Name: 64 Ways (feat. Mayer Hawthorne) by Dam Swindle
Duration: 3 min
Description: Detroit Swindle's Debut Album, out on Dirt Crew on march 26th 2014.

Out 26/08/2013 On:
http://www.beatport.com/release/no-eyes-remixes/1144701

Releasedate Beatport: 26.08.13 
Releasedate I-Tunes, Juno ect: 30.09.13

Watch the official Videoclip for NO EYES here: 
http://smarturl.it/claptonevideo

Early love by CatznDogs, Soul Clap, Solomun, Dj Sneak, DJ Hell, The Magician, Claude Von Stroke, Ben Westbeech, Noir, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Hot Since 82, Tensnake, Oliver Koletzki, Anja Schneider, Pete Tong, Laurent Garnier, Riva Starr, M.A.N.D.Y., Maxxi Soundsystem, Jesse Rose, Adana Twins, HNQO, Phil Weeks, Peter Kruder, Chopstick & Johnjon, Rampa/Keinemusik, Matthias Meyer, Kiki, Munk, Alex Jones, Kasper Bjoerke, Larse and many more.

Ever since the German producer known as Claptone got his start just a year ago, he has been awarded artist of the year on the German Trendcharts DCC 2012, and has held his spot on Beatport’s Top 10 Tracks in the deep house category. So, without surprise, Claptone brought in 2013 with a fresh EP that is still at the top of the charts today. 
No Eyes, which features the vocals of Jaw from dOP has been getting love from all over the world including plays by Annie Mac and Pete Tong ('Essential Tune') on BBC Radio 1 who named Claptone 'Future Star of 2013' at the beginning of the year. 
It’s a gripping deep house production with an expressive melody, driven by the low and eerie bass line. The airy keyboard chords gives it the personality of a dark, daydream vibe, while the progression is rhythmic and funky. The fresh vocals interlock with the deep house instrumental, creating a song that will be bumping in the back of your mind for a while.

Treat yourself to the download of those fresh new remixes by Art Department, Doctor Dru, Mickey, Kyodai and Bakermat. More Claptone in the near future. 
You can experience the enigmatic Claptone magic live at Creamsfields on Sunday 25th August.

Early Feedback:

CatznDogs: Mickey Remix for us! 
Soul Clap: Art Department Remix all the way! 
Oliver Koletzki: Kyodai Remix ist der Hit! 
DJ Sneak: Kyodai Remix hands down! 
DJ Hell: Art Department and Kyodai are the best mixes here. 
Riva Starr: Quality! 
The Magician: Great Remix package. Mickey Remix is a dancefloor killer! Loving Kyodai Remix too. 
Maxxi Soundsystem: Ace remixes... hard to pick a fave straight off... reckon could be Kyodai's or Dru's. 
Tensnake: Great remixes for one of the most played tunes of the last year. 
Laurent Garnier: Kyodai Remix is superb as always. 
Anja Schneider: Great Mixes. Very hard to choose. Dru and Art Department probe for me. 
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs: Art Department Mix is the one for me. 
M.A.N.D.Y.: Very good release with lots of good remixes. Love Jaw's voice. So will be my favorite this time. Good job guys. 
Hot Since 82: Kyodai and Art's remix for me. 
Ben Westbeech: Kyodai mix for me….DOPE. 
Jesse Rose: All about the Kyodai Mix. 
Noir: Awesome Remix Package. 
Peter Kruder: All mixes are great in their owen way. Strong package for one of the biggest tunes this year so far. Will play them accordingly. 
Phil Weeks: Kyodai Remix for me. 
Adana Twins: Dr Drizzle for Rizzle! 
Chopstick: Kyodai & Art Department Remixes are just up my alley! Great Remix Work! 
Sasha: Art Department Mix is nice and wonky. 
Keinemusik / Rampa: Kyodai Remix is super. Love it. 
HNQO: Cool remix from Mickey! 
Kiki: Mickey and escpecially Kyodai deliver the goods! 
Matthias Meyer: I like the Art Department Remix and Bakermat. 
Munk: Like the Kyodai a lot. 
Alex Jones: Kyodai Remix is wicked. 
Kasper Bjoerke: Mickey + Doctor Dru + Art Department. Yes sir! 
Coat Of Arms: Kyodai do it again & again. Serious Pressure. Absolutely Murked it. 
Larse: Dru & Art Department are the winners.

