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By Richard Watson
Photography courtesy of DMC
DMC head honcho Tony Prince reveals all about the legendary golden decks…
“I used to have to go over to Osaka, Japan every year and report to Technics on how things were going. These were the days when Technics were courting the deejays big time because they were the number one [...]

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With his ‘How To Change The World In 15 Beats’ mixtape available for free download now, we checked in with Somerset spitter Zillwood…

You mention in your music that you have Tourette’s Syndrome – how does that affect your creative process?
“It makes the whole procedure with writing tracks and rehearsing easier as I am obligated to [...]

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BREEZ EVAHFLOWIN’
‘BREEZ DEEZ TREEZ’
(DOMINATION RECS)
Breez says: “To me, this album is what hip-hop sounds like if it was allowed to grow up. It’s life documented in a lyrical artform that uses more lyrics than anything short of a full-blown opera.”
We say: Conceived while Breez was holed up down in the woods of North Carolina, [...]

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Photography by A Garcia
With his ‘Evil In The Mirror’ album out now via Brick Records, we checked in with Boston-based producer and emcee Will C to talk about Melle Mel, the Boston public transportation system, and why you should ditch any comparisons with Edan…
How long has it taken to put the album together? Most of [...]

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Photography courtesy of DMC
In 1987 Chad Jackson brought his trick-packed turntable tactics to the DMC World Finals, taking the title in the process. And while his ultimate trick – a ‘flying’ piece of vinyl – was sabotaged, his influence remains, with DJ Yoda saying, “Chad’s whole approach and persona were a huge influence on my [...]

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A certified DMC champ himself, DJ Switch has put together a 30-minute mix of the best of this month’s MP3 action. The tracklist’s as follows – and keep reading for his comments on the mix and the link…
1. DJ Switch Scratch Intro
2. Breeze Evahflowin feat. Swave Sevah ‘Over’
3. Jay Are ‘The Lee Morgan Story’
4. DJ [...]

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Click here to download HHC Digital 004, which goes all out on the DMC tip as we celebrate 25 years of the world’s premier mixing competition with contributions from DJ Craze, Q-Bert, A-Trak, Scratch Perverts, Roc Raida, Cutmaster Swift and more.
Keeping up the DMC angle, we also present the greatest archived DMC photos you’ll ever [...]

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By Richard Watson
Photography courtesy of DMC
DMC’s head honcho, Tony Prince, looks back on his favourite DMC characters…
“Roger Johnson, who won the first ever event in 1985, was a very straight-laced young man. He was just a pure mixer. Then you had Chad Jackson who was quite a character of course, and he went on to [...]

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By Richard Watson
Photography courtesy of DMC
Cutmaster Swift, the 1989 DMC world champ, looks back on his personal deejaying style…
“At the time I came up, the deejay styles were obviously changing. There were these props, people using basketballs and scratching with their shoes, and I remember Chad Jackson using a cue stick, so there was a [...]

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By Richard Watson
Photography courtesy of DMC
DMC founder Tony Prince looks back on the era when visual quirks trumped deck skills in the battle for world deejay supremacy…
“In 1987, when Chad Jackson won, we were full of tricks and gimmicks. It hadn’t developed into a musical art form yet, so we had Chad Jackson using [...]