SWIFT, ROB Presents Soulful Fruit (Stones Throw) cd 14.98
DJ Rob Swift of NYC's amazing X-Men! You remember him from Return of the DJ Volume 1. His full-length debut utilizes his turntable skills on some great jazz-funk grooves, getting into soundtrack-y DJ Shadow territory at points.

SWIFT, ROB Presents Soulful Fruit (Stones Throw) lp 14.98
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DJ Rob Swift of NYC's amazing X-Men! You remember him from Return of the DJ Volume 1. His full-length debut utilizes his turntable skills on some great jazz-funk grooves, getting into soundtrack-y DJ Shadow territory at points.

SWIFT, ROB The Ablist (Asphodel) cd 14.98
Highly anticipated solo record by one of the X-Ecutioners NYC turntablist crew.

SWIFT, ROB The Ablist (Asphodel) lp 9.98
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Highly anticipated solo record by one of the X-Ecutioners NYC tutrntablist crew.

TABLA BEAT SCIENCE Live In San Francisco At Stern Grove (Axiom) 2cd 19.98
A live recording from a local outdoor performance. Tabla Beat Science pretty much typifies world beat music; emphasis on the 'world', emphasis on the 'beat'. Zakir Hussain on tabla, Bill Laswell on bass, former Skratch Pikl DJ Disk wielding turntables, plus personnel supplying sarangi, synths, vocals, etc.
RealAudio clip: "Trajic"

TERRACOTTA TROUPE INTERGROUND Homo Caeruleus Cerinus Instrumentals (Practice) 2lp 14.98
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DJs! Here's an instrumental version on wax of the fab Shing02 album! 13 tracks of Japanese/American hiphop musick to cut up.

TETREAULT, MARTIN / KID KOALA Phon-o-victo (Les Disques Victo) cd 15.98
By now, most readers of the aQ list know just how much we love the turntable, and all the non musical sounds associated with it, hiss and crackle and pop, skips and scrapes, we've reviewed records featuring turntables without records, recordings of ONLY the surface noise of lps, we love it. So of course we love folks like Philip Jeck, Martin Tetreault and Strotter Inst., who have truly stretched the boundaries of turntable as instrument, but our first exposure to what could be done with a turntable, as was probably lots of folks', was via hip hop and DJs. aQ used to be the source for all things turntablism, Qbert, Invisbl Skratch Piklz, and especially Kid Koala, who had amazing DJ skills, but gave them his own distinct spin (remember the Charlie Brown "I gotta rock" jam?, Or the warbly record player horn solos?). For whatever reason, that stuff seemed to fade back into the underground, or the more under, underground, whatever happened, we hadn't heard a peep from Kid Koala in almost 3 years.
But what a return! Two masters of the turntable, both approaching it from different backgrounds and with different influences, a dizzying mash up of textures and beats, of loops and song fragments, a live multiple turntable jam session captured on tape, and holy shit is it good.
Scratchy old jazz records begin to skip before morphing into big booming low end rhythms, wild drum solos are looped and layered, strange voices surface and then fade away, scratches are transformed into bird calls, blurred streaks of melody, crackle everywhere like rainfall, gorgeous sheets of low end buzz underpin skittery squiggles and jagged shards of hiss, effects drenched scratching unfurls like wild spaced out psychedelic freakouts, groovy fractured funk assembled from strange voices, nature records, and who knows what else, left to drift through a sea of haunting rumbles and mysterious grinding noise, finishing off with a wild assemblage of manipulated voices, super minimal click and thump beats, deformed music box melodies, and a symphony of scrapes and scratches and pops and clicks. Really amazing stuff. Weird and dark and playful and wild. Turntable freaks will dig this big time.
MPEG Stream: "Drum-o-scope"
MPEG Stream: "Pluto attack (la revanche des exclus)"
MPEG Stream: "The DJ Factory turn crazy"

