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 ...

Legendary DJ Jam Master Jay has founded the Scratch DJ Academy. Already in it’s 3rd semester, the six week courses teach upcoming DJ’s the history of turntablism & DJ’ing techniques. "I’m really a fan ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SCRATCH: Documentary. Starring Qbert, Afrika Bambaataa, Rob Swift, Grand Wizard Theodore, DJ Shadow. Directed by Doug Pray. (R. 91 minutes. At the Lumiere and the Shattuck in Berkeley.) Filmmaker Doug ...

VAIL, Colorado “-DJ Solomon’s first gig was a middle school dance. Now, 20 years later, this San Francisco-based DJ specializes in what he calls “Pop Turntablism” ” an emerging genre known as mashup ...

In a mesmerizing point-of-view video, DJ Angelo demonstrates the intricate process of blending tracks from seven vinyl records. "Turntablism" was coined, apparently, to distinguish between a DJ who ...