DJ Swivel

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

Discography

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Mixer

Engineer

Producer

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. 2011-08-01. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  3. "Jordan "DJ Swivel" Young". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  4. "Artist Profile: DJ Swivel". Lexicon Pro. 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. "All Music: Jordan "DJ Swivel" Young". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
  8. "Credits - The Official Beyoncé Site". Beyonceonline.com. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
  9. "Fabolous - The S.O.U.L. Tape Tracklisting". The Source Magazine. 2011-04-19. Retrieved 2012-03-04.