Swayzak means union in Polish. It also means music. They are James Taylor and David Brown, two London based musicians. Swayzak have been making music for years but instead of rushing into releasing it they have taken time to develop their own style and learned to coax the maximum from their machines. This is evident in the maturity and depth of their music- in fact it was only by a friend threatening to press up their first record that they finally got the impetus to release it!
Swayzak also runs a project named Serieculture. Originally based on the human league’s “being boiled” lyric stating “stop your sericulture”. Taken from a Swayzak live recording in Luxembourg 2001, and then edited by Roger 23, the result was released Serieculture 1-4 on Swayzak imprint Voltmusik in 2005. Brun and Roger “23 “ Reuter met in Saarbrucken, Germany in 1998, where Roger co - runs a record store. Strutting around town, Brun and his Swayzak partner,James, came across the store as it closed but promised to return the next day to explore new music. On their return, Roger introduced them to some fine, and strange music. Likewise he had never heard Swayzak, and Hence became one of their biggest supporters. They have remained friends and collaborators ever since.
With a few artist albums (Snowboarding in Argentina, Loops from the Bergerie, Route de la Slack), a compilation on Fabric (Fabric 11) and so many 12” releases, Swayzak sound has been changed from year to year, developed and refreshed, and it’s now a polish copy of what we call minimal deep house and techno.