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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]

Remix of Musiq Soulchild's "Just Friends"

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Just Friends

Though Bobby Nunn and Eugene Coplin were still teenagers in 1967 when Nunn's father William decided to start his own label, Mo Do Records, the duo didn't let their age stop them from spending their afternoons writing songs and practicing their harmonies. Their single "You Gave Me Love" was the first to be released on Mo Do, and before the label folded in the early '70s due to financial troubles, Bob & Gene, as they called themselves, had become local Buffalo, NY, celebrities. Looking for better musical opportunities, Bobby Nunn eventually moved to California to pursue his career further, singing with Rick James, releasing his own albums on Motown in the '80s, and working as a songwriter for other artists, while Coplin stayed in Buffalo and became an ordained minister. In 2001, record collector and soul music enthusiast David Griffiths came across a 45 from Bob & Gene, a cover of Marvin Gaye's "If This World Were Mine." Intrigued by what he heard, he contacted William Nunn, who then gave Griffiths all of Bob & Gene's old tapes. Believing there was possibility in the collection, Griffiths encouraged the family to allow him to get them released. Daptone Records, a label that specialized in funk and soul, took interest in what Griffiths presented them, and released the full-length If This World Were Mine... in 2007, shortly after the elder Nunn's death.

Bob & Gene - I Can Be Cool

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Think About You

Taken from the Playground EP forthcoming on Greco-Roman. 

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Lxury - Playground (Preview)

Memorial Day 2014 DJ Set @ Roosevelt West Hollywood

TRACKLIST
Social Lovers - Call Me Up
Chic - I Want Your Love (Todd Terje Edit)
Todd Terje - Eurodans
Detroit Swindle - 64 Ways f. Mayer Hawthorne
Detroit Swindle - 64 Ways (Kraak & Smaak Remix)
Mr. Fingers - Can You Feel It
Loosefingers - When Summer Comes
Mr De - Please Believe It
Bondax - Gold (Moon Boots Remix)
Cameo Culture - Losing Game
Ronnie Dyson - All Over Your Face
Fleetwood Mac - Dreams (Flight Facilities Edit)
Mayer Hawthorne - The Stars Are Ours (Detroit Swindle's Big Dipper Mix)
Juan Atkins - Dayshift (Oliver's Nightshift Remix)
Kiesza - Hideaway
Detroit Swindle - The Wraparound
Frankie Knuckles - Tears Instrumental
Cajmere - Brighter Days Instrumental
Disclosure - What's In Your Head
Apollonia 6 - Sex Shooter
Gucci Crew II - Sex Shooter
2 Live Crew - Throw The 'D'



Live at the Pool Party (DJ Set)

It was the annual Charles Bradley memorial day BBQ throw down, when Charles finally introduced LaRose Jackson to Tommy. "Tommeyy! This is the lady I was telling you about. You gotta hear her sang!" To which LaRose said, "This is the guy you were talking about? He don't look like no funky producer to me. He look like one of them rock & rollers." Well, our friend TNT invited LaRose and CB back to the old Dunham Sound Studio and set out to prove just how funky he could be. "What if I told you that curly haired dude over there was the baddest drummer you ever heard?" asked TNT to Rose. "Him? You guys are weird." The duets that unfolded that night are on this seven-inch piece of wax: Two instant funky pizza party classics. Dig it.

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Charles Bradley & LaRose Jackson - Luv Jones b/w Change, Change, Change (preview)

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X (Expanded Edition)

New Flame (feat. Usher & Rick Ross)

The Stars Are Ours remixed by Detroit Swindle (@detroitswindle).

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The Stars Are Ours (Detroit Swindle's Big Dipper Remix)

westside atlanta anthem . West Coast anthem

WestSide

The Rockemhard Label

Wait A min

Wait A Min (Hitemup feat. Jazze Pha)Radio

Kahlil Cade and Sowyte commences The Summer EP by activating a hard-hitting fast-paced track full of amazing lyricism left, and right, with a very catchy hook that briefly sheds light, and changes the mood of the song. The Summer EP is now available on Itunes, Google Play, Amazon Music, and more, worldwide.

The Summer EP

Alright-Kahlil Cade Prod. by Sowyte

Sunday Gospel

A sexy and explicit vibe that caters to a mature audience. This song is rated r but you can still vibe to it with that special someone. 
(Freaks Only)

Grant

Freak

Freak ft. RnB Zoe

Jaquan “Jaquan Grand” Grant was born February 27, 1993, in Waterbury, Ct. He is a 29-year-old father, veteran, college graduate & hip hop artist from Portsmouth, Va. Jaquan's artistic style ranges from energetic sophisticated trap to conscious 90s boom bap, swag rap, gospel rap, and R&B. He began doing music at the age of 9 and became obsessed with songwriting once influenced by Lil Wayne, TI, Fabulous, & 50 Cent. After years of trials and tribulations within the industry, Jaquan had the opportunity to perform at countless venues in Atlanta since 2015. After four years of networking in the bright city of Atlanta, Jaquan Grand obtained the opportunity to have his record “Rolling Stones" featured on MTV's hit show “Ghosted” as well as The CW's show "All-American". Since the premiere of "Rolling Stones" on both shows, Jaquan has gone on to release three more singles and three projects under his indie label "R.O.E RECORDS LLC". In the midst of being an indie artist in Atlanta, Jaquan also has three Associate Degrees ranging from Audio Engineering, Graphic Design, and Gaming and Programming.