DMC World DJ Championships
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DMC World DJ Championships is an annual DJ competition hosted by Disco Mix Club (DMC) which began in 1986.
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[edit] DJ Champions
[edit] World DJ Champions
- 1985 - Roger Johnson (UK)
- 1986 - DJ Cheese (USA) - Brought scratching into the battle
- 1987 - Chad Jackson (UK)
- 1988 - DJ Cash Money (USA) - Helped invent the transformer scratch
- 1989 - Cutmaster Swift (UK)
- 1990 - DJ David (Germany)
- 1991 - DJ David (Germany)
- 1992 - Rocksteady DJs (Mix Master Mike, DJ Q-Bert, and DJ Apollo) (USA)
- 1993 - Dreamteam (Mix Master Mike and DJ Q-Bert) (USA)
- 1994 - Dmc events in 1994 are vague
- 1995 - Roc Raida (USA) - X-Ecutioners
- 1996 - DJ Noize (Denmark)
- 1997 - DJ A-Trak (Canada) - youngest ever world champion aged 15, Kanye West's tour DJ
- 1998 - DJ Craze (USA)
- 1999 - DJ Craze (USA)
- 2000 - DJ Craze (USA)
- 2001 - Plus One (UK) - Scratch Perverts
- 2002 - DJ Kentaro (Japan) - The first Asian winner, obtained the best score ever to the DMC World DJ Championships.
- 2003 - Dopey (Canada)
- 2004 - ie.Merg (USA)
- 2005 - ie.Merg (USA)
- 2006 - Netik (France)
- 2007 - Rafik (Germany) - Holds record number of 6 world DJ titles
- 2008 - DJ Fly (France)
- 2009 - DJ Shiftee (USA)
- 2010 - Ligone (France)
- 2011 - DJ Vajra (USA)
[edit] UK DJ Champions
(and world rankings)
- 1985 - Roger Johnson (1st)
- 1986 - Chad Jackson (2nd)
- 1987 - Chad Jackson (1st)
- 1988 - Cutmaster Swift - En4cers
- 1989 - Cutmaster Swift (1st)
- 1990 - Reckless (3rd)
- 1991 - Reckless
- 1992 - DJ Sparra
- 1993 - DJ Sparra
- 1994 - DMC events in 1994 are random
- 1995 - DJ Kofi
- 1996 - Cutmaster Swift
- 1997 - DJ Pogo (3rd) - En4cers
- 1998 - Prime Cuts - Scratch Perverts
- 1999 - Tony Vegas (2nd) - Scratch Perverts
- 2000 - Mr Thing (3rd) - Former Scratch Pervert
- 2001 - Plus One (1st) - Scratch Pervert
- 2002 - Skully (2nd) - Former DJ to Klashnekoff
- 2003 - Quest (3rd)
- 2004 - DJ Blakey - Worked on the video game, DJ Hero
- 2005 - Muzzell - Releases "Donkey Work" battle breaks (www.myspace.com/muzzell)
- 2006 - Asian Hawk - Disablists
- 2007 - JFB - DJ's with Beardyman, co-runs freestyle jam night "Battlejam"
- 2008 - Skully
- 2009 - Jeppa
- 2010 - Jeppa
- 2011 - JFB
[edit] US DJ Champions
(and world rankings)
- 1986 - DJ Cheese (1st)
- 1987 - Joe Rodriguez (3rd)
- 1988 - DJ Cash Money (1st)
- 1989 - DJ Alladin (2nd)
- 1990 - Baby G
- 1991 - DJ QBert (2nd)
- 1992 - Rocksteady DJs (Mix Master Mike, DJ QBert, and DJ Apollo)(1st)
- 1993 - DJ Rectangle (3rd)
- 1994 - ?
- 1995 - Grandmaster Roc Raida (1st) - X-Ecutioners
- 1996 - DJ Swamp
- 1997 - DJ Slyce
- 1998 - DJ Craze (1st) - Allies Crew
- 1999 - DJ P-Trix (3rd)
- 2000 - DJ Klever - Allies Crew
- 2001 - DJ Klever (2nd)
- 2002 - DJ Perseus
- 2003 - DJ Enferno (2nd)
- 2004 - ie.Merg (1st)
- 2005 - DJ Kico (3rd)
- 2006 - Fred Funk
- 2007 - DJ Precision
- 2008 - DJ Slyce (2nd) - Returns to DMC 9 years later.
