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Originally posted by Bookman
Turtablism....nothing wrong with it but it isnt a creation but a variation. Furthermore if someone who never heard turntablism gets some..they may never be able to appreciate the actual records being played/cut. Maybe I could agree that Turntablism is an art/creation if there is no true resemblance the original records being cut up.
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This is a good point and what I was trying to hit on. I believe artists like DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist, Z-Trip, etc., although good in their own right, cannot be categorized as scratching/turntablism because their style isn't pure manipulation. I think not being able to recognize a single sample is the purest form of turntablism. D-Styles, a former Skratch Pikl, has this interpretation of scratching as well and he strives to make everything new as opposed to just scratching over a stock beat. A side benefit of this, I think, is that scratching will be less oriented towards technique and virtuosity and more towards musicality as DJs become concerned with the composition of their work.
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my favorite turntablism piece involved a jazz trumpet and a turntable. The trumpet played a few notes, and then the turntablist countered with the same notes, and added a bit. So the trumpet did the same.. and back and forth... the turntablist wasn't just re-creating the feel of notes, but actually made the scratches in pitch with the song... beautiful piece, and I wish I knew what it was so as to play it for all the non-believers
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I'm not sure but it could be DJ Krush's collaboration with trumpeter Toshinori Kondo on the ablum "Ki-Oku".