Swadance Records is a new Berlin based label for House and Techno. Actually Swadance means South-East-West-
African-Dance. The label´s aim is to release festive but futuristic electronic dance music that is deeply rooted in the
African continent.
Assini Rock, founder of the label, joins forces with Ocelleo1 to deliver the first release on Swadance that will be
released on June 7th 2019.
Assini Rock used to act under the moniker "Roch Dadier". He owned the "Portrait Records" label from 2000 to 2004
and released 4 EPs on the same label. His last release under the moniker "Roch Dadier" appeared on the Dutch
techno label "Indigo Aera" alongside Makam and Pacou.
The song "Brand new vibe" is actually a new and more elaborated version of "la pierre polie", released on "Portrait
Records" in 2002 by Assini Rock under his moniker "Roch Dadier". Back then the track had seen great support by
James Zabiela and Lee Burridge in particular.
The 2019 revisited version features the Ivorian-German singer "Ocelleo1" on vocals. With her voice she gives the
song a fresh and uplifting character. While the "AR´s afromelo club mix" displays more melodies and a song
structure grounded in a captivating and electrifying Africa-rooted groove, the "AR´s atypical club mix" celebrates
the minimalist and reduced vibe of club music. "Train to altair", the 3rd track of this ep offers the "assini rockish"
definition of a strong somehow hypnotic but in the same time eclectic four-to-the-floor techno track for the pleasure
of Djs and clubbers.
Together with maestro Tobi Neumann and DJ Fadi Mohem Assini Rock has mixed the "Brand new vibe ep" at
Berlin´s Riverside studios. Carl Craig´s tour manager Chris Chapelle of "Sinetracks mastering" on one hand and Mike
Grinser of "Manmade mastering" on the other hand were responsible for the final engineer touch.
Each of the 3 tracks on the "Brand new vibe ep" is as intoxicating and thrilling as the other and a dancefloor weapon.