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1997 DMC Canadian DJ Championship

 

Canadian Eliminations:

The Montreal Elimination was held at Club Metropolis November 30, 1996
1st Place winner - DJ A-Trak
2nd Place - DJ Devious
3rd Place - DJ Unaware

The West Coast Elimination was held January 29, 1997 at the El Famoso in Vancouver
1st Place winner - DJ Mighty Maximum Possible
2nd Place - DJ Kaveh
3rd Place - DJ Wax

The Toronto Elimination was held March 1, 1997 at Zoo Bar
1st Place winner - Lil' Jaz
2nd Place - DJ Grouch
3rd Place  - DJ Disciple


The Alberta Elimination was held March 7, 1997 at Republik in Calgary
1st Place winner - DJ Pump
2nd Place  - DJ Skinz
3rd Place - DJ Melo-D


1997 Canadian DMC Final
On May 3rd, 1997 Montreal witnessed the most memorable DJ competition up to date. Over 2,000  enthusiastic fans jammed Club Metropolis to watch the 1997 Technics DMC DJ Championship Canadian Final. The  evening kicked off with an amazing display of turntable wizardry by special guest, the legendary DJ Q-Bert.  Eleven DJs from Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto & Montreal were there to try their best to become the 1997  Canadian Champ. We were also very honoured to have International director of DMC, Tony Prince, from England, attend our  Canadian Final.

The Panel of Judges:
DJ Q-Bert - 1992 & 1993 DMC World Champ, Invisibl Skratch Piklz
Yoga Frog - Skratch Piklz, San Francisco
PJ The Boy - CISW, Flavour Productions, Calgary
Jeff Waye - Ninja Tune North America
Bill Worrell - Tabou Disc Mtl
Mike Mission - Masters At Work CKUT
DJ Choice - Hittin Switches CKUT, Dubmatique

The Competing DJs: (in order of appearance)
DJ Pump
DJ Disciple
DJ Unaware
DJ Skinz
Lil' Jaz
DJ Grouch
DJ Melo-D
DJ Mighty Maximum Possible
DJ A-Trak
DJ Devious
DJ D-Scratch - 1996 Defending Champion

The Results:
1st Place - A-Trak
2nd Place - D-Scratch
3rd Place - Lil' Jaz


Left to right - Robert Lupien (Technics), Lil'Jaz, DJ D-Scratch, Chris K! (DMC Canada), DJ A-Trak, Tony Prince (DMC Ltd) & Q-Bert

Well, we all now know that fifteen year old DJ A-Trak, our 1997 Canadian Champion went on to represent at the World Final, like no other! On June 8th, DJ A-Trak stunned the world by winning first place and the coveted gold turntables in Rimini, Italy.

VIEW CANADIAN FINAL EVENT PHOTOS

Montreal DMC Elimination Flyer

1997 Vancouver Elimination Flyer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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