Unveiled as the world’s first conference dedicated to the education and development of skratch music literacy.  Skratchcon 2000 served as a main source of support for the rapidly growing musical style known as scratch music.  Its efforts include identifying young, emerging scratch musicians and encouraging them through education, moral, and financial assistance to advance their achievements in the scratch arts.

Thud Rumble Ltd. unveiled this historical event July 1, 2000 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater.  Skratchcon 2000, technological forum and interactive presentation of the musical understanding of the DJ arts took place in the scratch epicenter of the world, San Francisco, California.  This one-day seminar comprised of lectures, technological presentations, musical technique workshops, and one-on-one meetings with the masters of the art form emphasizes scratch music’s significant impact on the music industry, and reinforces it’s position as a globally vibrant musical style.  Musical demonstrations featured the arts of scratching, beat juggling, battling, trick mixing, and a highlighted team presentation, which focuses on the creation of the turntable band.