THUUNDERBOY s/t (Table Of The Elements) cd 15.98
We could think up better ways to market this record that what Table Of The Elements came up with. They *could* have shrouded this album in mystery, saying: "Truly hypnotic, vangarde turntablism and cut-up audio collage by unknown sound artist Ted Conrad, circa 1973- '74 -- predating Christian Marclay and Boyd Rice!" Or they could have said what is probably the truth: "Legendary minimalist Tony Conrad smoked a lot of pot in the early '70s while stuck in Ohio. Instead of making films or composing abrasive minimalist music, he made recordings of his young son playing around his toy Fisher-Price record player. Indeed, he probably was playing with the turntable himself."
But Table Of The Elements chose instead to present this album with such hyperbole as: "Is it fair to argue that a precocious Ted [Conrad -- Tony's at the time infant son], the once and future Thuunderboy, anticipated in these excursions of the early '70s everything from the rise of turntablism and hip-hop to the creative strategies of such disparate entertainers and / or conceptualists as Fatboy Slim, Christian Marclay, and that erstwhile Savior of Pop (circa 1997), Beck? Or, rather does it affirm some unerringly democratic quality inherent in the very act of scratching and spinning, that a toddler could create hypnotic loops and decontruct pop banalities into perversely humorous after-the-fact commentaries on the star-making machinery?"
Arghhhh. So lame. Rant aside, the Thuunderboy recordings -- regardless of whether it was Tony Conrad or the toddler Ted Conrad making these sounds -- is a pretty amazing album of locked grooves worn into Donny Osmond 45s, played back at the wrong speed. If anything, it should be appreciated for what it is, a humble peek into the lives of Tony Conrad -- the minimalist trying his hand at fatherhood -- and young Ted Conrad -- the two year old kid who put up with a dad who kept playing with all of his toys.
RealAudio clip: "At Last"
RealAudio clip: "Let My"
RealAudio clip: "No Wait A Second"

TOBIN, AMON Verbal Remixes & Collaborations (NinjaTune) cd 11.98
When this AQ-fave electronica artist makes music, he rarely disappoints, having released four stellar albums of music -- never boring, always innovative and instantly recognizable as his own. So it stands to reason that the same care and no-filler attitude would follow for any remixes or collaborations. And that's mostly true here, thank goodness.
Five brand new collaborative tracks (with Steinski, Kid Koala, Doubleclick, Bonobo, and P-Love) although with the exception of Kid Koala's, where plucked strings make one woozy with Koala's trademark seasick style of turntablism, none sound all that remarkably different from your normal high-quality Tobin tracks.
The four "Verbal" remixes fare a lot better ("Verbal" being the stellar, manic hip hop flavored second track on Tobin's recent full length Out From Out Where), each participant enhancing the track with their own sound. Prefuse 73 turns in an even more cut up, yet somehow surprisingly smoothed out, lounge-ified version -- very good. The Bay Area's own Kid606 exhibits great love for dancehall. And Philly producer Boom Bip somehow makes the track serene with the use of floaty Aphex-ambient-y chords.
Definitely worth your money if you're a big fan. But if you don't at least have a couple of Tobin's other full lengths, get those first.
MPEG Stream: KID KOALA & AMON TOBIN "Untitled"
MPEG Stream: AMON TOBIN "Verbal (Kid606 Dancehall Devastation Mix)"

TOPH ONE, DJ Live Loud & Dirty (Red Wine) cd-r 11.98
This tireless veteran DJ is certainly no stranger to SF party-goers or regulars to his weekly Red Wine Social. The omnipresent DJ TophOne (psst, not to be confused with the other Bay Area Toph aka Gold Chains!) has released a mix cd-r so that you can take the good times home with you! How 'bout a peek at what he's spinning? It really runs the good time gamut from current locals such as Lyrics Born and Paradise Boys to classic rock Steely Dan, John Cougar Stevie Winwood, Eddie Money and Queen to a multitude of other tracks by other DJs such as DJ Zeph, DJ Shadow, DJ Marz, DJ Smash and Z-Trip. 33 tracks total.

TURNTABLE TIMMY (Free Will Press) book+cd 18.98
Turntable Timmy is a purple-hued, baseball capped kid who learns about the turntables and the four elements of hip hop in this sweet children's book! With story by award-winning author Michael Perry and artwork by Doug Cunningham (Wave Twisters!), and a bonus cd with three tracks (2 are exclusive) by the Bay Area's own DJ QBert. Our copies are even signed by the author. Nice full color hardbook book with slipcover and appropriately LP-sized square shape. Wow! Need I say -- amazing holiday gift for the music-lovin' kids in your life.

