Disco Scratch

Dust… that’s what I had on my fingers after doing the show tonight.  I should have had some snooker referee gloves on handling the wax for tonight’s show!  Some nice old slabs of late 80s US plastic, as usual digging into the US stack plus a couple of new cuts.  I’m now doing jam news every week, on the top of the hour at 10PM every week.  Starting next week I’m also going to do a Disco Scratch chart.  This will run as a post on the Disco Scratch Forum where you can vote for your favourite tracks of the moment, real basic, best tracks reach the top, those that don’t won’t!  It’ll probably take a bit of fine tuning, it’s not like there’s stacks of new material that appeals to the Disco Scratch audience, so I take it on myself to put say 20 tracks on the site and you can vote for your favourite.

I’ll just see how it goes, it’ll be interesting to see how much interaction there is, I mean I think of Disco Scratch like this… once a week at around ten to 9, old buggers shuffle into a darkened working mans club, put their coats on the stand revealing a faded T Shirt bearing the name of an old UK crew, order a cup of tea, break the seal on a packet of chocolate hob nobs and sit down to sift through the beats entering their domes!  At 11 O’clock, they all say their goodbyes in standard Hip Hop sign off format and leave the room with a warm glow, a tea induced high and a bellyfull of family circle biscuit selections… a happy soul to know that there’s life in the old dog yet! (To Quote Websta!)

I’m the barman, chatting with you all and providing the background music… the fire crackles away in the background while we smile at memories of B Boy battles, scarpering from the plod and rival crews after bombing the neighbourhood and doing pause button mixes…

But, for any hard rocks reading this, trust me, Disco Scratch is no pushover, if need be we’ll form like Voltron (whatever the HELL our yank cousins mean by that!) and throw our Hob Nobs in the air while we grab handfulls of import 12s to battle you with, DON’T test the Disco Scratch Sound System, we’ll draw tracks that’ll stomp the plop out of ya!  Just look at our tracklists from the past shows…

Ahem, anyway, got carried away there, download’s after the tracklist, Enjoy!!!!

DSR12 Dust Track List

1.Disco Scratch Radio Intro
2.DuckAlert – The Delta (Instrumental)
3.Majesta – Tough Scene
4.Black Sheep – Forever Luvlee
5.Black Sheep – Birds Of A Feather
6.MC Crash – Life On The Street
7.Majesta – Suckers Just Scam
8.Grandmixer DST – Rock The House In Japan
9.P.Gunn & Mr.I.Till – My Mic & My Handle
10.T.D.S. Mob – Crushin’ ‘Em
11.Tuff Crew – Philly Style
12.Just The 2 Of Us – Most Valuable Poet
13.Rapia – All The Zones
14.Killa Instinct – The Sparrows
15.Original One – Skillz n Grillz

***News & Jam events ****
16.DuckAlert – Auto Reverse (Instrumental)
17.DuckAlert – Down Wit Tha BKs

18.Majesta – Sneezin’
19.PHP – When The Wind Blows
20.Paradox – Soul Feels Free
21.2 The Top – The Matter At Hand
22.Rapia – Code For Doom
23.Def Tex featuring DPF – Synchronise
24.Microdisiacs – Deep Waters
25.Rammelzee – Beat Bop Part 2 (Ft. K Rob)
26.Edan – One Man Arsenal
27.Hostyle – Diane
28.Smooth Tha Hustler – Broken Language
29.Doug E Fresh – Play This Only At Night
30.Waxer – Thanet 808

 

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Really enjoyed the show tonight, took it into a different zone from normal, dropped some new cuts by Original One & Killa Instinct, flowed from early 90s to mid 2000s and had a guest in the studio, Corrina Joseph to celebrate the life of her sister, Claudia Joseph who was tragically killed at the young age of 14.  The last half hour features Corrina playing some of her favourite funk, soul & rare groove tracks from years gone by, complimented by a Wray & Nephew!

Also this show marks the first live stream on Sensei FM simultaneously with Freestyle FM and it was enjoyed by all… I let the webcam loose and showed the Palace Of Villainy to those that wanted to see my gormless mush!  Hope you enjoy/enjoyed the show and looking forward to a mad deep interview with Original One next week… peace, love & unity… to anyone who has loved and lost, respect.

