Contacts: www.2swift.com ivan.evidente@umusic.com

11) Troubled Soul “In A World Of Trouble” (Ireland) (2:46) 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 has lived in Dublin for the past 6 years. His discography includes “Lightweight Weatherproof and Durable,” “Heavyweight Weatherproof and Durable Vol. 2,” and the recent “Balance” CD. He is currently working on an EP and has released a single with San Jose, CA born lyricist Exile Eye (“Inessence”) for whom he also contributed to his new album and next single (“Forward On”). Ever prolific the globe-trotting Troubled Soul is also a member of the 360 Fam (Seattle/LA), a member of Irish jazz/experimental band Trouble Penetrator, and active collaborator with Mister Deasy Mooneye, Danz (Dublin emcee) and ‘The Heels of the Bread.’ Contacts: www.equilibriumrecordings.com djtroubledsoul@hotmail.com

12) DJ Bonez “A Different Drummer” (Australia) (3:40) Australia’s DJ Bonez started DJ’ing in ‘93 and by ‘95 had become a force within the Australian turntablist movement becoming known worldwide dedicated presence on the hip hop scene. He formed the Cross Fader Raiders: the first DJ team to branch out of Australia. His battle titles include the 1996 NSW (New South Wales) Studio DJ one-on-one knockout, the 1998 2nd NSW DMC Championship, and the 1998 NSW ITF Championship. Over the years he has performed alongside such DJs as Vin Roc, QBert, DJ Craze, Mix Master Mike, and DJ Krush. His discography includes the battle record, “Raiders of the Lost Create Vol. #1,” the CD “Casting Spells on Twelve’s” feat. DJ Swamp, the battle record “Bone Breaks Vol. #1,” and the CD “Hands on Decks.” Look for his new album, “Dirty Faders” (Statik), to drop later this year. Contacts: www.statik.com.au bonez@statik.com.au

13) DJ Shorfuse “Chainsaw Masochist” (Canada) Recorded, mixed, and violated by DJ Shortfuse in B.C., November 2001 Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia (B.C.) , Canada, DJ Shortfuse, who started DJ’ing in 1994, has released the acclaimed mixtapes “Disorganized Shortfusion” and “The Sonic Violator.” He also contributed the track “Unpleasant Thoughts” to the BOMB Hip Hop’s “Return of the DJ Vol. 4” compilation. Additionally he did all of the cuts on Canadian group The Occidents release “Audio Pleasure.” Contact: www.djshortfuse.com djshortfuse@hotmail.com

14) DJ Sniper (Netherlands) (3:56) CD
“Theme of the Rookie” produced by Rubian,cuts done by sniper Nineteen year old Dutch DJ Sniper started scratching in 1997 and in 2000 entered his first battle: an elimination round for the Dutch DMC in which he placed second, consequently going onto the Dutch DMC finals in which he was crowned “Rookie of the Year”. He placed second in the Dutch DMC supremacy battle and went straight to the World DMC supremacy. In 2000 Sniper and his crew, SWOT Team (along with DJ KNowledge, Mista Sweet, & DJ Vandal) contributed the track “Dr. Thumb’s Theme” to “Cues Hip Hop Shop Vol. 2” (Stray)” the compilation put together by the Space Travelers’ DJ Cue. Recently Sniper finished recording a new mix CD and is currently in training for 2002 DJ battles. Contact: djsniper1200@home.nl

15) DJ Yoda “Yoda’s One Man Band” (UK) (:50) Recorded/mixed/scratched/dug-up/created/blended by DJ Yoda @ Greenpeace & Yoda’s lab

16) DJ Marvel “Fastest DJ Pt. II” (England) (3:30) Written & performed by DJ Marvel. One half of UK’s Wristerons crew (with DJ Haste) who were introduced to American audiences with their appearance on BOMB Hip Hop’s “Return of The DJ Vol 4” with the track “We Are The Ones” which, along with this track and ten others, can be found on the UK CD release “We Are The Ones.” DJ Marvel was born in Plymouth, Southwest England in 1977. He started DJ’ing in the summer of ‘93 at age sixteen and hasn’t been able to quit. In 2000 The Wristerons released the limited edition “Flex of the Wrist.” They are currently working on a new album. Contact: www.Cheekycharas.com gavisdjmarvel@aol.com

17) Laz-E, Tu Ki, Davy Splyce “Power FM Dublin” (Ireland) (:57) This Feb. 2001 radio excerpt is from the radio show “Plastic Attack” hosted by DJ Laz-E on Dublin, Ireland pirate radio station Power FM. Featured are turntablists Tu Ki and Davy Splyce. Also present at the live radio session was Irish DMC champ DJ Mek. For more info on these and other Irish DJs visit www.hiphopireland.com

