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Comment on Cut Chemist innit…… by ferdinand nerdlington esq.

ferdinand nerdlington esq. — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:08:59 +0000

this mix is fucking excellent. cut chemist is the man.

Comment on “A Night At The Knitting Factory” w/ D-Styles Sextet and Ned Hoddings. Special Screening at CSG 2011! by admin

admin — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:29:30 +0000

You should have written the article! Excellent stuff, valid points all.

“Was it the beginning or the end? Or both?”

I feel that dude.

So, how I see it….. Twas the end of the “third phase” of skratching (if we take phase one beginning with Herc et al, ending with Jeff, Cash etc.., that phase ending with Q-Bert, Dream Team, etc), no doubt. The fourth phase however, never really got meaty did it? Beyond “Scetchbook” and “Fuga”, Toadstyle’s “Switchblade Sermons” and a handful of releases, two years later it all seemed to be over. No-one came through. There were some great works within that timeframe though. Off the top of my head I’m thinking the Birdy Nam Nam shit (“Too Much Skunk” et al), Tigerstyles’ ITF routine with the Radiohead cuts, Pfel did some crazy musical shit….. Weird how everyone ended up doing dance routines, rubbing their hands and pointing.

Like you mentioned above, maybe the window of time has passed, and the epilogue of the third phase was the pinnacle. And there’s no reason to be disappointed in that, that’s how she goes.

Still, just cos Hendrix conquered the guitar solo in the 70s doesn’t mean cats stopped doing it. The bar gets set so we can aspire.

And as long as people continue to discover (and re-discover) D-Styles, people will continue to be inspired to learn about, and possibly get involved in, the creation of skratch music.

I am fucking psyched that next week, we get to watch it on a big screen with a sound system.

Comment on “A Night At The Knitting Factory” w/ D-Styles Sextet and Ned Hoddings. Special Screening at CSG 2011! by ferdinand nerdlington esq.

ferdinand nerdlington esq. — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:46:05 +0000

Well said my friend:
My question is this as far as Knight at the Mittens Facorty:
Was it the beginning or the end? Or both?
There isn’t a scratch fag (my derogatory term for those in the “know”) on the planet that didn’t watch NATKF (nite@faktory) at least six thousand times.
I still get chills on Toad’s second pass during the warm-up intro. You still don’t see anything close to the Ned Hoddings set. Louis fucking Lopez…
Those guys were inspired by Q who in turn was inspired by Mike.
Q was probably the most inspirational figure in the game- but only as far as getting people into it.
As far as what you can get out of it once you’re in, D-Styles stands alone.
Wave Twisters is an important piece of work. But it’s like a book that you really liked and read on the beach on holiday but have no interest in revisiting.
In other words, I don’t think anyone’s read a Dan Brown novel twice.
Phantaz on the other hand is like fine art. Every time you listen you hear or experience something new. It’s a masterwork- like Birth of a Nation or Kind of Blue.
I’ve often wondered why Dave has not blessed the masses with another release.
And then I listen to Phantaz and it makes so much sense.
What the fuck could stand next to Phantaz and not seem like shite- even if it was amazingly good.
There’s this youtube vid of noel gallagher talking about johnny marr. The gallagher brother’s trying to get marr to play the how soon is now intro and johnny struggles to play it.
“It’s like a fucking Abbot and Costello routine,” gallagher says. “Even he’s not as good as he is.”
And that’s how I think it is with Dave. I can see him listening to the cuts on FUPM with a college class and responding to a question with, “To be totally honest with you I have no fucking idea how I did that.”
This hyper-capitalist notion that artists have 40-year windows to drop science is bullocks. Sure the Rolling Stones play Fenway Park for millions and you’re more likely to see a 50 or 60-year-old on stage than, oh….i don’t know-….say a 19-year-old with unrefined talent and explosive energy.
But all that’s the end of art, not the beginning or “during.”
The truth is life is short. And the window for an artist like D-Styles to produce and deliver something like Phantaz isn’t much larger than a deck of playing cards.
Elvis said, “I used to be disgusted, now I try to be amused.”
Well I used to be disappointed now I try and count blessings. The fact that there is so little in the way of things like Phantaz, D-Styles, Toadstyle and Ned Hoddings, things that have inspired thousands, maybe millions to pursue new avenues of artistic self-expression might lead some to conclude that the moment in the sun has passed and the art form or genre (call her what you will) is dead or dying.
But I’d suggest it’s an indication of just how powerful something like Phantaz really is.
There are prolific artists like Julian Schnabel that can just crank shit out pretty much on command.
But there are some voodoo cats out there like Dave that know they’re not really in charge of the production schedule. These are the Obi-Wan Kanobi motherfuckers with a strong connection to the unseen, the beyond- that magic place where perfection and chaos drink beer and eat sandwiches together next to the river on a sunny Saturday.
Some people wake up and say to themselves, “Today I’m going to start my new album.”
Maybe D-Styles woke up in 1998 and said, “Holy shit, today Phantazmahgorea is starting me!”
I wonder if that’s how it works.

Comment on [FN_22] Jimmy Penguin – Thumb by Fusion Netlabel

Fusion Netlabel — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 11:13:29 +0000

Great stuff!
Best Regards,
PEACE

Comment on DEVIANT – Scunga Time FREE EP by admin

admin — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:39:23 +0000

Just to let ye know, this is a repost from a few months back, noticed it had became unpublished somehow. So yeah, that’s it really.

Comment on Oslo Flow T-Shirts Now Available! by The ghost of Joey Barton's mustche

The ghost of Joey Barton's mustche — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:23:32 +0000

i dropped a line. never herd bak. i’m such a dick.

Comment on Community Skratch Tour Roundup by The ghost of Joey Barton's mustche

The ghost of Joey Barton's mustche — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:09:30 +0000

I know you guys are busy lads but please, please, please (james brown voice) upload the vids ASAP. I’m like a kid @ effin christmas. sittin on pins and needles here people.

Sounds like it was the best one yet.

Comment on Community Skratch Tour Roundup by sqratchsac

sqratchsac — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:14:49 +0000

big up everyone !!

wow weeeeee

Comment on Community Skratch Tour Roundup by paddy bappin

paddy bappin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:27:24 +0000

Well said Ricardo, twas a smashing few weeks. The BBQ was quite possibly the best event we’ve been involved with yet. Videos please!

Comment on Community Skratch Tour Roundup by Tweets that mention Nozl Recordings » Community Skratch Tour Roundup -- Topsy.com

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:13:36 +0000

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