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A-Trak: Sunglasses Is A Must DVD

a-trak biopic

A-Trak's first solo foray isn't an album, it's a DVD -- and Sunglasses Is A Must has already been getting buzz from every magazine and website across the land. From being the youngest DJ to win the DMC World Championship to becoming Kanye West's tour DJ, young Alain Macklovitch has accomplished a whole bunch in his young life, and now you can see why with your own two eyes. Soundtracked by A-Trak himself, Sunglasses Is A Must is basically a must-see for fans of any stage of the boy's weird career trajectory.
reviewed by Chris Lemon-Red


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DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist: Hard Sell at the Hollywood Bowl DVD

Get your vinyl fetishes rejuvinated, 'cause it's the latest and grandest chapter of the Shadow and Cut Chemist trilogy. While Brain Freeze and Product Placement took place in small intimate settings, this is the straight Hollywood Bowl we're talking about. The showdown is documented in crisp digital sound, with 17 cameras, and three audience mics, which makes this their biggest production yet. It also comes beautifully packaged with a double packaged DVD, three-fold inner package including a 40 page booklet of production pictures and behind the scenes by B+. The bonus features and snippets also take you into the studio with Cut and Shadow, documenting their entire production from the inital phone call to laborious mixing and scratching sessions. The original red die-cut versions of the Hard Sell Mix CD is already sold out indefinitely. So I'd swoop before this one follows suit.
reviewed by C'mish


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DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist: Product Placement DVD

After a couple years, and numerous bootlegs, Shadow & Cut Chemist have finally issued some legitimate items to the public at large. This set includes both the Product Placement DVD and the original Product Placement audio CD. The DVD is all you could hope for- extremely well made, quality filming techniques and cleverly put together. The 60 minute Product Placement routine is presented by splicing together the best moments of shows from at least 7 different cities (LA, SF, NYC, Tokyo, London, Manchester, Glasgow, etc), which makes for a much more interesting document than just a straight set in one city. They also pepper the performance with footage of off-stage action, record store hunting (hello Makoto and Weekend Records!), Keb Darge being a crazy motherfucker, Tokyo hotel room record trading, and more. I'm impressed. That would probably be enough, but they also include a second performance montage: Around The World In 14 DJs, which is basically footage of all the guys who opened up for them. Shortkut, Nu-Mark, Dante Carfagne, Z-Trip, Skatemaster Tate (!), Egon, Marvski, Keb Darge, etc all playing strictly 45s! True nerds can also watch the whole thing with commentary from Shadow & Cut (it's actually quite amusing); and don't forget that the package also includes the Product Placement audio cd. Quite a bargain. The DVD is Region 1 (NTSC) encoded. Bonus product placement: Cut Chemist sweating through one of our logo t-shirts in Glasgow!
reviewed by the mgmnt


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DMC Battle For World Supremacy / World Team Championships 2011 DVD

two world class battles on one DVD

Another DJ double header from DMC! Back to back championship battles are featured on this DVD including the DMC 2011 Battle For World Supremacy and the 2011 World Team Championships. For the Supremacy battle, the world's greatest turnablists meet for the title of world's supreme DJ. It's an international affair with 12 DJs from around the globe flexing skills to see who's best. Contestants this time around include Disect (UK), DJ Cross (Belgium), DJ Lowa (Czech Republic), Erick Jay (Brazil), Get Back (France), DJ Fascinate (USA),
Short T (Germany), Needlesplit (Denmark), On Q (South Africa), Nelson (France), Norihito (Japan), and Yoke (Portugal). For the Team Finals, 8 teams from around the globe fight for the title. Contestants this time around include Blatters (Italy), Battlestar (USA), Beat Bombers (Portugal), Cla Leste (Brazil), CRS (Belgium), Invincible Armour (UK), Kireek (Japan) and Defending Champions Trouble Team (Czech Republic). Will Kireek take the title for a record breaking 5th year? Tune in to find out! Bonus features include a showcase by legendary NYC turntablist crew the X-Ecutioners.
reviewed by snackmaster