Download after the tracklist…

DSR 11 – Claudia

1.Disco Scratch Intro
2.Love Unlimited Orchestra – Strange Games And Funky Things
3.DuckAlert – Auto Reverse (Instrumental)
4.Original One – Alien
5.Original One – Mad Sick
6.Killa Instinct – Cracking Up
7.Killa Instinct – Reality An Suffering
8.Chrome & Billy Bollocks – Let The Flavour Flood Out
9.Rhyme Asylum – The Uprising
10.Trevor Jones – The Death Of Arthur (Bigup Repo136 for the Style Wars OST)
11.Sirus – Controlling The Funky Pressure
12.Silver Bullet – Ruff Karnage
13.Daddy Freddy – Haul and Pull
14.First Down – Seven MCs
15.Demon Boyz – Glimmity Glammity
16.Suspekt – Look Like A Rapper
17.Suspekt – Blow Up
18.Jehst – Alien
19.Jay Glaze – Out To Lunch
20.Tommy Evans – The Four Horsemen
21.Daddy Skitz – Fingerprintz Of The Godz
22.Klashnekoff – Jankrowville
23.Skinnyman – It’s Over
24.Arsonists – Flashback
25.Rammelzee vs K Rob – Beat Bop ( RIP Rammelzee) Born in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York in 1960, died in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York on June 27, 2010 at age 49

Section dedicated to Claudia Joseph with the missus Corrina Joseph

26.Ramsey Lewis – Les Fleurs
27.Gwen Mcrae – 90% of me is you
28.Gwen McRae – Mechanical Body
29.Joe Cocker – Woman To Woman
30.Love Unlimited – If You Want Me
31.Jones Girls – Nights Over Egypt

This show is dedicated to Claudia Joseph but goes out to anyone that’s loved and lost in life… respect…

 

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Disco Scratch 9 MC Duke

The thing about having so much love for the old school UK scene is I am a fan as much as I am someone who runs a website.  These interviews are so fascinating and uncover so much stuff, I don’t think I’ll stop until I’ve unearthed every rock of UK Hip Hop!  MC Duke has blessed me with a couple of hours of his time and gone into serious depth about his roots in the Hip Hop culture.

For the uninitiated, MC Duke started with Hip Hop from it’s very first inception in the UK.  Before Hip Hop was even in the UK he was a record boy with his dad, learning the craft and being able to DJ and hold a crowd with just one turntable and a mic.  This was well before Rappers Delight even hit these shores.  From his early trip to the Bronx and return to the UK with his experiences in Covent Garden, through the golden era of UK Hip Hop, there’s practically nothing Duke hasn’t experienced or seen.

Duke unearths loads of gems about the old school sphere of Hip Hop in it’s fledgling years, discussing the formation of the early scene, his years on Music Of Life, events he attended and touches on the infamous situation with Overlord X.  He also answers the questions put in by members of the Heroes Of UK Hip Hop Forum and the Disco Scratch forum.  It was a pleasure to verbalise with Duke and I hope all the listeners to the Disco Scratch Show also enjoy this…

Big respect to Duke and his extended fam for the time, energy and love for the true school of UK Hip Hop. Download after the tracklist…

