“Your favourite artist was once a local artist. Don’t wait until they blow up to start supporting” CARL COX

Fast forward to the present day, and modern turntablists have really upped their game with the explosion of technology and DJ equipment now allow unlimited song selection.

These DJs can also now play with cue points to quickly reference a piece of a song or create new compositions. Customised scratch and juggle phrasing can also be planned and made ahead of time and uploaded as digital files. Cue point buttons and DJ-created files allow for unique samples and sounds to be quickly accessed for tricks and showcases, which wouldn’t be possible to perform on vinyl only.

So, although turntablism and scratch DJing can be more of a pastime, many DJs still practice the craft with a more modern approach, even performing their music live, including live instruments and other musicians preforming on sequencers or synthesizers and the like.