Javier Contreras, Liran Shoshan, & Ray Papito bring their latest big room dance floor hit, “Alexa” (Love Me Tonight) to Swishcraft Music. Introducing three new Big Room Mixes by Rubb LV, DJ Head, and Firzyhakim exclusive to Swishcraft. Available in all stores and streaming services today!
Anna (Make Me Beautiful Duets)
For those who remember the beautiful and beguiling train-wreck that was Anna Nicole-Smith, you will undoubtedly remember her infamous appearance at the 2004 Billboard Awards where she was asked to introduce Kayne West. Link to the YouTube Video below for context. Ever since seeing that performance, I always wanted to sample her and make a tongue-in-cheek track. Well eighteen years later and with the help of my buddy Tommy Marcus in France, we present to you . . . Anna (Make Me Beautiful Duets).
Anna Nicole-Smith @ Billboard Awards (2004)
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High On You
Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter TRAIG returns in 2022 with a positive, uplifting dance cover of the 1984 Survivor rock radio classic. With original radio and club hits like “Get Me To The Disco [I’m In Quarantine]” and “I Ain’t Got Time For That,” both featuring the vocals of veteran Diva, Kiva, best known for her years with Chaka Khan, Sting, Elton John, and Anita Baker to name just a few, TRAIG envisions a COVID free future releasing this pop dance earworm just in time for spring. Complete with videos and remixes by such remix luminaries as Milk Bar, Dirty Disco, Division 4 & Matt Consola, GSP, Disco Katz, Jack Chang, and House of Frappier, “High on You” is sure to be a 2022’s sweet bit of dance floor ear candy.
High On You (Dirty Disco Remix Video)
High On You (Original Mix Video)
I’ve Been Waiting
Australian producer Dan Slater & fellow Aussie and chart-topping dance diva Zoë Badwi return in 2022 with an anthem sure to make you sweat it out on the dancefloor.
Showcasing her aptitude for versatile vocal stylings, Badwi presents a mixture of euphoric as well as sultry vocals that crescendos with spine-tingling soaring highs. On the Original Extended Mix, Slater presents the listener with sexy rhythms and rich warm pianos which plays against Badwi’s sultry vocals creating a track that is equal parts vibrant as it is uplifting. Melding electro-pop beats with house textures, the producer has crafted the ultimate sun-soaked hit.
Over the course of two EP’s, a carefully curated group of eight of the world’s best and most polished remix producers reinterpret this soon-to-be summer hit into true club bangers offering a selection of Big Room, Tribal Circuit, Piano House, Tech House, Deep House, and Late Night mixes. With an explosive selection of remixes by James Alexandr, Dirty Disco & Matt Consola, Ben Bakson, Isaac Escalante, Taito Tikaro, Jace M & Mauro Mozart, Rob Moore, Stephen Jusko, and both an Original Extended & Club Mix, every mix and dub, with their unique textures and unexpected turns, are worth a close listen.
I Begin To Wonder
Riding high on his most recent disco-house meets electro release “Good Time’ on Swishcraft Music, Chris Brogan teams up with vocalist Robbie Zereka for a remake of the Dannii Minogue classic. Whether it’s on the more housey Funky Mix or the more groovy LazerDisco Mix, Zereka gifts us with a rousing vocal, which is complemented perfectly across Brogan’s slick sophisticated productions. Together Brogan & Zereka provide a perfect disco filtered spring offering.
Looking forward to your thoughts!
Touch The Fire
Coming off the back of a very successful string of releases in 2021, frequent collaborators Brett Oosterhaus & Kalia Medeiros team up on arguably their biggest tune to date, “Touch The Fire.” Already a Big Room floor filler, additional Big Room Mixes by Bruno Knauer as well as the teams of Jace M & Mauro Mozart, Rob Moore, and The Perry Twins take the track into the more elevated and euphoric territory. The Team of Testone & Matt Consola take the track on a funky baseline tech direction, while Matt Moss goes classic 90s Tech complete with throwback acidic rhythms. Rafael M takes the listener on a jazzy, sexy Nu-Disco direction complete with sultry saxophones and syncopated organs.
