After writing a fantastic review for the DMC UK DJ Championships (Click Here To Read The UK Final 2008 Review), Cutmaster Swift has been busy putting the finishing touches to his in depth review on this years exciting Battle For UK Supremacy on Thursday 17th July @ Islington Academy.

Click Here To Read Cutmaster Swift's Battle Review

Cutmaster Swift has been busy putting the finishing touches to his review of the UK DJ Championship that took place on Thursday 17th July @ Islington Academy. Now that he's finished his masterpiece, it has been posted here on dmcdjchamps.com for you all to enjoy!

Click this link to read Cutmaster Swift's take on the DMC UK Final 2008 @ Islington Academy, Thursday 17th July...

Huge congratulations go out to DJ Skully who marked a triumphant return to competitive turntablism with a performance that displayed his effortless style and technical panache last Thursday at the DMC UK DJ Championships Final. Placing first in the competition, which took place at Islington Academy, means Skully is now set to represent UK turntablists and compete against the cream of the global DJ crop at the DMC World DJ Championships 2008.

"It's an unbelievable feeling to represent the United Kingdom in the DMC's again. I am really excited and cannot wait to compete against the best DJ's from across the world in September..."
DJ Skully - DMC UK Champion 2008

Skully first shot to prominence by being the first DJ to win the UK Battle For Supremacy, an offshoot of the main championships where DJs compete head to head rather than in sequence. After winning that, and the finals in 2002 he went on to win the Diesel U Music Award for Best Scratch DJ and then focussed on production and mixtapes. He's come 2nd at the World Finals twice, so this year Skully definitely has something to prove.



DMC UK DJ Championship Final 2008 Winners

1. DJ Skully
2. JFB
3. Switch

Battle For Supremacy Winner

1. Switch
2. Jeppa



Click Here To View The Photos From The Event...


This year's DMC World DJ Championships are being held on Friday 26th and Saturday 27th September at IndigO2. Heats are taking place now, across the globe, and if the UK competition is anything to go by, once again standards have been ramped up a notch this year.

The finals mark the culmination of months of fierce competition in countries across the world including Japan, USA, Australia, Canada, across the whole of Europe and all the way out to China, Brazil and even Bulgaria – the winner here in September is the best of the best, period.

The recognition that comes with being at the very top of their game is what all of these artists are fighting for but of course there's also the small matter of some seriously desirable prizes including the coveted Technics gold turntables (like the world cup for scratching - they're just harder to lift over your head!). There's also a $10,000 cheque from Ortofon and a whole host of other prizes including goodies from Calvin Klein's ck IN2U and clothes from Drunknmunky.



The Championships have been running for 23 years now and have helped launch the careers of a galaxy of stars from the DJ world ranging from early winners like the UK's Chad Jackson, Scratch Perverts and Cutmaster Swift to legends like Q-Bert, C2C (4 x DMC World Team Champions), DJ Ca$h Money and Beastie Boys DJ Mixmaster Mike through to new names like DJ Craze, DJ Netik and last year's German winner Rafik who played showcase sets at all the UK Heats.

The event is famously sponsored by Technics and Ortofon with the only turntables DJs are allowed to compete with being two Technics SL1200 (armed solely with Ortofon needles).



Contestants have just six minutes to do their impeccably choreographed thing, with DJs in recent years reaching way outside of conventional hip hop and featuring rock, house, drum and bass and folk in their routines.

Click Here To View The Video Footage Filmed For ITV London...

Urban Nerd 'Save the Vinyl Special'

Well there you have it, the DMC UK regional championships is over for another year! DMC headed off to London on Saturday 21st June for the final heat of the tour! DMC were pleased to team up with Urban Nerd for our final event, and what an event it was! Great crowd, great show! What more could you ask for?

DMC would like to thank everyone at Urban Nerd for a fantastic event!

As well as the DMC London heat on the night Urban Nerds put on a fantastic line up which included: Legend – Goldie! The Newham Generals, Rattus Rattus and many more! Plus DMC World Champion DJ Rafik and DJ Blakey who was out celebrating his birthday!