UNAGI Reinventing The Eel (442) cd 14.98
Unagi has been one of the most solid forces in the Bay Area hip-hop scene over the last several years. With Reinventing The Eel he continues to display his great taste in vintage soul/funk inspired breaks and invites lots of guest MC's to join in, adding to the flow of these nicely layered tracks. Unagi is carrying on the hip hop tradition that folks like DJ Shadow and Hieroglyphics started a decade ago. We wouldn't be surprised if he ends up on Stones Throw one of these days as his beats and aesthetic would be a perfect fit.
MPEG Stream: "Liftoff"
MPEG Stream: "Bird Of Paradise (Featuring Chee Malabar)"

V/A (Sic) The Broklyn Beats 7" Series (Broklyn Beats) cd 14.98
This comp collects all those super limited, super fierce 7" released on the Broklyn Beats label over the last year or so. Features tracks from AQ fave DJ/Rupture, Godspeed side project 1-Speed Bike, as well as Doily, Criterion, Rotator, Broklyn Beast, I-Sound, and Donna Summer. All over the place and all of it great, from pummeling speaker shredding dancehall to sliced and diced collage-noise to big beats and beyond.
RealAudio clip: DJ /RUPTURE "Rumbo Babylon"
RealAudio clip: 1-SPEED BIKE "I'm A Pretzel On A Stealth Mission To Kill The President"
RealAudio clip: DONNA SUMMER "Popxplosion"

V/A Best Of Return Of The DJ (Bomb) cd 12.98

V/A Bomb Anniversary Collection 1991-2001 (Bomb Hip Hop) 4cd 28.00
Ten years of groundbreaking hip hop releases celebrated in one package -- $28 for *four* discs, over 60 tracks spanning the entire Bomb Hip Hop catalog, and including unreleased stuff as well. This is the label run by SF's own David Paul, who with the Return of the DJ compilations that way early-on featured such now-famous folks as Z-Trip, DJ Faust, Shortee, the Invisibl Skratch Piklz, RJD2 (Def Jux), DJ Craze, Peanut Butter Wolf, DJ Static (Sweden), Knightz of Bass (German electro) etc. You can't go wrong, there's insane hip hop here, electro, turntablism, etc.
RealAudio clip: Z-TRIP "Rockstar part II"
RealAudio clip: INVISIBL SKRATCH PIKLZ "Invastion of the Octopus People"
RealAudio clip: KNIGHTZ OF BASS "KB-4"

V/A Crooklyn Dub Consortium Certified Dope Vols. 1 & 2 (Word Sound) cd 16.98
Going back to the beginnings of the "illbient" movement, the blissed out drus soaked dub sounds that this series has chronicled over the years, this double-cd reissue of the first two volumes traces the early years of the mostly Brooklyn folks who were influenced heavily by dub and who then started to create electronic music with much of the aesthetics and pathos of their dub mentors. Heavy on the bass, leaving some space and keeping things down and dirty was the common bond between artists like Sub Dub, Him, Spectre, and the only known name at that time Bill Laswell. Looking back at this era '91-'94 it's nice to see who still sounds fresh and interesting (the above mentioned for sure) and yeah there are a few tracks that didn't really age too well, but the good for sure outweighs the not so hot. Nice for those times when you wanna go to outer space as much as u wanna be in Jamaica. Oh and check out the diss in the liner notes to DJ Spooky for taking all the glory from a scene that actually had many others doing more innovative and interesting stuff then he was.
MPEG Stream: SUB DUB "Monuments On Earth"
MPEG Stream: HIM "Chemical Mix"
MPEG Stream: BILL LASWELL "Skulls of Broken Hill"

V/A Crooklyn Dub Outernational Presents Certified Dope, vol. 4: Babylon's Burning (WordSound) cd 14.98
WordSound's Crooklyn crew is back with an other comp of dark, low-slung beats and breaks. Just like the previous volumes, this is the illest of the "illbient", perfect for pumping on the stereo as you cruise in your car, headlights off, through the urban streets at night, looking for trouble. (We're not really suggesting you to do that, we're just trying to paint a picture here.) Usual suspects on board this time include: Spectre, Twilight Circus, Prince Charming, Bill Laswell, DJ/Rupture, Scotty Hard, Roots Control, Zion Train and others.
MPEG Stream: BRAIN DAMAGE MEETS LAB "Ph neutre"
MPEG Stream: SPECTRE "Al Qaida (The Bass)"

V/A Cue's Hip Hop Shop (Dogday) cd 13.98
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Cue's, a hip hop retail shop on Mission Street in Daly City, has released this comp featuring many of the most happening names in local (and national!) turntablism and rap, including: the X-Ecutioners' Rob Swift, Rasco, Kut Masta Kurt, Beat Junkies' Roc Raida, Mr Dibbs, and 3 of the Skratch Piklz.