1.Disco Scratch Intro
2.DuckAlert – Project 88
3.Son Of Noise – The Mighty Son Of Noise (Instrumental)
4.SL Troopers – Systematic Terror (Instrumental)
5.Rude Boy Business – Cool Sailing (Instrumental)
6.Bushkiller – Troublemakers (Instrumental)
7.Duke’s Choice – Funkadelic – One Nation Under A Groove
8.Fission – Word (Instrumental)
9.Duke’s Choice – George Duke – Brazilian Love Affair
10.Afrika Bambaataa – Planet Rock (Beats)
11.Broken Glass – Street Style (Beats)
12.Einstein – Friday Night & Saturday Morning (Instrumental)
13.Derek B – Rock The Beat (Instrumental)
14.Demon Boyz – Vibes (Instrumental)
15.MC Duke – Jus Dis
16.Powerlords – British Mic Control (Instrumental)
17.Cash Crew – You Can’t Stop This (Instrumental)
18.The Principle ft Silent Eclipse – Your Rap Machine Is Broken (Instrumental)
19.MCs Logic – Get Involved (Bonus Beats)
20.MC Wildski – Warrir (Warrior Beats)
21.MC Duke – I Don’t Care Anymore
22.MC Duke – Free
23.Richie Rich – My DJ (Pump It Up Some)
24.Hijack – The Badman Is Robbin (Instrumental)
25.Blade – Lyrical Maniac (Bonus Beats)
26.2 The Top – Score To Settle (Instrumental)
27.Waxer – Based In Science (Instrumental)
28.MC Duke (Medley) Miracles/Throw Your Hands In The Air/I’m Riffin
29.Public Enemy – Shut ‘Em Down (Pete Rock Remix Instrumental)
30.ATL – Murder Rap (Instrumental)
31.Brand Nubian – Drop The Bomb (Instrumental)
32.Pete Rock – Classic (Instrumental)
33.Group Home – The Realness (Instrumental)
34.Master Ace – Style Wars Remix (Instrumental)
35.Overlord X – 2 Bad (Instrumental)
36.Afrika Bambaataa & James Brown – Unity
37.Gunshot – Children Of A Dying Breed (Instrumental)
38.Hijack – Syndicate Outta Jail (Instrumental)
39.Duke’s Choice – Sly & The Family Stone – Family Affair

 

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Yes that’s right, grab your Motorola flip,stick a few cold Red Stripes in a bag,  borrow your mums car and drive up a hill nearby as you move your aerial about to listen to the dulcit tones of WaxOnWaxOff as he defecates in your ear canals with the dopest flavours from the UK, 21 years ago!  This week I was dusting off some old tunes and I’d sorted out a load of stuff and the majority was from 1989.  Upon closer inspection it dawned on me that 1989 was probably the best year for the UK and decided to do a 1989 special.

The tracks I play are full of wicked lyrical skills, def production, I mean cutting up stabs on top of breaks, like James Brown & The Meters while top rappers deliver raps so sharp you imagine them in pain after they finish rhyming, cutting the insides of their mouths with the razor sharp verbals.

This show takes you back to a time when the UK were HUNGRY for Hip Hop and keen to split from the US and stand on their own.  The UK had by this time got a solid enough base of radio stations, venues, record shops, producers, labels, engineers, club DJS and such to be self supportive and this show proves that.  Listen to the shout outs at the end of the MC Mello tracks “Bizzie Rhymin” to hear a nice slice of who was making the most noise at the time.

The only downer with this show is that I had a few gremlins in the studio last night and couldn’t record it at high quality and for some reason the stream went out at a lower quality so it’s not as bright as usual… but maybe that was fate?  Maybe someone used the force to manipulate that to give it a dusty tinge to replicate those static filled tapes from 1989, with the odd burst of the local taxi firm overriding your tape recording.  Still, the Disco Scratch logo was shone into the night, and the red Scratch phone rang at Repo136′s yard, where a mighty voice from one of the generals of the UK Army’s front line on maneuvers told me it was OK… he was recording…  download is at the bottom of the post after the tracklist…. Enjoy this show and get on next week for UK LEGEND MC DUKE!!!

Tracklist:

1.Disco Scratch Radio Intro
2.Waxer – Where’s The Scratch
3.2 The Top – The Rhythm I Give ‘Em
4.Kinetic Effect – Beyond The Parameters Of Amateurs
5.Cash Crew – One Decade
6.Chris Biscuit – Rhymes To Kill
7.Cookie Crew – Born This Way
8.Dee Lawal – The D Don’t Play
9.Freshki Dames – Kickin It Live
10.JC001 & DJ D Zire – Bad Place To Get Hit
11.MC Martay & DJ DBM – Beyond Control
12.KCF Productions – Words N Music
13.MC Cardi & DJ 357 – Rough Potential
14.MC Buzz B – How Sleep The Brave (70s Funk Mix)
15.MC Groove – The Groove
16.MC Mello – Bizzie Rhymin
17.MC Untouchable – Back Street Blues
18.Shogun MC – The Struggle Continues
19.Hijack – Doomsday Of Rap
20.Normski – Easy
21.Goldtop – Introduction
22.Freshki & Mo Rock – Pick Up On This
23.DJ Mink – Hey Hey Can You Relate
24.Cue Tips & Dashy D – Control
25.Blade – We’re Going Independent
26.MCs Logic – We’re On A Mission
27.MC Duke – I’m Riffin’

