Dam Swindle

Lars Dales and Maarten Smeets aka the house and disco DJ duo Detroit Swindle started out simply making music for the sheer sake of it, however have gone on to spread their beats and mixes worldwide and it’s not hard to see why. Their energetic fun-loving approach to music making and performing live has a contagious rhythm to it, a contagious good time to it that rubs off on everyone with a nearby ear.

Boxed Out, the duo’s debut album is an ode to the classic US house music of Detroit and Chicago, it combines thumping beats, jazz flairs, mixed up vocals along with Detroit Swindle’s signature shuffles and precision-placed drops that gets any crowd bobbing and swaying. And this crowd was no different, anticipatory murmurs roamed until the pair came out of nowhere, ear to ear grins on their faces and got the party started – met with a roar from the audience. I adore the new album but Detroit Swindle’s remixes of other tracks is really where they find their own and being able to mix and match in their set was a real dream, the energy and movement contained in such a small space is testament to their quality track-making and rapport with the audience.