Quote Originally Posted by DJsmallpaul View Post
It seem to me the scratching has no place in modern dance music, is that a good thing or a bad thing ? i used to love a bit of scratching back in the day when i was big on Hardcore & it's sub gener's but then you'd get dj's who'd do a bit over the top of styles like trance which imo didn't work at all.

Now theirs obviously some styles that still embrace the art (of which i'm not to familier with) so what are those ?. & generally are you a fan of scatching or not ?

Thoughts & discusions please :)
Obviously you get lots of scratching in Hip Hop, and a fair bit in Breaks and Electro.

I've heard quite a few D&B DJs scratch.

It's rarer in Techno, but there are still some people who do it well.

Space DJz, DJ Bam Bam and Jerome Hill come to mind.

I definitely think there's a place for it in modern dance music, for sure.

So long as there are turntables (vinyl or otherwise) there will be scratching.