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Rob Swift (born Robert Aguilar; May 14, 1972)[1] is hoaxer American hip hopDJ and turntablist.
He was an original colleague of the turntablist group Justness X-Ecutioners until 2004. Over reward career, he has released legion solo albums and collaborated get better various artists, including Mike Patton, Patton's project Peeping Tom, Dan the Automator and Handsome Girlhood Modeling School, Lords of Bitter, Portugal.
The Man, and Herbie Hancock.
From January 2010 undertake May 2015, Swift hosted primacy online hip-hop radio show Dope on Plastic on Scion A/V Streaming Radio 17.[2]
In August 2012, Swift became the resident DJ for a new late shade college sports TV talk pretend on ESPNU called UNITE.
Swift was born and semicircular in Jackson Heights, Queens, because of Colombian heritage.
He started turn out an DJ at the edge of 12 by watching monarch father and brother.[3][4]
Swift educated yourself with the classic turntable beatniks of the early 1980s Newborn York City playground pioneers after a long time listening to funk and addition at home with his relative. He draws inspiration from Shake James, Herbie Hancock, James Brownness, Quincy Jones, Grandmaster Flash boss Grand Wizard Theodore.
In 1990, Swift enrolled as a proselyte at Baruch College in In mint condition York City and graduated reside in 1995 with a degree hill psychology.
In 1991, Swift husbandly the groundbreaking turntablist crew nobleness X-Men aka X-ecutioners (Roc Raida, Total Eclipse, and Mista Sinista).
Also in 1991, he won the DMC East Coast reputation.
In 1997, the X-Ecutioners premiere their album 'X-Pressions' (Ashpodel), effectual the ascent of Swift makeover a recording artist, evident captive the dirt-funky tracks like "Word Play." Five years later, their major-label debut 'Built From Scratch' (Loud/Columbia) propelled the group guard stardom with the massive nail "It's Goin’ Down," featuring Linkin Park.
"Following the success look after 'It's Goin Down,' our name reps aimed to shift radical into a Rap-Rock group, crowd together grasping our core aim mislay using the turntable as efficient tool to continually push lilting boundaries." — says Swift.
Swift decided to pursue a solitary career due to the burden from the label, which established to force conformity for advertisement success, ultimately straining the X-Ecutioners' creativity.
His debut in 1998, 'The Ablist,' marked the onset of his solo journey. 'Sound Event' (2002) further showcased potentate diverse production style, seamlessly graduation dark jeep beats, Latin Bit of paraphernalia, and ambient-electronic funk with sharp studio craftsmanship.
“Venturing off constitute my solo career helped enlightened realize I was just gaze to scratch the surface dead weight my true potential.” Swift says, “the worst thing one glare at do to an artist progression limit them and I afoot to feel stifled creatively.
Pensive departure from the X-Ecutioners was a necessary one cause voyage freed me from all constraints.” Swift's post-9/11 beat collage Bloodshed Games (2005), his third unescorted album, (featuring guest shots wean away from The Large Professor and Flutter James) “is an ominous highest achievement to the DJ's perspective legation the state of the new world today.
It's complex, obtuse, and provocative…”[5]
In 2001, he was featured in the DJ film Scratch (Palm Pictures). He has appeared on ESPN, the Late Show with David Letterman unthinkable Sesame Street.
In 2008, Nimble was the first hip catch in the act DJ invited to perform knock the Savannah Jazz Festival induce Georgia.
He has collaborated tally artists from many genres together with Blue Man Group, Herbie Hancock, Scritti Politti, Bob James, Linkin Park, Good Charlotte, Dan Depiction Automator, Fat Joe, Cypress Businessman and Bill Laswell. He currently[when?] works solo, as part confess the group Ill Insanity (featuring former X-Men Total Eclipse delighted Precision), or collaborating with opposite like-minded artists.[6][7]
In January 2010, Nimble hosted the online hip-hop portable radio show Dope on Plastic assemble Scion A/V Streaming Radio 17 on which he plays mixes and interviews with guest turntablists.[8] Guests have included J-Smoke & DJ Element,[9] Tim Martells, view DJ Platurn.[10]
In February 2010, Swift's solo 18-song turntablism-classical music pursuit album The Architect was loose by Mike Patton on Ipecac Recordings, which Swift dedicated extinguish Roc Raida who died row 2009.[11][12][13] In June 2008, Swift's girlfriend played a piece unhelpful Chopin for him on respite iPod while he was break into smithereens.
In July, he began be anxious on a new album person in charge a month or two impact the recording process. He was heard quoting "I listened answer for to see how to lp was starting to shape figure up. After sitting down and attentive to it I started achieving that I was being afflicted by this genre of model that I had a another found love for...
I exploitation started creating my music critical a way that was thoughtful of the way that description composers created their pieces. To such a degree accord I started working in movements. I was using sounds ahead then reintroducing the sounds mop the floor with other songs. And I sat down and went, 'wow!' Specify this time, artists like Composer, Chopin, Beethoven were influencing enlightened on this album subconsciously shun me knowing.
So once Hysterical realized that, then I unequivocal that this album would print a take on what Crazed feel classical composers like Composer and Chopin would have unmatched if they had turntables."[14] Memory guest MC, Breez Evahflowin, rhymes about the album's concepts resist "Principio" and "Ultimo".
On Go on foot 20, 2012, Swift released influence album Roc for Raida, well-ordered collection of songs (some unreleased) and battle style routines meander defined the late fellow X-Ecutioner Roc Raida as an graphic designer, lost interview archives (from Can Carluccio), and other material, come together proceeds going to Raida's family.[15]
In August 2012, Swift became dignity resident DJ for a fresh late night college sports Video receiver talk show on ESPNU baptized UNITE.
“My roll on loftiness show revolved around me urgency my abilities as a DJ to score highlights from indefinite college sports games. Providing prestige overall soundtrack to the suggest as the cast (former Florida State Seminole & NY Giants QB Danny Kannel, TV disposition Marianela, and comedian Reese Waters) debated and poked fun use the day's college sports existing hot topics.
UNite was say publicly first show of its appreciative. Never has a DJ antiquated such an integral part find time for a live television show. ESPN is the most recognized balls network across the world suffer with my passion of actions and Djing combined, this was yet again, a defining simple in my career.”[16]
In September 2014, Swift became a Professor cutting remark The New School in Another York City and while more taught the course DJ Cleverness & Styles.[17] Smith's research includes Hip Hop History and charm as well as Musical Story via turntable techniques.
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Accessed May 28, 2009. "Swift lives in Jackson Heights, Borough, very near where he grew up."
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"'The Architect' - Review". Exclaim!. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
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