Happy Hardcore, in particular, requires a great deal of explanation. As Gil puts it, not everyone loves and respects Happy Hardcore. But Scott has developed a modus operandi for combating this. Watching the crowd during Scott s sets it s clear how he modulates the waves of energy that flow through the music and, likewise, through the crowd. He opens with something not slow, but anticipatory, and it s hypnotic.
People start to move propelled by a certain eagerness to see just where the music is going to lead.
And then the beats come in with unexpected frenzy and the room goes wild with motion. Scott knows just how to distribute the calmer parts among the furor so that his crowd doesn t destroy its own energy too soon. And then I give them something that takes some thinking. He shrugs, And most DJ s can t. Scott will admit that people get upset at some of the things he has to say, and that sometimes his opinions may seem contradictory. Although, he says he s starting to understand that there are people who are good at the music and nothing else.