Meanings
- uncountableA method used by turntablists whereby the configuration of the crossfader is reversed, so that the right turntable is on the left end of the crossfader and vice versa.
In the standard DJ style, when the fader is on the right, the right turntable is the only one producing sound, and vice versa (the other option is hamster style, which is the opposite—when the fader slides to one side, that turntable's sound cuts out).
2007, Mickey Hess, Icons of hip hop: an encyclopedia of the movement, music, and culture, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 35
Origin
Coined by DJ Quest in reference to the group Bullet Proof Scratch Hamsters, of which he was a member.
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hamster style. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hamster%20style
“hamster style.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hamster%20style. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hamster style,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hamster%20style.
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