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Richard Swift Ricardo Sigilfredo Olivarez Swift-Ochoa March 16 1977 – July 3 2018 Was An American Singer Songwriter Multi-Instrumentalist Producer And Short-Film Maker. He Was The Founder Owner And Recording Engineer Of National Freedom A Recording Studio Located In Oregon And Has Worked As Producer For Such Acts As The Shins Damien Jurado David Bazan Foxygen Jessie Baylin Nathaniel Rateliff The Mynabirds Wake Owl Laetitia Sadier Of Stereolab Gardens & Villa Cayucas And Guster. Swift Is A Former Member Of Indie Rock Band The Shins And The Arcs. In April 2014 Richard Announced Via Twitter That He Had Joined The Black Keys As Their Touring Bassist And Backing Singer. In His Youth Swift Moved Frequently With His Family Spending Time In Rural Locations In Northern Minnesota And Southeastern Utah. He Started Performing And Singing In A Variety Of Churches Around The Age Of Fourteen. As A Teenager He Was Known To Make Movies On The Family's Handheld Video Camera And Soon Started Experimenting With A Four-Track Cassette Recorder. He Began Writing And Recording Original Material At Home. In 2001 Swift Moved To Southern California To Pursue His Solo Recording Career. He Recorded Walking Without Effort But Unsure As To How It Should Be Released Shelved It. In 2002–03 Swift Recorded The Novelist Selling Home-Made Copies At Shows In And Around Los Angeles. Later In The Year He Went On To Release A Small Pressing Of "properly Manufactured" Versions Via Velvet Blue Music. As Well As The First Four Richard Swift 7"s. In 2004 Swift Combined The Novelist And Walking Without Effort To Create The Double-Disc The Richard Swift Collection Vol. 1. He Signed To Indie Label Secretly Canadian Who Then Re-Released The Collection In 2005. After Touring In The US And Europe And Releasing Half A Dozen 45s/EPs UK Major Label Polydor Signed Swift And Yet Again The Double Disc Was Re-Released In Hopes Of Introducing Swift To The UK. In 2007 Polydor/Secretly Canadian Issued His Proper Follow-Up "Dressed Up For The Letdown". Fans And Critics Praised The Record As Swift's Greatest Work To Date. Later In The Year Swift Met Wilco-Frontman Jeff Tweedy During A Taping Of The BBC Program "Later...With Jools Holland". Tweedy Asked Swift To Support Wilco On Their Sky Blue Sky US Tour. During The Tour Tweedy Invited Swift To Record At Their Loft In Chicago IL. In October 2007 Swift Started His Fourth LP At The Wilco Loft. The Year Ended With Richard Canceling A String Of November Shows With Friends Cold War Kids Due To A Wrist Injury. In Late February 2008 The Secretly Canadian Website Announced The Future Release Of A Double EP Named "Richard Swift As Onasis" Which Was Released In April Of That Year. In August 2008 Swift Released An EP Entitled "Ground Trouble Jaw" As A Digital Download. In April 2009 Secretly Canadian Released "The Atlantic Ocean" Which Saw The Return Of Swift's Pop-Centric Song Writing. 5 The Album Featured Special Guests Such As Pat Sansone Wilco Casey Foubert Sufjan Stevens Crystal Skulls Pedro The Lion Sean Lennon Producer Mark Ronson And Singer/songwriter Ryan Adams. In 2014 And 2015 Swift Toured And Performed With The Black Keys As Their Bassist. Swift's Music Has Been Featured In Various Movies Drinking Buddies And Television Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories Eastbound & Down . Richard Also Had A Small Role As "Richard" In Rick Alverson's 2012 Film "The Comedy" Starring Tim Heidecker Eric Wareheim And Gregg Turkington. In 2009 Swift Began Spending More Time Working With Other Artists As Producer. May 2010 Saw The Release Of Fellow Secretly Canadian Recording Artist Damien Jurado's Record "Saint Bartlett". In 2010 Swift Also Produced The Mynabirds' "What We Lose In The Fire We Gain In The Flood" And Co-Produced Laetitia Sadier's Album "The Trip". Swift Is Known To Often Provide Hefty Contributions As A Multi-Instrumentalist To The Albums He Produces. In A 2007 Interview Swift Commented On His Techniques As A Producer And Engineer Stating "Most Of My Recording Techniques Come From Looking At Photos On The Inside Of Sly & The Family Stone Or Beatles LPs Or From Watching 'Sympathy For The Devil' And Thinking 'Oh! That's Where They Put The Mic!'." In Addition To The Music Recorded Under His Own Moniker And Producing Work He Was Also Briefly A Keyboardist In The Band Starflyer 59 In 2003 Playing Live Shows And Contributing To Their 2003 Album "Old". He Also Currently Fronts His Own Ambient-Electronic-Outfit-Side-Project Instruments Of Science And Technology. He Produced The Breakthrough Self-Titled Album For Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats. On June 19 2018 Pitchfork Reported That Swift Was In The Hospital Recovering From An Undisclosed "life-Threatening Condition" And That A GoFundMe Had Been Set Up To Help Cover His Medical Expenses. 8 He Was Pronounced Dead At The Age Of 41 On July 3 2018. Discography Albums
Library Catalog Music Series Music For Paradise Armor - Released Under The Name Instruments Of Science & Technology 2010 The Atlantic Ocean 2009 Richard Swift As Onasis - US 2008 Music From The Films Of R/Swift - Released Under The Name Instruments Of Science & Technology - US 2008 Dressed Up For The Letdown - US & UK 2007 The Novelist - US 2005 Walking Without Effort - US 2005 EPs And Singles
Ground Trouble Jaw - Limited Vinyl Pressing 2015 Kensington 2014 Walt Wolfman 2011 3" CD EP As A Part Of The Laminar Excursion Monthly 2010 Lady Luck 2009 Ground Trouble Jaw 2008 The Songs Of National Freedom 2007 Kisses For The Misses 2007 Beautifulheart 2006 Nothing To Do With Foxy Boxing 2005 P.S. It All Falls Down 2005 You're Lying 2004 Buildings In America 2004 The Novelist 2003 Box Sets
The Richard Swift Collection Volume 1 The Novelist / Walking Without Effort - US 2005 UK 2006 read less