Heart of Stone
Heart of Stone by France Joli and Joel Dickinson is the uplifting, hands-in-the-air, feel-good anthem we all need right now. Taken from the British and now #1 Broadway sensation, “Six,” Swishcraft Music is excited to announce the first set of club remixes by a handful of the world’s biggest remix producers. Our Remix EP #1 featured producers Luca Debonaire, Wayne G & Porl Young, Dirty Disco & Matt Consola, Twisted Dee & Diego Fernandez, Cajjmere Wray, and Elof de Neve have remixed up an explosive selection of Big Room, Tech House, Nu-Disco, and Peak Time sure to be the center of you New Year’s Eve sets. Part Two dropping in January 2022.
The original Heart of Stone is the cornerstone anthem from the British and now Broadway sensation, “Six.” Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take to the mic to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into an exuberant celebration of 21st-century girl power! The wives take turns singing and telling their stories to see who suffered the most due to Henry and should, therefore, become the group’s lead singer. France Joli, the iconic Canadian singer/songwriter, transformed this already anthemic track into a female empowerment into a dance floor stormer releasing the “Original Mix” and “Club Mix” in time for the show’s return to Broadway on October 3rd, 2021. The Club Remixes Parts 1 & 2 began dropping December 28th, 2021 with service to many of the world’s Tastemaker DJs and dance stations.
France Joli, best known for her two Billboard #1 disco classics “Don’t Stop Dancing” and “Come to Me” (which was also a US Hot 100 #15), her #2 Billboard hit “Gonna Get Over You,” and her two Billboard #3 hits “Heart to Break the Heart” and “Feel Like Dancing” from her years at Prelude Records. Whether it was working with iconic producers including Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte, and Shep Pettibone during her years at Epic Records, performances on America’s biggest talk show staples Mike Douglas, Merv Griffin, Dinah Shore, and even on a Bob Hope special, it was her iconic performances on Fire Island that propelled her to legendary status. Like her contemporaries Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, and so many others that graced the Fire Island stages, Joli’s performances were chronicled in the 2003 documentary “When Ocean Meets Sky” detailing the 50-year history of the Fire Island Pines community and tracks like “Come To Me” were featured in the 1998 movie “54”, depicting the events at Studio 54 in New York.
Joel Dickinson is an American producer whose credits include programming and engineering for Junior Vasquez, which let him to be featured on Junior’s Demented compilation. Dickinson is a founding member of the remix team Audio Assembly who has produced remixes for artists such as Inaya Day, Seal, and Taylor Dayne. He is also half of the production teams of Hell & Keller, Joel Dickinson + Billy Waters, and Jerome Farley + Joel Dickinson. Joel’s past remix work includes solo projects as Thee Werq’n B!tches.
Together Joli & Dickinson present Heart of Stone as a beloved show tune, a female empowerment anthem, and a soon-to-be dance floor staple. “SIX is the global sensation that everyone is losing their heads over,” The New York Times says, “and SIX is pure entertainment!” The Evening Standard hails SIX as “the most uplifting new British musical I have ever had the privilege to watch.”
Good Time
While it’s his first release on Swishcraft, Chris has done a handful of exciting remixes on current and upcoming Swishcraft projects. “Good Time” is a disco-housey meets tech piano-driven track, with thick bass rhythms and “We’re gonna have a good time” vocal samples. “Good Time” is the perfect track to excite any floor.
Chris has been a regular guest across both gay and straight scenes having played for the big players over the years: Defected, Hed Kandi, The Gallery, Fabric, and a year residency at Ministry of Sound. He has also a few clubs hits under his belt with tracks signed to star labels such as Let There Be House, Whorehouse, and One Fold Reconds. His sound is a mix of a dash of disco, a sprinkle of tech, and a whole lot of house.
Help us in welcoming Chris to the Swishcraft family by grabbing a copy or adding “Good Time” to your Spotify and iTunes playlists. For more information visit: https://swishcraftmusic.com/artists/chris-brogan/
Just Tell Me / Take It Back
Following on the heals of singles “C19” and “Thee Queen Without Words,” Swishcraft Music is excited to announce the first singles from Mick Hale ft RyaRae on Swishcraft Music. With three remixes in total, “Just Tell Me” / “Take It Back” are both big room Tech House tracks complete with classic samples, locomotive drums, layers of wild percussion, and fat baselines.
Life’s What You Make It (Celebrate It) – Remixes
Ian Buchan, aka Cactushead, is an internationally famous touring DJ and music producer from London, specializing in pushing the line between pop, dance, and heart and Cactushead is Ian’s latest DJ & Production moniker. A regular on London’s LGBTQIA+ scene for fifteen years, Ian is the founder of legendary pub’n’grub night PiE&MASH. His residences have included East London’s coolest electropop night Douche Bag, opening for an array of RDPR queens at The Black Cap’s Meth Lab, not to mention stints at stalwart names like XXL and Brüt. Cactushead is now proudly part of the BEEFMINCE team at the iconic Royal Vauxhall Tavern, bringing solid vocal house energy to sell out bear crowds in a refreshingly inclusive atmosphere.
For his first solo single as Cactushead, Ian teams up with the iconic house vocalist and legend Rowetta (Happy Mondays / Sweet Mercy), for a housey reinterpretation of the 1985 Talk Talk classic, “Life’s What You Make It.” Together the two update this dark but hopeful classic into a joyous anthem combining an eclectic mix of sonic effects and catchy dance-pop hooks to make an energizing dance floor burner that is effortless and ringingly memorable. With huge choruses as well as distinct yet unpredictable vocals, Rowetta delivers a kaleidoscope of sound that goes hand-in-hand with the track’s introspective and hopeful lyrics. Dropping their Original and Extended Club Mix in early October 2021, additional remixes by a carefully curated selection of UK, American, Italian, and Australian Remix Producers, dropping in late October, will offer a wide selection of Big Room, Tech House, Deep House, and Pop interpretations by Milk Bar, Dirty Disco & Matt Consola, Toy Armada, The Disko Katz, Silverhook, Tareq, Chris Brogan, Michael Benayon, and Ray Isaac.
Rowetta, best known as the female vocalist with groundbreaking 90’s UK Manchester band, The Happy Mondays, singing on all their hits including “Step On,” “Kinky Afro,” and “Bob’s Yer Uncle”, and touring all shows, Rowetta went on to be the voice on the renowned 1989 track “Reach Out” by Sweet Mercy ft Rowetta, which has been sampled by many, including Steve Angello, DJ Zinc, while Todd T, Steve Angello, and Laidback Luke together used her voice for the hit dance tune “Be” which David Guetta and Hardwell often use to open their DJ sets and it is also used on the Steve Angello / Robin S hit “Show Me Love”. Rowetta wrote the 1990 original track with Sweet Mercy and it continues to be sampled and played globally and while the Ben Chapman Remix was the mix of choice in the 90s’, it has been remixed and re-released more than 15 times since then thanks to the full acapella being added to the flipside of the vinyl. Cheryl Cole even sampled “Reach Out” on her Brits performance of ‘Fight For This Love.”
Rowetta played herself in the award-winning Michael Winterbottom film 24 Hour Party People about the creation of Factory Records, the most influential UK label of the late ’70s & 80s (Joy Division/New Order, Happy Mondays, Durutti Column, OMD, and A Certain Ratio) and she was Simon Cowell’s favorite, the last lady standing on the very first X Factor in 2004. Recently, it was revealed that Rowetta was the “Secret Voice” behind the Black Eyed Peas hit “Boom Boom Pow.”


