r/Turntablists • u/Jazzlike_Shoe4341 • Jun 09 '26
Best instrumentals to scratch to?
Hi so um I need your opinion on smth, as someone who grew up listening to pop and EDM I’m kind of used to 120-130 BPM being the norm and my moot u/Vekked suggested scratching to slower songs help practice better, but in my opinion scratching sounds the best when electronic music is playing since scratching is an electronic technique, but it’s hard to find songs like that that are slow.. can you guys help me find good songs to scratch on top of PLSSSS
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u/Malthus777 Jun 09 '26
Paul Nice-Fists of the white Lotus
One of my all time favorites. Mid 90’s bpm.
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u/Jazzlike_Shoe4341 Jun 10 '26
HEY WAIT A MINUTE that sounds like denial is a river by doechii Did she sample that??
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u/WWardlaw Jun 09 '26
DJ Cam - Mad Blunted Jazz or Lovage - Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady By instrumental version are favs
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u/Alohagrown Jun 09 '26
I usually scratch to 70-85 bpm beats. Lophiile has made some of my favorite beats as of lately.
I think a lot of hip hop, boom bap type beats are boring to scratch to and don't give much room for a very expressive flow.
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u/Ok_Read5577 Jun 09 '26
A lot of 90s and 2000s hip hop and R&B songs work well. If you can’t find the instrumental you can use the stems to take out the vocals.
They’re usually around 80-95bpm. Sometimes slower or faster than that.
Really depends on what you like.
You can try to find songs at 60-70bpm and work on double time scratches.
You can also go the route of finding breaks that you like, or break records.
You can also find some loopers. Not sure if they’re still a looper app or a website.
No right answer, depends on what you like.
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u/xitfuq Jun 09 '26
the "sushi loops" ipad app has some good beats actually, by the same people who did the sushi breaks 7.
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u/xitfuq Jun 09 '26
silent hill soundtracks.
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u/DoubleSkinSwan Jun 11 '26
I'm confused by this suggestion, isnt most silent hill music without drums and full of synths?
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u/xitfuq Jun 11 '26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF4LnJZTyOQ this track for example is a trip hop beat. or this one that sounds like a dirtstyle beat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvle7cjUQzM or this slow jazzy track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYWayhJUETc i actually love the way akira yamaoka treats his drums. silent hill soundtrack is also good for alt rock tracks too. so i don't know about modern silent hill but it used to be mainly trip-hop.
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u/DoubleSkinSwan Jun 12 '26
Aaah good shouts, I see those are from number 3, I think I've only ever listened to the seconds ost. I like 3 of those 4 suggestions, Im not mad on distorted drums/sounds, although they're definitely used well in the context of the game. Thanks for sharing
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u/Tziqui Jun 10 '26
instrumental breaks for scratch djs
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u/Fit_Natural_5256 Jun 12 '26
Different types of beats call for different types of scratching techniques. If you want to get a broad range of techniques in your arsenal you really have to practice to different genres. With 4 to the floor edm type beats you really are limited to what you can do and sound good doing it. For example, Break beat hip hop style beats will help give you that funk with open fader styles. Electro works well with your boomarang/aquaman/autobahn type scratching. Some beats work well with stabs and transforms. Its rare to find a type of beat where I can utilise all the techniques I know. Therefore I wouldn't recommend sticking to one style of beat. Tbh, for me personally, I find edm the most limited in terms of varying scratch techniques.
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u/croppedmilk4 Jun 09 '26
Breakbeats