V/A Cue's Hip Hop Shop (Dogday) 2lp 12.98
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Cue's, a hip hop retail shop on Mission Street in Daly City, has released this comp featuring many of the most happening names in local (and national!) turntablism and rap, including: the X-Ecutioners' Rob Swift, Rasco, Kut Masta Kurt, Beat Junkies' Roc Raida, Mr Dibbs, and 3 of the Skratch Piklz.

V/A Deep Concentration (Om) 2cd 15.98
Wow - a double cd of turntablist/breakbeat/jungle/hiphop flavors, featuring a real who's who: the X-Men, DJ Wally, Prince Paul, Cut Chemist, Peanut Butter Wolf, members of the Beat Junkies, Mumbles, Lyrics Born & Lateef, and others! Plus, for the technologically advanced, there's a bonus Mac/Windows95 CD-ROM interactive sample sequencer for looping your own beats. Cool.

V/A Deep Concentration Vol. 3 (Om) cd 15.98
Third in this series of turntablist compilations (following Deep and Deeper--why isn't this Deepest?). Starring Craze, Radar, T-Rock & Faust, People Under the Stairs, Ming & FS, DJ Revolution, Space Travelers, Plagaiwrists and more! Pretty killer, expanding notions of turntablism in more fertile directions.

V/A Deeper Concentration (Om Records) 2cd 16.98
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A new compilation to follow the crowd pleasing "Deep Concentration" collection of turntablism and electronica with tracks from Mixmaster Mike, Rob Swift, DJ Spooky, Apollo & Fluid Motion, Beat Junkies, and many more! This is far more "hip hop" than the first volume. Also comes with MixMan program which you can stick in your computer and remix the sounds on the cd itself.

V/A Deeper Concentration (Om Records) 3lp 16.98
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A new compilation to follow the crowd pleasing "Deep Concentration" collection of turntablism and electronica with tracks from Mixmaster Mike, Rob Swift, DJ Spooky, Apollo & Fluid Motion, Beat Junkies, and many more! This is far more "hip hop" than the first volume. Also comes with MixMan program which you can stick in your computer and remix the sounds on the cd itself.

V/A Droppen the Bomb (Bomb) 2cd 16.98
Groundbreaking ten-year old underground hip hop label releases a new 2-disc compilation for the nice price of one. Bomb Hip Hop was responsible for the Return of the DJ compilations which brought the label into worldwide spotlight, and they've been going strong ever since. The tracks on this comp are not throwaways, each one is a strong showpiece. The second disc is a cool contrast to the first, as it is the long-awaited cd version of Bomb Hip Hop's first ever release from 1994. Fans of Freestyle Foundation and Jurassic 5 -- heads up, there's lots of underground tracks here that will please your ears. Acts included: Blackalicious, Rasco, Peanut Butter Wolf, Mystik Journeymen, Jedi Mind Tricks, Homeliss Derelix, etc.
RealAudio clip: RASCO "Heat Seeking"
RealAudio clip: SWOLLEN MEMBERS "Dark Riders"

