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1. Scott, Hardcore DJs seem to come from a range of musical backgrounds, such as house, jungle and even hip hop. How did you first get into hardcore?
I've been making records since 1991 where I used to listen to Belgian techno and British 'Rave' music. For me, the progression into hardcore was natural and I've stuck with it since - I still love it!
2. How would you describe the sound of your current DJing/ producing style?
Half the stuff I produce and play is quite trancey, very uplifting with lots of energy in the music. The other is Dutch New Style, which isn't too fast or hard, but with fantastic energy in the music. I tend to play the Dutch stuff towards the ned of my sets, it always gets the crowd excited!
3. Alot of hardcore producers and DJs often experiment with a number of other styles of dance music, do you have any musical projects outside of hardcore?
I also have my own hard house/trance label in the UK (slip) and I've also released records on German trance labels such as Fog-Area. A t the moment
I'm really concentrating on the hardcore as it's going very well this year!
4. What do you make of todays hardcore scene, especially considering the poor condition it was in just 2 years ago?
Things are going from strength to strength at the moment. The biggest problem was the amount of bad records being released back then. Most of those producers have went back to working in Macdonalds and left the real producers to make good music! People are coming back in their droves which is evident at all the major hardcore events!
5. What role do you think you have played in the recent resurgence of hardcore dance music?
I'd like to think that I've been a constructive contributor to the current scene. I've tried to release consistently good records and hopefully this has helped rebuild the scene in some way.
6. In the past a lot of DJs said that there was a definite musical divide between the north and the south, the north preferring it a lot harder to the vocal loving crowds of the south. Does that divide still exist, or do you find crowds more open minded these days?
There definitely used to be the North/South divide but now I tend to play similar music all over the country. Certain pockets of crowds in the country still need educating but I always find them to be very open minded about it all!
7. With this in mind, what recent event has provided the most satisfying crowd to play for?
Cypher It's too hard to say to be honest. I love what I do and always get a great buzz from playing whether it's a small club with 100 people or an event with 5000 people!
8. How do you see hardcore music evolving from here?
If producers don't get too slack and start producing the same drivel over and over, I can see them taking influences from the Dutch as well as influences from other UK scenes such as Trance, Hard house etc... The vocal tracks will always be big but the cheesy element seems to have gone forever. A lot of the guys have been making tracks that are pretty tough, so it's all good.
9. And with your own productions, will you continue to push both the nu skool gabba sound and the more recognised trancy evolution style together, or do you
plan to concentrate on one particular direction?
I'm still doing both at the moment and plan to do it in the forseable future. I love both styles, so that's why I want to do it like that!
10. Finally what are your 3 favourite tracks of all time?
Too many tracks to cut it down to 3, but here's a small cross section.
Second Phase-Mentasm, way back in 1991 or whenever it was, what a tune!
Masters of Rave (germany) - released in 94/95 - I still play it eligiously!
Rotterdam Termination Source - not such a fantastic track, but a very significant one. This brought the hardcore style to the masses.....
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