Re: (idm) Swag

From benny blanco
Sent Sat, Apr 10th 1999, 05:11

chris duckenfeld and more importantly, richard brown have been on the set for
many many years. the stunning engineering comes from the ears of richard brown
who has engineered shitloads of music. check the older warp catalog and you'll
see r. brown's name plastered on many a record.

richard also had his own imprint (TTB) before the latest slew of lables he's
invlved with now (primitive urges/tools series, odori) as well as 1/2 of Rhythm
Invention. chris duckenfeld fits quite appropriately in the "idm" circles with
his main schtick as 1/2 of RAC on Warp and before that on Nucleus. Chris also
records on the kinda proggy UK house label known as TOKO. forget the moniker on
this one.

i am very very interested in bring SWAG out to the states. i have contacted
richard and their manager a few months back inquiring about touring. they're up
for it, but it would be nice to hook them with a couple of dates around the u.s.
to make it worth their while. anybody have any connections? i've been workin' on
gettin' boston sorted, but it has been slow to sell.

nyc and dc would be obvious choices as well. anywhere else?


> Picked up a nice new LP by Swag today, called Felony Funk. 16 tracks of
> gorgeous house music tinged with hard beats, funk lines and slick
> production..... their previous outing, Collected Swag 95-98 was
> recommended to be last year by a guy who said it sounded like Herbert.
> While the connection was minimal at best, there's still a kind of quirk
> to all the tracks that both Swag and Herbert share, production wise.
> Very nice set of tracks.... and nice art by tDR! :)
>
> House house house house house....... it's nummy in my tummy!
>
> Aaron



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