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Artist Profile – Mighty (UK)

31/10/2025 Clusters, DNB, Drum and Bass, Drum n Bass, INSIDE DNB, Mighty, Sola, Twitch, Twitch DNB, Twitch Drum & Bass

I first ‘met’ Mighty AKA Scott on Twitch during lockdown. Back then we (and when I say we, I mean THE WHOLE FAMILY) were regular Friday night viewers to John B’s now legendary loft crew streams. The chat on Twitch can be lively if you’ve got a good crowd in, and somehow, amidst the vodka haze me and Scott just hit it off.

He is a resident of North Lincolnshire. Mrs Inside is a product of North East Lincolnshire, while I lived around those parts myself for many years. We had an instant geographical connection, and got on well.

He sent me some music a while ago. Maybe a couple of years perhaps, and I instantly heard something in it. Fast forward a few years and we’re back in touch and he’s sending me his latest creations and yep. Things are sounding good!

We set up a few possible tracks for release, got some mastering done by the absolutely awesome James from Sola, and hey presto. One of two scheduled releases dropped TODAY!

It’s only fair then, and right, that we catch up with Mighty to find out more about what we hope will become one of our staple artists.

You’re of a certain vintage, Scott. You’re a 90s raver like me and your music definitely has an air of the old days about it. It was a good time for the music back then.

Given my age, I was around for the birth of DNB out of rave music. My first ever mix-tape was a set of Dreamscape V – that had me hooked. My first ever record purchase was Prodigy Experience – about the same time as Altern-8 came onto the scene with their dust masks. My dad was supportive and bought me a pair of SL1210s and a huge disco speaker despite us living in a mid-terrace house. The neighbours must have hated us!

Ha yes! I had the discussion about Jamo’s with one of my sons recently, and the way everybody back then had the classic 1210/2 channel mixer and Jamo set up and a crate full of tatty records.

When I was in my teens into early 20’s I was really into DNB. I fancied myself as the next big thing and had an impressive collection of vinyl, as well as a reasonably impressive home studio. I sold it all when I bought a house…and have regretted it ever since.

One of the reasons we hit it off so well on Twitch was because of our Lincolnshire connection. The rave scene was absolutely kicking during ‘our’ era. What were your raves of choice back then?

It was all Hull for me! It’s the closest city and was where all the early dnb / jungle was to be found. I have hazy memories of Grooverider at the University Union and nights at Room in Hull. Great times!

There was also some DJ activity back then?

I was mainly a bedroom DJ but did play out a bit. One memorable occasion was in the upstairs room of a hardcore event. I was booked by a guy who ran a record shop, and I used to buy old-school rave / jungle vinyl off him every week…I massively misjudged it and played early Metalheadz style DNB instead. In the end they asked me to play for an extra hour, but I didn’t have enough records in my bag, so had to play the B-sides!

The struggle was real back then! Things are seemingly so much different for this younger generation of disc jockey. There are no discs for a start!

While I like all DNB, I really can’t get fully into that modern style of DJing where they mix the intro, play the first drop, then mix out during the breakdown. This probably relates to shorter attention spans for a generation of people raised on shortform Reels, Shorts etc. Maybe I’m just jealous because I can’t mix that fast! If a tune is good, I want to hear the tune – even the 2nd drop.

Agreed. There is a lot to be said for a 4 ½ – 5 minute track. It gives the DJ so much more time to let the music breathe. Which leads us nicely into your new track with us.

You have come back into music with quite a passion in the last few years?

Yeah, I played around when I was younger but have only really been doing stuff in adult life in the last couple of years now my daughter has grown up.

You’ve really come on since the first stuff I heard a couple of years ago. What would you say has been the trickiest part about making music that you feel confident and happy with?

Without discrediting early jungle, the sound quality just wasn’t a factor back then. I’ve really had to learn how to give each element space in the frequency range in order to give my tunes a clean and more modern feel.

You have an inhouse quality control officer at home though?

