How to Rock a Party with DJ Z-Trip (2001) 

Saw this guy in Nocturnal 2021, he's amazing & liked how he said something along the lines of "Not that many DJ's here actually DJ, they just press a button & play. But not me, I go old school". Then went to go play the best set there! Highlight of my weekend. He is so sick!!!

When Scratch documentary came out on DVD in 2002 i might of watch this bonus feature about a million times 😅😂 very informative about Digging mixing blending and how to rock a party 🥳 by 2003 i was ready for my first house party 🥳 🎉...

This takes me back to a time when I looked as young as he does here

Lolol 8:36 "and it's done smooth" with the fuckin rando foot shot

the GOAT

First intro do Z-Trip was in Battle of The Year 2000. Wish hip-hop went back to what it was.

HE had No Foresight when he thought his sideburns were a good idea.

so good

Love watching this

Nice guy. Nice tutorial.. nice

Totally different world man

Z-trip is a DJ legend

8:35 great advice here. No socks always better to dj

I saw this video in 2005.

Also, this came out the year i got my first two techs1200s and i wish i had seen it then. Also. God DAMN i miss my sony mdrv700s

DO YOU REALLY WANNA KNOW THE SECRET??? SKIP TO 8:35

Wow! There is more spirit in this old video than in a whole festival today.. eh..hahah. 'I can go the bathroom, go get some E, come back and it still gonna hit right at twelve o clock' 😀

I’ve been looking for a piece like this (3:19) since the first time I saw the bonus scenes to this documentary. Who knows what this piece of equipment is?!

Anyone know what classical piece he is sampling at 23:35?