18) Tino Corp vs. DJ Inesha “Fresh Mambo” on the Master percussionist Tino resides in his native Cuba but has made some rare appearances on US soil for the recording on his break record series “Tino’s Breaks” for which he teamed up with Bay Area based producers Mike Powell, Ben Stokes of H-Gun, & Jack Dangers of Meat Beat Manifesto fame. It was on one of these visits to the USA in the summer of 2001 that he collaborated with globe trotting DJ Inesha from the Italian crew Alien Army to create “Fresh Mambo” using a remastered version of a track from Tino’s infamous “Mambo Breaks”disc.
Contacts: www.tinocorp.com, www.djinesha.it

19) Double Dee & Steinski “Lesson 3 (The History of Hip Hop)” (USA) (4:57) Double Dee & Steinski’s long out of print classic 1984 recording “Lesson 3 (The History of Hip Hop)” (digitally remastered by Double Dee for this collection) demonstrates how, since the early eighties, the cut-and-paste production stylings of this pioneering New York studio duo have directly influenced countless hip hop DJs/producers including Coldcut, DJ Shadow, and Cut Chemist. Note that Shadow’s “Lesson 4” and both Cut Chemist’s “Lesson 4” and “Lesson 6” were all homages to Double Dee & Steinski’s “Lesson 3” and the first two “Lessons” mixes. Currently Steinski is working on “Nothing To Fear,” a Rough Mix by Steinski for the Solid Steel radio programme in the UK and available this spring in select bootleg outlets. Contacts: steinski@sboom.com & soon-to-unveil www.steinski.com

20) Rob Swift “Enter The Ablist (Instrumental Version)” (2:40) Produced, Mixed and Arranged by Rob Swift for Swift Tracks Music, BMI

"Turntables By The Bay Vol. 3" is the third and final vinyl release in the Bay Area DJ compilation series. (Note that in addition to the three vinyl volumes there is also a similarly titled, single 20-track CD compilation that contains many (but not all) of the same tracks on these three records.) This vinyl collection opens with DJ Stoic's mix of some of the best moments from the first two "Turntables By The Bay" records. Next up is DJ Quest's killer "Let The Bass Go (Slow'n'Sick)" on which the Live Human/Bullet Proof Space Traveler DJ is joined by longtime partner Eddie K. "Schizophrenic DJ (Left Hand Doesn't Know What The Right Hand is Scratching)" is the intense collaboration between Tino Corp (Jack Dangers & Ben Stokes) and DJs Golden Chyld & Fuse-One. Peanut Butter Wolf teams up with longtime partner & studio beatmaster DJ Design for "Phonies" while Bullet Proof Space Travler DJ Marz delivers "City of Fork Yuen." Battle DJs will be delighted with Bas-One's acapella "Ye'all Didn't Learn" which follows up his infamous tirade against DJs' overuse of the "fresssh" and "ah" sounds: found on the Dirt Style record "100 MPH Backsliding Turkey Cuts." Also for battle DJs/turntablits are the soundbites on Side B (#13) and the lock groove tracks found at the end of each side. Side B opens with an inspired track from 1999 URB DJ Mix champ and Oakland Faders member DJ Spair while "Ah One, Two, Three, Kut" is a classic Invisibl Skratch Piklz track (on vinyl for the first time) taken from the 1996 "Shiggar Fraggar Show! Vol 5" and features Mixmaster Mike, QBert, Apollo, Disk, Shortkut, and emcee UB. QBert's short-but-intense "Wrist Wreckin Skratch" is also taken from that same live session. Def'N'Dank's "Fuck The Bullshit" also makes it's vinyl debut having been featured originally on the "Pirate Fuckin Radio 100" CD. Rounding out the album is "Catechism Cut 666" by newcomer Bay Area DJ Munkifunk.

TRACKING

1) DJ Stoic "Bay Area Turntable Meltdown (Intro Mix)" (1:45)
2) DJ Quest feat. Eddie K "Let The bass Go (Slow N Sick)" (2:58)
3) Tino Corp vs. Golden Chyld & Fuse-One "Schitzophrenic DJ (Left Hand Doesn't Know What The Right Hand is Scratching)" (3:17)
4) Peanut Butter Wolf & DJ Design "Phonies" (3:15) Produced by PBW, 1998 (Stones Throw)
5) DJ Marz "City of Fork Yuen" (2:25) Produced by DJ Marz, 2001
6) Bas-One "Ye'all Didn't Learn The First Time" (1:22)
7) DJ Dank's Oakland Lock Groove (Infinity)
8) DJ Spair (Oakland Faders) "Your Typical Skratch Track" (2:38) Produced by Spair 2001
9) Invisibl Skratch Piklz "Ah One, Two, Three, Kut" (7:26) Produced by DJ Killahoe, 1996
10) Def'N'Dank "Fuck The Bullshit" (2:26) Produced by Eddie Def 2000
11) QBert "Wrist Wreckin Skratch" (0:59) Produced by DJ Killahoe
12) DJ Munkifunk "Catechism Cut 666" (1:23) Produced by DJ Munkifunk, 2001
13) Various sound bytes "Do What You Feel" (0:39)
14) DJ Killahoe's Frisco Lock Groove (Til the Scratch Cows Come Home)