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Skratch Bastid Defends ‘Fake DJing’ Disqualification
DJcity has reached out to Thre3style judge Skratch Bastid for his take on G Smooth’s latest public statement and video addressing the controversy that stripped him of his 2016 Australian Thre3style title last week:
G Smooth was disqualified from the competition after Thre3style judges determined much of his set was pre-recorded. In a lengthy Facebook post, Smooth asserted:
“On the night of the Australian Red Bull Thre3style championship on July 1, 2016 at Boney, my set was NOT pre-recorded. I performed my set LIVE.”
Smooth followed his post with a FB Live video showing him perform the would-be winning set in it’s entirety.
G Smooth Red Bull Live Set – Take 2!
Posted by DJ G Smooth on Thursday, July 21, 2016
DJcity was able to obtain unreleased footage of G Smooth’s set from the night of the July 1st battle. Check it out and draw your own conclusions.
Related: Red Bull Thre3style Awards Australia Title to Beast Mode
Red Bull Thre3style Awards Australia Title to Beast Mode
Beast Mode performs at the Red Bull Thre3style Australia Final in Melbourne, Australia on July 2, 2016.
Red Bull Thre3style has stripped G Smooth of the 2016 Australian title and awarded it to Beast Mode, who came in second place at the July 2 competition. The announcement was posted to Thre3style’s Facebook page on Wednesday.
The decision follows widespread allegations that G Smooth faked his winning performance at the Australia Final by using a pre-recorded routine. The accusations stemmed from a video of G Smooth’s set, which was brought to light on Tuesday by Vekked. The reigning DMC World Champion and DMC Online Champion claimed there were numerous irregularities throughout the performance, citing specific examples.
Red Bull said in the statement that it came to the decision to revoke G Smooth’s title “after thorough review by our panel of judges and feedback from all involved parties.”
Thre3style judge Skratch Bastid added: “Red Bull Thre3Style strives to provide a stage for DJs to be creative, perform their best, and share their talents with music fans all around the world. As DJs we have the responsibility to adhere to an unwritten code of ethics led by the guiding principle that you need to take risk in your sets by doing it live. We take situations like this very seriously and consider this the only fair action to take given the circumstances.”
Beast Mode will now represent Australia at the Thre3style World Final in Santiago, Chile.
Watch his entry video for the Australia Final below.
Red Bull Thre3style USA Finals Set for August 11
DJ Supagi performs at the Red Bull Thre3style in Eugene, Oregon on Feb. 12, 2015. (Aaron Rogosin/Red Bull)
The 2016 Red Bull Thre3style USA Finals are set to take place on Aug. 11 at Union Transfer in Philadelphia. Competing will be DJs Boi Jeanius, Ease, Jaycee, Mike 2600, Supagi, and Trayze.
The championship will also feature special guests DJ Jazzy Jeff, Skratch Bastid, and 2015 Red Bull Thre3style World Champion, DJ Byte.
Tickets for the 21-and-over event are now available via Ticketfly. A live stream will also be available on DJcity’s Facebook page.
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How to Take Your Tone Playing to the Next Level
69Beats at the Red Bull Thre3style Poland Final in Krakow on May 7, 2016. (Gniewko Głogowski/Red Bull)
Poland’s DJ 69Beats has made a tutorial that explains how to perform advanced tone play routines with Traktor and a piano-like controller. Fans had asked him to shed light on the technique after he won the Red Bull Thre3style Poland Finals in May
The method, which was first introduced in 2010 and recently explained by DJ Rafik, is a crucial breakthrough in tone playing. As 69Beats points out in his video, it is impossible to play certain melodies with traditional DJ controllers due to a limited amount of pads. That, combined with the fact that not all songs are in the same key, has resulted in a prevalence of out-of-tune tone play routines, a topic of criticism in the DJ community.
The technique is also possible with Serato DJ via the Pitch ‘n Time plug-in, as explained in a recent episode of DJcityTV’s Tips & Tricks.
Watch 69Beats’ tutorial and winning Thre3style set below.
Red Bull Thre3style Chile Finalists
After a month of online entries, Red Bull Thre3style has chosen DJs Bross, Diego Zapata, NAVARRO, M.A., Le Friik, and Massivo to compete in the Chile national finals. The date and venue for the competition will be revealed soon.
This is the last national announcement for this year’s Thre3style World Championships.
Watch the Chilean finalist videos below via andalive and stay tuned for on-going coverage of Thre3style exclusively on DJcity.
DJ Bross, Concepcion
DJ Diego Zapata, Pucon
DJ NAVARRO, Antofagasta
DJ M.A., Santiago
Le Friik, Concepcion
DJ Massivo, Concepcion
Related: View All The Red Bull Thre3style National Finalists
Red Bull Thre3style Argentina Finalists
After a month of online entries, Red Bull Thre3style has chosen DJs Digital SickBoy, ROL3X, Juaneke, Lautaro Palenque, Lukas Canaves, and Rob Steady to compete in the Argentina national finals. The date and venue for the competition will be revealed soon.
This is the latest in a series of daily announcements in which DJcity will reveal the participants for each competing country.
Watch the Argentine finalist videos below via andalive and stay tuned for more announcements.
Digital SickBoy, Mar del Plata
DJ ROL3X, Buenos Aires
Juaneke, Necochea
Lautaro Palenque, Buenos Aires
Lukas Canaves, Buenos Aires
Rob Steady, Buenos Aires
Related: View All The Red Bull Thre3style National Finalists
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