Scratcha DVA also known as DJ Scratcha, DVA i; Emotions'', Scratchclart and DVA is a British electronic musician, producer and DJ often associated with DVA Music,

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and

Rinse FM Rinse FM is a London-based community radio station, licensed for "young people living and/or working within the central, east and south London areas". It plays garage, grime, dubstep, house, jungle, UK funky and other dance music genres po ...

. His debut album, '' Pretty Ugly'' (2012) and second album, '' Notu Uronlineu'' (2016) were both released on Hyperdub.

Early career

Scratcha DVA's musical background includes playing and making

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UK garage UK garage, abbreviated as UKG, is a genre of electronic dance music which originated in England in the early to mid-1990s. The genre was most clearly inspired by garage house and jungle production methods, but also incorporates elements from ...

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and other

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. He joined up with

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forming the

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with

D Double E Darren Jason Dixon (born 19 January 1980), known professionally as D Double E, is a British grime MC, DJ and record producer from Forest Gate, East London. He performs both as a solo artist and as a member of the grime duo Newham Generals. ...

, MC Bruza, MC Skanker, MC Triple Threat, MC Hitman Hyper and others. He played sets on London pirate radio stations, such as, Flava FM,

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, Deja Vu FM and

Radio career

His radio career started in 1997 as DJ Scratcha, regularly attending stations such as

and Deja Vu, Flava FM, and

. In 2006, Scratcha had a Friday night grime show on Rinse FM. After noticing Scratcha liked to talk a lot on the mic, he was later asked to do the Rinse FM breakfast show. The show was popularly known as The Grimey Breakfast Show. The show had a wide variety of guests coming through and co-hosting. Scratcha announced he would be leaving in 2012. From 2012 to 2016, Scratcha co-hosted the

label. After spending 10 years with radio stations, his last show was on 12 June 2016. In 2016, Scratcha started a bi-weekly show on

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. On 21 October 2021, Scratcha did a one-off hosting of the NTS breakfast show. Calling for listeners' favourite songs of all time, he briefly played Vengaboys after it was requested in the NTS chat. In November, following how well-received his hosting was, Scratcha was announced as one of NTS' resident hosts for the weekday morning. He currently hosts the 11am to 1pm slot on Friday. On 15 November 2024, he announced in his show he is leaving NTS.

Current work

In October 2016, Scratcha DVA released his second album '' Notu Uronlineu'' which was recorded completely in the dark. In August 2017, he disestablished his record label of 15 years, DVA Music, to concentrate on his new label, AllYallRecords.

Discography

Albums

* '' Pretty Ugly'' (2012) * '' Notu Uronlineu'' (2016)

Compilations

* ''The Voice of Grime Vol 1'' (2006)

EPs

* ''The Jelly Roll EP'' (DVA, 2009) * DVA ft.

Cooly G Merrisa Campbell, known by her recording alias Cooly G, is a British singer, rapper, producer and DJ, living in London. She has released two albums of bass music on Hyperdub: '' Playin' Me'' (2012) and ''Wait 'Til Night'' (2014). Music Her full ...

– ''DIS Boy'' (DVA, 2010) * DVA ft. GuGu – ''The Afro Cuban EP'' (DVA, 2011) * ''Fly Juice'' (

, 2012) * ''Mad Hatter'' (Hyperdub, 2013) * ''AllYallRecords'' (Hyperdub, 2015) * ''Take It All'' (Hyperdub, 2016)

Singles

* DVA featuring Alahna – "I'm Leaving" (DVA, 2008) * DVA ft. Badness, Riko, Killa P &

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– "Bullet a' Go Fly" (Keysound) * DVA – "Natty/Ganja" (Hyperdub) * Baobinga & Mensah & DVA – "N.S.G. / This One's Wavey" (Build) * DVA – "Just Vybe (Soule:Power Mix) / Step 2 Funk" (Hyperdub) * DVA – "Madness / Polyphonic Dreams" (Hyperdub, 2011) * DVA,

Sinjin Hawke Alan Stanley Soucy Brinsmead, better known by the stage name Sinjin Hawke, is a Canadian-American electronic music producer and DJ. Career In late 2011, Sinjin Hawke released his first EP, "The Lights" on the Belgium-based Pelican Fly label and ...

& Killa P – "Worst" (Visceral Vaults, 2017) * DVA i:Emotions– "Dead End" (DVA, 2017)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scratcha DVA Hyperdub artists British record producers British radio personalities British electronic dance music DJs