SINCE he was a child, Burnley-born DJ Lee Woodvine has been fascinated with turntables and the sound they produce.

That fascination has led to him being twice crowned world scratch DJ champion and his alter ago - DJ Woody - continues to garner international fame as one of the pioneers of the scratch technique.

Woodvine recalls scratching vinyl on his mum's hi-fi aged eight. And, later, like many teenagers of his generation, it was the urban street sound of Public Enemy, Africa Bambaataa and Run DMC that lit the fuse.

"I never entertained the idea of it becoming my profession at all," said Woody, one of the stars at this summer's Cloudspotting Festival.

"I was a graphic designer, with music my passion," said the former Habergham High School pupil.

"I'd do DJ sets in my bedroom, and break dance at the school disco."

Woodvine's first public show was a slot at Dexterity, a dance night at Swiss Bar in Burnley.

"It was in a tiny basement, and there were a few of us there, just finding our feet," he said.

"Paul Taylor (the DJ behind the Retro brand), who had put the night on, was a great help.

"Then my ego got the better of me and I fell into the competition circuit and that's when it all began to take off."

You know you are on the right track when producers Bomb The Bass and Russian superstar DJ Vadim come calling - and the plaudits followed as he took America by storm, lifting the world scratch title.

Since then, he has turned up the beats in New York's Times Square, at a Bollywood film studio in Mumbai and has written scratch music for a 25-piece big band jazz orchestra.

"That's the very essence of scratching for me, manipulating sound in unexpected ways, and that creates the magic," he said.

"I'm always on the look out for old library records or other things with solo instrument sounds or cool vocals, but I wouldn't say there's any particular holy grail of records to scratch with."

An amazing video features Woodvine drilling a hole in a record off centre and scratching the vinyl.

"The wonky hole thing is nothing new really, anyone's who put a 45 on the platter off centre knows what it does to the sound," he added.

"However, I love the way the MP3 generation is embracing vinyl again, discovering that art form."

Last year he released his debut solo album - The Point of Contact.

The vinyl release sold out in a week and received a thumbs-up from fans, drawing comparisons to the early work of American mix master DJ Shadow.

"I made the decision for it to be an instrumental concept record, as I wanted it to be very much my voice and I'm very proud of what we've done."

DJ Woody plays Cloudspotting on Friday, July 28.

Cloudspotting runs from July 28-30 at Stephen Park, Forest of Bowland, near Slaidburn. Details from 01200 421599 or www.cloudspotting-festival.co.uk