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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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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 [...]