Scratch Perverts - Watch The Ride

January 31, 2007

Tony Vegas, Prime Cuts and Plus One 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. But 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 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.”

‘Watch The Ride’ is Harmless’ new DJ mix series which will feature the best up and coming and established DJ talent the UK, Europe and the rest of the World has to offer. Focusing on genres including Hip-hop, Breakbeat, Drum & Bass, House and Techno the emphasis is without doubt firmly on contemporary dance music.

Kicking off the series on 5th March 2007 are the Scratch Perverts aka Prime Cuts, Tony Vegas and Plus One. Synonymous with Hip-Hop and battle DJing ever since their formation in 1996, their reputation as one of the world’s most progressive DJ collectives is unparalleled. Silverware to date includes two consecutive World DMC Team titles, Plus One’s World DMC Champion and World Vestax Champion titles, Prime Cut’s 1999 and 2000 World ITF Scratching crowns. To date they have undertaken countless showcases and gigs and will tour in support of this release: Scratch Perverts Present - Watch The Ride.

Speaking on the album the Scratch Perverts said ‘We’re excited to kick start the Watch The Ride series for Harmless. It’s a great opportunity for us to show where we are with music right now’

Scratch Perverts – Watch The Ride
Track Listings:
Scratch Perverts – Watch The Ride (Intro Edit)
Pharoahe Monch – Push
Million Dan – Dogz And Sledges
Skibadee – Tika Toc
Scratch Perverts – Freaks
Mark Ronson – Just
Chemical Brothers – Rize Up
Scratch Perverts – Drop (Compilation Mix)
Scratch Perverts in session
Sebastian – Ross Ross Ross
Spank Rock – Bump (Origional mix)
Roots Manuva – Colossal Insight (Jammer RMX)
Loefah – Rufage
Skream – Blipstream
Vex’d Ft. Orifice & Dubbledge – Bollocks
Whiley – Babalon Burner
Akala Ft. Skinny Man – Shakespeare
Queens of the Stone Age – Know One Knows (Unkle Mix)
Shimon (Ft. Daddy Freddy) – Hands Up
DIE & CLIPZ feat Ben Westbeech – Number One
DJ Zinc – Steroidz
TC & Scratch Perverts – Fuck What You Heard
Skratchy – Shangooli (Whiley RMX)
Scratch Pervert – Watch The Ride (Outro edit)