| Switch | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Dave Taylor |
| Also known as | Switch, A. Brucker, Solid Groove |
| Origin | London, United Kingdom |
| Genres | House |
| Occupations | DJ, songwriter, record producer, engineer |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Associated acts | Major Lazer |
Switch is a UK-based DJ, songwriter, sound engineer and record producer. He is best known for his work with M.I.A. and Santigold.
In the fidget house genre, Switch runs his own music label "Dubsided", as well as the label Counterfeet, established in 2006 with fellow producer Sinden. He has released various singles under his own name, and is also well-known for remixing and producing many major artists.
Most notably Switch has worked extensively with UK artist M.I.A. co-producing tracks on her albums Arular and Kala. For the latter, he travelled to work with M.I.A. in A. R. Rahman's Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios and other locations such as Kodambakkam, Chennai and Trinidad and Tobago. He says "When you go somewhere like India, and especially Jamaica, it puts you in a different train of thought, outside of your usual working conditions. They use music as their voice; they use it for politics, for religion. So, I think for people that are struggling, they can use it to vent frustrations, or to celebrate.”[1]
He has also produced tracks for artists like Beyoncé, Santigold, Amanda Blank, Nicola Roberts and Christina Aguilera.
In 2009 Switch collaborated with fellow producer Diplo (whom he met through artist M.I.A.) to create the album Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do under the name Major Lazer.
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Songs that Switch has remixed include: