How To Cut And Paste Mix Tape Vol.2 [PA] - DJ Yoda

...back in 2003, shortly after How to Cut and Paste Vol.1 was released. I actually bought Volume 2 first, don’t ask why, I just did. I then bought Volume 1 and every other Album of Yoda’s since.

DJ Yoda is a white, Jewish, British DJ, whose skills on the decks would make GrandMaster Flash blink with admiration and respect. High praise indeed, if you know who these people are. Along with Dan Greenpeace, Yoda has a radio show on Xfm but ...
...If you know anything about how difficult scratching is and what an art form it can be, you will appreciate this track. Check it out on youtube if you don’t believe me.

Another classic is 22 -George Formby turntablised, which is basically turntable banjo wars, it makes for classic and amusing listening. As does 21 – John Cleese singing about how much he loves a spot of Rhubarb tart.

The key to DJ yoda’s ensemble is humour ... more

Depending on who you are and what sort of music you listen to or what scene you follow, DJ Yoda is either one of two things; some guy you’ve never heard of, with a funny Star Wars moniker or a hip hop (turntable) legend.

I discovered the wonderful world of DJ Yoda back in 2003, shortly after How to Cut and Paste Vol.1 was released. I actually bought Volume 2 first, don’t ask why, I just did. I then bought Volume 1 and every other Album of Yoda’s since.

DJ Yoda is a white, Jewish, British DJ, whose skills on the decks would make GrandMaster Flash blink with admiration and respect. High praise indeed, if you know who these people are. Along with Dan Greenpeace, Yoda has a radio show on Xfm but also tours and bashes out these fabulous mixtapes/albums. This one is most noticeably his best. In my opinion anyway. There are a nice mix of other DJ’s and artists featured on the disc and its stares strong and carries on that way the whole way through. DJ Format and MC Abdominal come in with the first proper track on the album “ill Culinary behaviour” and its just a taste of the good things to come. On a short side note, its worth picking up DJ Formats album, if you enjoy this first track, there’s a lot more goodness there too. Abdominal is an insanely funny and good MC. Hailing from Canada and rapping with ease at a thousand miles an hour, he can easily be appreciated for his skills and finesse.

The album continues on with a mix of songs and scratching. For anyone that knows anything about the “art of turntablism” your ears will appreciate the skill, dexterity and dedication that went into making this album. Scratching is not simply pulling a record back and forth on a turntable platter, there’s a lot more too it and many different techniques. The title of this album “how to cut and paste” is a reference to such in itself. Cutting and pasting is a turntablist art form, taking bits of different songs/albums/films etc and lacing them together for amusing purposes. There’s also crabbing, blending, chirps, scribbles, flares, orbits etc etc (see - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scratching)

You will witness some of these magical techniques throughout the album. One of the best examples of scratching I’ve ever heard came off this album, track 7 – “yoda meets the A-Team” where DJ Yoda scratches alongside the theme tune from the A-Team television show. If you know anything about how difficult scratching is and what an art form it can be, you will appreciate this track. Check it out on youtube if you don’t believe me.

Another classic is 22 -George Formby turntablised, which is basically turntable banjo wars, it makes for classic and amusing listening. As does 21 – John Cleese singing about how much he loves a spot of Rhubarb tart.

The key to DJ yoda’s ensemble is humour and skill. It’s a masterpiece and it still gets abused in my CD player on a regular basis. From this album and following ones, I fell in love with DJ Format, Cassette Boy and MC Abdominal. There’s a nice mix of featured artists without going over the top.

If you are into hip hop, but tend to prefer a good rap song, don’t be disheartened, there are a good few classics on here. Including a bit of WU tangs C.R.E.A.M. An epic classic in itself.

Track Listings
1. Intro
2. DJ Format - I'll Culinary Behaviour
3. Creatures, Breakin', and Names
4. Beyond There
5. Cucumbers, Needles, Sandwiches & Jazz
6. Quasimoto
7. Yoda Meets The A-Team
8. Scratching & Keyboard Techniques
9. Quid Control
10. Mysterious Plot
11. Billie Holiday Turntablised
12. We Got the Funk
13. On the Reggae-Lar Part 2
14. I Gotcha Opin
15. Disp
16. One Two S**t
17. Only When I'm Drunk
18. Anything
19. C.R.E.A.M.
20. Tony Mozzarelli Wants 80s Pop
21. Rhubarb Tart
22. George Formby Turntablised
23. Outro
 

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