The process of creating sonic and musical patterns through the use of phonograph (vinyl) records played on turntables. The style began in the late 1970s when good-quality turntables became inexpensive enough for the mostly low-income urban artists who created the style. The turntablist places a record on the phonograph and then creates sounds and patterns by manipulating the turntable platter and the phonograph's stylus. The performer may spin the turntable forwards or backwards in patterns, rock it back and forth, turn the motor on and off, repeatedly pick up and drop the stylus on the record, and so forth. Early turntablists used whatever vinyl discs they could get their hands on, but pretty soon specialty record labels began pressing discs specifically for turntabling. Since the process