Isaac's Favorite Cuts - Part X

This is the 9th anniversary of the SHELDIACK blog. I don't pay much attention to it these days, but it's still a great outlet (and I'm happy that it's been helpful to a handful of people who don't want to pay like $40 each for some shitty plastic Vestax PDX-2000 replacement feet).  For this year's post, I figured I'd call out two awesome battle-ish videos that I've discovered over the past couple of years.  Coincidentally, they are both from 2004.

The first one is from DJ Vajra.  This whole set is ridiculous.  Everything is so fluid and crisp (the clicking of the fader is an added bonus).  The scratching and the back and forth is spot on.  Plus, I love the setting -- like in a hotel room or something.  Warming up with wristbands on.  As amazing as this set is, Vajra would have to wait until 2011 to win the World DMC Championships.

The second one is a bedroom vid from DJ PRO-ZEIKO.  Again, the setting here is great.  In fact, I've always said that the right plant placement makes me a better scratch DJ.  This video is short, but man, when he gets into the two-handed needle dropping, and especially the crab-esque "cuts" caused by balancing the tonearm and tapping the headshell (starting at about 1:10) -- sick.  I don't know a ton about PRO-ZEIKO.  His more current videos show him geeking out in clubs playing dubstep tracks live sample-by-sample on a Roland SP-555.