After months of organising we are proud to announce the dates/ venues and line-ups for the Community Skratch Tour 2010!

This years event will take in Ireland, UK, and Germany as we step things up for the third year in a row. The tour includes new music performances from your favourite CSG artists such as Jimmy Penguin, Deviant, & G.O.D… but also featuring performances from the one and only LORN all the way from the U.S for the Community Skratch BBQ, UK…. and exclusive album performances from Oslo Flow (Blam and Plato).

This year there will be Community Skratch BBQ’s in Berlin on Saturday 21st August and the usual finale in Brighton on August 28th.

Posters for all events will be online shortly, so please spread the word. Lets make it another amazing year!

Lone Wolf breaks it down tutorial style to show you how to create your own skratch looper.

The five part session covers hyperlinking, button actioning, using the fx tool and other handy tips to get you started in making your own practice looper.

Make sure you watch it in the crisp 720 HD option in You Tube.

NozL Recordings: How to Create a Skratch Looper – Tutorial (Swishmax Flash) Pt 1

NozL Recordings: How to Create a Skratch Looper – Tutorial (Swishmax Flash) Pt 2

NozL Recordings: How to Create a Skratch Looper – Tutorial (Swishmax Flash) Pt 3

NozL Recordings: How to Create a Skratch Looper – Tutorial (Swishmax Flash) Pt 4

NozL Recordings: How to Create a Skratch Looper – Tutorial (Swishmax Flash) Pt 5

Enjoy

Here is the NozL Looper 3 with fresher than fresh beats to slice and dice your vinyl over….

Nuff said… just click on the image above to download the .exe file

or right click and save as here:

NozL Looper 3 (.exe)

NozL Looper 3 (.swf)

Enjoy

We will be uploading a “how to” tutorial on creating a skratch looper very soon. So keep your eyes peeled!

The store is being built and we will notify everyone when it is up and running.

Please continue to use the nozl.co.uk shop when purchasing all your skratches goodies.

Remember to keep up to date with the news and videos section and enjoy the Community Skratch Games next month!

Simple… Click the Skratchstream tab on the homepage, or the Skratchstream previews window to the right of this news piece.

Brand new NozL Looper 3, scratching, a bad back, microphone, wayward discussions, yes the driver of the Skratchbus will be live at 8pm tonight (UK time)!

Well the new series of Skratchstream is well underway with shows from Maroon and Lone Wolf in the coming weeks. Here’s a strange flyer for the Maroon show..

The Skratchstream sprung back into action tonight with a live hour and a half from the one and only DJ Blam. Some sneaky new beats and a lot of new styles.
The Skratchstream will be back for 4 weeks only as we move into a series format. We will have a poster up this week to get the information out there about whats coming up in the next few weeks.

However, we can confirm that Jimmy Penguin is next up in the new regular Tuesday slot at 7pm GMT (8pm UK Time).

Check the Gigs calendar to the right for full details..

Check out the SubDivision lads’ site for previews and purchasing info!
[PL009] _ The SubDivision presents: Interpretazioni EP ft. Rogue Star, Lone Wolf, Djunya & Vesicle by ParadiseLostRecordings

The SubDivision round up some of some of dubstep’s heaviest and dirtiest mercenaries for the latest Paradise Lost offering of 4 remixes on the Interpretazioni EP.

Roguestar starts things off with what can only be considered an epic remix of an already epic track, Devil’s Kiss. Full throttle from the start and straddling the line between dubstep and breakstep, this track will appeal to anyone needing to destroy the floor at 3AM.

Lonewolf goes dirt for his remix of The Messenger, bringing the heat with his notorious filthy style, incorporating heavy synths with nasty breaks.

On the flip, Djunya takes things to the dark side of dub, with his re-take on the bizzarely spacey Elephant Walk. Currently a favorite of DJs pushing the deeper sounds, Djunya brings in heavy reverbs, 8-bit stabs, and his trademark bassline business to produce a brilliant and complex sound.

Vesicle round off the release with what might be their heaviest production yet on the remix of The Rose.

Junglist vibes and bass terrorism combine to produce devastating material showing off the impressive skills of these up-and-comers from Finland. With something for everyone on this release, Paradise Lost is going from strength to strength.

Check out the SubDivision lads’ site for previews and purchasing info by clicking here!

* Format: 12″ Vinyl
* Label: Paradise Lost Rec.
* Catalog#: PL 009
* Style: Dubstep / Breakstep
* Release date: 17th of May 2010

The hideously prolific Jimmy Penguin has unleashed yet another fine free album on us all. Follow the link below to stream or download his new electro album available from alkalinear recordings.

http://www.archive.org/details/JimmyPenguintheDiscoBall

Here’s what one reviewer had to say:

“Rumour has it that Jimmy Penguin has a secret factory located deep in the heart of Connemara, filled with migrant beatmaking midgets who work around the clock constructing rhythms and melodies for the wunderkid. How else could one man churn out such a vast array of quality albums in such a short space of time? At this rate, he’ll have surpassed Zappa’s 89 album outout by the time he’s 30. Sheesh!
His most recent sonic voyage, ‘The Disco Ball’, is yet another foray into unchartered electronic waters, making it increasingly more difficult to categorize exactly what young Jim does musically. Not a cut or scratch in sight, the 11 tracks presented here are equally well mixed & mastered as they are composed. There’s pianos (but of course) but the sound being explored here is definitely something more synth-related than acoustic, with Jimmy working hard to create an album that relies on space and processing as key components of the compositions themselves.
Tracks like ‘Eeelectro’ and ‘Twomany’ underline his ability to program drums in less obvious patterns than most, using the kick-drum in such a way that he actually sounds like a metal drummer lashing away on a double pedal. Album opener, ‘Tro1 fat anelay’, is a superb nod to modern sound design, and wouldn’t seem even the slightest bit out of place on a Fuck Buttons or Atlas Sound album.
The chords sit predominantly on the minor side, so again, this is a Penguin album that is best served in a dark room with the eyes closed and the lungs blackened. Or else plug in a Sega Megadrive, throw on Double Dragon II and spazz out electronically. Either way, cop your ears around this release – one of his most focused albums yet – and see what shapes Jimmy’s mind constructs on the regular.”

Surely you’ll give it a listen after that…

Lone Wolf and his strange friends in Sunderland have produced an entry for the Doritos ‘King of Ads’ competition.

Check out what they’ve come up with right here!

To help the video go far in the competition, Lone Wolf needs as many views, ‘likes’ and comments as possible, so please do just that, watch it, click ‘like’, add a quality comment and pass it on to your pals and ask them to do the same.

The video has already won the weekly award and we’re hoping it goes on to reach the final 15 where entrants faces a panel of 3 judges who decide which 3 videos go to a national vote!!!!

PLEASE HELP BY INVITING YOUR FRIENDS AND HELP KIRKY WIN!!!!!

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COMPETITION DETAILS

• THURS 6th MAY
Top 100 announced

• MON 10th MAY
Top 50 announced

• WED 12th MAY
Top 15 go to London and the creators pitch their idea to the panel of judges.

- NOEL CLARKE (Kidulthoood, Adulthood writer & director)
- LAUREN LAVERNE (BBC Broadcaster, TV Presenter, from Sunderland!)
- DAVID STONE (Advertising Professional)

Presented by MIQUITA OLIVER (T4 Presenter)

• SAT 29th MAY – THURS 10th JUNE
Top 3 announced and the voting for the winner will commence.

• SUN 3rd JUNE
WINNING ad is aired on Channel 4.