Below is Cutmaster Swift's take on the evening:

"Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner that I love…blah, blah, blah, they say you save the best till last and the DMC London heat was certainly one the best I've witnessed in past years, big up's to the Urban Nerds squad who certainly know how to put on great nights!"

After running a very smooth sailing elimination the following 8 contestants provided the evening's entertainment in the following order: Spats, Hostile, Special Guest, Disect, Buckwilde, TGK, Johnny 1 Move & Furious P.

Without doubt this one of the closest heats which resulted with just a point difference between its top three competitors: 1st was a very consistent Furious P who placed 3rd previously in Birmingham, his London performance felt more mature and dynamic!

Second was awarded to a very talented Disect, after delivering some energetic scratch manipulations using various synth's and vocal samples!

Third place went to Johnny 1 move, again in my opinion showing plenty of future potential. Johnny delivered very fast clean scratches and his turntable drumming impressed me the most!

Furious P will now join Pandamonium, Loop Skywalker, Skully, Switch, Jeppa, and Asian Hawk and Rasp (who came second at two heats) at the UK Final on Thursday 17th July…

See you there !!!

Click Here To View The Photos From The Night...

Click Here To View The Video On DMC TV...

Sally Mclintock
DMC Events Manager

The DMC team headed down to Bournemouth for their South West Coast heat on Friday 13th June and had a stormer of an evening. The event was hosted in the Crank Club and with 8 competitors qualifying; they competed in the following running order; Nicki T, Foly, Weetamix, TGK, Jeppa, Captain Wang, Buckwilde & Asian Hawk.

With a full six minutes play time for each DJ, the competition threw up a massively unexpected twist which resulted in a consistent Jeppa placing 1st. "Jeppa's arrangement was the most fluent on the night & his scratches sat tightly throughout his mix which ended with a bass & synth scratch being manipulated!"

After placing second in the Birmingham heat, Asian Hawk returned to Bournemouth to perform his killer set to the energetic crowd. Once again, he took second place behind Jeppa and TGK was awarded third place with just 1 point separating him from Captain Wang who claimed 3rd Place at the Manchester heat.

Clips of all the evenings competitors as well as previous heats are available for viewing through our brand new DMC TV portal, Enjoy!

Click Here To View The Videos On DMC TV

Click Here To View The Photos From The Heat

After a very eventful and exciting week at DMC with the return of UK DMC Champion 2002 DJ Skully, DMC headed off to Birmingham on Friday 30th May for the second midland heat of the week!

DMC were pleased to have 5 past and present UK finalists in the regional heat! DJ Switch (UK Supremacy Champion and UK Finalist, Asian Hawk (Past UK Champion), Furious P, Weetamix and Johnny 1 Move. A mini UK Final in Birmingham!

The winner of the night went to DJ Switch who's set was a very energetic visual performance showing great creativity and potential, Switch already holds the UK Battle Supremacy title over the past two years, so Switch is certainly a DJ to watch out for.

Coming second was Asian Hawk which was another covert return from a former UK champion, Asian Hawk delivered a well thought out and informative set with lots of creativity and giving it the 'Asian Hawk' musicality feel!

Third place was taken by Furious P who performed a smooth flowing and entertaining set with his high energy style!

Big thanks to Heducation for a fantastic night!

To see a review of the night from the Manchester heat winner – DJ Loop Skywalker click the link - http://forum.djpages.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=10472

Click Here To View The Pictures

Click Here To View The Footage On DMC TV


Sally Mclintock
DMC Events Manager

Hiya everyone,

DMC had a very successful third heat at Northampton's Roadmender on Tuesday!

Thanks to all of you that made it down and made the event what it was and well done to all the DJs that entered.

I am pleased to announce that after a 6 year break from the DMC's and being a DMC Champion, Dj Skully is back! Skully won the DMC Northampton heat on Tuesday, followed by DJ Rasp in second and Disect in third place...

