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RIP Dee Swift – A note on his passing

Stretched Animal Skin Drum Ten with Dee Swift by Awkward From Mr Trick. Its with real sadness today that I learned of the passing of David Holmes, aka Dee Swift. Back in 1998 or so I started a forum for turntablists called Snatchcon. Spoofing the Q-Bert/Invisibl Skratch Piklz Scratchcon forum, what started as an attempt by me and some friends to... (more...)

Ken One – Live at Skratch Evolution 2 videos

Quick one – our roving, globe-trotting skratch reporter Yoshi from Beat4Battle TV recently finished some edits of Ken One’s set at the Skratch Evolution 2 party which was held in Tokyo last December. You can view all the edits in the youtube playlist above, or by clicking right here. We’d originally planned to do a joint series of... (more...)

Beat4Battle TV:UK – Episodes 4 and 5 bonuses

To go hand in hand with the last Beat4Battle TV:UK episode we have some more bonus cuts (pun kinda intended but not really cos it’s quite bd) from episodes 4 and 5, available for streaming now on Yoshi’s Vimeo channel. I’ve embedded them below for easy browsing or you can head straight to the channel page where you can stream every... (more...)

Beat4Battle TV:UK – Episode 3.2

Yoshi’s on holiday this week, so we’ll be taking a break from our weekly Beat4Battle TV episodes. To keep you going though here’s a stream of Episode 3.2 continuing from where the last one left off with the talents of Brighton-based Blood 1, Fidel Cutstro and Ideal. We’ll resume regular broadcasting shortly. Beat4Battle TV:... (more...)

Beat4Battle TV:UK – Episode 2 (parts 2 to 4)

Slight change of plan to the previously announced additional parts of Beat4Battle TV:UK episode 2. Instead of releasing them weekly we’re giving you all remaining 3 parts as Vimeo only embeds/streams exclusive to this here site! So without further ado, see below for the video goodness, and stay tuned for part 3 which will be online tomorrow.... (more...)

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