bookings / remix enquiries: 
chantal - chantal@razzmatazz.nl / tel +31 20 223 65 67

“WHAT is Brand!?”
This question seems to arise more and more often as the urgency for deeper bass-sounds is soaring through even the quietest backwaters. While the most sensible thing to ask would actually be: “WHO is Brand!?”. Though this question is, yet again, unanswerable since Brand! is partly machine. 

Still, as with all roots and routes, nothing comes from nowhere. Growing up as a kid in a designer family, Brand! realised at an early stage that he didn’t need to adapt to his environment. Instead, his environment could adapt to him; resulting in rather awkward home videos from age 4 through 10. Luckily, at an age of 11, Brand! received a bonus gift with his first empty bank-account: E-jay music software. This resulted in a slightly darker period of self-expression and if Facebook were to exist back in the 90s; some serious loss of friend-requests. 

All it took then was for Brand! to understand that there could be more people but himself that might enjoy computer music. And by god did they do! 
So straight from his living room right up the legs dancing in the most derelict clubs he went. To arrive, severely damaged, at the sheer bliss he enjoys today.

Finally, skipping through the confusing paradigms, one soon realises that
to capture Brand!’s sound in words would only bring us further from the truth.
Your most viable option to consider is therefore probably to go and listen to his
music. Enjoy.

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GIGS 2012

past
20-01 REBEL RADIO
04-03 AWAKE AFTERHOURS / RDAM
31-03 SCHMECK AFTERHOURS / ADAM
05-04 STUDIO 80 / AMSTERDAM
06-04 VOORWAARTS / RUIGOORD
12-04 NICKS DOCK 154 / UTRECHT
29-04 BARRE TIJDEN QNIGHT / AFOORT
30-04 BARRE TIJDEN QDAY / ADAM
06-05 KATER HOLZIG / BERLIN
19-05 ST JOSEPH / AMERSFOORT
26-05 CHICAGO SOCIAL / AMSTERDAM
28-05 TROPIQUE / SECRET
02-06 OBSESSION OUTDOOR
02-06 KELDER AMERSFOORT
08-06 BARRE TIJDEN @ STADSGELUID
22-06 ODEON / AMSTERDAM
23-06 RUIGOORD / AMSTERDAM
30-06 HOME / AMSTERDAM
06-07 MR LOESOE / UTRECHT
14-07 STUDIO 80 / AMSTERDAM
20-07 MATRIXX / NIJMEGEN
25-08 (LIVE) RECYCLE / LEUSDEN
25-08 (DJ) MAGNEET AMSTERDAM
01-09 (LIVE) PONY PARK / AMSTERDAM
06-09 (DJ) STUDIO 80 / AMSTERDAM
14-09 (LIVE) MAGNEET / AMSTERDAM
15-09 (DJ) DEEPNDISCO / AMERSFOORT
19-10 (DJ) BLOEMENBAR / AMSTERDAM
02-11 (DJ) REBEL RADIO) STUDIO 80
15-11 (LIVE) PAND 48 / GRONINGEN
24-11 (LIVE) SISYPHOS / BERLIN
30-11 (LIVE) BOOT VOOR PAMPUS 
02-12 (LIVE) PUBLIK / MALTA
26-12 (LIVE) WINKEL VAN SIN. / UTRECHT
27-12 (DJ) STUDIO 80 / AMSTERDAM

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GIGS 2013

past
11-01 TRIPSTREAM / ROTTERDAM
01-02 REBEL RADIO / AMSTERDAM
08-02 ALFABET / NOORDWIJK
09-02 PARADISO / AMSTERDAM

future
24-02 MIXTAPE MONDAY
01-03 AVANTGARDE / UTRECHT
15-03 STUDIO 80 / AMSTERDAM
18-03 ONDERSTROOM / HAARLEM
23-03 HAL 16 / UTRECHT
13-04 HENK / AMSTERDAM
29-04 OPT / AMERSFOORT
30-04 BARRE TIJDEN / AMSTERDAM
05-05 TBA / AMSTERDAM
15-06 TBA / AMSTERDAM
22-06 OPT / UTRECHT
03-08 TBA / SOEST

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DISCOGRAPHY
Milan Dubois - Vals Plat (Brand Remix)
Melomane, may 2012

Sjon is Down EP (more info tba soon!!)

