Dj Rafik @ DMC final, 2007
dj Rafik @ DMC final 2007
Dj Rafik
Rafik provides us with a story that can hang with our average fairytales.
Miniature pianist creating havoc in the neighborhood at the age of three goes award winner by the age of six, speed metal drummer by the age of 8, club-rocker by the age of 14 and ultimately six time world dj champion* by the age of 25.
Ten years of craft and experience combined with a genuine passion for contemporary culture have transformed this still young and notably handsome man into an institution.
Rafik has toured the world from Europe to the US to Asia and back. He played memorable sets at FABRIC (London), WATERGATE (Berlin), PUNK (Beijing), VOLAR (Hong Kong), REX (Paris), APOLLO (London) and more.
He has shared the stage and gained praise from the likes of SOULWAX, DIPLO, MAJOR LAZER, BOYS NOIZE, LOCO DICE, A-TRAK, J-DILLA, WU-TANG and Q-Bert.
This life full of music and the years of international club experience combined with the craft and showmanship of a World Champion guarantee highly unique and eclectic sets, combining club smashing blends from house and electro to rock, hip hop, dubstep and dancehall – all spiced up with the finesse of a champion.
C2C Dj Team @ DMC 2005
C2C
C2C (formerly known as Coups2Cross) is a French turntable group that has won the DMC World Team DJ Championship four years in a row (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006).It also won the ITF Team championship in 2005The group consist of four members: Greem, Atom, Pfel and 20Syl.
Babu @ Scratchcon, 2000
DJ Babu
DJ Babu (born as Melvin Babu) is a Filipino-American DJ.
He is One-third of the hip hop group Dilated Peoples (alongside Rakaa Iriscience and Evidence),
Babu is also a member of the famous Beat Junkies DJ crew, and together with rapper Defari forms the duo the Likwit Junkies.
DJ Babu, Evidence and Pharoahe Monch also feature in the song H! Vltg3 on Linkin Park's Reanimation album. He lived in Oxnard, California for 1 year, and later moved to the
neighbor city of Camarillo.
Babu has won multiple competition titles Including the Vestax World Championships and
multiple ITF titles. As a revered battle DJ he has appeared in and hosted numerable videos.
Babu is famous for redefining the art of Beat juggling during the 1997 ITF/Beat juggling category competition, when he first performed his "Blind Alley" routine.
DJ Qbert Scratching , 2008
Dj Qbert
started his musical career with Mix Master Mike and DJ Apollo in 1990.
In New York when playing a show, Crazy Legs saw them and invited them to join the Rock Steady Crew. They accepted the offer to join the crew. Going by the name Rock Steady DJs they then proceeded to take the 1992 Disco Mix Club World DJ Championships (DMC) world title.
Qbert was also one of the founding members of the band Invisibl Skratch Piklz. Although there were other turntablist crews before the Invisibl Skratch Piklz, the Skratch Piklz were the 1st to apply the band concept to turntablism, layering drums, basslines, and scratch solos on top of each other.
QBert, along with other Skratch Piklz, created a series of videos entitled Turntable TV. Now out of print, the first 5 episodes were released on VHS and contained demonstrations, showcases, skits, and other DJ related content.
QBert's solo efforts include 1994's Demolition Pumpkin Squeeze Musik, and 1998's Wave Twisters. The latter album was created mainly with samplers and beat machines versus the turntable, and later turned into an animated feature of the same title. Wave Twisters (2001) the movie was somewhat unusual in that the animators and digital artists had to invent images and movements to the pre-recorded music, as opposed to the other way around (although not unprecedented; Disney's Fantasia was made the same way).
More recently he has worked with Vestax to develop the QFO, an all-in-one scratching instrument. The QFO combines a turntable with a mixer's crossfader.In 2006 he introduced the QBert turntable cartridge, a model put out by Ortofon.
In 2009, Qbert launched the QBert Skratch University an online school and community for DJ's
Q bert and D-Styles @ Skratchcon 2000
Scratchcon 2000 - legendary Dj Qbert & D-Styles @ Scratchcon !
Dj Qbert
QBert, along with other Skratch Piklz, created a series of videos entitled Turntable TV. Now out of showcases, skits, and other DJ related content.
More recently he has worked with Vestax to develop the QFO, an all-in-one scratching instrument. The QFO combines a turntable with a mixer's crossfader. In 2006 he introduced the QBert turntable cartridge, a model put out by Ortofon.
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