Check out the photos by clicking here and don't forget to check DMC TV for video clips from the heats...

Sally Mclintock
DMC Events Manager

Thursday 17th July 2008
7pm – 12midnight
@ Islington Academy, London

Hosted by Trip and Cutmaster Swift

Special Performance From:
BEAT TORRENT
DJ Pfel and DJ Atom
C2C - 4x DMC World
Team Champions

w/ live PA's from
Million Dan w/ DJ Skitz & Le Shadow
Hobbit + more acts TBC!

Mixers, scratchers and turntable junkies, the DMC UK DJ Championships are back for 2008 where they'll be unearthing the UK's very best in turntable dexterity! The successful turntable wizard will then go on to represent the UK at the DMC World DJ Championships on Friday 26th and Saturday 27th September at Indig02.

The 2008 DMC UK DJ Championships final takes place on Thursday 17th July 2008 at Islington Academy, London and follows a series of nationwide heats which started on the 25th April in Plymouth and ends in London on 21st June.

This year the winners get £500 worth of clothes from Drunknmunky for each battle – the UK Final and UK Supremacy. Our friends over at CK are providing CKIN2U fragrance goodie bags. This is all in addition to the regular prizes of the Golden Technics Turntables and a $10,000 cheque from Ortofon. These prizes will complement the accolade of being crowned the DMC World DJ Champion for 2008.

Past DMC UK Champions have included The Scratch Perverts, BBC Radio 1Xtra's DJ Blakey and Plus One, who went on to be crowned DMC World Champion in 2001. Last year's UK Champion winner JFB will be participating in this year's event defending his title.

This year's event is hosted by DMC favourites' MC Trip and Cutmaster Swift, who'll be joined on stage with live PA's from Million Dan with DJ support from DJ Skitz, and Le Shadow as the microphone hype man. Hobbit will be performing a standalone beatbox set.

MC Trip was awarded the Time Out accolade of 'Best Live Show of 2004'. He is explosive on stage and is Killa Kela's official MC/right hand man. To date he's shared the stage with Busta Rhymes, Outkast and N.E.R.D.

Cutmaster Swift, the legendary UK scratch-mix DJ won the UK/World DMC title in 1989 and is a frequent presenter at the DMC DJ Championships.

Ex-Demon Boyz MC, Million Dan will be performing live with DJ Skitz on the decks, and Le Shadow hyping up the crowd on the mic. Million Dan has been bigged up by Busta Rhymes when he was quoted as saying: 'Million Dan is the Shizzle on stage!!.' He launched his Million Dappa Records last year and has just released his album 'Spektrum' to critical acclaim. Beat master DJ Skitz is now known across London for his hip-hop production skills. Expect a performance of some of the very best in UK hip-hop.

Meanwhile, Hobbit, who at the age of only 20 has carved out a successful career to date, is showing no signs of running out of breath. His videos featured on YouTube have received over 1 million hits and he has appeared all over the UK and in the USA with the likes of Nizlopi, Zulu Nation, Kenny Mohammad, Cutmaster Swift, Killa Kela, Ugly Duckling, Herbaliser, and DJ Yoda.

So, whether you want to enter, or simply witness the nation's best DJ talent, make sure you're down at the Islington Academy on Thursday 17th July!


Sally Mclintock
DMC Events Manager

Hiya everyone,

Hope you are all feeling well after the bank holiday weekend and you don't feel like we do here at DMC!

DMC had a very successful second DMC regional heat in Manchester this weekend @ the amazing Urbis!

Thanks to all of you that made it down and made the event what it was! Special thanks to all the guys at Oh My God Events and Channel M

I am happy to announce that the winner of the Manchester heat was Loop Skywalker! Second place went to Rasp and third place was Captain Wang (a new entrant)!!

Click Here To View all the pictures of Sunday nights events...

Click Here To View all the Footage on DMC TV...


