Rob Swift

Rob Swift，美國(guó)東海岸Hip-Hop DJ、Turntablist（唱盤藝術(shù)家）的代表人物。
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Rob Swift在1989加入了美國(guó)最頂尖的四人Scratch（搓盤）團(tuán)體之一 —— X-MEN（后來(lái)被稱為X-ecutioners），成為靈魂領(lǐng)導(dǎo)性人物之一。他們是Hip Hop歷史上第一支搓盤團(tuán)隊(duì)，曾取得過(guò)多項(xiàng)美國(guó)及世界頂尖DJ大賽的團(tuán)體冠軍頭銜。
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在1992年，Rob Swift奪得DMC大賽東岸冠軍, 并開(kāi)始為MC Akinyela和Large Professor擔(dān)任DJ。 　　
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他是個(gè)技術(shù)出色的DJ，也是個(gè)審美獨(dú)到的音樂(lè)制作人。1997年，Rob Swift和X-ecutioners發(fā)行了他們的第一張專輯《Soulful Fruit》并受到了各界的好評(píng)，他的靈感便滾滾而來(lái)，1999年的《The Ablist》，接下來(lái)的《Airwave Invasion》, 《Sound Event》, 和《Under the Influence》。
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2004年，在發(fā)行了專輯《OuMuPoVol. 2》后，Rob Swift離開(kāi)了X-ecutioners。在這之后的兩年里，他又發(fā)行了《War Games》和《Back to the Beat》兩張專輯。
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Rob Swift曾經(jīng)合作過(guò)的音樂(lè)人名單里包括了Red Hot Chili Peppers、Herbie Hancock等重量級(jí)人物。他也是眾多知名Hip-Hop DJ的音樂(lè)合作伙伴，例如Q-Bert、Roc Raida等等。
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直到今天，他仍在鉆研唱盤技術(shù)和音樂(lè)制作，并始終在推動(dòng)著DJ界的發(fā)展，并愿意與聽(tīng)眾、觀眾分享最好的音樂(lè)和現(xiàn)場(chǎng)演出！
Born and raised in Jackson Heights, Queens, by Colombian heritage, Swift (born Robert Aguilar) began DJing at the age of 12 by watching his father and brother. “My dad was a salsa and merengue DJ. My brother learned how to scratch and do all the hip hop deejaying stuff on my dad’s equipment (without his permission) and I’d sit there and watch him. When I entered the sixth grade, I decided I wanted to learn.” So unlike those who were influenced through hip hop records, DMC and NMS tapes, or movies, Swift educated himself with the classic turntable beats of the early 1980s New York playground pioneers while listening to funk and jazz at home. “My older brother exposed me to all that,” he says. “All the stuff I create as a DJ is rooted in the songs that I heard from Bob James, Herbie Hancock and James Brown to Quincy Jones and old DJs like Grandmaster Flash and Grand Wizard Theodore. That’s where my roots are.”
In 1990, Swift enrolled as a student at Baruch College in New York and in 1995, graduated with a degree in psychology. “While I was deejaying I pursued college. Speech class and English serve a purpose, you know?” His education can be said to translate into his cerebral style of scratching, juggling and making music.