DJ SWINGSETT - Collaborators/Production Partners:
Lisa Shaw, DJ Wally, John Warrin (J.Warrin), Takuya Nakamura.
REMIXES AND/OR CO-PRODUCTION:
Charlie Dark (of Attica Blues), Dana Vlcek & The Abstract Truth (Wave Music), BILLIE HOLIDAY (YES, that's right!), RESTLESS SOUL (Sirkus UK Records), Peter Daou & Tony Edwards (FREEZE RECORDS-Todd Terry's jazzy/downtempo label), THE STREETS (UK), Whodini (JIVE RECORDS), Bugs (Ubiquity Records), & many more still to come...
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Soulful underground music, including nujazz, deep house, hip hop and drum & bass have all been a part of
Swingsett's long NYC-based DJ career, going on 15 years at this point. He has been based in NYC since
1992, actually getting his first club and rave work in his native Colorado (Denver), college radio station and
house parties back in 1989. Currently based in Seoul, Korea, since June 2007.
Upon arriving in NYC, he was very closely related to and involved with the US
Electronic Jazz/Soul Dance music, Deep House, Broken Beat, Drum & Bass, and Downtempo and Nujazz scenes. He was as a resident at the United States'
first weekly jungle party, KONKRETE JUNGLE since 1996, been local support for dozens of shows with GIANT STEP, sharing
playtime with many of the world's best, including Mr. Scruff, Seiji, Incognito, Gilles Peterson, Miguel MIGS, Afronaught, Tortured Soul, Carleen Anderson, Donald
Byrd, Guru's Jazzmatazz, Gil Scott-Heron, DJ Krush, Roni Size/Reprazent's debut live USA show in 1997,
and other events with "Magic" Juan Atkins, Joshua Iz + Diz, Jef K (Kif Paris), Holmar Filippson, Shy FX,
DJ Ron, Charlie Dark (Attica Blues), LTJ Bukem, Neil Aline, DJSS, Die & Krust, Bryan Gee,
Cooly's Hot Box, D-Influence, and Soulstice.
His DJ residencies and guest spots since 1992 have taken him to countless clubs and bar lounges in
Manhattan and internationally. Some of his NYC residencies and guest nights include his own landmark 7
year running Testpress Sundays (1997-2003) weekly at Drinkland, PS1, Shine, Centro-Fly, TWILO, SOUND FACTORY, VINYL, S.O.B's, APT, Baktun, Joe's
Pub, Tavern On The Green Summer Series, and Happy Ending to name a few.
Internationally, he's played
Bar Rhumba and Dog Star Pub in London, Kerma in Helsinki, Hamburg, Toronto, Vancouver, Raw Fusion in
Stockholm, events in Amsterdam, Copenhagen (Club Vega), Tallinn (Estonia), Cannes (MIDEM), Tokyo, Seoul, San
Francisco, LA, San Diego, Seattle, Denver, Chicago, and WMC Miami ('96, '97 and 2000-2003 and 2006). He's also been rated
as a Top 100 International DJ by Bikini Magazine and Streetsound.
Swingsett's roots are diverse, yet all have the quality of soul, dub or jazz flavor, from hip hop, rare funk
and soul, then moving into acid jazz & abstract hip hop, before focusing primarily on jungle and deep house
in 1996. He formed a dj/ production partnership with DJ Wally from 1996 to 1998, and continue their
musical collaborations into this year. Their 'Dog Leg Left' LP on Ubiquity Records was one of 1997's most
critically and DJ-acclaimed releases. He then hooked up with J.Warrin (formerly of Slide 5, Ubiquity Records), as they shared
an understanding and influence of dub, jazz and soul.
Together they formed Ism Records as an outlet for their collaborative 12" experiments with breakbeat
drums and heavy sub-bass and beautiful melodics. Swingsett's depth in music and beats as a DJ and
producer combined with J.Warrin's jazz musicianship and production background, produced an innovative
sound that seamlessly moves between styles of breakbeat, dub, soul, house and drum&bass. Recording
under the name DJ Swingsett & J.Warrin, in 2000, they released a full length CD, "Sights Unseen", which
featured the vocal talents of Lisa Shaw on 3 of the album's songs. Ism Records released several singles and 2 CD Compilations which garnered great international press and charts from underground dj's. Ism expanded to include two
additional labels, ism'assive Recordings for drum & bass and Esho Recordings for deep, soulful house. Both labels released a slew of highly rated and press-lauded single 12"s and mix CD Compilations from 2000-2003.
Since 1995, DJ Swingsett has
produced or collaborated on music released on Ubiquity, Om, WAVE Music, SONYBMG, EASTWest Germany, JIVE Electro (BMG), Liquid Sky, Dope On Plastic!,
IRMA Records, Sirkus (UK), In Flight Entertainment (UK) and his own Ism Records imprint.
Frequent production partner Takuya Nakamura (of Organic Grooves and Ism) and Swingsett have completed remixes for THE STREETS UK, 'Weak Become Heros'- w/LISA SHAW (released on VICE/ATLANTIC), TWILIGHT CIRCUS, 'Dance' (M-RECORDS.COM), and BILLIE HOLIDAY, 'I Hear Music' (SONYBMG, for the 'BILLIE HOLIDAY: REMIXED & RE-IMAGINED' ALBUM COMPILATION, 2007).
Currently based in SEOUL (June 2007~ present)... Mr. Swingsett DJ's regularly at several top clubs and special events in Seoul and is starting to get booked around Asia, with upcoming bookings in 2009 in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Thailand and Southeast Asia. Swingsett continues to operate Ism Records focusing on nujazz, broken beat and deep house vibes. He continues to dj with his ears and heart focused keenly towards melodic, jazz-flavored, soulful, deep dance music!
Hey there Mr.Swingsett... been some time since I saw you in Tool but I was totally loving all the 80s stuff you were playing on Xmas Eve... and John EP's proper house...
hope you have a wicked vacation in Japan and your gigs in Tokyo are a blast... looking forward to drinking some Sake with you when you get back to Seoul!
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