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DMC: World Finals 2011 DVD

the world's best turntablists compete for the crown

The 2011 DMC World DJ Finals took place in London this October, and the competitors took the battle to a new level. In addition to the talent, the turntablists were allowed to use Serato Scratch Live and DVS, allowing for fresh, innovative, and envelope-pushing routines. When it was all said and done, it was Vajra from the US that took the crown, with Japan's Izoh and DJ Co-Ma coming in second and third, respectively. In addition to footage covering the top three finishers, the DVD features 15 other DJs - A-Kut, DJ Monk, DJ Mikey, DJ On Q, Erick Jay, DJ Five, DJ Cross, DJ Graded, JFB, DJ Skillz, etc. - bringing top-notch turntablism, and for fans of the art form, this product is a must.
reviewed by NI

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DMC: 2010 US Finals DVD

nation's best turntablists battle it out plus showcases

The best turntablists from around the country battle it out for a chance to compete at 2010 DMC World DJ Championships. Featuring top-notch performances from Etronik (CA, 1st place), Steel (NJ, 2nd place), Grand Master Supreme (3rd place, CO), Swift(SC), Skip Ripkin(CO), Image(CA), Juyadek(CA), B'Money(CO), Cysko rokwel (CO), Concept (FL), and Jeff C (CO) as well as showcases by Excess & toadstyle, DJ Fatfingaz, and 2009 DMC World Champ DJ Shiftee, the action-packed DVD also includes the top 4 routines from 2010 DMC Battle For US Surpremacy. The event took place at Santo Party House in New York and has been described as one of the most exciting and talent packed, so for fans of turntablism, this is a must have.
reviewed by NI

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DMC: Champions, Vol.2 DVD

compiles DMC championship routines from 1995-2000

DMC's Champions vol.2 DVD features the World Championship winning routines from 1995-2000 including Roc Raida, Noise, ATrak, and Craze (3x Champ). Bonus footage is highlighted by a vintage 88 Cash Money routine, first time on video. Cash uses the pre-Jazzy Jeff Gemini mixer while the stadium (yes, stadium) blows air horns. Additional bonuses include Noise competing at the 2000 Supremacy Battle, Raida showcasing in 2001 at the Phoenix DMC, Craze showcasing at the 2001 Puerto Rico DMC, and Atrak showcasing at the 2002 Atlanta DMC.
reviewed by the mgmnt

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DMC: Summit 1997 & 2006 DVD

historic turntablist jams

The most epic of all DMC jams is the turntable summit that brings the best DMC champions of a decade together for the ultimate scratch jam. This one takes the span of two decades giving you turntable summit one(1996) and two(2006) featuring names like Craze, Q-Bert, A-Trak, Noize, Kentaro, Netik, Roc Raida, Cash Money, Netik, and Cutmaster Swift together for sick solo routines and team freestyle sessions. If you're a fan of the turntable arts, this is truly a milestone in DJ history and not to be missed.
reviewed by C'mish

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Turntable TV Deluxe DVD

It's been years since the last Turntable TV, but Q-bert, Yogafrog, and Skratchy Seal are still up to their wacky scratch antics. In the latest installment of the TTV saga, witness DJ Q-bert visit the UK for DMC 2005 and chill with DJ Yeah (youngest scratch DJ), the secret origin of Skratchy Seal, Beat Boxing + Floor Squeaking with Trihedral, funky-ass tutting from Bionic Man and Pharcyde, the making of the QFO, and of course... LOTS of freestyle scratch sessions with Q and his homies from around the globe (like Misaya + Kouji of Japan, Vajra, Rafik, and Tyra). Features tons of extras too - most notably a bunch of old school TTV clips from the Thud Rumble vaults.

reviewed by snackmaster


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