Lower Level 1st Movement - Music

Turntablist Rob Swift Was Born Robert Aguilar In Jackson Heights A Neighborhood Of Queens NY. Growing Up He Was Heavily Influenced By Cutting-Edge Jazz Artist Herbie Hancock As Well As The More Typical DJ Heroes Like Grandmaster Flash Grand Wizard Theodore And DJ Premier. After Graduating From Baruch College With A Degree In Psychology Swift Joined One Of The Top Scratching Groups Of The '90s The X-Men Later Known As The X-Ecutioners . In 1992 He Won The DMC East Coast Turn Table Championship And DJed With Rapper Akinyele On His Cross-Country Tour. A Mixtape Favorite After One Album With The X-Ecutioners Swift Released His Own Widely Praised Debut Soulful Fruit In 1997 On Asphodel Followed By The Ablist In 1999. Thereafter He Released A Succession Of Mixes For Triple Threat Airwave Invasion Tableturns Sound Event And Six Degrees Under The Influence . In 2004 Swift Left The X-Ecutioners With A Very Public Slanging Match Between Each Other After The Release Of The Album Revolutions And Went On To Record OuMuPo Vol. 2 A Remix Of Artists From The Ici D'Ailleurs Label And 2005's War Games A Soundtrack To The World After September 11. A New Album The Architect Is Due On Mike Patton's Ipecac Label In January 2010. Swift Has Previously Collaborated With Patton On The General Patton Vs The X-Ecutioners Album Also On Ipecac. read less