{"id":1508,"date":"2016-09-07T17:58:37","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T16:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.djcity.com\/eu\/?p=1508"},"modified":"2016-09-07T17:58:37","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T16:58:37","slug":"turntable-techniques-how-to-perform-the-rockit-scratch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.djcity.com\/eu\/turntable-techniques-how-to-perform-the-rockit-scratch\/","title":{"rendered":"Turntable Techniques: How to Perform the ‘Rockit’ Scratch"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Turntable<\/p>\n

DJcity and Beat Refinery<\/a> have released a new episode of the tutorial series, Turntable Techniques<\/a><\/em>. In the video, DJ As-One<\/a> explains how to do the “Rockit” scratch, which Grandmixer D.ST performed on Herbie Hancock’s 1983 hit of the same name<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The song was the lead single off Hancock’s landmark album, Future Shock<\/em>, which saw him venture into the worlds of electro-funk and instrumental hip-hop. “Rockit” is recognized as the first popular single to feature scratching and has been cited by DJ QBert and Mix Master Mike as a pivotal influence on them.<\/p>\n

“You can gauge a DJ’s skills by when they use [the ‘Rockit’ scratch],” QBert said in the documentary Scratch<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Watch As-One break it down below.<\/p>\n