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Harlem World
1978–1985 · Harlem, Manhattan
DJ, Bronx DJ credited with inventing the scratch technique; documented as a Harlem World performer. Exact dates of performance not confirmed in reviewed sources.
Ecstasy Garage
late 1970s–early 1980s · Mount Eden / Morris Heights, Bronx
DJ, Born Theodore Livingston; widely credited with developing the needle-drop and scratch techniques; billed with the Fantastic Five on a preserved Ecstasy Garage Disco flyer (Cornell, June 28, 1980) alongside the Cold Crush Brothers and Afrika Bambaataa.
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