In the pantheon of turntable technicians, few have influenced the global community as much as Cut Chemist. From his days in Jurrasic 5 to his legendary 7-inch sessions with DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist has been at the forefront of what one can do with two turntables and a mix. For his latest project, the afro-influenced Sound of the Police, Cut Chemist actually loses one of the turntables and replaces it with a loop pedal, creating a DJ set like you’ve never heard before.
URBhd and Society Theory go inside the Cut Chemist lair to learn about the latest stage of evolution for this true innovator.
Grand Master Citizens: Cut Chemist
Executive Producer: URB HD
Producers: Matt Carvalho, Phil Nacionales
Cinematographer: Jennifer Macchiarelli
Editor: Keola Racela
Special Thanks: Cut Chemist
Manager: Lorrie Boula / Soul Kitchen Music
Publicist: Alexandra Greenberg / Mitch Schneider Organization (MSO)
Joshua Glazer / URB
The storytellers of Society Theory present a new series of short documentaries entitled Grand Master Citizens. The term is a play on the latin phrase: Civis Magister Generalis — once used to describe the leaders and masters citizens.
Meant as a companion piece to their current ongoing series, Two Sides of Cool, this new set of longer short form pieces focus on people that have transcended the space of cool — focusing on those ‘Grand Master’s that have gone on to and continue to dictate the trends and growth in their respective creative fields.
Watch other episodes of ‘Grand Master Citizens’
01 | The Brooklyn Circus: vimeo.com/13470116
02 | Cut Chemist: vimeo.com/13718372
03 | Coming Soon!
Society Theory is Matt Carvalho | Erick Fletes | Jennifer Macchiarelli | Phil Nacionales
WE LOVE CUT CHEMIST! HE’S THE BEST! AND IS COOL TOO! KEEP IT BROTHER! best wishes justin mc http://www.myspace.com/mcthis
fantastic video from a true icon of the dj culture. his work constantly inspires me to be better at what i do, and forces me to look at records in a different way. thanks!