Zero DB

Veteran House DJs remember G-Swing Records, the French label that released a series of "Swing House" tracks mostly by Mike Dixon in the early 00's.

"Swing House" was cool for a minute, but after awhile repetative loops of classic swing samples just got annoying. Dixon is still making tracks and the movement brought other artists like Greenskeepers and Translucent (now Jason Tyler) (who plays live trumpet while he DJs) to the forefront, but the style was deaded.

Enter Zero DB.

It's a pretty loose comparision to call their brand of House "Swing" (or even necessarily House), but their cut-up jazz, uptempo beat style has that same energy that made me fall in love with G-Swing a few years back. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that their upcoming first album "Bongos, Bleeps & Basslines" is coming out on the ultimate sample slaying/cutting-edge artist breaking label: Ninja Tune/Big Dada (home of Coldcut, Diplo & Spankrock to name a few). Zero DB's style feels right at home along side Ninja's old gaurd of sample manipulators and Dada's stable of booty bouncers, and this is def music that can be chilled out to at home or rocked out to on a sweaty dancefloor. Keep Swingin'...

Mike Dixon - Cool Down Daddy
Zero DB - Bongos, Beats & Basslines

give us our props

Check David Day's article about us in the Boston Phoenix.