Philip Jeck—the British experimental composer, turntablist, and multimedia artist—has died. Jon Wozencroft and Mike Harding from Touch confirmed the news in a statement published on Jeck’s website, ...

Hip-Hop turntablist Rob Swift is making good on his vow to give back to the art of DJ ing with his upcoming DVD, As the Technics Spin. The DVD, which was directed by Eljay Williams, offers a glimpse ...

"Dude, you gotta check this kid out. It's gonna blow your mind." It was freshman year of college. We were in the early throes of what would turn into a lifelong turntablism obsession, and my best ...

Artists have been using—and misusing—the turntable as a musical instrument for decades, but no one played it quite like Philip Jeck. He employed a battery of vintage monophonic record players to ...

This relatively new musical tradition of turntablism has a fascinating and rich history which is only about 40 years old. To my mind it’s one of the most unique and interesting instruments to emerge ...

DJ Babu, a pioneering figure in the world of DJing and hip-hop culture, will join the faculty of the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University with this fall's launch of the conservatory's ...

In the early days of Incubus, turntablist Chris Kilmore remembers a lot of nonstop action. “We took four weeks to write Make Yourself and four weeks to record it. And then, we were back out on the ...

Tuff Crew member and DJ Too Tuff is suffering from thyroid cancer while incarcerated on an aggravated assault charge. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Too Tuff, born Joseph Hicks, recently had ...

Ignaz Schick doesn’t have to leave home to play with a lot of improvisers: the Berlin-based turntablist is already a member of two large, well-established ensembles, the seven-member Phosphor and the ...