In this time of digital mixers, it’s rare that the dance music community gets to see a real scratcher in action. Even rarer is the chance to see an epic, 40-person face-off with some of the world’s most capable and creative “real” DJs.
In light of Tokyo’s recent Thre3style World Finals, Red Bull decided to take advantage of the opportunity and curate the world’s largest scratch session in history! Divided into teams of four, champion scratchers from all over globe congregated in one room to perform a solo and try to outdo their opponents.
40 Pioneer turntables, 80 XLR cables, and 6 PA mixers were set up along a room-wide table. DJ Craze, Jazzy Jeff, Q-bert, Z-Trip, Grandtheft and many more were all in attendance. Watch the 8-minute session below, and find the list of team rosters further down.
Jazzy Jeff
J.Espinosa (US champion 2015)
Eskei83 (World Champion 2014)
Kut Real (Albania 2015)
Karve (World Champion2010)
DJ Cinara (Brazil champion 2014, 2015)
Charly Hustle (Canada champion 2015)
DJ Pho (Colombia champion 2011, 2012)
D-Styles
Bomber Selecta (Thailand champion 2015)
Dan Gerous (Germany champion 2015)
DJ N.3.Z (Azerbaijan champion 2015)
Grandtheft
DJ Ride (Lucky Bastid/Portugal, 2015)
Mr. Skin (Taiwan champion 2014)
Shintaro (World Champion 2013)
Z-Trip
Ren (Japan champion 2011)
Flipout
DJ D!n D!n (Taiwan champion 2015)
DJ Kentaro
Skratch Bastid
DJ VaZee (Poland champion 2015)
DJ Wiz (Swiss champion 2015)
DJ Twist (Azerbaijan champion 2013, 2014)
DJ Iku
Four Color Zack (World Champion 2012)
DJ 69 (Kosovo champion 2015)
8Man (Japan champion 2011, 2012)
Aspirins (Latvia champion 2015)
Shortcut
Carlo Atendido (Philippines champion 2014, 2015)
DJ Craze
Bazooka (Swiss champion 2011, 2013)
DJ Tezz (South Korea champion 2015)
Hedspin (World Champion 2011)
DJ Qbert
DJ Byte (World Champion 2015)
DJ B=Ball (Japan champion 2015)
Nedu Lopes (Brazil champion 2011, 2012, 2013)
H/T: InTheMix, RedBullThre3style
This article was first published on Your EDM.
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