DJ Swivel | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Jordan Young |
Also known as | DJ Swivel |
Born | 14 December 1984 |
Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Genres | Pop, EDM, hip hop, R&B |
Website | djswivel.com |
Jordan Young (born 14 December 1984), known professionally as DJ Swivel, is a Grammy Award-winning Canadian music producer, mixer, audio engineer, and DJ. He is a prominent audio engineer best known for working with Beyoncé as her personal recording engineer. He has also worked with Jay-Z, Kanye West, Fabolous, and Jay Sean among others. He is endorsed by Harman Pro Audio and actively endorses their Lexicon branded products. His mother is Christine Bentley, former noon & 6:00 p.m. news anchor for the Toronto television station CFTO. This fact was mentioned by CFTO anchor desk reporter Andria Case during an installment of the CFTO news at noon. In 2013, he won a Grammy award for his work on Beyonce's song "Love On Top", which won for best traditional R&B performance.
In 2015, he co-founded music tech startup SKIO Music
In 2016, he was inducted to the Full Sail University Hall of Fame class of 2015.