History
Scratching was developed by early hip hop DJs from New York such as Grand Wizard Theodore, who describes scratching as, "nothing but the back-cueing that you hear in your ear before you push it out to the crowd." (Toop, 1991). Jamaican-born DJ Kool Herc also influenced the early development of scratching. Kool Herc developed break-beat DJing, where the breaks of funk songs—being the most danceable part, often featuring percussion—were isolated and repeated for the purpose of all-night dance parties.
Although previous artists such as William S. Burroughs had experimented with the idea of manipulating a reel to reel tape manually for the sounds produced (such as with his 1950s recording, "Sound Piece"), vinyl scratching as an element of hip hop pioneered the idea of making the sound an integral and rhythmic part of music instead of uncontrolled noise.
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Where It All Started
You can download the clip or download a player to play the clip in your browser. DJ Sample of the song "Where it All Started" Read more about this topic: Scratching Famous quotes containing the word history:“Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race.” “The history of men’s opposition to women’s emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.” “The history of our era is the nauseating and repulsive history of the crucifixion of the procreative body for the glorification of the spirit.” |