Grandmaster Flash
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OT: The video that Native Instruments won’t want you to see!
Grandmaster Flash back in the Bronx, spinning strictly vinyl.
SoundCloud has announce a Grandmaster Flash Mix Competition. Make a mix using a couple of tracks from his new album The Bridge: A Concept Of Culture, mess it up, upload it and maybe win some cool stuff:
Download the two tracks below and include them on a half hour DJ mix.
Use whatever methods you like. Get creative. Double it up and scratch it. Just make sure that it’s hot. You can use the FREE, fully functional TRAKTOR PRO demo version. Download here: www.native-instruments.com/tprodemoversion
Several winners will be chosen to win some serious prizes, including a set of Traktor DJ equipment and a chance to have their mix aired on the Diesel-U Music radio show.
Details here.
Grandmaster Flash, one of the godfathers of turntablism, plans to release a comeback album in 2009, that sounds like it could be an interesting project.
The Bridge: Concept Of A Culture has as its theme the global impact of hip hop, and will feature guest spots from Natacha Atlas and others, including a lot of the hip hop guest-spot regulars. The album is scheduled for release Feb 23rd.
“Wherever I travel as a DJ, I see the incredible power of this artform,” explains Flash. ” am constantly amazed by it. That’s the line that runs through the album – we speak many languages and come from many cultures but, wherever I go in the world, there is one universal culture of hip hop.” Read more…
A couple of promo videos featuring hip hop legend Grandmaster Flash and techno icon Richie Hawtin talk about music, DJing and technology.
These clips were shot when Native Instruments brought both artists together for the first time in NYC.
This video series accompanies the launch of Native Instruments’ new generation of DJ tools, TRAKTOR PRO and TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO.
Grandmaster Flash shares his take on the state of DJ science at the Native Instruments booth at the 2008 Winter NAMM Show.
Flash was fighting some flaky gear that NI hadn’t troubleshooted very well, but it was still great to see him in action.
