“THE LATEST PORTABLISM GEAR” – MOJAXX (DJ CITY)

DJcityTV’s Mojaxx takes a look at the latest portablism gear for this week’s episode of Tips and Tricks. Products discussed include Numark’s PT01 Scratch turntable, Jesse Dean’s JDDX2R fader, and DJ ResQ’s ResQ BT1 speaker.

THE SCRATCH CRATE – NINJA SEVEN (DJ SHIN & SPIN MASTER A-1)

While switching between Sho Kosugi and Michael Dudikoff flicks, we managed to play around with Turntable Troopers Ent. latest release the “Ninja Seven”, by DJ Shin and Spin Master A-1. We must admit, the quality and clever word play in relations with portable scratching is great! It’ll make you want to throw ninja stars at that […]

PORTABLIST PIN – ROLLING DEATH MAUI

We’ve seen a few accessories out there that’s related to the portable scene, but nothing has hit the target like Rolling Death Maui did with the “Portablist” pin. “Rolling Death“ is a creative collective of weirdos making the stuff they want. Working with tattoo art and artists then turning their art into Pins, Patches, Tees etc. Often […]

The Scratch Crate – Nola Bounce Breaks

DJ Yamin (aka Professor Shorthair), Quickie Mart and Tony Skratchere have created the very first New Orleans Bounce Battle Break record!

NUMARK PT-01 SCRATCH

Woke up to my phone blowing up this morning, thinking I was getting heat for blasting Rich Chigga’s “Dat $tick” loudly at 3AM. Though it was about the Numark PT-01 Scratch. Ironically a friend of mine, who happens to be a retailer for Numark DJ products, was just talking about this a few days ago. This […]

PREVIEW – PORTABLISM MINI DOCUMENTARY & RAIDEN FADER RXI-F1 DEMO

With new portable faders flying in from left and right and the mod game is getting way too serious, we’ve decided to take it back a notch and talk about the goodness. Simplifying once again when it was just about a portable turntable, a pocket fader and that trusty 7″ scratch record. In this teaser, we […]

NUMARK PT-01 VS VESTAX HANDYTRAX

I know, I know… this is an old topic already, but we’re still getting asked which of the two portables should you pick up. We decided to do this post (officially) so that we can direct you to this link instead of having to repeat ourselves like a skipless sample (you see what I did there?). […]

DJ CITY | BATTLE AVE – OFF THE BEAT AND PATH FT. DJ MANWELL & FLIPFLOP

Imagine young me… full of life and hopefulness on living that Q-Bert dream (scratching from one island to another). Myself and three other compadres had an idea for a turntablist music video. Blue sky thinking and heavily inspired by flashy aerial shot rap dude videos. Wouldn’t it be cool to have a scratch video with […]

Portable Turntable Mods

If you have been following portable DJ feeds, you may have noticed an avalanche of modified custom portable turntables. Anything from Start/Stop switches to on board faders. Functionality is one thing, now we’re seeing custom faces and knobs to coordinate with your sneaker of the day. Whatever your cup of tea may be, it’s interesting […]

PORTABLE SUMMER ESSENTIALS PT1

For us July is the jump off for our outdoor activities and portable meets on the fly are becoming a big trend. So we’ve decided to compile a small list of things that you may want to pack with you. (* Note: Purchasing these products may lose your portability… but they’re f**kin’ awesome)