Dj Brian Scott

It all started back in the late 80's. I was producing industrial music at the time, using a Commodore 64 with DR T's sequencing software, a Korg and a k2000. The rave scene was birthing and growing at this time, the sounds of techno and house were turning my head. I began to produce hard core under the name Motv, and played live PAs in Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit and everywhere in between. Often times I played long side Delta Nine, I even got to play the first party for Contact records (Dj Hyperactive's label).

I began throwing parties under the name 'Sect of Motv'. At the time I was working with Incredibeats and Mushgroove which were Chicago rave crews… we were responsible for throwing Chicago raves for many many years. The rave scene was all about traveling and bringing a larger community together though! I would throw parties all over. In some cities you can attribute me with being the scene forefather, like Ft Wayne In. for instance where I threw party after party for some time (with the help of the wonderful people out there). Of course there were endless cities in between, each weekend was an adventure where I would travel to another city and make the beats happen. It was easier with Chicago resources though, I had sound, lights and the best Djs to bring out (most of these guys are notable world renowned producers now days).

I remember the exact moment when I wanted to spin records. I was watching DJ Hyperactive throw down at a smug loft venue off of Lake Street under the L train in Chicago. The Trust crew was throwing the party, the vibe was right and the balloons were a bumpin. There was a stack of speakers around which sweaty kids were marching to the stomp stomp of the 909 kickin down the stacks. I was doing a live PA and had just finished setting up the gear. The decks were set up in this back room with one giant speaker aimed right at the Dj's head; in front of them throwing down was Dj Hyperactive. I knew who was playing even before I saw him, you know it's Joe when you hear that mixing style. I stood back there and watched him, mixing with such speed and seamless sound. He wasted no time getting back into the mix; I was no longer watching the hands of a Dj, but those of a master craftsman. The other cool thing about Joe is that he has heart, I remember how he was concerned when my house burned down... big ups to peeps like that who remember where their heart is. After that night I was hooked... it was time to get turn tables and get my mixing skills!

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The first time I touched the decks was on a drunken bet. I heckled a friend who train wrecked, he in turn told me to try it (knowing I would screw up). The funny thing was that I actually matched the beats without screwing up, Ian never heard the end of that one lol. I spent the next few months getting the hang of Gemini belt drives before trading up to 1200's. My first set of 1200's came from Danny the Wild Child. I traded him a DAT machine for a set of tables I have in my house today.

Danny showed me a lot about being a Dj, from turn table maintenance to cutting. I remember the first lesson he gave me. We were partying on the south side at a friends place. The usual suspects were all in line, Phantom 45, Angel Alanis, Frankie Vega, Miguel Martinez (the mushgroove/incredibeats kids)... damn I miss those days. Anyhow, I was playing around with scratching and Danny walks up. What's cool about this kid is that he's got it, but he doesn't hate at all. He just say's 'hey, lemme show ya somethin'. I spent the next 20 mins sitting there n watching him cut, if you've never seen Danny play then you need to add it to your list even if you're not into DnB. After that I was signed up, I can recall many smokey afternoons in his basement just going back n forth playing records and cutting.

After this time I quit doing live PAs and started spinning. I kept on throwing parties and traveling, just switched up my performance style. I spent the next 10 years or so traveling and spinning, playing in many venues across the US. My Brother, Jason, started spinning as well and one day decided he wanted to start a record label. Together we built Soul Phusion Records, the combination of his desire and talent with my old school connections was a great recipe for making great things happen in the music industry. Our first release was a world wide hit, it even eared us a law suite from bad boy bill who decided to jack our first release claiming that Angel Alanis was his artist and that the release was his and not ours. Oh well, plenty of haters in this industry and we already knew bill was a jerk. That's ok though, because cream keeps rising to the top baby, no matter how many times you push it down!

As time went on we founded a record label group, we had 18 labels in all that stretched from here to Japan making us the 2nd largest dance label group in the US. Most Dj's have at least 1 record from our group in their bags, we've produced a great percentage of the best artists on the market today. If I actually posted the list of artists produced on these labels your head would spin, but if you've been to one of our WMC parties you've already witnessed our meaty line up.

Of course not all that glitters is gold, there were setbacks and ups n downs… there are some parts of the story that I can't really tell, but if you ask the likes of Mystic Bill you'll hear some old school stories that are pretty tragic. All in all it's a learning experience though, we take the good with the bad and hopefully grow to be a greater person.