V/A Eccentric Breaks & Beats (Numbero ) cd 14.98
The Numero Group's Eccentric Soul series has long unearthed some of the best obscure regional soul sides no one has ever heard before, many of them up there with being our most favorite soul compilations, so we were both excited and a bit dubious to discover that someone (the mysteriously monikered Shoes) had made a re-edit mix using nothing but samples from Numero's many soul reissues and released it on a label called "Numbero". Hmmm. Check out the cheesy late '80s/ early '90s throwback cover, a tongue and cheek tribute to those Ultimate Breaks and Beats compilations that always had skeletons blinged out in hip hop gear or a DJing octopus on the covers. This one features a skull-headed crate digger with a blinged out Numero label medallion swinging around his neck with various Eccentric Soul albums lined up on the back wall. While we had been questioning the possible legalities of such a release, we managed to get the story straight from Numero Group head honcho, Ken Shipley, who in a bizarre instance of synchronicity, happened to show up in the store one night just as we put this compilation on. Apparently, the record showed up at the Numero offices housed in an old saw blade sleeve. From the opening riff taken from The Home Schooled compilation, Shipley instantly recognized the sample, and the many hundreds following it (he says he has identified all the samples except for a few drum and percussion tracks that he couldn't be certain were from the original sources or added in). Using the manufacturing ID number on the vinyl (the same manufacturer Numero uses) he managed to locate the perpetrator and instead of trying to fight it legally, decided to release it himself. Smart move, because like Dilla, Oh No, Onra and Madlib, this is one of the best re-edit mixes we've heard, taking small snippets of various soul pieces (vocal snippets, horn riffs, rhythm guitars etc.) and weaving them seamlessly in something altogether new. And there is no DJ grandstanding, scratching or self-promotion you sometimes find in DJ mixes, just a killer fluid mix of sonic soul ear-candy from beginning to end. A glorious well thought through undertaking that you can instantly recognize as a labor of love! Note on the track listing: there are 13 titled songs but the cd only reads as two tracks and since the tracks are all woven together, it's hard to tell which part is called what, so we just made long excerpts for the sound samples. Awesome!!!!!
MPEG Stream: "Track 1(excerpt 1)"
MPEG Stream: "Track 1 (excerpt 2)"
MPEG Stream: "Track 2 (excerpt 1)"
MPEG Stream: "Track 2 (excerpt 2)"

V/A Eccentric Breaks & Beats (Numbero) lp 17.98
The Numero Group's Eccentric Soul series has long unearthed some of the best obscure regional soul sides no one has ever heard before, many of them up there with being our most favorite soul compilations, so we were both excited and a bit dubious to discover that someone (the mysteriously monikered Shoes) had made a re-edit mix using nothing but samples from Numero's many soul reissues and released it on a label called "Numbero". Hmmm. Check out the cheesy late '80s/ early '90s throwback cover, a tongue and cheek tribute to those Ultimate Breaks and Beats compilations that always had skeletons blinged out in hip hop gear or a DJing octopus on the covers. This one features a skull-headed crate digger with a blinged out Numero label medallion swinging around his neck with various Eccentric Soul albums lined up on the back wall. While we had been questioning the possible legalities of such a release, we managed to get the story straight from Numero Group head honcho, Ken Shipley, who in a bizarre instance of synchronicity, happened to show up in the store one night just as we put this compilation on. Apparently, the record showed up at the Numero offices housed in an old saw blade sleeve. From the opening riff taken from The Home Schooled compilation, Shipley instantly recognized the sample, and the many hundreds following it (he says he has identified all the samples except for a few drum and percussion tracks that he couldn't be certain were from the original sources or added in). Using the manufacturing ID number on the vinyl (the same manufacturer Numero uses) he managed to locate the perpetrator and instead of trying to fight it legally, decided to release it himself. Smart move, because like Dilla, Oh No, Onra and Madlib, this is one of the best re-edit mixes we've heard, taking small snippets of various soul pieces (vocal snippets, horn riffs, rhythm guitars etc.) and weaving them seamlessly in something altogether new. And there is no DJ grandstanding, scratching or self-promotion you sometimes find in DJ mixes, just a killer fluid mix of sonic soul ear-candy from beginning to end. A glorious well thought through undertaking that you can instantly recognize as a labor of love! Note on the track listing: there are 13 titled songs but the cd only reads as two tracks and since the tracks are all woven together, it's hard to tell which part is called what, so we just made long excerpts for the sound samples. Awesome!!!!!
MPEG Stream: "Track 1(excerpt 1)"
MPEG Stream: "Track 1 (excerpt 2)"
MPEG Stream: "Track 2 (excerpt 1)"
MPEG Stream: "Track 2 (excerpt 2)"

V/A Elephant Tracks (Asian Improv) cd 14.98
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The local improv jazz label - Asian Improv - presents this benefit compilation of West Coast hip hop for the Asian Pacific Islander Student Alliance. Featuring Latyrx, Encome, Mista Sinsta, Mountain Brothers, DJ Rhettmatic, Medusa, KNT, Zion I, 427, Anomalies, DJ Vinroc, Visionaries, and more.

