DJ Swivel

DJ Swivel
Background information
Birth name	Jordan Young
Also known as	DJ Swivel
Born	14 December 1984
Origin	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Pop, EDM, Hip Hop, R&B
Website	djswivel.com

Jordan Young (born 14 December 1984), known professionally as DJ Swivel, is a Grammy Award winning Canadian music producer, mixer, audio engineer, and DJ. He is a prominent audio engineer best known for working with Beyoncé as her personal recording engineer.^[1][2] He has also worked with Jay-Z, Kanye West, Fabolous, and Jay Sean among others.^[3] He is endorsed by Harman Pro Audio ^[4] and actively endorses their Lexicon branded products.^[5] His mother is Christine Bentley, former noon & 6:00 p.m. news anchor for the Toronto television station CFTO. This fact was mentioned by CFTO anchor desk reporter Andria Case during an installment of the CFTO news at noon. In 2013 he won a Grammy award for his work on Beyonce's song "Love On Top", which won for best traditional R&B performance.^[6]

In 2015 he co-founded music tech startup SKIO Music

In 2016 he was inducted to the Full Sail University Hall of Fame class of 2015.^[7]

Selected Discography

^[8]

Mixer

• Fabolous - From Nothin' To Somethin' (2007)
  • 01. "From Nothin To Somethin Intro"
• Fabolous & DJ Drama - Gangsta Grillz: There Is No Competition (2008)
• Lee Carr feat. Cardan & Bathgate - Stiletto (remix) (2008)
• Unladylike - Certified (2009)
• Fabolous - Loso's Way (2009)
• Jay Sean - All or Nothing (2009)
  • 04. "Do You Remember" feat. Sean Paul & Lil Jon
  • 08. "War"
  • 14. "Down (Candlelight Remix)"
• Tiësto - Kaleidoscope (2009)
  • 01. "Kaleidoscope" feat. Jónsi
  • 04. "I Will Be Here" feat. Sneaky Sound System
  • 08. "It's Not The Things You Say" feat. Kele Okereke
  • 12. "Who Wants To Be Alone" feat. Nelly Furtado
  • 08. "Knock You Out" feat. Emily Haines
• School Gyrls - School Gyrls (2010)
  • 01. "Somethin Like A Party"
• Honor Society - Can't Box Me In (single) (2010)
  • 01. "Can't Box Me In"
• Girlicious - "Rebuilt" (2010)
  • 01. "Face The Light"
  • 03. "Grinding"
  • 04. "2 In The Morning"
  • 05. "Unlearn Me"
  • 06. "Wake Up"
  • 09. "Over You"
  • 10. "Hate Love"
  • 12. "These Arms"
  • 13. "Game Over"
• Beyoncé - I Am... World Tour (2010)
• Fabolous - The S.O.U.L. Tapes (2011)
  • 12. "Slow Down"
• Stephen Jerzak - Miles And Miles (2011)
  • 11. "Ha To The PPY"
• Beyoncé - 4 (2011) ^[9]
  • 02. "I Care"
  • 02-02. "Schoolin Life" (Deluxe Edition)
• Sato Goldschlag - Mr. Mister (2012)
• D Pryde - Flagship (2012)
• Jenna Andrews - "Kiss And Run EP" (2012)
  • 02. "Kiss And Run"
  • 05. "Mourning Sickness"
  • 06. "I Didn't Mean It"
• Jay Sean - Neon (2013)
  • 15. "Universe"
• The Chainsmokers - Bouquet (2015)
  • Good Intentions
• The Chainsmokers (2016)
  • Don't Let Me Down
  • Closer

Engineer

• Ice Cube - Laugh Now Cry Later (2006)
• Method Man - 4:21...The Day After (2006)
• Diddy - Press Play (2006)
• DJ Clue - The Professional Part. 3 (2006)
• Bow Wow - The Price Of Fame (2006)
• Consequence - Don't Quit Your Day Job (2007)
• Redman - Red Gone Wild (2007)
• Fabolous - From Nothin' To Somethin' (2007)
• Yung Joc - Hustlenomics (2007)
• Sugababes - Change (2007)
• Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
• Jay-Z - American Gangster (2007)
• Ghostface Killah - The Big Doe Rehab (2007)
• Beanie Sigel - The Solution (2007)
• Mary J. Blige - Growing Pains (2008)
• Mariah Carey - E=MC² (2008)
• Lil Mama - VYP (Voice of the Young People) (2008)
• Jay Sean - My Own Way (2008)
• Ashanti - The Declaration (2008)
• Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman (2008)
• Nelly - Brass Knuckles (2008)
• DJ Khaled - We Global (2008)
• T.I. - Paper Trail (2008)
• Jamie Foxx - Intuition (2008)
• Ghostface Killah - GhostDeini the Great (2008)
• Ryan Leslie - Ryan Leslie (2009)
• Unladylike - Certified (2009)
• Fabolous - Loso's Way (2009)
• Whitney Houston - I Look to You (2009)
• Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009)
• Ghostface Killah - Ghostdini: The Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City (2009)
• Amerie - In Love & War (2009)
• Jay Sean - All Or Nothing (2009)
• Tiësto - Kaleidoscope (2009)
• Mary J. Blige - Stronger With Each Tear (2009)
• Honor Society - Can't Box Me In (2010)
• Rick Ross - Teflon Don (2010)
• Big Time Rush - BTR (2010)
• Fabolous - There Is No Competition 2: The Grieving Music EP (2010)
• Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
• Beyoncé - I Am... World Tour (2010)
• Fabolous - The S.O.U.L. Tape (2011)
• Stephen Jerzak - Miles And Miles (2011)
• Beyoncé - 4 (2011)
• Chino & Nacho - Supremo (2011)
• Wale - Ambition (2011)
• Mary J. Blige - My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1) (2011)
• Rihanna - Talk That Talk (2011)
• Beyoncé - Live at Roseland: Elements of 4 (2011)
• The Dream - 1977 (2011)
• Sato Goldschlag - Mr. Mister (2012)
• Monica - New Life (2012)
• D Pryde - Flagship (2012)
• Rita Ora - Ora (2012)
• Jay-Z - Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013)
• Jay Sean - Neon (2013)
• Beyoncé - Beyoncé (2013)

Producer

• "Couped Up" Consequence feat. Chris Stylez (2006)
• "Slow Down" Fabolous feat. Trey Songz (2011) ^[10]
• "Mr. Mister" Sato Goldschlag (2012)

References

1. "Beyonce Experimented 'With Everything' On '4,' Says Engineer". Billboard Magazine. 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
2. "Beyonce 4 2011 Album | Recording Beyonce 4 2011 Album". Mixonline.com. 1 August 2011. Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
3. "Jordan "DJ Swivel" Young". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
4. "Artist Profile: DJ Swivel". Lexicon Pro. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
5. "News: DJ Swivel On The Lexicon® PCM Native Reverb Plug-In Bundle". Lexicon Pro. 2010-03-31. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
6. "Grammys 2013: Winners List". Billboard. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
7. "Full Sail Hall Of Fame 2015". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
8. "All Music: Jordan "DJ Swivel" Young". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
9. "Credits - The Official Beyoncé Site". Beyonceonline.com. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
10. "Fabolous - The S.O.U.L. Tape Tracklisting". The Source Magazine. 2011-04-19. Retrieved 2012-03-04.