DJ Shiftee juggles 35 tracks in 90 seconds!

[Buck_Choi]

think you know your Hip Hop? Well world DMC champ DJ Shiftee knows both his Hip Hop and his technology, and has combined both for your viewing and listening pleasure - as well as offering you a chance to win a tidy amount of Native Instruments gear as well. Shiftee has carefully grafted 35 different tracks into 90 seconds. You have to name them all to win.

Yes, that's 35 tracks to pick out and identify. You'll need to know your stuff as some are the merest snippets. I expect you'll be be listening, freeze framing and generally going nuts trying to dust off your brain crates in the search for that elusive head nodding classic.

Let's face facts, if you WATCH carefully, you'll get 25 of them without a problem. The remaining 10 however are a little trickier to identify as they sometimes are nothing more than a beat or 2. And that's what will separate the real heads from the pack.

The good thing is that you'll get to see Shiftee pull together different NI products into a coherent workflow. So even if you don't eat, sleep and breathe Hip Hop, you can still see a first class display of skills and technology working hand in hand.

So what do you win? Well it's all about Traktor - Traktor Scratch Pro, a Traktor Kontrol X1 and 3 pairs of Traktor control vinyls. All you need to do is name all 35 and send the list to wintraktor@native-instruments.com. It's going to drive you totally nuts, but good luck to everyone who has the knowledge to enter.

WARNING: Don't share track listings here. Let's give everyone a fair chance to actually win the prizes fair and square. If I wanted you guys to drop the track listings, I simply would have made it a giveaway wouldn't I?

Again, good luck - you're going to need it.

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[Cupe]

mean scratcher, talks too much shit

duno many of them tbh

[Jaz]

nah that was actually recorded over 20 mins in slower motion, just spedd up

[CBG]

I personally didnt like that at all really lol. Its pretty cool, but I've seen way better turntabilists than that. I spose its hard when your going thru so many songs

[lloydc]

that guy looks like the biggest nerd.

He's got mad skills though.... I bet he gets heaps of bitches as a result too.

good on him.

ps. agree with CBG, sounds like shit

pps. no idea on any of those tracks

[Buck_Choi]

lol i wasnt posting it up because it was good. more so the prize someone win it!@#

[Teezdalien]

I'm no turntablist expert, but that was was pretty bad imo. The prize is great but I got no clue when it comes to hip-hop either.

I can't figure out how he became a DMC champ from this vid. Maybe he's done much better, I dunno.

This guy's impressive imo.

[callmeyo]

sometimes i feel dj's forget that your here to make people dance. not just punch as many scratched and effects into a few seconds. i dont think i could dance to that... not to say he's not skilled - but put it to more earsthetically enjoyable use!

[callmeyo]

excellent prize though Buck! thanks for the heads up x

[lloydc]

sometimes i feel dj's forget that your here to make people dance. not just punch as many scratched and effects into a few seconds. i dont think i could dance to that... not to say he's not skilled - but put it to more earsthetically enjoyable use!

^this

well said, yo!

[eggssell]

callmeyo & lloydc, but he is a turntablist, the idea isnt to make people dance during your routines?

a lot of turntablists go on to make nice club djs (atrak & craze) and some go on to produce non-routine type songs albeit in the studio or work out ways to do it live (check kentaro's Enter Tour. he rocks).

[eggssell]

you know what would be the holy grail. i remember reading dr dre mixed in 100 songs in like an hour (okay i made those numbers up but i remember it was crazy), and not all tricks like turntablists but just straight smashing songs together. and back then he was more of a electrohop artist with his world class wrecking cur, so i would love to hear those tapes if they still exist. would prob be not much diffetent to the electro rap of today.

oh yeah and using actual vinyl to.

[lloydc]

callmeyo & lloydc, but he is a turntablist, the idea isnt to make people dance during your routines?

a lot of turntablists go on to make nice club djs (atrak & craze) and some go on to produce non-routine type songs albeit in the studio or work out ways to do it live (check kentaro's Enter Tour. he rocks).

so what you're telling me is that it's possible to be awesome, and suck, all at the same time?

[ill_spector]

you're all wrong^^ shiftee is dope

nobody can mash 30 tracks or whatver in that time and make it sound good.

listen to these (repost from turntablilism section)

hes all about sound, routine, not mindless scratching etc.

[callmeyo]

touche hearts.

liked that you back that with a clip.

+reps for you

[eggssell]

hey his got it setup like me, ie use a control pad to load tracks rather than just hot cueing.

and finally watched the vid in my last hours of internet. and yeah that routine pretty ordinary. so he uses heaps of tracks but i gets what everyone was complaining about, doesnt sound all that (i still stand by the dancing bit, even the best routines arent made for dancing).

on the other hand ive seen plenty of shiftee's and he's cool.

[eggssell]

he is no kentaro though.

[eggssell]

and all the vinyl peeps who say you cant scratch cdj's.

better in second half