V/A Farewell Fondle 'Em (Fruitmeat/Def Jux) cd 15.98
NYC underground hip hop label Fondle 'Em says goodbye with this collection of singles, featuring Kool Keith, El-P of Company Flow, M.F. Doom, The Arsonists, and more...Great!

V/A Funky Precedent, The (Loosegroove) cd 15.98
Funky compilation of turntablism, hip hop, soul, and more, all to benefit music education in urban public schools. Featuring Cut Chemist, Jurassic 5, The Beat Junkies, Ozomatli, Black Eyed Peas, Divine Styler, Aceyalone, and others.

V/A Global Turntables (Hip Hop Slam) cd 14.98
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It's nice to see a compilation that pays tribute to and includes stuff from hip hop's past, as well as showcasing the vanguard of the future. The newest offering from HipHopSlam, the label run by local hiphop mainstay Billy Jam (he also did the Shiggerfragger comps), collects skratch tracks from ten countries, from South Korea to Australia to Italy, Norway, and the Netherlands! Very fun, and if that wasn't enough, the whole collection is dedicated to Grand Wizard Theodore who *invented* the scratch. He speaks about how he came up with the idea on track one here, and *also* included is the classic 1985 "Lesson 3" cut from Double Dee & Steinski, remastered by Double Dee just for this comp! DJ Shadow ("Lesson 4") and Cut Chemist ("Lesson 4", "Lesson 6"), among others, have paid direct homage to this track!
RealAudio clip: DOUBLE DEE & STEINSKI "Lesson 3 (the History of Hip Hop)"
RealAudio clip: DJ WRECKZ "Honest DJ"
RealAudio clip: ROB SWIFT "Enter the Ablist"

V/A Little Movies Big Noises (Definitive Jux) 2dvd 16.98

V/A music inspired by the film 'Scratch' (Transparent) cd 17.98
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Okay, I totally lamed out and forgot to go see this movie, argh! Judging from the soundtrack, the film (a feature documentary about scratching) must be amazing, although I'm not sure if any of the tracks here were actually in it -- this album is billed as a Bill-Laswell-construction of music "inspired by" the film. Nonetheless, great disc. It is seamlessly put together, with no pauses between tracks, just very brief interludes where turntablists (Cut Chemist, DJ Shadow, Grand Wizard Theodore, Mixmaster Mike, Afrika Bambaataa, Qbert etc) speak interestingly about their personal experiences with scratching and its history. There are performances by the Skratch Piklz, X-Ecutioners, Faust, DJ Krush, Afrika Bambaataa and many more, and there's even an over-the-top 2002 version of Herbie Hancock's "Rockit" with a buncha DJs scratching like crazy on it. I appreciate the mix of contemporary stuff combined with a look back at the history of turntablism -- if that's what the movie is like then I really missed out.
I find some of the purely turntablist albums a bit much to take in one sitting, and so might you, but this album is so well put together, perfectly sequenced, and refreshingly varied in terms of DJ scratching styles, that I really enjoyed the listen. If you've never bought a turntablist record before, this is a great place to start. And people who've already got turntablist wax in their collections should give it a go too. Recommended.
RealAudio clip: HERBIE HANCOCK, WITH MIXMASTER MIKE, GRANDMASTER DXT, ROB SWIFT, QBERT, BABU, FAUST & SHORTEE "Rockit 2.002"
RealAudio clip: CUT CHEMIST SPEAKS / CAT FIVE VS SNAYK EYEZ "Turntable Transformer"

V/A Panatone: Warm - Compiled By DJ Tom Thump (Cosmic Flux Musiq) cd 14.98
This 2001 compilation is the impressive debut in the recorded realm of Bay Area clubland kingpin DJ Tom Thump. If you dig downtempo, soul and house sounds, you're probably already very familiar with Tom Thump. For those of you who aren't, rest assured he's a gent you can trust as a purveyor of the smooth funky, jazzy good times! This skillfully mixed compilation will carry you deep into the night in fab style.

