We are very excited to announce that Alexander Sonnenfeld's long awaited "Real Instrument Skratching" series is NOW AVAILABLE!!! 

Alex put his heart and soul into making these, so be sure to give him some feedback! 

Click below for Thud Rumble's 2012 DMC World DJ Championships Recap! Also be sure to read DJ Nocturnal's blog for more about the US DJs! 

photo by Christie Z-Pabon: DMC USA

We have another champion amongst us! Joining the elite ranks of previous DMC champions DJ Nelson and DJ Vajra, QSU student Vekked has just won the DMC Battle for World Supremacy. 

QSU: How long have you been DJing?

Get ready everyone, it's time now to find out who will be the QSU Valedictorian for 2012!

To enter, you must submit a 1 minute video (no more, no less) of your best skratching to the category "2012 Valedictorian" before the deadline:

**UPDATED**: Monday, October 29, 2012. 

Like last year, all QSU students will have the opportunity to vote on the battle submissions and make their comments. Qbert will take the student votes into consideration before making the final decision. 

Today's blog is brought to you by QSU student DJ Clearcut. 

Meeting of Styles - Las Vegas 2012

QSU super student Supaphonik has released what he's calling "Scratch Master Tape 2012", which is a really nice mix of beats and skraching that features a variety of ill cutters. Here's what Supaphonik writes:

Hi everybody, do you remember when scratch DJs made tapes? Back in the day, I used to listen many of those, like DJ Crazy B, DJ Mouss, Cut Killer, A-Trak, and of course Qbert.  I was nostalgic of this time so I came up with this, because nowadays nobody makes scratch tapes anymore, and it's sad!

So, there is about 40min of scratch mix featuring some cool DJs like Bjam from bucarest, Tieno, Fouks and Alroy from France, DJ Nexus from Italy, That Kid Named cCee and the one and only Qbert from the US! 

Thanks to them for their contribution to the tape. Now sit back, relax, and enjoy the mix!

Check it out...  the Handroidz, who consist of DJ IQ and DJ Konfusion, have been holding it down in the skratch scene since 1992. These two brothers are quietly some of the dopest skratchers around, watch this routine performed at the Beat Swamp Meet last year to see for yourself.  Be sure to catch them at Skratchpad LA if you're in the area!

Here we have DJ Shadow dropping a 30 minute set at the Boiler Room. As he explains in his intro: "This was not meant to be a floor rocking contemporary set". He plays a lot of records that he sampled on his new album. As a big fan of Shadow, I love this. Reading some of the comments on the video made me realize that not everyone feels the same. Not sure what they were expecting, because this is awesome! Be sure to check out the interview with Shadow we posted a while back, it's deep. 

The following blog is courtesy of Stevie-E

Hey everyone! Looks like NI is teasing a new 2 channel (it really looks like it can be a 4 channel) mixer! It looks to me like it is a straight NATIVE INSTRUMENTS mixer (makes me wonder about them and Pioneers' relationship - being that this appears to be pretty similar to the T1). I first heard about this on DJWorx which you can check out here.

Check out a short recap from Fader Fest 2012... just a taste of how it went down. Big up chrisg on putting this together, editing is sickkk! 

Stay tuned for more footage and interviews coming soon!