DJ Cheese
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DJ Cheese was the second World Champion of the DMC World DJ Championships
in 1986. He appeared in the UK
tour with Run-DMC.
. He moved with his family to Edison, New Jersey
and later to Plainfield
.
. Effectively, his winning set from the UK Disco Mix Club (DMC
) 1986 competition set incorporated scratching, which initiated this totally different approach of DJ'ing. Eventually, his innovation modified the whole meaning of DJ battles, turning the DMC into a competition strictly focused on turntablism (mainly scratching
and beat juggling
), which had a significant impact on people, helping them to perceive turntablists as musicians.
DJ Cheese only faded from the scene after DJs such as DJ Cash Money & DJ Jazzy Jeff (of Fresh Prince fame) incorporated the transformer scratch into their routines taking turntabalism to the next level.
DJ Cheese and word of mouth opened both shows at the legenadary UK Fresh 86 concerts at Wembley Arena.
He has released EPs with the group Word Of Mouth entitled 'Coast to Coast' and 'King Kut', and Z-3 MC's 'Triple Threat'.
DJ Cheese has also worked as an incognito scratcher with lesser known groups such as Rap-O-Matic (Lies, Lies) & Point Blank MC's (What The Party Needs), as well as with rapper K-Rob (I'm A Homeboy). Fats Comet used his techniques on the UK Worlds Records label with the 1986 song 'Eat The Beat'and also provided the scratching on the DJ version of princess 12" single top 20 hit "I'll keep on loving you".
Dj Cheese also featured on the Ultimate Trax album and was put up against Chad Jackson (World Champion 1987) in the battle of DJ's section with neither DJ's aware at the time who they would be up against making for a unique contrast in styles with Cheeses's scratch mixing and Chad Jackson very much a beat mixer.
DJ cheese & word of mouth appeared on mike allen capital radio & dave pearce "fresh start to the week" 80`s hip hop radio shows doing live sets.
DMC World DJ Championships
DMC World DJ Championships is an annual DJ competition hosted by Disco Mix Club which began in 1986. The most recent instance of this competition will take place in New Orleans and in Denver TBA.-World DJ Champions:*1985 - Roger Johnson...
in 1986. He appeared in the UK
United Kingdom
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tour with Run-DMC.
Early life
Cheese was born in Oak Hill, West VirginiaOak Hill, West Virginia
Oak Hill is a city in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States and is the primary city within the Oak Hill, WV Micropolitan Statistical Area. The micropolitan area is also included in the Beckley-Oak Hill, WV Combined Statistical Area. The population was 7,589 at the 2000 census...
. He moved with his family to Edison, New Jersey
Edison, New Jersey
Edison Township is a township in Middlesex County, New Jersey. What is now Edison Township was originally incorporated as Raritan Township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1870, from portions of both Piscataway Township and Woodbridge Township...
and later to Plainfield
Plainfield, New Jersey
Plainfield is a city in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population increased to a record high of 49,808....
.
Career
DJ Cheese is an important figure in the history of turntablismTurntablism
Turntablism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating music using phonograph turntables and a DJ mixer.The word 'turntablist' was coined in 1995 by DJ Babu to describe the difference between a DJ who just plays records, and one who performs by touching and moving the records, stylus and mixer...
. Effectively, his winning set from the UK Disco Mix Club (DMC
DMC
-Computer Science or IT:*Diffusion Monte Carlo, a method that utilizes a Green function to solve the Schrödinger equation*Dynamic Markov Compression, a general purpose statistical data compression algorithm...
) 1986 competition set incorporated scratching, which initiated this totally different approach of DJ'ing. Eventually, his innovation modified the whole meaning of DJ battles, turning the DMC into a competition strictly focused on turntablism (mainly scratching
Scratching
Scratching is a DJ or turntablist technique used to produce distinctive sounds by moving a vinyl record back and forth on a turntable while optionally manipulating the crossfader on a DJ mixer. While scratching is most commonly associated with hip hop music, since the late 1980s, it has been used...
and beat juggling
Beat juggling
Beat juggling is the act of manipulating two or more samples , in order to create a unique composition, using multiple turntables and one or more mixers. This can involve pauses, scratching, backspins and delays...
), which had a significant impact on people, helping them to perceive turntablists as musicians.
DJ Cheese only faded from the scene after DJs such as DJ Cash Money & DJ Jazzy Jeff (of Fresh Prince fame) incorporated the transformer scratch into their routines taking turntabalism to the next level.
DJ Cheese and word of mouth opened both shows at the legenadary UK Fresh 86 concerts at Wembley Arena.
He has released EPs with the group Word Of Mouth entitled 'Coast to Coast' and 'King Kut', and Z-3 MC's 'Triple Threat'.
DJ Cheese has also worked as an incognito scratcher with lesser known groups such as Rap-O-Matic (Lies, Lies) & Point Blank MC's (What The Party Needs), as well as with rapper K-Rob (I'm A Homeboy). Fats Comet used his techniques on the UK Worlds Records label with the 1986 song 'Eat The Beat'and also provided the scratching on the DJ version of princess 12" single top 20 hit "I'll keep on loving you".
Dj Cheese also featured on the Ultimate Trax album and was put up against Chad Jackson (World Champion 1987) in the battle of DJ's section with neither DJ's aware at the time who they would be up against making for a unique contrast in styles with Cheeses's scratch mixing and Chad Jackson very much a beat mixer.
DJ cheese & word of mouth appeared on mike allen capital radio & dave pearce "fresh start to the week" 80`s hip hop radio shows doing live sets.
External Links
- DJ Cheese at DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...