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{SPEAKER name="Speaker 1"}
In the yellow shirt, the rapper MoneyMan.

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[[applause]]

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And next to MoneyMan, the rapper and graffiti artist who did the scanner-boy piece behind us that we'll be using on the main stage in later performances, Perry P.

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[[applause, cough]]

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On my right we have the DJ for the scanner boys, Grand Wizard Slide. [[applause]]

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[[inaudible]]

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What we'll be doing today is quite different from what you normally find at a folk live festival, particularly at this folk live festival.

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Traditionally, festivals of this sort have looked towards cultural expressions of the past.

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Cultural expressions which dealt with very obvious traditions that have been passed on in the community,

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traditions which are still vital and still active in the community, but which have a clearly discernible base, in an earlier form.

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The tradition that we're presenting today is a little different from that, at least the tradition of working the turntables. Here we are looking at a form of vernacular artistry,

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a form of artistry which has developed with the technology to meet a need,

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that need being of dance form and a rhyming form known as rapping.

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To accompany breakers, to accompany rappers, DJs begin to work with two turntables and to create an entire art built around the use of those turntables.

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An art which allows them not only to endlessly extend the music so that there never need be a break

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when folks are dancing on the floor,

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but also allows them to create their own music by using those turntables in a creative way,

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which allows them to use the turntables as instruments themselves.

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The basic equipment, and we'll start off by talking with the DJs about- about the art of DJ work,

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The basic equipment which they all have is two turntables, a mixer, and a pair of headphones.

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I'll start perhaps with you, Cosmic Kev, could you tell us about the equipment and why you need what you've got there?

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{SPEAKER name="Cosmic Kev"}
Ok, reason why there's two turntables is, for the number one is reason is Mr. [[Glen?]] over here said, to make that the public has non-stop music.

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If you have one turntable, if you, uhm, have a record on, and it plays- when it gets finished playing you have to stop,

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take the needle off, and the public might by then sit down, you know.

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With two turntables you can keep records going while also,

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for- use for two turntables is, turntables are just like instruments to a musician, like turntables to DJs.

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You can make harmonizing sounds, you can create your own sound, excuse me. You can create your own sounds out of turntables.

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Alright, the reason for the mixer is the mixer is for each turntable.

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So, if you had, like- if you have two turntables, you know in the usual amp you can't plug two turntables in one input,

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so the reason why there's a mixer is because the mixer is for so you'll be able to plug two or more turntables up to it.

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Also, the mixer maintains the sounds to keep the public dancing, to keep both records on or off beat or the harmonizing sound you want to bring out.