A ‘born and bred’ Capetonian, Gareth Scott (a.k.a. Scott Small) began his ‘love affair’ with electronic music in 1999, playing ‘Uplifting & Progressive Trance’, spending most of the following 3 years in the Clubs, and playing private venues in Cape Town’s Southern Suburbs.
In 2002, the ‘business bug’ bit and Gareth moved into Event Management and Production, shifting his focus towards a more commercial market for a few years, offering a valuable and extensive musical experience.
In early 2006, he took a step back from corporate affairs and started a now, quite successful, private, par-time production company with a close friend, called Club33 Productions [ www.club33.co.za ], allowing him to once again focus on his own musical preferences.
In 2008, Gareth teamed up with fellow Cape Town Trance Artist and ex UCT Station Manager, Shaun Holiday, to form Mixed-Up Productions and ‘HALO’ [ www.mixedup.co.za ] …Cape Town’s ONLY concept dedicated to the ‘Trance & Progressive’ sound. Gareth and Shaun also run South Africa's ONLY Trance Radio show, ‘Come Down Monday’ …which is currently supported by Sound Republic’s, Dance Web Radio [ www.soundrepublic.co.za ], Trancepodium.com [ www.trancepodium.com ] and Listenup.za.net [ www.listenup.za.net ].
2009 saw Gareth supporting almost every top International Trance orientated Artist to appear in Cape Town, including Daniel Wanrooy [In Trance We Trust], First State (a.k.a. Sander Van Dien) [Black Hole Recordings], Guy Mearns, Dark By Design (a.k.a. Gaz West) & Phil York, as well as appearing along side a host of South Africa’s top artists, including James G, Shane Halcon, Dean Fuel and Roger Goode, to name a few. Gareth has also appeared twice at what is arguably, South Africa’s Number 1 Trance Club, E.S.P. [JHB], and was invited onto Yebo Radio in early October, representing ‘Come Down Monday’ and ‘HALO’.
Gareth has also had no less than four Guest Mixes featured on numerous International Radio shows and Podcasts, ending the year off with an exclusive 2 hour Project for Max Angel’s ‘Sacred Sessions’, on Dance Radio Global [ www.danceradioglobal.com ].
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'Although essentially considered a 'Trance' DJ, Gareth is always experimenting with different sounds, due to his colourful musical background …which has landed him doing numerous reworks, edits and mashups, both for personal use and for fellow artists of various genres ...adding influence to his performances.
Being a keen enthusiast of technology, Gareth applies his trade on Ableton Live, which makes for some interesting intros, breaks, layering and vocal add-ins to his performances ...but can still often be seen, steering a pair of CDJs and an EFX across the floor!
Over the years, Gareth has developed a refreshing musical approach, with entertainment and 'flow' being the core of every performance. All of his sets have a distinctive progression to them and his music is always fresh …morphing and moulding, depending on his set times, but always portraying a classic Trance feel, in tune with his musical personality.
Rest assured that every set, is carefully thought through and prepared for, and that each performance will be an exciting and interesting journey from start to finish.'
