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Ah One Two Oye
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Released: Jan 1, 2008
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  • Genre: Hip Hop / Latin / Turntablism

    Location Toronto by way of Panama y Colombia, Ontario, CA

    Profile Views: 54978

    Last Login: 4/29/2012

    Member Since 3/31/2006

    Website djgrouch.com/

    Record Label Wellwikid Ent.

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Born in Panama, Central America and raised in the Toronto, DJ Grouch has always been around music. His love for Hip Hop started at the early age of 10, b-boying outside with his neighborhood friends. Realizing he wasn't going to be the next member of the Rock Steady crew, he began to focus more on the art of deejaying. Inspired by the LL Cool J video "I'm Bad", Grouch would imitate what Bobcat and Cut Creator did in the song. "I just saw those two deejays going at it on the turntables and I knew that's what I wanted to do." Drawing influences from the likes of Jazzy Jeff, Cash Money, DJ Scratch, DJ Aladdin and Richie Rich, Grouch would practice every chance he could on his Pop's record player. "I loved hearing scratching in songs. That was my favorite part of the record, like just hearing Primo, Pete Rock or whoever scratching on the track. I would sit there and imitate what those cats were doing for hours!" He eventually got his first Technique 1200 in 1990.From there he started doing house parties which eventually lead him to a gig on CHRY 105.5 fm doing fill-in shows. In 1993, Grouch landed his own timeslot (Strait Frum Da Undaground with host K-9) and has been at the station for over 10 years. The show changed to the GQ Wake Up Show (with hosts Que and Contagious) in 1995 and into the SoundCheck Show (with host Contagious, Public, Lord Quest and DJ Fingrprintz) in 1999-2008. From July 2005 to Dec. 2007, Grouch could also be heard on The Project Bounce Network on CIUT 89.5 fm, Tuesday 3am-5am and Thursday 12am-3am. The exposure on the airwaves, lead Grouch to compete in numerous deejay competitions (The Conflict, Metro Mix-Off, Ron Nelson Hip hop Battle) around the city. "This guy named Rob heard me on the radio and told me I should enter this deejay comp called The Conflict." In his first battle he competed and won against a rival who would eventually become his partner, D-Scratch. "D and I have a long history. We were bitter rivals for mad years. He beat me so many times, but I eventually beat him in 1995." That was a very important year for the young deejay, winning both the energy 108 battle and the Zulu Nation Canadian battle all in one weekend. This was also the year Turnstylez was born. Grouch and D realized they both had much in common, so along with Scratch's cousin Lil' Jaz, they formed Turnstylez and it's been on ever since. Individually and as team they have acquired numerous titles, but it is the latter that got them there notoriety. "We change the way a team should compete in a deejay battle. We had 3 guys on 6 turntables all being used at once! No one's ever done that before and made it sound funky!" In 1998, Grouch along with Turnstylez won the 1998 ITF Western Hemisphere Team Category in New York defeating The Allies (DJ Craze's crew) and the STA's (Mike Relms crew) among others. "Winning that comp was one of the greatest feelings. We had so many people up from Toronto repping and cheering us on!" They represented Canada in the ITF world finals that year in Amsterdam, competing against the defending champs the Beat Junkies (Babu, Melo D, Rhettmatic), placing third. "We were disappointed with the result but thats how battles are sometimes. When the Junkies won even they had to give it up for us. Melo D gave respect to us as innovators during his acceptance speech." DJ Grouch has definitely left his mark in Hip Hop. He has performed with various Canadian and International Hip Hop stars, traveling across North America (Canada and the U.S.A) and Europe. He has played in almost every club and venue in Toronto. His razor sharp scratches can be heard on numerous T dot classics such as Saukrates "Father Time rmx" (1995), Elemental "Living Under Water" (1995), Esthero "Breath From Another LP" (1998), Grassroots f/ Arcee "Thematics" (1999) Nautilus "Twelve/Record Making Manual" (2001) and DL Incognito "Rugged Raw" (2003) among the many. In 2003 DJ Grouch, along with his partner Contagious Theory, released their own wax under the moniker Pherenziks. He is currently deejaying for Soul/R&B diva, Melanie Durrant and working on an album with his group Camp X... ....Click on the media player to hear exclusive tracks featuring me on the cut. Click on the video links to watch me do my thing!!! You can also check me out at Canada's only DJ institute, Scratch Lab. I teach Mon, Tues, Sat & Sun. Call (416)SCRATCH for more details. Also check www.scratchlab.ooober.com to get exclusive DJ Grouch cell phone ringtones. ................Try the ..BEST.. ..MySpace Editor.. and ..MySpace Backgrounds.. at ..MySpace.... Toolbox..!.. .. .. ........ .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

  • Members

    ...... .. .. .. .. ..........Click here to get your own player........... ..Kids play DJ in March Break workshop.. .. .. ..Scratchlab Institute held a DJ workshop for teens at Albion Library on Friday. DJ Grouch showed off his skills as a DJ to the youngsters as they tried their hand at being a DJ. Here Ivon keeps her eye on the computer that is used with the turntable... .. ..A number of students got a sneak peak at DJ Grouch's Scratchlab Institute March 14 as part of the March Break activities at the Albion branch of the Toronto Public Library..."(These programs) make the library a fun place to be, not just pick up books; you could DJ for an afternoon," said Youth Outreach Service Specialist, Hanney Mussa. "We listen to our youth and try to do something for them." ..Mussa helped organize the events that took place over the March Break, which included Grouch's DJ workshop and a video game tournament..."We were going to go to the library to do work, but it's due the next, next week," says 10-year-old Abdiraham Noor, of his homework assigments at Elm Bank Junior Middle Academy. ..Noor was one of the many students that got a chance to go up and practice a "cue-scratch" on the DJ table. ..When any of the students went up to try out the DJ table they got a chance to pick between fast and slow songs, and even request a song to play along to. .."It's my first time doing it, but it was fun." Noor says. ..But because there were so many students DJ Grouch could only teach the "cue-scratch" so he quickly taught the students how to mix between songs, pick a track on his computer and learn some components of his turn-tables...Talking about his experience, the 34-year-old DJ Grouch said, "I'm self-taught, I learned how to scratch myself and then started doing house parties and high school dances." .."I was teaching at community centres, one-on-ones, this is more of a classroom. You can have 12 students at one time," he said. ..This was the third time DJ Grouch hosted a workshop this March Break at branches of the Toronto Public Library. For more information on Scratchlab DJ Institute you can visit www.scratchlab.ca or call 416-638-7137...

  • Influences

    DJ Influences: Turnstylez (D-Scratch & Lil' Jaz), Kool Herc, Afrika Bambataa, Grand Master Flash, Grand Wizzard Theodore, Jazzy Jay, Grandmixer DST, Jam Master Jay, DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Cash Money, DJ Bobcat, DJ Aladdin, DJ Scratch, DJ Richie Rich, DJ Premier, Pete Rock, X-Ecutioners (RIP Roc Raida), Invisble Skratch Picklz, Beat Junkies and any ill deejay who's killed it on the wheels of steel!!! Besides that mi Mami Y Papi for putting me on this earth and teaching me about music and art! Sim1 for sticking with the kid for the past 7 years and showing me what love really is. My sis for following her worldly dreams. And finally my friends, my panas, all those I hold dear to me for always supporting me and my music. SCARLETTVILLE STAND UP!!!.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

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