General Sites
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Geo (Trooperz crew) has a great web site forum for keeping tabs on the battle scene, especially in the DC area. |
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ScratchDJ.com has a good faq on scratching, and a good faq on getting
into turntablism. They also sell break records.
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Asisphonics has a radio show featuring some hot crews, including some
from the DC area. The "mod squad" section lists a bunch of modifications
you can do to your tables, mixers, and faders to get what you want out of them.
Also, there is a section that documents a large number of scratch techniques
with odd names.
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Turntablism.com.au has information about scratching, beat juggling, and turntablism techniques, as well as equipment and record reviews. Check it out!
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Stores
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You can pick up equipment, break records, mix tapes, and
just about anything related to turntablism at turntablelab.com.
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Hundreds of record dealers catalog their collections at this site. Great place to find records, especially out-of-print stuff. |
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They sell break records, and have a link to a listing of battle crews
from around the world.
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Beatbreaks.com sells break records, b-boy videos, and grafitti supplies.
I have had success buying break records from them in the past.
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DJ and Crew Sites
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The Trooperz crew is on the come up. They are from around the DC
area, and are making moves in the battle scene worldwide.
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The goonies are holdin' it down in Charlottesville and DC.
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DJ Ragz (Music Fiendz) has been in the battle scene for a while now, and still holds it down. Straight outta VA.
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These guys are from all over, and represent a whold bunch of different styles.
They've been putting together some hot break records for a while now.
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This Chicago-based crew is winning battles all over the place, and organizing
their own as well.
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This NY-based crew had more members in the 2000 US DMCs than any crew in the history
of the event.
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The Allies are J-Smoke, Spictacular, Craze, Develop, A-Trak, Infamous, and
Klever.
Too hot.
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