Swayzak Discography of CDs

The British duo Swayzak--a morphing of low-brow actor Patrick Swayze's last name--erected a benchmark for ...

Personnel: Daisy Densham (vocals, melodica); Les Fauves , Cassy Britton, Richard Davis (vocals); Justin Martin (flute); Francisco Brini (drums, percussion); Dimitri Papaioannou (Jew's harp); Brun, James (programming).

Despite minimalist techno sets like their Groovetechnology mix from 2001, Swayzak are still largely pop ...

The British duo Swayzak--a morphing of low-brow actor Patrick Swayze's last name--erected a benchmark for ...

Right from the start, Swayzak's 2003 contribution to the Fabric mix series makes a concerted ...

Retired to a chateau in the French Alps (the Grande Bergerie of the title), Swayzak ...

In 1994, James Taylor and David 'Brun' Brown took their places behind the mixing board. ...

Track Listing of songs: Speedboat; Burma Heights;

Track Listing of songs: Easy (Shane Berry's Dirty Works Mix); Hof Ter Lo (Rennie Foster's Dirty Works Mix); Easy; Hof Ter Lo;

Swayzak CD discography Track Listing of songs: Evil Dub; LoRez Skyline + Lo9ve;

Swayzak albums Track Listing of songs: Hausfrau; Watergate Blues;

Swayzak music CDs Track Listing of songs: Rons Connecticut Dub; Montanza;

Swayzak discography Swayzak's sophomore album HIMAWARI is more varied than its cultishly revered debut SNOWBOARDING IN ARGENTINA. Between tech-house gems such as "Kensal Rising" and "Doobie" are downtempo tracks with Rastafarian vocalizing ("Illegal"), ballads that sound like Human League and Afrika Bambaataa in a hot tub ("State of Grace"), and drum-and-bass-like tracks too breakbeat for house, but a little too melodic for jungle ("Pineapple Spongecake"). Swayzak can make its computers speak more soulfully than most other producers. It may be due to the duo's reverence for dub, a predominant element on this album (as it was on SNOWBOARDING); ironically, it's the spaces between electronic sounds and textures that make Swayzak's music so penetrating. HIMAWARI finds this duo of James Taylor and David Brown stretching out further than on its debut. Experiments with slower tempos, and styles borrowed from synth-pop, reggae, Detroit techno, and drum-and-bass sound anything but trendy. It's as though Swayzak has found its own private futuristic language; even if you don't understand everything, it still makes sense in ...

Track Listing of songs: Mike up Your Mind; Mike up Your Mind; Grace's State; Slave to the Hard Drive;

Track Listing of songs: Devil of Rotations; Random Access Memory; Tic Toc;

Track Listing of songs: Bueno; Fukmachi;

The Track Features Benjamin Zephaniah, The Seminal Dub Poet, On Vocals & Mixes By The Band Themselves & Glenn 'Bigga Bush' From Rockers Hi-Fi. Also Includes A Haunting Poem Version Of 'Illegal'.