Scratch [DVD]

Region: 4 - Australia & South America, Rating: NRScratch is the definitive film that explores the world of the Hip Hop DJ. Fro m the birth of hip hop, when pioneering DJs began extending breaks on their part y records (which helped inspire break dancing and rap), to the invention of scra tching and beat Juggling vinyl, to its recent explosion as a musical movement ca lled Turntablism. Its a story of unknown underdogs and serious virtuosos who are radically changing the way we hear, play and create music. worlds best DJs, those famous for solo scratching, competing in international D J battles, playing for rap artists , or just rocking parties with the most insan e records ever dug up. Qbert, Z-Trip, Mix Master Mike (of the Beastie Boys), Rob Swift and the X-execut ioners, Cut Chemist & NuMark (of Jurassic 5), DJ Craze, DJ Shadow, The Bulle t Proof Travelers, Babu (of Dilated Peoples), DJ Krush, DJ Premier (Gang Starr), and others, along with Old School innovators like Afrika Bombaataa and Grand Wi zard Theodore.…