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Sunday, August 20, 2006
Smooth moves have DJ competing for national title
At 11:15 p.m. on a recent Saturday night, Brian "DJ Bombay" McGuire took the stage at Skully’s bar in the Short North.
The lanky 28-year-old — wearing baggy jeans, an oversize T-shirt and a Yankees ball cap — hovered for a moment over the turntables while 650 patrons waited for his hip-hop sounds.
First he laced a loop of rapper Jay-Z chanting "I’ll show you how to do this, son" over a lethargic, stretched-out stomp. Then he accelerated the beat, reaching a speed that even Twista — one-time Guinness record holder for fastest rapper — couldn’t have matched.
The chipmunk vocals suddenly gave way to robotic hiccups before, almost six minutes later, an impromptu remix of the Kill Bill theme and a Lucy Liu sound bite rounded out the set.
The crowd gave the Columbus resident, only the second of 12 DJs to perform, the loudest response of the night.
By 1:15 a.m., Bombay was named the winner of the first DMC Regional Turntablist Competition to take place in Columbus.
Tonight he’ll display his skills at the nationals in Chicago, where he’ll face 15 DJs from throughout the country for a chance to seek the world title next month in London.
In its 21 st year, the DMC tournament allows hip-hop DJs to bust out their mostobscure soul sampling and show off their trickiest knob twiddling.
Despite heavy competition from Drastic and Ginsu, up-and-coming DJs from central Ohio, Bombay stood out, said Alan "DJ Top Speed" Roberts of Indianapolis, who helped judge the regional.
"He could transition from record to record smoothly. Also, his choice of records, whether it be an old instrumental or classic hip-hop, and his hand timing really worked for him."
Several days later, Bombay reflected on the victory.
"I’m humbled, man," he said. "With DMC, you really want to be all-around juggling, scratching — maybe some body tricks. But I was trying to take it to the next level of DJ-ing."
The competition capped an increasingly busy schedule for Bombay, who spends eight or nine months a year on the road.
He even opened for James Brown on a few dates last year.
The day before the Columbus event, Bombay played a set at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago and ended the night with another show at the House of Blues.
"It was crazy," he said. "We drove (to Chicago), and I had to be flown back."
All the traveling has helped him amass 15,000 to 20,000 vinyl LPs and 45s.
His collection engulfs his modest Columbus apartment — and prompts his mother to ask him to clean his room.
"His father and I love him very much, but, wow, he has too many records," Mary McGuire said.
She knew he had something special, even at age 10.
"I found that he was ultracreative . . . when it came to music," his mom said. "He would pick up beats and sounds and tones that I just bypassed." Bombay experimented on her Neil Diamond and Barry Manilow records.
"I’d take the needle and run it up and down on ’em. I thought that was scratching," he recalled with a laugh.
His turntable went with him to the cafeteria at Westerville South High School, where, during lunch hours, he huddled in a corner practicing for talent shows.
After graduating in 1996, Bombay dived into the Columbus hip-hop scene: He won various battles (and placed second at the 2000 DMC regional in Cleveland), did shows with longtime mixing partner DJ Manwell and crafted beats for the Remnant and Christian rapper Bobby Bishop.
He has a sharp ear for what moves a crowd, whether playing a packed house at Skully’s or recently working a dedicated base of 50 fans into a frenzy at Bento Go Go — without giving them the predictable.
"He’s very technical, and he’s a fast learner. That’s why I love him," said Al "DJ Blueprint" Shepard, who with Columbus native RJD2 makes up the independent hip-hop duo Soul Position. "Everybody kind of knew he could win the DMCs." Having once lost to Bombay in an Indianapolis contest, Top Speed gave him a "really excellent" chance to take the world title. "He, in my eyes, has always been a winner."
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