 

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Wicked show again last night thanks to all who got in the chatroom, made for a good laugh and was great to have the connections with other old school heads!  If you are reading this but have not got into the chatroom yet when the sho is live, you really should, I mean what else are you going to do on a Thursday night?  It’s after 9 so the kids are in bed, get your iPad, your lappy, your phone, DS lite, I dunno, your fridge with internet connectivity, put your headphones on so you don’t upset the missus with all this hardcore rap and get in the chatroom!

The rap contest was won by MC Dope Noise outta New Cross so respect to him, but no one rang up for the break to the beat so no winners there!  The break was from the Jesus Christ Superstar Soundtrack – Heaven On Their Minds, the rap was Blade – Watcha Waitin For.  So, hopefully see you in the chatroom!  Respect to all the old school soldiers…

1.Disco Scratch Intro
2.DuckAlert – Project 88
3.Bushkilla – Strings In Motion
4.2 Tone Committee – Way We Operate
5.First Down – Mad Dogs And Englishmen
6.Dominant Force – Flex
7.General Levi – Dem No Wicked Like We
8.Shock Wave – It’s The Games (We Play)
9.Ultramagnetic MCs – Chorus Line
10.Freshki & Mo Rock – Spectacular Venacular
11.Diversion Tactics – Live To London (Featuring Blade & Beyond There)
12. Diversion Tactics – 3 Card Brag (Ft D Gritty & Blade)
13.Diversion Tactics – Where I’m From
14.PD3 – Funk Rhymes Funky Style
15.MC Mell O – Open Up Your Mind (Wack As Fuck Version, sorry!!!)
16.Suspekt – Style Unorthadox
17.Bury Cru – MCs
18.Brotherhood – Alphabetical Response
19.Mista Websta – Breakdancing at Dinner Time
20. Aspects – My Genre
21.Dominant Force – Criminals
22.Break To The Beat Version Excursion – Jesus Christ Superstar Soundtrack – Heaven On Their Minds
23.Total Fiasco – Method To The Madness
24.MC Dope Noise (New Cross) Rap Line Winner
25.MC Duke – Final Conflict
26.Demon Boyz – International Karate
27.Sir Fresh & DJ Critical – Sir Vere (dedicated to DuckAlert, T Zone & SEIN)
28.Krispy 3 – Can’t Melt The Wax
29.Break To The Beat Version Excursion – Blade – Watcha Waitin For
30.Def Tex – Addiction To Rhyme
31.Gunshot – Patriot Games

 

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Gentlemen, ladies, heat up your mics and get practicing. Remember the rap contest on Dave Pearce’s show 20 years or more ago? Disco Scratch is bringing it back.

If you are a proper emcee you can spit poetry off the top of the domepiece at the drop of a hat. This week I invite you to ring me at the Palace of Villainy and get recorded live. The line will be open for half an hour only from 9.30pm to 10pm, then I’ll play the raps one after the other at 10.30 and the chatroom decides the winner.

The reason this is so dope is because you have to have the bollocks to ring up and do 16 bars in one take without nallsing it up! So, real MCs only need apply!

Also I’m bringing back the break to the beat version excursion where I play a break and you have to name the sampling track and artist and for extra geekiness, year and label. It’ll be an old UK cut of course, you gotta ring up with the answer.

In both cases the winner gets whatever plunder I happen to have on that particular week. This week the winner cops an Electro Rock DVD ripped from VHS by yours truly.

So, got what it takes? Come on you old buggers ring up and flex your skills!

