The Master Scratch Band are a group considered to have started Serbian hip hop in the early 1980s with their Degout EP, which was released through Jugoton in the year 1984.
Since the only samplers available then were far beyond their financial reach, the trio had to employ some tricks to achieve the sound they wanted.
Synthesizers, drum machines, vocoders and delay processors were used in an innovative way.
[2] The team worked with a number of contributors over a month or so in the famous "Druga Maca" studio.
The EP resulted in two chart hits in Yugoslavia and a number of TV appearances.