Scratch Perverts

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Prime Cuts and Tony Vegas are the Scratch Perverts - a name that has become synonymous with HipHop and battle DJing ever since their formation in 1996. Their reputation as one of the world’s most progressive DJ collectives is unparalleled; two consecutive World DMC Team titles, Plus One's World DMC Champion and World Vestax Champion titles, Prime Cut's back to back World ITF Scratching crowns, and countless showcases and gigs all over the world.

Having won all there is to offer in the competition circuit, the Perverts are ready to enter the next stage of their development as recording artists. As DJs who have contributed countless techniques and pioneered such radical innovations developing the musical language of the turntable, what the Perverts define as HipHop is a long way off what people would expect. “HipHop is a celebration of all kinds of music just by its very nature,” explains Prime Cuts “So it follows that our album is very much a HipHop album in the broadest sense of the term. We’ve tried to do what we see HipHop as being – a celebration of all music, taking on board everything that inspires us and channelling it into our tracks.”

The ideals created by the likes of Kool Herc and Afrika Bambaataa developed through HipHop’s formative years, originality, dynamism and innovation are all principles that the Perverts have applied to their DJing art and now to their music. "We’ve tried to bring the mentality behind our creativity with turntables to the studio,” explains Tony. “We’re looking to show the same sense of independent thought in our music.” The Perverts have always unselfconsciously embraced and incorporated anything that feels right musically, “HipHop is something that came from a lot of different music,” says Tony. “It was always about the collective energy. It’s not just a rapper that makes a record, a HipHop record is about a vibe – and if a record has that vibe I personally look upon it as being integrally HipHop.”

Although they may have retired from battling indefinitely, the Perverts have lost none of their supercharged competitive spirit. “We still have that proper B-Boy ethic deep down at the core of it all,” explains Plus One. “It’s this need to take someone out, to do better than them,” adds Prime Cuts. “It’s that mentality that drives us, we wanna take on something that we’ve heard someone else do and try to do it better.” These days, instead of spending hours building battle routines to take each other out, the Perverts are crafting beats to do exactly the same thing! “We’re always trying to out do each other,” Plus One says with a grin. “Even though we’re all working towards the same cause, still at the core of it is that energy – I wanna make the best tune this week, I want to have the ideas, and that gives us this immense drive.”

The creative energy and enthusiasm that the Perverts exude is quite something, through all their schizophrenic influences and lofty ideals you get the feeling that they will harness and channel their combined creativity into something very special. “Our challenge is in coming up with something that’s an honest reputation of ourselves,” say Plus One. “Which is quite a difficult thing ‘cos we’re into so much different stuff.” As Tony Vegas sums up; “We’re just trying to true to ourselves, we want people to be left in no doubt whatsoever as to what a Scratch Perverts record is, you can guarantee that we’ll be bringing the same amount of honesty, energy, desire that we have to our DJing.”

For further information please contact Claudia Nicholson: [email protected]
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Singles & EPs

PRT-228 Ape Shall Never Kill Ape — Scratch Perverts U.N.K.L.E.* Featuring Nigo & Scratch Perverts U.N.K.L.E.* Featuring Nigo & Scratch Perverts - Ape Shall Never Kill Ape (Maxi) Toy's Factory PRT-228 Japan 1997 Sell This Version
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SPR-001 Come Get It — Scratch Perverts Scratch Perverts Come Get It Scratch Perverts Records SPR-001 UK 2004 Sell This Version
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SCM018 Stand By — Scratch Perverts Scratch Perverts Stand By (Single) Super Charged SCM018 UK 2007 Sell This Version
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DJ Mixes

none B Boys Revenge (History In The Makin') — Scratch Perverts Scratch Perverts B Boys Revenge (History In The Makin') (Comp) X:treme Records none UK 1998 Sell This Version
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HHCCD01RAWKUS The Cleaner — Scratch Perverts The Scratch Perverts* The Cleaner (Comp) HHC Magazine, Rawkus HHCCD01RAWKUS UK 2000 Sell This Version
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UDR LP 021 Badmeaningood Vol. 4 — Scratch Perverts Scratch Perverts Badmeaningood Vol. 4 (Comp) Ultimate Dilemma UDR LP 021 UK 2003 Sell This Version
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none FabricLive. 22 — Scratch Perverts Scratch Perverts FabricLive. 22 Fabric (2) none UK 2005 Sell This Version
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FABCD1BI, none Fabric Big Issue CD — Scratch Perverts Scratch Perverts Fabric Big Issue CD(CD, Mixed) Fabric (2), Big Issue FABCD1BI, none UK 2005 Sell This Version
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fabric44radio FabricLive. 22 (Radio Mix) — Scratch Perverts Scratch Perverts FabricLive. 22 (Radio Mix)(CDr, Comp, Mixed, Promo) Fabric (2) fabric44radio UK 2005 Sell This Version
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HURTCD069 Watch The Ride — Scratch Perverts Scratch Perverts Watch The Ride(CD, Mixed) Harmless HURTCD069 UK 2007 Sell This Version
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PERVERTSCD001(P) Beatdown — Scratch Perverts Scratch Perverts Beatdown (Comp) Fabric (2) PERVERTSCD001(P) UK 2009 Sell This Version
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MOSCD223 Mixed... Scratch Perverts — Scratch Perverts Scratch Perverts Mixed... Scratch Perverts(CD, Mixed) Ministry Of Sound MOSCD223 UK 2010 Sell This Version
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Videos

none Turntable Tutorial A Vestax Masterclass — Scratch Perverts Scratch Perverts Turntable Tutorial A Vestax Masterclass(VHS, PAL) Vestax none UK 2000 Sell This Version
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none Turntable Tutorial 2 - Helping Yourself — Scratch Perverts Scratch Perverts Turntable Tutorial 2 - Helping Yourself(VHS, Album, PAL) Vestax none UK Unknown Sell This Version

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March 11, 2022
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You know who the best is.... Scratch perverts... Scr scr scratch oops sorry I scratched the perverts... The best years with the Original 4 ! Saw them in Aylesbury in 97/98 as Silver Bullet was there amnd rocked his home town... And 2 of the orig 4 cut it the fuck up! Masters of the absurd!

PEACE

Ps Funky 4 minus 2... I aint having it .... PE -ace! 1x 4 is 4

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