This site is dedicated to the Electro Swing Movement Worldwide.
We’re want to swing the house ! Bring back the crazyness of the 20′s, come on !
Hope you’ll enjoy electro-swing.com ! This site is for you to have fun and discover good music.
What is Electro Swing ?
Well nobody knows precisely what it is …
What we know is that some DJs started few years ago to add Swing Jazz to House Music. It’s not the 1st time Electronic Music does it with Jazz. DJs like Frankie Knuckles or Marshall Jefferson already did it in the early 80′s.
In the USA, producers like Mike Dixon, James Curd (Greenskeepers) are working on the G-Swing project producing Swing Jazz House music. It becomes then popular in Europe thanks to Romain BNO : he & some among the best french producers remixes the G-Swing tracks releasing an album called “Swing For Modern Clubbing”.
Can we say Electro Swing was invented by franco-american artists ? Of course not … History tells us Swing is everywhere in Africa, America & Europe ! Jazz Swing remains the refence for any musician born today. It is in Soul, Funk, Hip hop, House … Everywhere ! G-Swing is a reference for all Electro Swing DJs, but not only … Think “Mr. Scruff – Get a move on” and there are tons of other examples !
What has changed with Electro Swing is that the sample is chopped differently than most of the “Electro Jazz” tracks from the 90′s (St Germain for example). We go back to the roots of New Orleans and Chicago’s jazz music keeping the bass on the downbeat and chopping the Jazz sample to the upbeat giving it an energy House Music or Hip Hop has rarely reached !
Jazz is African Ryhtm plus European instruments. Electro Swing is a sample from a Jazz record plus modern beats. Most of the time music is Home produced and that’s what makes it a revolution !
It is truly a personnal feeling and that’s what we like about it. It helps people get together, have fun and forget their problems. There are no more rules, just crazyness and the promise to dance ’till late ..
How to discover Electroswing ?
A good start to have an overview is to subscribe to our podcast “This is Electro Swing !” and download every week a fresh Electro Swing DJ Mix. Our facebook page is also cool to visit and you will get daily information that you won’t find here on the site.
Looking for advices ?
If you have any question, feel free to contact us
We are working with many DJs all over the World. If you plan a party, want advices, we’ll help you.
This website is brought to you by Bebop Swing a french based team who organise Electro Swing events + produces DJs & shows.
Welcome on electro-swing.com :-)
