Turntablism

Indianapolis isn’t exactly famous for its turntablism community. The Midwest city has some world-class talent, though. On this episode of DJcityTV’s Cutting Room, DJs ALEE, Billy Muff, Topspeed, Nathan Gregory, Nick Laguzza, Matsu, and Niko Flores represent for their city in a three-minute session. The video was filmed at the Deckademics DJ school.

You might remember Matsu and Muff from DJcityTV’s Bedroom Sessions series. Muff kicked off the series in 2013 and Matsu was featured on it in 2017 before becoming DJcity’s Midwest representative.

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Introducing the Red Bull Music 3Style IX Russia finalists: DJ Husky, MAIB, DJ Worm, Fantastic Fresh, AIR Shock, and Dj Slow. All six will compete in Moscow on Nov. 10.

Check out the full list of national finalists here.

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DJ Soak (Credit: Boom City)

Boom City has featured Spanish DJ/producer Soak on a new episode of their documentary series, Inside Turntablists.

Soak is a two-time DMC Spain champion and the 2006 ITF vice world champion. He began competing in DJ battles at the age of 12 and won the ITF Spain title at 16 years old. In April, he released his debut EP Paradiso, which features his collaboration with Anderson .Paak titled “Run Away.”

On the episode, Soak discusses how he got into turntablism, his DJ battle history, his approach to producing, and how his collab with .Paak came about.

Watch the episode and a routine from Soak below.

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DJ Brace and Asian Hawk, two of the world’s most innovative turntablists, have joined forces on a routine for DJcityTV.

While this is their first time working together, both DJs are veterans of the battle scene. Brace is a three-time DMC world champion and Asian Hawk has claimed five UK DMC titles.

With only twelve hours to put together a routine, the duo created a soulful, R&B-tinged song. Asian Hawk combined singing and finger drumming, while Brace played a melody by scratching with the Fretless Fader.

Watch above.

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The 2018 IDA World DJ Championships are set to go down on in Kraków, Poland on Dec. 8.

To promote the battle, IDA has released a creative promo video that features D-Styles along with former IDA World champions Pan Jaras, K-Swizz, The Mixfitz, and beatboxer Tom Thum. The track used in the video was also produced by D-Styles.

Watch above and stay tuned for more IDA content.

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Here they are, the Red Bull Music 3Style IX Lebanon finalists: DNK, Edrien, Pierre G, DJ Beats, Jad Saade, and Elio Safetly. All six will compete in Beirut on Nov. 3.

Check out the full list of national finalists here.

Stay tuned for more exclusive 3Style coverage.

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Introducing the Red Bull Music 3Style IX South Africa finalists: Eighty6, DJ Willy, DJ Shameless, GREMLIN, DJ Soosh, and Ameeth Shah. All six will compete in Cape Town on Nov. 1.

Check out the full list of national finalists here.

Stay tuned for more exclusive 3Style coverage.

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After a brief hiatus, Battle Avenue director Antriks is back with a new episode of DJcityTV’s Fresh Press. On this episode, he travels to Germany to dig through the back catalog of Berlin-based label, Dusty Donuts.

The label specializes in reworks of classic hip-hop and funk pressed on seven-inch vinyl. The analog purists at Dusty Donuts also run a booking agency focused on vinyl-only DJs.

Watch the review above and check out Dusty Donuts’ releases here.

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DJ Lazyboy in his entry video. (Source: Instagram)

The Bay Area’s DJ Lazyboy has won DJcity and Pioneer DJ‘s DJM Challenge!

For his prize, he gets to choose between two DJ setups: two XDJ-1000MK2 players and one DJM-750 mixer or two PLX-1000 turntables and one DJM-S9 mixer.

Watch his entry video below.

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The runner-ups of the challenge are DJ Deception (St. Louis, Missouri), Dopez (Austin, Texas), and Eps (Portland, Oregon).

The contest, which was open to US residents only, received over 500 entries during three weeks. Contestants were judged on creativity by a panel of DJcity staff members.

We’d like to thank everyone who entered and acknowledge the following stand-out contestants (in alphabetical order):

Diggy the DJ: Super clean set that flips the Godfather of Soul
DJELEMENTAZ: Fire drumming
Dj Friktion: Super creative and tight routine from one-half of The Goodfellas
DJ Ivan G: All vinyl, sharp cuts, and clean juggles
DJ Nikki Duran: Quick mixes and cuts of timeless records
DJ Rectic: Rework of a Houston classic
DJ Remedy: DMC-caliber juggles
Herm: Nice to see some smiles!
Mark Cutz: Clean flip of a classic record
MikeyBside: Super clean looping technique
PattyClover: Sharp cuts and quick mixes
PDot: Clean word play and cuts
Reed Streets: Live remix of Ginuwine’s “Pony”
REFLEKSHIN: Nice word play and juggles
ROYALE: Clean and aggressive cuts and juggles
RuKu$: We love that he shot his video at Guitar Center. Extra points for ingenuity!
Victamone: Love the blend!

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Here they are, the Red Bull Music 3Style IX Canada finalists: Floetic, Trapment, dj Lykx, Tom Fleming, Walter Deans, and deejay t-jr. All six will compete in Vancouver on Oct. 21.

Check out the full list of national finalists here.

Stay tuned for more exclusive 3Style coverage.

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