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mobility-digest       Friday, December 14 2001       Volume 04 : Number 653



(mobility) spinbad: more than meets the eye...
Re: (mobility) spinbad: more than meets the eye...
Re: (mobility) spinbad: more than meets the eye...
Re: (mobility) spinbad: more than meets the eye...
Re: (mobility) spinbad: more than meets the eye...
Re: (mobility) spinbad: more than meets the eye...
(mobility) question?

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Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 19:43:53 -0500 (EST)
From: mark <[e-mail]>
Subject: (mobility) spinbad: more than meets the eye...

oi there mobilites,
i thought i'd share this tidbit with you all...
i was in borders flipping through some random dj mag (mostly to drool over
the gear in the adverts), and there was a little article about the
"transforming" technique (a scratching thing), and how there were 3 main
dj's involved in it coming to be back in the 80's. apparently, the first
one was dj spinbad (who as most of you know was part of moby's band for
some of the play tour). i forget the second, but the third was dj jazzy
jeff (who if you ask me should cut a new album with ready-rock-c). i
thought that was pretty cool, as i didn't really know any history on
spinbad. he was a philly area dj back then.
so there you go, pertenant trivial information (especially for those of us
dj's who do a little scratching from time to time).
(oh, and another cool tidbit was it was actually named after the
transformers cartoon, 'cause of one of the sound effects in it)
cheers,
    -mark (violently ill admin, mobymusic.com)
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Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 12:50:07 +0000
From: martinjames <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (mobility) spinbad: more than meets the eye...

hey ho mark

Although Spinbad is generally regarded as the creator of the transform
(every turntablist I've ever interviewed - Rob Swift to Mixmaster Mike, DK
Craze to Kid Koala - has confirmed this), DJ Cash Money actually claims he
invented the technique for the 1995 DMC finals. However the first record to
feature te transform in all of its glory was Fresh Prince and Jazzy Jeff's
'He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper'.

oh, and did you now that the first recorded scratch was John Cage's 1938
piece 'Cartridge Music'. And if that's not all, he composed a piece in 1937
called 'Imaginary Landscape No. 1' in which he manipulated turntables to
create a rhythmic texture. Bet DJ Grandmaster Theodore didn't realise that
when he developed the first scratch in hip hop!

and finally... Spinbad rocks.

laters
martin


on 12/12/01 0:43, mark at [e-mail] wrote:

> oi there mobilites,
> i thought i'd share this tidbit with you all...
> i was in borders flipping through some random dj mag (mostly to drool over
> the gear in the adverts), and there was a little article about the
> "transforming" technique (a scratching thing), and how there were 3 main
> dj's involved in it coming to be back in the 80's. apparently, the first
> one was dj spinbad (who as most of you know was part of moby's band for
> some of the play tour). i forget the second, but the third was dj jazzy
> jeff (who if you ask me should cut a new album with ready-rock-c). i
> thought that was pretty cool, as i didn't really know any history on
> spinbad. he was a philly area dj back then.
> so there you go, pertenant trivial information (especially for those of us
> dj's who do a little scratching from time to time).
> (oh, and another cool tidbit was it was actually named after the
> transformers cartoon, 'cause of one of the sound effects in it)
> cheers,
> -mark (violently ill admin, mobymusic.com)


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Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 08:10:17 -0600
From: Christopher Michael Bourke <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (mobility) spinbad: more than meets the eye...

> Although Spinbad is generally regarded as the creator of the transform
> (every turntablist I've ever interviewed - Rob Swift to Mixmaster Mike, DK

Forgive my scratchin' ignorance, but even after an extensive search I was
unable to find out what exactly the "transform technique" is.  Please
enlighten me...


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Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 10:41:33 -0500 (EST)
From: mark <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (mobility) spinbad: more than meets the eye...

it's using the fader or the phono/line switch (or the punch in button on
some mixers, like i think portishead uses one of those) to cut the audio
in and out, generally while you manipulate the record forwards and
backwards.
i've got a low-bandwidth mp3 of my toying around from when i first started
scratching (so my technique and timing's not great) that's got lotsa
transformer scratches in it. it's at:
http://www.lsds.com/~phonicoid/mp3/phonicoid-gotta_rock.mp3
(usually www.phonicoid.com/ etc. but we just switched trunks and are
having a couple server problems.)
hope that clears it up.
cheers,
    -mark (who needs cartridges that hold the groove better)

On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Christopher Michael Bourke wrote:
> > Although Spinbad is generally regarded as the creator of the transform
> > (every turntablist I've ever interviewed - Rob Swift to Mixmaster Mike, DK
>
> Forgive my scratchin' ignorance, but even after an extensive search I was
> unable to find out what exactly the "transform technique" is.  Please
> enlighten me...
>
>
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      .'  http://mark.lsds.com/  http://www.djmagic.com/mark/  `.
     <   www.phonicoid.com/  www.2tone.com/  www.mobymusic.com/  >
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Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 10:09:18 -0800 (PST)
From: "mike e." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (mobility) spinbad: more than meets the eye...

hey mark..
  yer little "gotta rock" scratchin' was highly
entertaining...made me smile =)
thanks!
m.

- --- mark <[e-mail]> wrote:
> it's using the fader or the phono/line switch (or
> the punch in button on
> some mixers, like i think portishead uses one of
> those) to cut the audio
> in and out, generally while you manipulate the
> record forwards and
> backwards.
> i've got a low-bandwidth mp3 of my toying around
> from when i first started
> scratching (so my technique and timing's not great)
> that's got lotsa
> transformer scratches in it. it's at:
>
http://www.lsds.com/~phonicoid/mp3/phonicoid-gotta_rock.mp3
> (usually www.phonicoid.com/ etc. but we just
> switched trunks and are
> having a couple server problems.)
> hope that clears it up.
> cheers,
>     -mark (who needs cartridges that hold the groove
> better)
>
> On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Christopher Michael Bourke
> wrote:
> > > Although Spinbad is generally regarded as the
> creator of the transform
> > > (every turntablist I've ever interviewed - Rob
> Swift to Mixmaster Mike, DK
> >
> > Forgive my scratchin' ignorance, but even after an
> extensive search I was
> > unable to find out what exactly the "transform
> technique" is.  Please
> > enlighten me...
> >
> >
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> [e-mail]
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>
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>       ( jen fa ti; ti fa t'sien; t'sien fa tao; tao fa
> tzu-jan. )
>
>
`____......----------~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----------......____'
>       .'  http://mark.lsds.com/
> http://www.djmagic.com/mark/  `.
>      <   www.phonicoid.com/  www.2tone.com/
> www.mobymusic.com/  >
>
>
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Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 20:34:42 +0100
From: "Bart van Eijck" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (mobility) spinbad: more than meets the eye...

>hey mark..
>  yer little "gotta rock" scratchin' was highly
>entertaining...made me smile =)


My thoughts exactly :)

"So what did you get Charly Brown?"

Bart



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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 23:09:51 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (mobility) question?

ok, heres my question. a fellow moby fan told me to look out for something
called "psy-1 productions".  since i know this guy only because we both like
moby, i figured that it would be moby related. but i have not been able to
find anything on this "psy-1 productions" thing dealing with moby, so if
anyone out there has some information id be grateful for it. it could be
quite possible that it has nothing to do with moby, and if so im sorry to
have wasted your time.

cch

p.s.  he said to look for it in the 3rd week of january.

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