Scott Alexander Brown (born 28 December 1972) is a

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-born Scottish DJ and music producer, now living in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Brown produces and plays a variety of genres, although he is most associated with

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. His music ranges from

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, through

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, to

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. He is the founder of Evolution Records, which started in 1994.

Music production

Brown has produced music on his own record labels (Evolution Records, Evolution Plus, Evolved, Evolution Gold, Poosh, Screwdriver and Twisted Vinyl), and under a range of monikers including Plus System, The Scotchman, Interstate, Bass-X (with his brother Stewart), and with his band Q-Tex, which was formed in 1991.

Releases and album appearances

His work is featured on Bonkers. Brown has also appeared on the compilation albums of ''

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'' series. His first appearance on the series was on the third issue of the series in 1999. He later appeared on '' Trance Ravers''.

Other

In April 2006, his release "Elysium" was given a

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remix by

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featuring vocals by Rebecca Rudd. This version was released with a subtitle as "

Elysium (I Go Crazy) "Elysium (I Go Crazy)" is the 5th single by Liverpool dance trio Ultrabeat. It was released in 2006 and played throughout the summer of that year. Ultrabeat used the vocals of Rebecca Rudd to Scott Brown's hardcore cult hit "Elysium" and gave it ...

" to signal the addition of vocals. Later, in May, his song "Go Berzerk" was included in the

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release of ''

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'', which was not present on the arcade version or audio releases of the game. In 2008, Brown released a new song, album and DVD called ''Livewired''. In 2009 two of Brown's tracks, "Commence" (Off his first Hardwired album) and "Digital Distortion Works!" (A collaboration between Brown and

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) were featured on an episode of ''

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'' in which

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and

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glues a CD into

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’s car stereo system as well as gluing the volume knob at maximum, leaving James unable to turn the volume down or take the CD out. In March 2016, Brown collaborated with German Eurodance DJ and producer Special D. to create a new, updated version of "Elysium", also featuring Rebecca Rudd's vocals from Ultrabeat's version. It was released over two digital EPs featuring remixes from several artists, including a

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remix by Scott Brown himself which contains samples and inspiration from Brown's original 1999 version.

Discography

Studio albums * ''The Theory of Evolution'' (1996) * ''Future Progression'' (1998) * ''Livewired'' (2008)

References

External links

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