Released by: Exploited 
Release/catalogue number: EXPDIGITAL045 
Release date: Aug 26, 2013 

Claptone - No Eyes Feat. Jaw (Kyodai Remix)   Exploited Records

Detroit Swindle's Debut Album, out on Dirt Crew on march 26th 2014.

64 Ways (feat. Mayer Hawthorne)

http://www.beatport.com/release/shag-edits-vol-2/1193481

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Buy "Boxed Out" now! -> https://damswindle.bandcamp.com/album/boxed-out

Detroit Swindle | Boxed Out | The Debut Album

Out 24 March 2014

01 B.Y.O.
02 64 Ways feat. Mayer Hawthorne
03 Me, Myself & You
04 Thoughts of She
05 Monkey Wrench
06 Shotgun
07 Center of Gravity feat. Sandra Amarie 
08 For the Love of...
09 The Fat Rat
10 He’s Just This Guy, You Know?
11 Huh, What!
12 F6
13 You, Me, Here, Now

The Debut Album by Detroit Swindle. It has everything you would expect from the Swindles, some slow burners with a hint of disco, some deep house, some banging club monsters and hey, even some leftfield hip hop jams.

The album opens with "B.Y.O.", a track that balances nicely between the DS shuffle and an old school New York style block party. The track is a taste of things to come for the rest of the album, hinting towards a big party vibe, but mellow enough to make it a really interesting listen.

The one thing Detroit Swindle are known for best is their knack for picking the right vocals. For Boxed Out, they came up with some perfect partnerships. They recorded "64 Ways" with none other than one of America's finest soul singers: Mayer Hawthorne. Being a fan of their sound he proposed to do a track together in return for a remix on one of his album originals to be released in 2014. "64 Ways" has a lazy shuffle, a bunch of catchy rhodes chords and few well placed layers of synths that give this track a hint of "Detroit Experiment", wrapped up in an almost poppy house jam.

One of the other vocal tracks is "Thoughts of She", that effortlessly samples the voice of UK soul singer Alice Russel from the track "Pushin' on" by "The Quantic Soul Orchestra". There's also the gorgeous track "Center of Gravity" that has Berlin based, Ghanese-Canadian soul singer Sandra Amarie on vocals. It's particularly this track that reflects the true spirit of Detroit Swindle's music, a mixture of soul and UK garage meets Detroit house slowed down to a sexy groove with some of their trademark pads and stabs.

They pushed themselves to explore different tempos as well, which not only resulted on some slow house burners, but also in 2 hip hop tracks. "For the Love of..." is a homage to the old school sounds of "J. Dilla", "A tribe called Quest" and "The Pharcyde", combining off-beat shuffles, a gritty bass line and a warm cut-up soul sample. "You, Me, Here, Now" is almost a love song, disguised in a s(w)ing-a-long down tempo type of track. It's one of those "one more tune" kinda tunes.

So there's hip hop, there's soulful vocals, but It just wouldn't be a Detroit Swindle album without a few bangers on it. "Huh, What!", "Shotgun", "The Fat Rat" and "He's Just This Guy, You Know?" are all relentless dance floor monsters, pushing the tempo to match old school Chicago and New York house cuts from the late 80's and early 90's.

With these tracks "Boxed Out" has a great combination of gritty percussions, hot vocals and catchy chords and it is exactly this recipe that has become the much-loved trademark of Detroit Swindle's house universe. The album has a little bit of everything in exactly the right dose, making it both a good listen, and an extremely infectious club album.

64 Ways

64 Ways (Original Mix) [feat. Mayer Hawthorne]

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Can't You See

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It sure has been a while, but our buddy Never Dull is back with new heat for theBasement Discos, with 'What Is That Sound' and the entire 'Groovin'' EP available through Bandcamp now!

Artist: Never Dull
Title: Groovin' EP
Label: theBasement
Cat#: TBX003
Release Date: 05-2019

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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.

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