Grandmaster Flash

American DJ and rapper · Barbados · On the map · Musicians · Born 1958 · age 68

Joseph Robert Saddler, known by his stage name Grandmaster Flash, is an American DJ. He is the creator of a DJ technique called the Quick Mix Theory, which elongates a song's drum breaks through the use of switching and looping duplicate vinyl copies.

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2019Polar Music PrizeAward1991“Disco was brand new then and there were a few jocks that had monstrous sound systems but they wouldn't dare play this kind of music.”In their wordsQuoted in Rap Attack 2 (1991) by David Toop, p. 62Read the whole statement

“Herc really slipped up. With the monostrous power he had he couldn't mix too well. He was playing little breaks but it would sound so sloppy.”In their wordsQuoted in Rap Attack 2 (1991) by David Toop, p. 62Read the whole statement

“A scratch is nothing but the back-cueing that you hear in your ear before you push it out to the crowd.”In their wordsQuoted in Rap Attack 2 (1991) by David Toop, p. 65Read the whole statement

1958Born1 January 1958

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This technique gave rappers and breakdancers an elongated bed of beats to speak over or dance to, respectively, and gave birth to record cutting and scratching. He also invented the slipmat, used on a turntable platter rather than the traditional rubber mat for easier record manipulation.

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