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

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. 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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, grime,

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and other

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. He joined up with Terror Danjah forming the Reckless Crew with

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, 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 2001 as DJ Scratcha, regularly attending stations such as

and Deja Vu, 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 Radar Radio. 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.

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 &

Flowdan Marc Veira (born 17 March 1980), better known by his stage name Flowdan, is an English grime MC and record producer from Bow and Poplar, East London. A founding member of Roll Deep, he was responsible for naming the group and remained a membe ...

– "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" (Virceral Beats, 2017) * DVA i:Emotions– "Dead End" (DVA, 2017)

References

External links

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