Scott Blackwell is a Christian dance music artist, generally credited with being the first artist to produce such music for the Christian marketplace. In addition to releasing his own albums, Blackwell has produced many other albums, and has founded several record labels.

Personal life and music career

Born in

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, Blackwell got his start as a

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. He eventually obtained a position supervising MYX Records, a division of

Frontline Records Frontline Records was a Christian rock record label, founded in 1986 by James Kempner in Santa Ana, California. The label focused primarily on modern rock, rap, dance-pop and hip-hop. The label closed in the early 1990s, and then resurfaced in ...

. Upon leaving Frontline, Blackwell founded N•Soul Records. By 1995, he produced eleven projects for N•Soul Records, and had acquired over fifty general market production credits. N•Soul became best known for the ''Nitro Praise'' series, which incorporated praise and worship songs to various forms of dance music. Blackwell left N•Soul in 1999, citing concerns about the vision of the company's leadership. He then founded two record labels, to focus on different genres of dance music. Blackwell continued to perform at clubs, in the greater

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area.

Solo discography

* ''Walk On The Wild Side'' (1992) (MYX Records) – Reviews: ''

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'' * ''1800 Seconds of Motion'' (1992) * ''A Myx'd Christmas'' (1992) * ''A Myx'd Trip to a Gospel House'' (1993) * ''Once Upon A Time'' (1993) * ''A Myx'd Trip to a Gospel House II'' (1993) * ''The Real Thing'' (1994) (

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) – Reviews: ''Cross Rhythms'' & ''YouthWorker'' * ''Clubhouse'' (1997) (N·Soul Records) – Review: ''YouthWorker'' * ''In the Beginning: Greatest Hits 1991–1995'' (1999) (

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)

Artist collaborations

Blackwell has production, engineering, remix and/or other credits of music released by the following: * 12th Tribe * 50-40 *

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* Book of Love *

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* Faith Massive * Georgio * Resolution * The Rhythm Saints *

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* Jon Gibson (remix of 1991's hit "Jesus Loves Ya" from ''The Hits'') *

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* Paradigm Shift *

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* Prodigal Sons * Rubicon 7 * Sozo

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