Turntablism is the art of using the turntable as a musical instrument. DJ Shortkut explains turntablism in 15 levels of difficulty, from easy to complex. Shortkut starts with the very basics of ...

It’s debatable who came up with the term “turntablism” — it could have been Daly City’s DJ Disk, or the more widely credited DJ Babu, from Los Angeles. But everyone can agree that the term ...

The humble turntable has put music in a spin over the last 50 years - giving rise to a whole new genre of sound, artistic skill and culture. The turntable has been used as a musical instrument since ...

As one of the finest DJs alive, Rob Swift has repped turntablism far and wide. He's won DJ contests, starred in the all-DJ supergroup X-ecutioners and even the odd GAP commercial, all while releasing ...

What is it? An umbrella term used to define an attitude and set of techniques particular to a DJ using turntables and mixers as music-creating instruments in themselves rather than purely as devices ...

Mike Relm is a pioneer working in the medium of video turntablism. Mashing up snippets of video and music in a live setting and incorporating the scratching and other DJ tricks of traditional ...

Among the many sounds at Boston's renowned Berklee College of Music, where the only music on the curriculum is contemporary, one could say its latest is a sort of throwback to the past Today, the ...

[An L.A. native, L.A. Weekly columnist Jeff Weiss edits Passion of the Weiss and hosts the Shots Fired podcast. Find him online at passionweiss.com, follow him on Twitter and also check out his ...

Editor’s note: This story is part of That’s My Word, KQED’s story series on Bay Area hip-hop history. On an overcast November day in Oakland, DJ Shortkut – a member of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz DJ ...

The humble turntable has put music in a spin over the last 50 years - giving rise to a whole new genre of sound, artistic skill and culture. The turntable has been used as a musical instrument since ...