Hello Everyone, and welcome back to our weekly exclusive Progcast. Our mission, to search and find the best possible progressive beats and rhythms out there, join us on our quest, come see what we have found! 

Returning to another of our favourite haunts, the party plane hits Scotland and its wild eastern regions. Here, we find an artist who has a rich history in his country's dance music scene, now with the skills and attributes to run TWO labels, artist management AND still DJ to the highest level. PFG give it up for Brent Lawson!

Raised on a steady diet of 80s synth music, Brent has always had one foot on the dancefloor. A clubber first, it was a fateful trip to nearby Arbroath that first opened his mind to the possibilities of electronic music as a DJ: “I had a love for the electronic sounds created by Jean Michele Jarre from that point I was drawn into electronic music.” He says, citing the Rhumba Club a favourite venue from his youth. 
“This night has informed so many years of my clubbing history and is responsible for everything that I have done and will do.”

The late Nineties were a fertile time for those venturing into DJing. And for Brent, gigs came quickly. After a short break raising and supporting his family, Brent is now free to refocus on his music and his company Probtech Management.

Comprised of two record labels and an Artist management company Probtech is a business on the up. With key additions to his staff this shows just how serious Brent takes his brand, and processes are in place to put Probtech in the same ballpark as the Bedrock’s, Drumcode’s and Toolroom’s of the industry.

On top of his own work with Pro B, Brent has taken up a new role with MOAI
Spain as the U.K. and Ireland consultant, he is also a director and resident of AATM Radio, resident of Music Is The Answer Dundee, Proton Radio Monthly resident, and soon to be taking on a new residency with Beach Radio.

At heart Brent is a DJ who just loves to share his passion for the music with his audience. As Resident at one of Dundee’s premiere nights MITA he regularly rubs
shoulders with the best DJs in the world. Brent is also making his first forays into the production world with a few releases under his belt, including music with Hernan Cattaneo, Soundexile, Quivver, Blue Amazon and most recently a new release on Balkan Connection...

1. BEN SUMMERS  – AWAY – (FRAMEWERK REMIX) – PRO B TECH 
2. BEN SUMMERS – AWAY – (FRAMEWERK DUB) – PRO B TECH MUSIC
3. ID – ID  – (ORIGINAL) PRO B TECH MUSIC
4. ID – ID  - (ORIGINAL) PRO B TECH MUSIC
5. MONARC – LUNAR PLANE – (BRENT LAWSON REMIX) – AH DIGITAL
6. ID – ID (HERNAN CATTANEO & MARTIN GARCIA REMIX) – PRO B TECH MUSIC
7. ID – ID – (NOIYSE PROJECT REMIX) – PRO B TECH MUSIC
8. ID – ID – (DJ RUBY REMIX) – PRO B TECH MUSIC
9. ID – ID – (HERNAN SERRAO REMIX) – PRO B TECH MUSIC

https://probtechmusic.com
https://www.facebook.com/DJBrentLawson/
https://www.facebook.com/ProBTechRecords/
Brent@probtechmusic.com

PFG -  The Progcast - Episode 129 - Brent Lawson

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul.

Rob started getting passionate about house music from his early teens. He was initially tuning into Stu Allan's mix show at weekends where he would begin to educate his virgin ears with what i would describe as audible magic. Rob had a DJ's ethos from day one as he would live record the tunes he liked onto cassette whilst doing on the fly edits to remove the advert breaks.
 
As his knowledge and experience of music increased, he found himself becoming naturally inquisitive about the technical side of mixing and was fascinated at how an atmosphere can be manipulated, altered and changed just by spinning plastic and tweaking a few nobs and faders. This eventually lead him to getting a pair of Technics 1210's about 15 years ago and the rest is history.
 
In the beginning his main passion was for old skool and classic house from early 90's, however his musical taste has since matured to genres including progressive house, electro and breakbeat.
 
Plenty of DJ's and producers have been a huge influence on Rob and you will hear a lot of their material featured on his mixes. Rob would like to take this opportunity to drop a few names and pay his respects to the following:-
 
Sasha, John Digweed, Dave Seamen, Nick Warren, Steve Lawler, Hybrid, Trafik, U.N.K.L.E and especially Dj Faskil (Frisky Radio) who is absolutely brilliant and inspiring. Rob highly recommends his free Silly Waffles and Artist of the Week mixes which are free to download from his site www.faskil.com.
 
Rob's Two-Pence:

"I hope my mixes will be enjoyed and appreciated by all who take the time to listen to them. Each and every mix has been treated as a structured project which should take you on a journey from start to finish."
 
"I have always been told that being a good DJ is 90% track selection and only 10% mixing capability. However i personally feel that tight, intricate mixing is the cherry on the cake so to speak and is what separates the DJ's who are in it for the passion from the money grabbing spiky haired funky house promoters."

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PFG - The Progcast - Episode 129 - Brent Lawson

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