Scott Profit first appeared on the Cornish rave scene back in the mid nineties, initially frequenting nights at the Venue (Penzance) and the Shire Horse (St Ives) he went on to become a regular at numerous local house parties and Phase 2s. After learning to play vinyl at 17 years old on his mates Soundlab DLP-1 belt drive decks he looked to hone his skills on Technics 1200s and 1210s when he would get the chance, taking direct inspiration from his friends who were playing Trance/Techno and Acid Techno on the party scene at the time.
After registering some of his first mixes out at local parties from the age of 18; playing Reactivate albums and records he'd begged and borrowed from friends under the name DJ Profit; he set about amassing his own personal collection of Vinyl, a collection that would hit over 500 records at the height of his first stint of DJing on the local scene. This would lead to a number of years of playing popular nights, not only at local parties such as Pendeen, St Agnes and Gwithian beach parties but also numerous sets at Rig linkups in Cornwall, Bristol and Glastonbury Travelers field just to name a few. He would also go on to play some of the most popular local clubs of the time, his club appearances would include The Waterfont (Carlyon Bay), Dance Academy (Plymouth), Club Zeus (Formerly Strawberry Fields, Hayle) where he would hold a residency for over a year.
DJing into 2000 Scott would eventually take a hiatus at the end of that year due to unforeseen personal circumstances. This was a barren period of music for Scott Profit and it wouldnt be until mid 2000's that he would resume where he left off, making some appearances at local parties and a few of the local rigs that were running raves and free parties at the time. This is when he changed his name from DJ Profit to Scott Profit, a move that made him instantly more recognisable on the local scene and led to him looking to branch out into free parties and eventually becoming one of the original founding members of the unbelievably popular SWAT Parties based around the Lizard and Goonhilly from 2010 to 2012. Around 2010 Scott would also enrol on a HND Sound Engineering course with Plymouth Uni (Truro College), studying hard to learn the skills necessary to not only pass the course with a relatively high mark but also start learning studio techniques and music production.
After the success of SWAT Scott would look to reignite his DJ career and during this time he would also write music and play several gigs as a singer for a local electronic crossover band, something that was a great experience and also a huge step on the road to learning production and composing his own dance tunes.
These days you can find Scott playing at numerous local gigs, he makes occasional appearances for Techno promoters Signal and also recently he has played at the hugely popular and influential Orbital nights which have been taking the local scene by storm in the last few years. Other local nights have included SWAT Party, Kynance Party, Lizard Party, Kernowtopia just to name a few.
Scott Profit continues to work on his production skills as he looks to achieve his first signing on a commercial label