Joined live on the line by Ambush tonight.  For those that don’t know, he used to run the UK Rap Classics site and is a walking encyclopedia of information about UK Hip Hop since its’ inception.  He has been actively involved in the scene for a very long time and is still reaching events to this day, a true school soldier.  We cross some interesting ground regarding the live scene in the late 80s/early 90s and touch on many subjects older UK heads will relate to.

Enjoy this 2 hour ramble of stories and experiences of the golden era of the UK Hip Hop scene.  For those that listened live, the download here has the full interview, the live stream had gremlins chewing the wires and I freestyled the last 20 minutes… big respect to all the Disco Scratch supporters.

Tracklist:

1.Disco Scratch Intro
2.DuckAlert – Diamond Dust (Instrumental)
3.3 Wize Men – Refresh Yourself
4.Family Quest – Sleep Walking

Interview tracks:

5.London Rhyme Syndicate – Hard To The Core (Instrumental)
6.Freshski & Mo Rock – Pick Up On This (Instrumental)
7.Grand Groove – Let’s Dance (Instrumental)
8.Demon Boyz – Northside (Instrumental)
9.MC Duke – Miracles (Instrumental)
10.Ambush’ Choice – Faze One – Layin Down A Beat
11.Merlin – Born Free (Unrapped)
12.MC Duke – I Don’t Care Anymore (Instrumental)
13.Ambush’ Choice – Demon Boyz – Recognition
14. The She Rockers – Give It A Rest (Instrumental)
15.Overlord X – 2 Bad (Bonus Beats)
16.Ambush’ Choice – Prime Rhyme Masters – You Need Discipline
17.Ambush’ Choice – Black Radical Mk 2 – B Boys B Wise II
18.Ambush’ Choice – Severe Carnage – The Struggle Continues
19.Standing Ovation – Onslaught (Instrumental)
20.Son Of Noise – The Mighty Son Of Noise (Instrumental)
21.Deliverance – Up & Down The Country (Instrumental)
22.NSO Force – In 2 Deep (Instrumental)
23.Ambush Choice – Ambush – The Ambush (Westwood Demo Version)
24.Ambush Choice – Ford Coalition – Get On The Mic (Scrabble Remix)
25.Waxer – Organ & Bass (Instrumental)
26.General Levy – Dem No Wicked Like We (Instrumental)
27.Ambush Choice – London Posse – Money Mad

 

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Disco Scratch Radio Show 1

So last night I went live at 9PM on Freestyle FM to give you the first Disco Scratch show.  Many thanks to all those that tuned in live & got in the chatroom.  It was a good look and I played a lot of classic UK tunes from back in the day.  I also got pranked by Bones bless him!  Big interviews coming up, names from the depths of Hip Hops’ past… I had a few technical issues with distortion but this should all be sorted for next week.

Last nights’ show was dedicated to Malcolm McClaren who sadly lost his battle with cancer yesterday, respect, RIP.

Till next week…

Playlist:

1.Trevor Jones – The Death Of Arthur

2/3/4.Malcolm McClaren:Buffalo Gals/Do ya like Scratchin/World’s Famous

4.Syncbeat – Music

5.Foreverreaction – B.E.D. 34

6.Rapologists – The Hip Hop Beat

7.Hardrock Soul Movement – Do It

8.Paul Hardcastle – Sound Chaser

9.Sir Drew – Old School Style

10.Dynamic MCs – I Feel Dynamic

11.Cash Crew – Microphone Maniac

12.Mutant Rockers – Classical Scratch

13.LL Cool J – I Need A Beat

14.Lewis Parker – A Walk In The Sky

15.DJ Yess & DJ Crime – Keep It Underground

16.NSO Force – 2 Deep

17.Demon Boyz – Rougher Than An Animal

18.T La Rock – Breakin Bells

19.Mixmaster Gee & The Turntable Orchestra – Manipulator

20.Duke Booty – Broadway

21.The Addicts Psalm – Ralph Carmichael

22.All The People ft Robert Moore – Cramp Your Style

23.Ben E King – What Is Soul

24.Stereo MCs – What Is Soul

25.Weather Report – Non Stop Home

26.Ramsey Lewis – Les Fleurs

27.Percee Pee – Lung Collapsin Lyrics

28.Percee Pee vs Lord Finesse battle snippet

29.Hijack – I Had to Serve You

 