V/A Pharaohs of Funk (Slit Wrist Recordings) cd 17.98
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V/A Pirate Fucking Radio 100 (Hip Hop Slam DJ Series) cd 14.98
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Celebrating five years of battery powered radio waves and uncensored low-wattage, "Pirate Fucking Radio 100" is a scratchtastic collection of mostly Bay Area turntablists from the same label that released the Shiggar Fraggar pirate radio sessions with tracks from Invisibl Skratch Piklz, Eddie Def, Peanut Butter Wolf, Kool Keith & Kut Masta Kurt, Chuck D (well just seven seconds of Chuck D), The Space Travellers, and more!

V/A Real Deal (Bomb Hip-Hop) cd 12.98

V/A Return Of The DJ 3 (Bomb) cd 16.98
Finally! This is the third collection from Bomb Recordings, documenting the flash, the wizardry, and the techniques of the turntablist. Features DJ Faust, Z-Trip (who presents another triumphant hip hop collage of metal and classic rock in "Rockstar II"), Mr. Dibbs, Shortee, Eddie Def & Extrakd, DJ Design, Cold Cutz Crew, and many others!

V/A Return of the DJ vol. 1 (Bomb) cd 16.98
Back in print! With a new color cover, akin to that of vol. 2. If'n you don't know, this is the crazy acrobatic hiphop turntablist state of the art, a real must-have for anyone interested in exploits on the wheels of steel. Live sound collage mayhem to kick your ass, courtesy of such luminaries (better known now) as Rob Swift, Z-Trip, Peanut Butter Wolf and of course the Invisible Scratch Pickles.

V/A Return of the DJ Vol. II (Bomb) 2lp 19.98
AMAZING collection of scratching and other turntablist skills sounds so ALIVE and refreshing and immediate, it brings smiles to all who hear it. This groundbreaking collection features turntable strategists kicking lesser DJ ass far and wide. Contributors hail from the likes of Paris, Finland, Cincinnati, and New York City. You haven't lived until you've heard Phoenix's Z-Trip mess with Black Sabbath on the album's closing track "Rock Star." Yay. For fans of more well-known DJs like QBert, ShortKut, Disk & Mixmaster Mike of the Skratch Picklz, LA's Beat Junkies and Manhattan's X-Men (here represented by Roc Raida). You MUST hear this.

V/A Return of the DJ Volume IV (Bomb Hip-Hop) cd 16.98
Volume 4 of the Bomb label's acclaimed all-scratching DJ compilations. Somehow Bomb Hip Hop, with these comps, has managed to consistently corral all the new 'n exciting scratch DJs you've never heard of, constantly introducing fresh talents and remaining exciting and forward-looking. The most known name here is Q-Bert, but his track actually pales in comparison to the raw stuff found on other tracks here.
RealAudio clip: 89 SKRATCH GANGSTAZ "Lesson 89"

V/A Return of the DJ Volume IV (Bomb Hip-Hop) 2lp 19.98
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Volume 4 of the Bomb label's acclaimed all-scratching DJ compilations. Somehow Bomb Hip Hop, with these comps, has managed to consistently corral all the new 'n exciting scratch DJs you've never heard of, constantly introducing fresh talents and remaining exciting and forward-looking. The most known name here is Q-Bert, but his track actually pales in comparison to the raw stuff found on other tracks here.

V/A Revenge of the B-Boy (Bomb) cd 14.98
'Revenge of the B-Boy', the soundtrack to the upcoming film 'I Saw Your Mama Breakdancing Bucknaked, features custom-made-for-breakdancing b-boy anthems from producers around the globe like Faust & Shortee, Hydroponic Sound System, Knights of Bass, Jeep Beat Collective, Clockwork Voodoo Freaks, Blade, Metabass, and more! Hip hop, turntablism, electro, big beat, and breaks from the same label that released those Return of the DJ albums. We also have a bunch of big full color posters, if you want one, just ask!

V/A Revenge of the B-Boy (Bomb) 2lp 14.98
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'Revenge of the B-Boy', the soundtrack to the upcoming film 'I Saw Your Mama Breakdancing Bucknaked, features custom-made-for-breakdancing b-boy anthems from producers around the globe like Faust & Shortee, Hydroponic Sound System, Knights of Bass, Jeep Beat Collective, Clockwork Voodoo Freaks, Blade, Metabass, and more! Hip hop, turntablism, electro, big beat, and breaks from the same label that released those Return of the DJ albums. We also have a bunch of big full color posters, if you want one, just ask!

