Scratch - All the Way Live

Starring:Various Artists
Studio: Immortal (Red)
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Description
Scratch Worldwide Media presents the greatest live performance DJ film to date.

From the producers of the critically acclaimed film Scratch, Scratch: All The Way live is a live concert film shot during the historic scartch tour, featuring live performances by Mix Master Mike, X-ecutioners, Z-Trip and The Original Jazzy Jay, as well as a live installation by Obey Giant creator Shepard Fairey. Filmed by acclaimed director Doug Prey (Hype!, Scratch) using 24p cameras and multi-track recorded for 5.1 Dolby surround sound perfection.

Bonus Features
5.1 Dolby Digital &
2.0 Dolby Stereo

Picture Digitally Mastered For Ultimate Video Quality

Audio Commentary track With Director Doug Prey, DJ Z-Trip, and The Scratch Tour Producers

"How To" with Obey Giant's Shepard Fairey On Wheat-Pasting And More

Graffiti Slideshow

Scratch All-Star Jam Session

TV Spot For The Mix Master Mike Album "Bangzilla"

Description

Scratch Worldwide Media presents the greatest live performance DJ film to date.

Bonus Features
5.1 Dolby Digital &
2.0 Dolby Stereo

Picture Digitally Mastered For Ultimate Video Quality

Audio Commentary track With Director Doug Prey, DJ Z-Trip, and The Scratch Tour Producers

"How To" with Obey Giant's Shepard Fairey On Wheat-Pasting And More

Graffiti Slideshow

Scratch All-Star Jam Session

TV Spot For The Mix Master Mike Album "Bangzilla"

Theatrical Trailers For Both "Scratch" Films

Customer Reviews:

Frustrating.......2006-05-12

I got the fortunate oportunity to see the Scratch Tour 2003 (to which this DVD is a part of) when it rolled through Chicago. At the time, I was just starting to get interested in the art of DJing and saw this as a perfect chance to see what some of the pros do in a live setting. The show was a shocker all the way around. Jazzy Jay delivered the old school jams, and X-cutioners scratched the night away (which is why I ended up leaving the show a bit early). Z-Trip caught me off guard with a wonderful mash-up set, like what he normally does. What differes from the Chicago set verses this is we got Q-bert instead of Mix Master Mike (a welcome trade if you ask me). So I thought this DVD would be a great way to remember all those great times from the show in Chicago.

What a waste...

As stated by everyone else, this DVD is so flawed it just destroys what little content there actually is. Short cut teaser sets. Horrible editing and directing. A generally pretty lame crowd. And a really boring set from X-Cutioners that just seems to go on and on and on and on... I don't know what the producers of this DVD were thinking but they really missed the mark with this. The good news is the little amount of footage of sets from Jay and Z-trip do show some solid plays (though Jazzy Jay using Final Scratch does have sort of a WTF quality to it). Mix Master Mike is still scary behind the decks but not as enjoyable as Q-bert was. The X-cutioners set was just too techincal to really be all that fun. Too much scratch technique, not enough actual music.

Ultimately, this DVD gives off one or two impressions: either the L.A. stop on the tour wasn't that great to begin with or next time they really need to learn how to design and produce a concert DVD. Don't get suckered into this waste of plastic and time.

Save your $$$ and rent this instead........2005-10-22

What could have been a great disc is instead filled with MTV style cuts on meth, annoying pans to the "hotties" in the audience (what is this, a baseball game?), short cuts from the sets, and an idiotic editor who thought it would be a good idea to cut away from the action for the occasional "(DJ) is the best" confessions by the other DJs (i thought that's why the disc has an audio commentary and extra features).

The gig wasn't 60 minutes, so why was the DVD only that long?

Jazzy Jay's segment was too short (12 minutes) and here's a tip to the director/editor - when the audience of hipster college kids aren't dancing, don't show them!

Z-Trips segment was too short (13 minutes) a running theme in this review. Maybe the unseen part of his set was wicked cool, but the parts that are on the DVD are bland. Non-fans of Z won't become acolytes from seeing him on this disc (unlike his short bit on "Freeze" - that was a wake up call).

X-Ecutioners segment (15 minutes) was marred by bad sound - maybe their segment was recorded on a C-80 blank tape. Truly headache inducing - nothing like what you get when you see them live.

Mixmaster Mike's 14 minute segment? Maybe you think he 'bit' from Z-Trip's style (uh... no), but he worked the crowd better than anyone else (he awoke the zombies who watched Jazzy Jay's set) and, man oh man, that man can cut!

The credits roll, i stop caring, i return the DVD to Netflix (glad i didn't buy this one), and finish reading "Can't Stop Won't Stop."

Scratch live DVD.......2005-07-04

Jay uses a laptop because he's running a program called Final Scratch that allows him to digitize some of his records. It's just new technology, you can hate it if you want, but it all comes down to the fact that he's an original party rocker and he just wants to make people have fun. And he is a forefather of scratching. Listen to Mike and Z Trip talk about him on the DVD. Respect.

Z Trip's set is awesome. He's getting big now, and you can see why here. Really creative. Everything from old school hip hop to Pantera. Ever seen a moshpit at a hip hop concert? Well, here you go.

I think the X- Ecutioners were a little off that night. They are pretty technical and sometimes it doesn't translate. They are the only reason I'm not giving this 5 stars. But it's still impressive to see them perform. And this is probably the last footage of them before they broke up.

Mike's set is absolutley insane. That last reviewer said "no tricks, nothing new." Dude, what were you watching? Mike pulls some crazy stuff out of his brain. His crabbing technique is nuts. He even nails the lighting guy in mid-performance for making it look like a "rave." I can't repeat what he says here, but trust me, it's priceless. He and Z Trip get the crowd moving like I haven't seen in a while. I guess if that's what you mean by Mike "biting" Z Trip, then yeah, I agree. In any case, Mike is one of the most technically sophisticated turntablists out there (the other being Q Bert) but Mike really knows how to rock a party, too.

I haven't watched all of the bonus features yet or listened to the commentary, but I did watch the Shepard Fairey feature, and it's definitely part of the reason I like this DVD so much. He's really well know in the street-art world and this is a good insight into what he does and how he does it. I'm actually kinda surprised that his part hasn't gotten more hype, I think people just don't realize that it's on there.

I recommend this DVD to anybody who is already down. For those of you who are merely interested, check out Mike's part and feel your head spin.

And if you're still not convinced, check out a couple other online reviews, like the one from the last issue of RS.

Garbage.......2005-06-15

This shows what hype all this has become. SCRATCHING is beautiful but this movie sucks. It is a live performance w nothing new. No tricks, jazzy is using a laptop. Mixmaster mike bites z-trips routine. and the x-cutioners show off that they can do a whole lot of noise and make everything sound wack.
Final rating WACK AS HELL. save your money for your groceries or for porn.

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