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Scratch Perverts
Prime Cuts, Plus One and Tony Vegas at BUSC, April 2008
Prime Cuts, Plus One and Tony Vegas at BUSC, April 2008
Background information
OriginLondon
GenresElectronica
Drum & Bass
Hip Hop
Years active1996–present
MembersPrime Cuts
Tony Vegas
Past membersPlus One
Mr Thing
Harry Love
Killa Kela
Renegade
First Rate

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

Biography

The Scratch Perverts have garnered widespread acclaim. The team won the first DMC Team championships in 1999, claiming it again in the 'Perverted Allies' alias (a fusion of the Perverts and the Allies DJ crews). 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, not begetting his returning the DMC World crown to the UK after a hiatus of 10 years. Their technical contributions include the 'feedback' technique, inspired by Jimi Hendrix.

They have now retired indefinitely from competition and gone on to regular live DJing, touring around the world & holding a residency at Fabric in London. They have also gone on to producing their own music, describing hip hop as being "a celebration of all kinds of music just by its very nature".

Scratch Perverts like to play the 'Good Shit'

DJ Hero & DJ Hero 2

The Scratch Perverts are also featured as a contributing artist in the new Activision music game, DJ Hero,[1] in which they have what is considered by fans as the hardest DJ setlist in the game which includes 5 tracks, then they returned for the sequel which included 2 mixes from the trio.

Discography

Mix CDs

Singles

  • Come Get It with Time Scratch Perverts Records (Limited edition Promotional copy) (25 October 2004)
  • Stand By Supercharged Records (2007)

Mixes For DJ Hero

Mixes For DJ Hero 2

References

  1. ^ Purchase, Robert (12 August 2009). "DJ Hero features Scratch Perverts, Yoda News". Eurogamer. Retrieved 12 August 2009.

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