V/A Revenge of the B-Boy Episode 2 (Bomb Hip-Hop) cd 12.98

V/A Scratch Attack Vol. 1 (Hip Hop Slam) cd 14.98
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Scratch Attack was a monthly two hour radio show dedicated to the art of turntablism, and ran for one year until it unfortunately got booted off of KPFA in Berkeley. These tracks are culled from archives of the show, and feature both live on the air and pre-recorded stuff made especially for the show. Released by the inimitable Billy Jam, whose taste is impeccable, the collection isn't endlessly wanky (as many dj comps are, let's face it), but interesting and varied good listening. With DJ T-Rock, D-Styles, DJ Shortkut, 8-Ball, Quest (Live Human), Golden Chyld, even DJs from Netherlands, England and Ireland. Lots of spoken snippets from the radio shows, including poor Shortkut talking about how his records were stolen at an airport. Really fun, and a nice document of the groundbreaking radio show.
RealAudio clip: DJ T-ROCK "Skratch It and Change It"
RealAudio clip: GOLDEN CHYLD "Sir Golden Chyld Boulevard"

V/A Scratch Attack Vol. 2 (Hip Hop Slam) cd 14.98
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Volume 2 of Hip Hop Slam's Scratch Attack series again compiles tracks from the legendary radio show. Scratch Attack was a monthly two hour radio show dedicated to the art of turntablism, and ran for one year until it unfortunately got booted off of KPFA in Berkeley. These tracks are culled from archives of the show, and feature both live on the air and pre-recorded stuff made especially for the show.
The collection is tight and there's little filler involved, just really strong tracks from some of the best turntablists around, including a previously unreleased (clickety clackety boom boom) QBert piece, Italy's incredible Alien Army (whose scary tracks include dentist drills, Al Pacino, and werewolves), AQ-fave DJ Jester, DJ Quest & Live Human, Double Dee & Steinski, DJ Pone, DJ Spair, etc. Recommended.
RealAudio clip: DJ QBERT "Turbi Paw Platoon"
RealAudio clip: ALIEN ARMY "Destroy"

V/A Scratch Attack Volume 3 (Hip Hop Slam) cd 14.98
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With this third and final volume in the Scratch Attack series, beloved local hiphop go-getter Billy Jam has managed to collect together some of the most astonishingly good and exciting turntablist tracks out there, many of them having been performed live on his Scratch Attack radio show, with the studio tracks boasting just as much energy and creativity as the live stuff. Honestly, these are some of the most impressive, well chosen tracks out there. A fine survey into the current turntablist scene. With appearances by T-Rock, Live Human, Qbert, Shing02, Alien Army, etc.
MPEG Stream: SHING02 & FREELANCERS UNITED "Organ Transplant"
MPEG Stream: KID GINSENG "The Haunting of Andy Warhol"

V/A Shiggar Fraggar 2000 (Hip Hop Slam) cd 14.98
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More turntable trickery from respected Bay Area-based series.

V/A Si-Con (Shadow) cd 15.98
Hiphop/electro breakbeat compilation introducing a slew of up and coming Japanese DJs (Dazzle-T, Indope Psychics, Koji Sekiguchi, DJ Beat, DJ Yoh, DJ Shun, and others) all looking to be the next DJ Krush. Scratch-happy heavy beat science for those into the turntablist thing. One track gets remixed by DJ Cam, who is French not Japanese, but we won't hold that against him ;) As comps go, pretty good.

V/A Slurped : Original Brainfreeze Flavors Vol. 1 (Magic Sneakers) cd 14.98
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Sixteen of the incredibly rare 7" tracks used by DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist on their recent Brainfreeze performances. (It's just the tracks mind you, no mixing or scratching involved here.) This is a very strong collection. Incredible funk and raw soul and r'n'b. Featuring Odetta, Fried Chicken, Gary Byrd, Alvin Cash, Rufus Thomas etc. Probably not the most legal release, so buy now or cry later.
RealAudio clip: ODETTA "Hit or Miss"
RealAudio clip: FRIED CHICKEN "Funky DJ"
RealAudio clip: SINGING PRINCIPAL "Woman's Liberation"