- 2009 - DJ Shiftee (1st)
- 2010 - E-Tronik
- 2011 - DJ Vajra (1st)
[edit] Battle for World Supremacy Champions
- 2000 - Kodh (France)
- 2001 - Netik (France)
- 2002 - Netik (France)
- 2003 - Tigerstyle (UK) - Also won Allies Beatdown and ITF Advancement titles in the same year
- 2004 - Akakabe (Japan)
- 2005 - Pro Zeiko (Germany) - Won 2 ITF titles later in the year
- 2006 - Coma (Japan)
- 2007 - DJ Shiftee (USA)
- 2008 - DJ Switch (UK)
- 2009 - DJ Switch (UK)
- 2010 - DJ Switch (UK)
- 2011 - DJ Nelson (France)
[edit] Battle For Supremacy (UK) Champions
(and world rankings)
- 2000 - Skully (2nd)
- 2001 - Madcut
- 2002 - Richie Ruftone
- 2003 - Tigerstyle (1st)
- 2004 - Silk Kuts (2nd)
- 2005 - Matman
- 2006 - DJ Switch - youngest UK champion of any category aged 17
- 2007 - DJ Switch
- 2008 - DJ Switch
- 2009 - DJ Rasp - Also won UK I.D.A. title later that year
- 2010 - Deceptakut
- 2011 - DJ Disect
[edit] Battle For Supremacy (US) Champions
- 2000 - Supa Dave
- 2001 - Klever
- 2002 - Kico
- 2003 - ie.Merg
- 2004 - ie.Merg
- 2005 - I-Dee
- 2006 - Etronik
- 2007 - DJ Shiftee
- 2008 - SPS
- 2009 - Supreme
- 2010 - Solo
- 2011 - Fascinate
[edit] World Team Champions
- 1999 - Scratch Perverts (UK) - Prime Cuts, Tony Vegas, Mr Thing, First Rate
- 2000 - The Allies (USA/Canada) - Craze, A Trak
- 2001 - Perverted Allies (USA/Canada/UK) - Prime Cuts, Tony Vegas, Craze, Infamous
- 2002 - Birdy Nam Nam (France) - Crazy B, Need, Lil Mike, Pone - Now releasing album material past their self-titled debut
- 2003 - C2C (France) - Pfel, Atom, Greem, 20Syl
- 2004 - C2C (France)
- 2005 - C2C (France)
- 2006 - C2C (France)
- 2007 - Kireek (Japan) - Hi-C, Yasa
- 2008 - Kireek (Japan)
- 2009 - Kireek (Japan)
- 2010 - Kireek (Japan)
- 2011 - Kireek (Japan) - The first team of wins 5 world championships in a row.
[edit] UK Team Champions
(and world rankings)
- 1999 - The En4cers/Scratch Perverts (1st)
- 2000 - The Mixologists (3rd)
- 2001 - The Mixologists (2nd)
- 2002 - Flaredycats
- 2003 - Truesicians
- 2004 - The Disablists - Asian Hawk & DJ Muzzell.
- 2005 - The Disablists (3rd)
- 2006 - The Disablists (2nd)
- 2007 - The Disablists
- 2008 - Bionic Stylus - DJ Switch & JFB
- 2009 - Bionic Stylus (3rd)
- 2010 - Bionic Stylus (3rd)
- 2011 - Bionic Stylus (3rd)
[edit] US Team Champions
(And world rankings)
- 1999 - The Allies- Craze, A Trak (2nd)
- 2000 - The Allies- Craze, A Trak (1st)
- 2001 - Superfriends
- 2002 - Evolution DJs
- 2003 - Evolution DJs
- 2004 - Evolution DJs
- 2005 - Battle-Star
- 2006 - Animal Crackers
- 2007 - ?
- 2008 - Angry EXs
- 2009 - Battle-Star
- 2010 - Battle-Star
- 2011 - Battle-Star
[edit] DMC Hall of Fame inductees
- 1996 - DJ Cheese
- 1997 - Cash Money
- 1998 - DJ Qbert & Mix Master Mike
- 1999 - Roc Raida
- 2000 - Chad Jackson
- 2001 - Cutmaster Swift
- 2002 - DJ David
- 2003 - DJ Craze
- 2004 - Roger Johnson
- 2005 - Tony Prince
- 2006 - DJ Kentaro
- 2007 - Scratch Perverts
- 2008 - DJ Noize
- 2009 - A-Trak
- 2010 - C2C
- 2011 - Plus One
- 2012 - DJ Netik
[edit] External links
- DMC World DJ Championships
- HHC Digital's special DMC retrospective issue
- YouTube - The Disablists 2006 DMC routine
- YouTube - The Disablists 2005 DMC routine
- DMC History - DMC World DJ Championships (official championship history)
- Conspiracy Worldwide Radio October 2010 DMC Interviews with Sally DMC, Cutmaster Swift and Q-Bert
- Feature article on 2010 DMC World Championships at KOKO, London
- A feature on DMC at RechargedMagazine.com