006 22:53

What is the track at 5:14

Will Z-Trip star in his own movie (docudrama/biography)? I'm in preproduction, writing a screenplay for a Z-Trip feature film. Similar to 8 Mile and This is Spinal Tap, the working title is "Dope!: Glad it's Over." We are considering doing an off-broadway musical based on the screenplay with the same title. We are currently working with VH-1 on Z-Trip's music biography entitled "Living Legends". It is a classic "hip-hop drama film", an account of a young dj named Z-Trip, played by Zach Sciacca, living in the "white ghetto" of Queens, New York and his attempt to launch a dj career in a genre dominated and invented by African Americans. His move to Phoenix, Arizona, a pivotal transition, is fraught with poverty, divorce, religious cult communes and a society determined to keep the white man down from entering the black dominated music industry. He struggles, working at Black Angus and Bobby McGee's as a country/western/rock dj for aging (mature) singles, to gain a listening audience and respect, however, when the club manager disavows him from playing African-American Ghetto rap (public enemy) in the club, he storms out of the club and ventures out on his own. When he meets fellow dj Emile at his daytime job (in a mall), they devise a way to create a hiphop techno rave scene determined to capitalize on black music culture/entertainment. In the process, he starts to develop a rag-tag breakdance, graffiti, dj, mc crew, where he meets 'A-Roc', an african american who teaches him about rhythm, funk and soul, and how to "rock a crowd". This individual becomes Z-Trip's mentor, teacher and guru and instructs him on zen buddhist "technique"of battling, the art of record digging, and on ways to develop crowd/mic control. Act I: Battling his way to the top of the DMC competition (fiction despite never winning), Z-Trip defeats the reigning champion, the X/Q Man, to conquer the hip hop music dj scene. But in the process, he begins to conquer himself through the commercialization of dj/rap music. We witness his downfall as he submerges himself into the rock n roll dj lifestyle and sells his soul to the devil. Much like the film Crossroads with Ralph Macchio, this film explores fame, fortune, the legal system, the Illuminati, Hip Hop Music (formally rap), contractual agreements, big business, sex, drugs and the Evil Overlord himself, Satan. It is his Tom Sawyer Remix (Rush) that wins him the title but it is his possession (by Satan) that enables him to defeat his opponents. The film goes heavy into the process behind dj battles, record collecting, subliminal messages. Z-trip begins to develop the "mash-up", recording a tape (the holy grail) of the Hiphop industry. This tape (Gold colored) gets traded or left in someone's car, and hold future significance later in the story. Act II: Listening to Satan-inspired rock n roll, Z-trip becomes consumed by the music, hypnotized by backwards masking, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Rush, becomes preprogrammed to replay prerecorded music to the masses in the all hours night clubs and drug-alcohol infested dungeons. When he moves to Los Angeles to better his career, he signs a record deal (in blood) with a major record label, 666 Records and is forced to participate in a Satanic religious cult ceremony where the label owner promises Mega-Super-Stardom in exchange for his original "mash-ups" secret formula/recordings that hold the key program ruling the world (in the mind of the label owner), and endless nightclub performances,world tours. Thus begins the downward spiral for Z-trip as he becomes overwhelmed by the nightclub lifestyle (drugs, gourmet meals) and the obligations to his contracts. Despite the fact that everything seems to be going right for him, he starts to unravel at multi-million dollar contracts, energy drink endorsements, Las Vegas Casino Mega-Performances, sexual and drug indulgences, signature model dj equipment deals. Act III: When his soul becomes immortalized in a video game (DJ Hero), his fate is crystalized into a silicon chip where millions of users have the capacity to manipulate his mind. He begins to realize that being a dj is actually living hell and that life is suffering and that he has become an avatar where he is forced to play the same music, "entertain" the same humanoids every night, fly on planes across the world, sleep in hotel rooms, sign autographs, smell the same vanilla candles....He becomes both Dj Hero character and the real Z-trip and descends into a schizophrenic nightmare both on stage and off. He becomes totally self-absorbed and when asked by an energy drink company to perform, he is more interested in his image and causes a litigation fiasco that land him gigs as a dj instructor in the basement of Guitar Center Mega store in Los Angeles. Act IV: The film explores the record industry, dj culture, satanic rituals,and the mindless, brainwashed masses who are hypnotized by Z-trip's music and ultimately turn against him after realizing how much he gets paid to perform ($15,000+ per hr). The zombie z-trip followers decided to get revenge on him for all the damage that he has caused them, including severe ear damage/deafness. When he joins with the Dark Emperor of Hip Hop, LL Cool J, he becomes bigger than God, commanding audiences of 100 million +. His Ultra-Ego and Will to take over the world has become an actuality. When asked to play(dj) on the Moon by President Obama, he decided to use Pink Floyd to create the Epic Mash-Up with the Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey, he uses the event to orchestrate a Nuclear holocaust, a global thermonuclear meltdown ensues. Interspersed throughout the film are psychological factoids about the control and manipulation of crowds, need deficiencies and the requirements of fame, and the motivational factors behind being a "dj". The film explores and documents Z-trip's countless hours of airplane rides, hotel check-ins, sound checks, green room caterings, fan enthusiasm, record digging, and the occasional feuds with promoters, groupies, and record executives. The film goes behind the scenes to explore the "real" person behind the dj showman. Often poignant and at times pathetic, we witness the loneliness of one man.... who is in a search to find himself. In the beginning (early 80's), when rap music began to enter mainstream culture with artists like Run-DMC, Z-Trip was listening to rap music on the radio. Like many other white kids, he was largely consumed by rock and heavy metal music. Despite his Roman Catholic upbringing, he rebelled by playing drums and listening to anti-social music dominated by loud, angry, screaming guitars, heavy penetrating bass, and earth-shattering drums. There was an evil undertone to the music he became interested in. When Rap music hit the "airwaves", Zach Sciacca (age 12), was influenced by the music his older brother listened to. The new sound of rap music, mostly invented by Rick Rubin (despite being white), entered Zach's psyche. The rap music was an attempt to brainwash young, impressionable, white listeners who were easily influenced (already by heavy metal). It was an ingenious plan devised to capitalize on young white america who could afford to buy the music pumped out of the ghetto. Groups like Public Enemy, in an effort to sell records, convinced the young white listeners (YWL) to engage in the afro-american ghetto saga. Somehow, it offered the YWL to want to form an new identity through the music, dance, rap, and graffiti. It offered everything a young kid from Queens could possible want to associate with. For Zach, he was at the right place at the right time, in New York when Rap music was beginning its World-global economic domination. He soon realized that his heavy metal drumming ambitions were better appropriated to the turntables of rap music. At a time, when the dj played second fiddle to the MC, Zach saw the dh's inevitable potential as the backbone and essence of the rap music that he heard on the radio. He soon discovered that he could adapt all forms of music, including Heavy Metal into a dj routine. He emulated the current dis, Afrika Bambatta, Red Alert, Marley Marl, etc. With all the heavy Metal records in his possession, he began a journey that would surpass any of his conscious ambitions. From a broken home, Zach lived life "on the streets", heavily influence on white heavy music, he was seeking an identity similar to his brother. Recently, when asked, "what was it about rap music that gained your interest?", Zach stated that "Well, it was Fresh, it was Dope. A new, powerful, cultural experience that engaged the ear, eye, and mind. The only thing it didn't capitalize on was the mouth (in terms of food)." He was eager to create a Rap cola, and a Rap hamburger and fries but had no culinary experience in black ghetto cooking. So he sublimated his entrepreneurial ambitions for a career as a rap music dj. Little did he know that this music and culture would monopolize everything from shoes to underarm deodorant. Rap music was the underground and Hip Hop, the World.

8 features of a person (Zach sciatica /z-trip) with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. (1) Must be admired (2) Sense of self-importance (3) Preoccupation with power, beauty, and/or success (4) Enjoys the exclusivity of being around people who are important (5) Exploits others for their own personal gain (6) Arrogant (7) Lacks empathy (8) Entitled