DJ Flare

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DJ Flare (born Sean Moran) is an American turntablist. He has been a scratch DJ since 1983 with many vinyl releases and was a member of the turntablist group the Invisibl Skratch Piklz, appearing in many of their Turntable TV videos and DJ Qbert's animated film Wave Twisters . He released battle records under the pseudonym "DJ Butchwax" on the Thud Rumble and Dirtstyle Records labels. He also created the Flare Scratch, a scratching technique in which a sound is split in two parts leaving limitless sound possibilities to be created. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] He released a Scratch DVD called Magnifrying Glass. He is also credited for creating the modern day style of Scratch Flare Scratching. Notable mentions, Flare was also a member of Sound Odyssey, Bullet Proof Scratch Hamsters and N.C.A "no clickers allowed" DJ crew and has worked with such music artists as Run-DMC, Third Eye Blind, El' Stew, Buckethead, Moonraker, MCM & The Monster and singer Mike Patton from Faith No More amongst others.

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DJ Flare was featured in the 2001 documentary film Scratch, and also in Wave Twisters.[ citation needed ]

Discography

All of these releases are Battle records.

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ Webber, S.W. (2008). DJ Skills: The Essential Guide to Mixing and Scratching. Focal. p. 269. ISBN   978-0-240-52069-8 . Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  2. ↑ SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. p. 128. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  3. ↑ Archive-LVR-Odiaga (25 May 2000). "San Francisco To Host First Scratch DJ Conference". MTV News. Archived from the original on May 14, 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  4. ↑ Partridge, E.; Dalzell, T.; Victor, T. (2008). The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. Dictionary of Slang and Unconvetional English. Routledge. p. 256. ISBN   978-0-415-21259-5 . Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  5. ↑ Weigant, C. (2000). Careers as a Disc Jockey: Second Edition. The Career Resource Library. Rosen Publishing Group. p. 105. ISBN   978-0-8239-3043-2 . Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  6. ↑ Kouri, C.J.; Shure, R.L.; Blake, H.; Lee, J.; Active Graphics, Inc; Hayward Blake & Company; Poppi-Laudatio (Firm) (2001). Shure: sound people, products, and values. Shure: Sound People, Products, and Values. Shure Inc. ISBN   978-0-9710738-0-7 . Retrieved 14 May 2019.{{cite book}}: |first5= has generic name (help)
  7. ↑ CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. p. 54. Retrieved 14 May 2019.


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