My daughter is my harshest critic. She’s 16 and “into” rock music but also likes DNB. The amount of times I’ve played her one of my WIPs to have the honest feedback “Dad, it’s shit”…Recently I’ve been promoted to “I like the drop” and “I like that it’s really dark”.

You’re lucky. My daughter just pulls a face and says ‘this is terrible’. Ironic really, given some of the garbage she listens to!!!!! (Love you Aaliyah!)

There is just a small set up with a few items to speak of in your workspace, but this proves yet again that to make impactful and powerful music, sometimes less can be more?

Yeah. It’s literally just my PC, a Komplete Kontrol M32, and my Numark Mixstream Pro.

So, a lot of your music is sample based? I think the art of sampling is kind of lost in a lot of DNB these days. The crate digging aspect of sampling anyway. I think that process might be a product of our era?

I’d like to think it’s not – it’s just that software can do such a good job now. I use VItal for bass and a host of other VSTs for synths. Clusters is a breakbeat tune at its heart though so the main breaks there are chopped up samples – but with lots of little touches and layering.

You’re a Cubase user?

I’m a bit of an outlier in that I produce in Cubase. I know most other people use Ableton, but I used Cubase back in the day, and it’s what I’m sticking with. I don’t even remember hearing about Ableton back then, although Fruity Loops (now FL Studio) was just starting to appear. Cubase was good enough for Noisia though, so I can’t blame my tools.

Fair enough! Use what you’re used to innit! I have used Ableton before, and I loved all the pretty colours more than anything else! I remember the old Cubase I used at 6th form way back in nineteen ninety-something being all black and white! Do you find it easy to navigate?

There’s just so many features and I probably only use a quarter of them! I’m always learning.

We’ve been using James from Sola to do our mastering here at the label, and he really made this next track ‘Clusters’ come alive. You learned a lot from his on-line sessions?

The speed that James works at and how quickly he identifies and then fixes issues in a tune is just mind-blowing. He does stuff in minutes that would take me hours. It’s one thing listening to his music but you gain a whole new appreciation when you watch him work.

And then we have another one coming up shortly that has a beautiful, LTJ–esque jazz/funk sound?

I do like jazz music. There’s a lot of cross-over between modern jazz musicians (that often have a DNB tempo track or two in their albums) and the beat patterns used in more complex DNB a la John Rolodex – Formless, and even going back to some of the old Reinforced stuff. I’ve always been impressed how people can riff on the theme of a track (freestyle) and still make it sound relevant. This new one is a little simpler than Clusters but more “dancey” – it’s a bit more V Records influenced – but still has jazzy touches in there.

I agree. In fact, I was only listening to the 4 Hero remix of Courtney Pine’s I’ve Known Rivers from way back in 1995 the other day. The Dollis Hill crew were actually one of the best ever jungle/jazz crossover teams in existence.

I’d love to bring this back actually with the label. If there is anyone out there with a penchant for late night jazz tinged jungle, we’re interested!

The ‘Mighty’ moniker is catchy. Where did it come from?

Well, I also like to go to the gym and “lift heavy things”; that’s where the half-joking producer name “Mighty” comes from. As I’m in my mid-40s, “lifting heavy things” these days usually comes with a portfolio of lingering minor injuries too.

**I know the feeling well! And that’s without the lifting!**

So, as we discussed previously Scott, at our time of life, we’re in this for the pleasure rather than the necessity to make money, and as a label we’re looking at fostering a small community of producers rather than a carousel of artists hopping on and off the machine. We’re super proud to have you and our other artists on board.

Is there anything you’d like to say before we sign off?

Just that I’m really thankful that you’re putting my music out there. I’m enjoying the chance to have the creative outlet!

Let’s do this!

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Dan Inside

Did some bits for Eternity Magazine back in the 90s, then some bits for Knowledge and UKF over the last 20 years on and off. Now running this website as a form of therapy, but also to keep in touch with the music and pay it forward, both to established artists and the new gen, because without them the music dies.

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