During August we filmed a lot of scratching and drinking and messing around. Loads in fact. As this year’s video is taking a bit longer than previous installments, here’s a short trailer to wet your appetite a bit. By the way the music on this trailer is called “No shame” and is available on Jimmy Penguin’s excellent “Scrataar” EP which you can download for free here…   http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/62809

So the Irish leg of the tour is completed. Great atmosphere at every show and amazing performances from Jimmy Penguin and Deviant, Mikey Fingers and Tweek, G.O.D and the Neil Bucannon. We have amassed over 60Gb of audio and video recordings which we’ll put together with the upcoming footage from Germany and the UK.

The proceedings opened up in Cork with Jimmy Penguin and Deviant showing why they are (in my opinion) the best in the world at what they do. An unbelievable scratch/folk set like nothing I’d heard before. To boot their solo scratches are amazing – there is nothing that these boys can’t do!

Mikey fingers and Tweek next with an MPC/ Loop Pedal/ Turntable show with brand new material alongside hypnotizing rendition of tracks from last years Tuphat Paddys EP (See the Downloads section).

G.O.D were up next  with their battering electro and some blistering new songs to boot.

The in-store in Dublin was a proper Community Skratch Vibe, with people from all walks of life pouring into CRU and sharing a beer. At one stage there was even a trumpet player turned up to play Happy Birthday ( and inexplicably ring of Fire) to Birthday Boy Moschops.

Nearly all of the scratch DJ’s in Ireland were out and later everyone met up for drinks in Dublin where we had a lock-in until the early hours. Great to see the likes of Tuki and Savwar there..

Another long journey and we were in Galway, the home of the Community Skratch Games, for a club show and a scratinee(!). Some of the best musicians from Galway got together to improvise together as part of the Galway Big Jam. Including Sebi C (pictured, right) , Vince Mack Mahon. Jimmy Hatetank (pictured, left) even got involved too.

We arrived to Cuba to a display of banging techno throughout which Noid the Droid read  his book quietly in the corner. This was not our usual crowd but they loved it. All of the sets were well received and we got the CSG atmosphere going in full swing. Finishing up with G.O.D on a loud system where the punishing electro rhythms came into their own.

Next stop is Berlin, watch this space…

Thanks to Sebi C, Jimmy P and Sarah, and Moschops for your hospitality. Much appreciated as always.

The remaining tour dates can be seen in the Calendar on the right so come down and get involved with the Community Skratch Movement.

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!

We have just finished the first stage of compiling some of the many videos available online from the Community Skratch crew. Click the “Videos” link above to head to our brand new library and check out what you may have been missing.

Videos from nozlrecordingsuk, communityskratch, blam1982, jazzism and many more all together for the first time for your convenience!!

Very exciting news on the way about this years summer shows, but for now check out what we’ve done so for….

Head straight to the videos

[Originally posted 09/12/2009]

After taking much longer than we originally thought to put together, the Community Skratch Tour Promo DVD is ready to be sent out to promoters/ festivals/ venues. We plan to make our 2010 events even bigger and better than 2009, and so we are getting an early start! Featuring cover photography from the endlessly talented Lone Wolf (and the always superb artwork of AliS!!) and some pictures of Fluins & Ckrick outside a pub.

If you are a promoter and are interested in Community Skratch Events anywhere in Europe (or anywhere in the world for that matter) please drop us a line at nozlrecordings@yahoo.co.uk

The DVD itself contains: Full Tour film, Photos/music, Jimmy Penguin’s full half hour live 2009 London set, Press Release, and tour trailer.

This is not a HD/ Broadcast quality DVD, but rather a lovingly put together disc of the 2009 tour. With that in mind, we are not going to put them for sale in the NozL shop, but if you are interested in a copy get in touch at nozlrecordings@yahoo.co.uk and you can have one for cost price (which will be about £5 inc. postage in UK) through PayPal.

Having said that, in 2010 we will be releasing some HD quality video products for your enjoyment, so keep your eyes peeled for those… I mean REALLY peeled mind.

Thanks also to Cat & Alex of Loner Films for helping with the labels, and Mojo Media for helping to sort Kirky out.