You tube Channel Compagno:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbrWw0hg_C0KfZhWzQDOtIg

You tube Kanal BoM59: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpbFrk2u2poAqzGDqhP8hsA

It was in 2011 that Dutch pair Lars Dales and Maarten Smeets quickly broke through in the electronic music scene. Since then they have become known for their widescreen approach to making and playing club-ready grooves. From deep to disco, tech to soul, they join the dots between the past and the present with their own sense of storytelling and do so in clubs around the world, as well as in their studio. House might be the root of the Dam Swindle sound, but it takes nourishment from a much wider world of music. 

Still now, their breakthrough tunes such as ‘The Wrap Around’ and ‘The Break Up’ receive countless plays on dancefloors all over the world and the duo has made timeless music such as their 2023 disco-house bomb ‘ That’s right’ and 90’s throwback banger ‘Allright – just a tribute’ that became one of the hits of the 2024 festival summer. Dam Swindle has built a trademark sound, while still evolving and maturing their craft in various musical niches. Their landmark 2018 album High Life shows a broad musicality from the duo and this is even more so on their highly anticipated 2025 long player ‘Open’.  ‘Open’ features countless collaborations with high-profile artists such as Dutch pianist Joep Beving and New York-based Ethiopian vocalist Haile Supreme, and sees the duo flex their sound from ambient electronica to synthwave, hiphouse and more. 

Since 2013, the pair has also established their record label Heist Recordings as one of the key independent labels for underground dance music, while also releasing music on other underground mainstays such as Aus Music and Classic Music Company. Heist is more than just a label, though - it is a breeding ground for talents old and new; somewhere talent is nurtured and allowed to develop. Label showcases and special projects such as the yearly Roundup EP; where all artists from the past 12 months remix each other after a random selection process, furthers the family vibe and helps Heist stand out from crowd. Artists such as Cinthie, DJ Sneak, Crackazat, Tesfa Williams, Makèz, Pépé Bradock, Matthew Herbert, Ge-Ology, Byron the Aquarius and many more have all contributed, proving that it is a place for unrestrained creatives to be free with their own sonic visions. The label looks as good as it sounds, too, thanks to visual artist Bas Koopmans's standout artwork designs. 
 
Proof of Dam Swindle's widescreen approach to production is their long and talented list of collaborators, which includes the likes of acclaimed musician Tom Misch, US talent Seven Davis Jr., instrumental collective Jungle by Night, plus Marc de Clive-Lowe, Jitwam and Lorenz Rhode. Next to their own originals, a broad spectrum of artists have asked Dam Swindle for some of their special remix magic: on labels like Strut and Soundway they have reworked the legendary Pat Thomas, aka the ‘Golden voice of Africa,' and gave his single ‘Yamona’ a contemporary electronic edge, as well as The Mauskovic Dance Band’s track ‘Space Drum Machine’ and plenty more artists like Kerri Chandler, Mayer Hawthorne and Tom Misch. As their talent for bridging genres from all over the world continues to attract global attention, high-profile projects keep rolling in from all points on the musical globe. 

Dam Swindle are famously avid collectors of both old and new records, and it shows in their DJ sets, which keep you on your toes as they move freely through the broad world of house music with skillfully blended moods of soulful techno, acid, breaks, disco and more, all to create those special moments that crowds never forget. It is for that reason that their name has become a real stamp of authority and invention in the dance music world. Whatever they do, then, this pair do with irresistible charm.

Followers of Brand!