545 is a turntable quartet composed of four renowned turntablists and longtime collaborators: D-Styles (Invisibl Skratch Piklz, Beat Junkies, Low End Theory), Mike Boo (Secret Sidewalk, Smart Bomb co-founder), DJ Excess (Ned Hoddings), and Pryvet Peepsho (Turntable Symphonograph Orchestra). The group’s name—545—represents their creative approach to making albums: five songs crafted by four turntablists over five days.

Since their inception, 545 has produced multiple albums. Their recording sessions have taken them from Bangkok to Hawaii, San Diego to Abu Dhabi, and Las Vegas—each location leaving its imprint on the group’s evolving sound. Their music emphasizes sonic exploration, melodic composition, and manual sample manipulation via the turntable. By fusing traditional DJing and turntablism into something more compositional and intentional, 545 pushes the boundaries of what scratch music can sound like.

Members of 545 played key roles in the collectives and events that expanded the possibilities of turntablism and scratch music in the early 2000s. A Night at the Knitting Factory (2002) marked the first time a scratch album—D-Styles’ Phantazmagorea—was performed live on stage with a full turntable ensemble. Alongside Ricci Rucker and Toadstyle, Ned Hoddings carried scratch music into a new phase of composition and live performance. Scetchbook (2002), created by Ricci Rucker and Mike Boo, showed how scratch music could operate as fully formed compositions, emphasizing mood, structure, and atmosphere. The Bastard Language Tour (2003) carried that vision on the road across the West Coast. And with Gunkhole, scratch music expanded further, weaving live percussion into improvised turntable performances.

545 is the continuation of that lineage—a culmination of over two decades of experimentation in collective scratch composition. With 4 full length albums under their belt and a 5th on on the way, the quartet has never performed live until now. With members spread across multiple time zones, their collaborations have remained rare and deliberate. This debut performance coincides with the 20th anniversary of Mike Boo’s Dunhill Drone Committee—now being released on vinyl for the first time—making the event both a celebration of Bay Area turntablist history and a landmark moment for scratch music.