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UK Hip Hop Radio Tape 14

About time old Waxer drops some more dusty flavour on all you Scratcho Discers!  This tape is a bit shorter than the others I’ve upped but still comes off like frogs legs in Paris.  This must have been bang on the time when the Black Rock n Ron LP “Stop The World” came out as both Tim & Dave are playing cuts from the LP plus Black Rock n Ron were in the UK.  Dunno about you but I think the Stop The World LP is an absolute iron clad classic and I was well happy to hear some flavour from them on this tape.

Thesre are some shout outs from various heads that called into Dave Pearce’s show, one dude shouts out “Area, flex, bob, Crimea, arcade, race & stoop (I think)” so if you recognise those name maybe it was you??  About 30 seconds in there’s a crazy wack housey remix of “Scrum & Then Some“, which some of you may remember as being the much better B Side to the 12 “Black & Proud” by the Dismasters.  All these uploads are unedited, I think it’s important to keep the whole tape as is, whether good or bad.

Also the legendary “How on earth did he become a Hip Hop scratch DJ on one of the most prominent Hip Hop shows of the day” K C J does 2 utterly dreadful mixes on this tape, good selection of tunes but mixed perhaps while he was simultaneously trying to beat the world record for putting on and taking off a wetsuit complete with flippers, mask & oxygen tank as many times as possible, who knows!!!  Still, as pony as his mixing skills were, you gotta love it!!!

Track List: (Remember back then I might have missed the track name or artist name so when I do these track lists I just copy whatever I put on the tape)

Side 1

1.Ca$h & Marv – Who’s In The Place

2.? Black Is Back

3.KCJ – Live Session On The Wheels

4.Stizo – Take It To The Max

5.Black Rock n Ron – ?

6.De La Soul – Ghetto Thang

7. ?/?

8/?/?

9.P Fine – NY Rap Report

10.Doug E Fresh – D.E.F

Side 2

1.KCJ – Mix #2

2.Black,Rock n Ron – Tired Of All Of This

3.Demon Boyz – Recognition

4.Kings Of Pressure – ?

5.Most Wanted – Calm Down

6.Ace & Action – Together

At the start of the tape I used a beat from my homeboy DuckAlert, if you like his stuff peep him here:

http://dopetracks.com/DuckAlert & http://twitter.com/DuckAlertUK the track is called “Diamond Dust”.

Anyway, spring is here, lookin forward to some heat hopefully… I might be moving this year back to the South so moving from the cold & damp West Midlands to get some heat back in these weary B Boy bones… see ya soon, Waxer.

 

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Last night I was fumbling about on the net and my old pal Dan Fluent posted up on FACEBOOK that Music Of Life label owner was on DJ Semtex’s show on 1xtra.  Personally, I don’t think Semtex represents Hip Hop… not my definition of it anyway, and I couldn’t actually be arsed to listen to all the dog shit that he plays just to hear the interview with Simon Harris, so I waited until it was up on iPlayer and ripped it to post up here so you get straight to the meat.

I haven’t actually fully listened to this yet so I can’t comment on the content, but Simon Harris’ imprint MOL played probably the most important part in the development of UK Hip Hop since the Electro series from Morgan Khan’s Streetsounds label.  For the unaquainted, MOL was responsible for the first DJ scratch tools that I was aware of, the Breaks, Beats & Scratches LPs.  He was responsible for signing Derek B (the first MOL release being “Good Groove”) and probably the ultimate UK britcore anthem “Untitled” by Hardnoise.

His vision opened up a lot of careers… other artists include MC Duke & Daddy Freddy, and probably my top UK crew Demon Boyz.  He also released the Hard As Hell series, plus the Live Hustlers convention, opening up more avenues for underground UK artists.

Enjoy this and leave a comment about what you thought about Simon Harris’s statements… peace, Waxer.

 

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