Beat Junkies X Serato Control Tone
20 Year Anniversary Serato Control Vinyl Pressing

Listening notes

Released in 2013 on Serato Pressings, the Beat Junkies X Serato Control Tone 20 Year Anniversary Serato Control Vinyl Pressing carries catalog number SCV-SP027. The release is cataloged under the genres of DJ Battle Tool and Hip Hop, situating it within a tradition of purpose-built records designed for use in DJ performance and competition contexts rather than conventional home listening.

The tracklist is organized across two sides. The A-side contains six tracks: three entries titled Scratch Beat appearing at positions A1, A3, and A5, a Scratch Kit at A2, a Scratch Kit/Beat at A4, and a Locked Groove closing out the side at A6. The B-side contains a single track, Serato Control Tone, listed at position B1. No track durations are recorded for any of the listed tracks.

The release title references a 20-year anniversary, though the verified facts on hand do not specify what event or founding date that milestone marks. The collaboration between the Beat Junkies name and Serato is noted in the artist credit, but no further detail about the nature of that collaboration is available for confirmation here.

The presence of a Serato Control Tone on the B-side is consistent with records designed to function as timecode vinyl for use with digital vinyl systems, though this draft does not make claims beyond what the tracklist itself names. The Locked Groove entry at A6 is likewise a format commonly associated with DJ tool releases, where a groove loops continuously without advancing to the record's end.

This is an unreviewed draft. Track durations, personnel, pressing details, and any contextual history around the anniversary or the collaboration should be verified before publication.