Dj Swank! represents the true essence of the chicago house music sound.
his mission is to bring that banging energy and rock that dance floor all night long anywhere around the globe. as a producer Swank has been recognized by many and his tracks have been played and charted all around the world…. “We can’t change the world but we can make it dance”…- Swank!
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music style

Dj Swank plays a deep, filthy blend of house, electro, breaks, and more.
Swank also plays rock, punk, hip hop, classics and don’t surprised to hear a few nasty mash ups thrown in the mix. in a nutshell Swank has a very versatile style that can satisfy any party hungry crowd.

history

Dj Swanks’ musical background reaches back to a young age and after he was exposed to the chicago underground house scene he immediately felt at home. his legendary 4 year residency at Harry’s velvet room helped devolved his unique deep style, as well as a sense for making people groove all night long.

in the past 2 years Swank! has been booked playing throughout europe as well as the u.s and working intensely on original productions. in 2001 Dj Swank! teamed up with Jimmy Bell, Sony Miguel, Alex West and Nick Hussey 4 of the finest ‘up and coming’ producers in the u.k at the (wmc in miami) and formed “The Garage Council”. they immediately started producing original house music and hosting amazing events in europe and the u.s. there annual birthday party blow out held in amsterdam has reached legendary status…. currently Swank! is focused on his original production as well as remix work and has been touring world wide, spreading his sound across dance floors everywhere. “my mission as a Dj is to touch as many people as i can with the power of music”.

THE DESPERATE HOUSE DJS

The Desperate House DJs production trio consists of John Daminato, DJ Swank!, and Andrew Emil. The name didn’t take action until John and Swank were fooling around on the mic in the studio. John spilled some beats and fairy dust on Swank’s vocals; there was an explosion, a blown subwoofer, and when the dust cleared, what we had left was some hard-hitting funk with a bit of quirkiness over the top.

Some of the first locals to start testing these gems were Justin Long, Chris Santiago and Frank Solano: with such positive DJ and dance floor feedback, we knew we really had something. We decided to bring in long-time veteran and local Chicago whiz kid, founder of Four Play music….Andrew Emil. He did us a favor and only charged us an arm and leg for his remix work. Since Daminato and Swank were now missing an arm and leg each, we decided to make Andrew Emil a permanent fixture to the team.

Our first single, “Back 2 Brooklyn”, was released on vinyl through Esntion Records as a 4-track EP, with mix from each of us and a combo mix from Daminato and Swank — it was well received by the “House Heads” and other “cool music taste makers” of the world. We are very excited to announce that our debut album will be coming out mid-2008 on Esntion Records. This album aims to exploit all of our talents, tastes, studio knowledge, multi-genre and clashing egos, all summed up in ten pieces of what ever we want…..including guest musicians and vocalists announced in the future.