Sally Mclintock
DMC Events Manager

Takes Place On Friday 13th June

Bad Bizznezz Presentz @ Crank Club, 6 Hinton Road, Bournemouth, BH1 2EN

Resident DJ’s – DJ’s Bizzy, Storm and Bob Baker

Doors – 10-5am
Ticket price - £5


For more info:
www.crank-club.com
www.badbizznez.com


Sally Mclintock
DMC Events Manager

Hiya everyone,

After a very successful first DMC UK 2008 heat down in Plymouth, I am happy to announce the winner is DJ Pandamonium. Second place went to Scratch 4 Cash! Click Here To View The Full Set Of Pictures.

The next heat is this Bank Holiday Sunday in Manchester @ The Urbis, Cathedral Gardens, Manchester, M4 2BG. Doors 9-3am. Doors £5, with lots of quality acts on the night! You really don’t want to miss this event!

DJ Rafik blew the roof of the Quay in Plymouth so if you can get to Manchester I would recommend it!

Click Here To View all the Footage on DMC TV...

Sally Mclintock
DMC Events Manager


"That was an awesome night! Was good to see Rafik and Cutmaster Swift in the flesh, I've had a look through the pics and to my surprise you have one of me! I'm the Bboy with the silly beard and the adidas jacket. I got to break at the DMCs and got onto the website! Well stoked! See you in Bristol. Thanks again for an awesome event."

KITASTROPHE (YML)

The 2008 World DJ Championships UK Tour gets underway on the 25th April in Plymouth for the first round of heats. We'll then be hitting Manchester, Bournemouth, Northampton, Bristol & Birmingham throughout May for more DMC action and our final heat will be in London on June 21st.

Check out the information below for more details...



Friday 25th April – Plymouth

Venue :

BREAK!!!
Quay Club,
The Parade,
The Barbican,
Plymouth.


Acts on the night:

The Scribes (Live!) and
DJs One Touch & XL.
10pm till 4am




Sunday 4th May – Manchester

Venue:

OH MY GOD
THE URBIS,
Cathedral Gardens,
Manchester,
M4 3BG.


Featuring:

Dexfactor Winner (Northwest Winner)
Surreal Knowledge (Hip Hop Connections 4 stars)
Drase (Manchester No.1 Beatboxer)
Deadline & Mr Dick (Live)
Rukkspin & Stoopid Ill
Hosted by Davie' Dee




Tuesday 27th May – Northampton

Venue:

ROADMENDER
Northampton College,
1 Lady's Lane,
Northampton.
NN1 3AH.




Thursday 29th May – Bristol

Venue:

BREAK!!!
Walkabout,
40 Corn Street,
Bristol,
BS1 1HQ.

Tel: 0117 9300 181

Featuring:

RONI SIZE & Dynamite MC,
Matman,
Bunjy & Joe Peng,
Dazee & MC Foxy,
Ruttler,
Asbo.




Friday 30th May – Birmingham

Venue:

HEDUCATION
Custard Factory,
Gibb St,
Digbeth,
Birmingham,
B9 4AA.

Featuring:

ROOM 1
DMC Birmingham Heat
and DJ Mylz (Hedz),
Cro (tbc), Cola (tbc)

ROOM 2 (The Kitchen) Bass Operations – Drum
N Bass – The Doctor, Malicious, Cleancut (tbc),
Sammy B-sides (rumble in the jungle) tbc,
Style One (Hedz/FT), Bones (Cool Logik) + Live
Graf by Style Once, Risk, Roo & Friends.




Saturday 21st June – London

Venue:

URBAN NERDS SAVE THE VINYL SPECIAL
93 Feet East,
150 Brick Lane,
London,
E1 6QL.

Featuring:

Goldie (Metalheadz),
DJ Blakey,
DJ Tubby (FWD>>)+ The Newham Generals
Rattus Rattus (Urban Nerds) VS Klose 1
(Special 4 deck mix!)

Bar:
Hosted by STEP:ONE & The Audio Revolution
The Farm Yardies
Dusty Lungs
Littleboselecta

Outside:
BBQ all night
Live 4 Crew Graff Battle Hosted by One Trick Pony Crew!