Video is a dancer

Mike Relm feat. Gift of Gab, Myron Glasper & Michael Belfer - Body Rock

Some people just make you want to be their friend. Mike Relm is one of them.

If you did the right thing and saw Scratch back in 2K1, you might remember a little scribble jam at Q-Bert's house with DJ Shadow, Q Bert, one other fella of note whose name I forget (Flare maybe?), and a young lad I hadn't seen before by the name of Mike Relm.

He's one of those guys with insane, multidisciplinary talent, and really nice glasses (speaking as a four-eyed compatriot). A sizable chunk of his work has moved beyond simple (well, hopelessly technically complex, but simple in the sense of breaks + scratches, juggles, etc) scratch sets to encompass new takes on classic themes of all types as well as bringing in the DVD-Turntables to explore video scratching to an extent that sets him well apart from the mob:

In addition to his amazing live sets, Mike is also hard at work in the studio, and is planning to release a full-length comprised of original material sometime this fall. To avoid being accused of idleness, he's also opening for Blue Man Group on their tour, playing at Coachella, and doing remixes for the Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie soundtrack. Zounds. Here's a sneak peak featuring one of my favorite emcees/resident bodyrocker, Gift of Gab (Blackalicious, Quannum Crew).

You can watch more videos, read more, and download additional tracks over on his website, and keep your eyes out (two or four) for his CD come fall!