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{{Short description|UK musical group}}
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| genre = {{hlist|[[Electronica]]|[[drum and bass]]|[[Hip hop music|hip hop]]
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| years_active = 1996–present
| years_active = 1996–present
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| current_members = Prime Cuts<br />Tony Vegas
| current_members = * Prime Cuts
* Tony Vegas
| past_members = Plus One<br /> Mr Thing<br />Harry Love<br />[[Killa Kela]]<br />Renegade<br />First Rate
| past_members = * Plus One
* [[Mr Thing]]
* Harry Love
* [[Killa Kela]]
* Renegade
* First Rate
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The '''Scratch Perverts''' are a collective of [[Turntablism|turntablist]] [[DJ]]s from London, formed in 1996 by Tony Vegas, Prime Cuts and DJ Renegade.
The '''Scratch Perverts''' are a collective of [[Turntablism|turntablist]] [[DJ]]s from London, formed in 1996 by Tony Vegas, Prime Cuts and DJ Renegade.


World DMC team champions in both 1999 and 2001. Additionally Prime Cuts won 2 consecutive ITF World Scratching titles, first beating A-Trak in Hawaii in 1999 and then defending the title in Los Angeles the following year. Plus One won the Vestax battle in 2000, then the World DMC title in 2001. Their technical contributions include the 'feedback' technique, inspired by [[Jimi Hendrix]].
World DMC team champions in both 1999 and 2001. Additionally Prime Cuts won 2 consecutive ITF World Scratching titles, first beating [[A-Trak]] in Hawaii in 1999 and then defending the title in Los Angeles the following year. Plus One won the Vestax battle in 2000, then the World DMC title in 2001. Their technical contributions include the 'feedback' technique, inspired by [[Jimi Hendrix]].


They have now retired from competition and gone on to regular live DJing, touring and holding a residency at [[Fabric (club)|Fabric]] in [[London]]. They have also gone on to produce their own music.
They have now retired from competition and gone on to regular live DJing, touring and holding a residency at [[Fabric (club)|Fabric]] in [[London]]. They have also gone on to produce their own music.
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</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/features/top-15-low-life-records-hip-hop.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-07-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716105756/http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/features/top-15-low-life-records-hip-hop.html |archivedate=16 July 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.broken-culture.co.uk/ikea-presents-harrys-records/|title=Ikea Presents- Harry’s Records|website=Broken-culture.co.uk|accessdate=2020-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Hip-hop Connection|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jJ2fAAAAMAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Popular Publications|page=92}}</ref> He was a member of the Scratch Perverts in the 1990s.<ref name="Smith2013">{{cite book|author=Ms Sophy Smith|title=Hip-Hop Turntablism, Creativity and Collaboration|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YD9gW5F-LY0C&pg=PT64|date=28 April 2013|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=978-1-4094-7205-6|pages=64–65}}</ref>
</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/features/top-15-low-life-records-hip-hop.html |title=The Essential... Low Life |accessdate=2015-07-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716105756/http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/features/top-15-low-life-records-hip-hop.html |archivedate=16 July 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.broken-culture.co.uk/ikea-presents-harrys-records/|title=Ikea Presents- Harry's Records|website=Broken-culture.co.uk|accessdate=2020-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Hip-hop Connection|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jJ2fAAAAMAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Popular Publications|page=92}}</ref> He was a member of the Scratch Perverts in the 1990s.<ref name="Smith2013">{{cite book|author=Ms Sophy Smith|title=Hip-Hop Turntablism, Creativity and Collaboration|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YD9gW5F-LY0C&pg=PT64|date=28 April 2013|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=978-1-4094-7205-6|pages=64–65}}</ref>


==''DJ Hero'' and ''DJ Hero 2''==
==''DJ Hero'' and ''DJ Hero 2''==
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[[Category:British electronic music groups]]
[[Category:British electronic music groups]]
[[Category:British hip hop DJs]]
[[Category:British hip-hop DJs]]
[[Category:1996 establishments in England]]
[[Category:1996 establishments in England]]
[[Category:Musical groups from London]]
[[Category:Electronic music groups from London]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1996]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1996]]

Latest revision as of 11:36, 13 December 2024

Scratch Perverts
Prime Cuts, Plus One and Tony Vegas at BUSC in April 2008
Prime Cuts, Plus One and Tony Vegas at BUSC in April 2008
Background information
OriginLondon
Genres
Years active1996–present
Members
  • Prime Cuts
  • Tony Vegas
Past members

The Scratch Perverts are a collective of turntablist DJs from London, formed in 1996 by Tony Vegas, Prime Cuts and DJ Renegade.

World DMC team champions in both 1999 and 2001. Additionally Prime Cuts won 2 consecutive ITF World Scratching titles, first beating A-Trak in Hawaii in 1999 and then defending the title in Los Angeles the following year. Plus One won the Vestax battle in 2000, then the World DMC title in 2001. Their technical contributions include the 'feedback' technique, inspired by Jimi Hendrix.

They have now retired from competition and gone on to regular live DJing, touring and holding a residency at Fabric in London. They have also gone on to produce their own music.

Harry Love

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Harry Love is an English hip hop record producer and DJ from Laylow, Ladbroke Grove, London.[citation needed] He has produced beats for artists such as Jehst, Verb T, and Klashnekoff.[1][2][3][4] He was a member of the Scratch Perverts in the 1990s.[5]

DJ Hero and DJ Hero 2

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The group were contributing artists in the Activision music game, DJ Hero,[6] contributing a DJ setlist in the game which includes five tracks, and for the game's sequel which included two mixes from the group.

Discography

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Mix CDs

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Singles

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  • "Come Get It" with 'Time', Scratch Perverts Records (Limited edition Promotional copy) (25 October 2004)
  • "Stand By", Supercharged Records (2007)
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Mixes For DJ Hero

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Mixes For DJ Hero 2

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References

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  1. ^ "Stealth Presents…. » DJ Dance Music News Dance Music Reviews Dance Music Charts". Dancenova.com. Retrieved 15 August 2008.
  2. ^ "The Essential... Low Life". Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Ikea Presents- Harry's Records". Broken-culture.co.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  4. ^ Hip-hop Connection. Popular Publications. 2008. p. 92.
  5. ^ Ms Sophy Smith (28 April 2013). Hip-Hop Turntablism, Creativity and Collaboration. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 64–65. ISBN 978-1-4094-7205-6.
  6. ^ Purchase, Robert (12 August 2009). "DJ Hero features Scratch Perverts, Yoda News". Eurogamer. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
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