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Eric
Wikman is the owner of Generate Music and Deepswing Productions.
Deepswing
is his most well known production name for dance music productions
and international DJing. His music style is a mixture of Soulful,
Jazzy, Funky, Gospel , Disco House, which is also known as the disco
of today.
Based
on the west coast of the United States, in the heart of Hollywood,
Los Angeles is home to his label, production studio and Global Groove
music publishing company.
Deepswing
was started in 1995, in Los Angeles, when Eric and originating partner
James Donaldson put out the first Deepswing release on Kult Records
out of NYC. The name Deepswing began after Eric wrote a review in
a local LA scence magazine for a song produced by Grant Nelson describing
the feeling that was so Deep with an infectious Swing to it.
The
music that influenced this production company included sounds from
the original House music producers in Chicago (Hot Mix 5) and New
York, along with current ones like Soulfuric, Joey Negro, Steve
Silk, Mousse T, Grant Nelson, DJ Disciple, Sandy Rivera, Knee Deep,
Masters at Work, Blaze, Basement Boys, Grant Nelson to name just
a few. Of course the sounds of disco, funk, gospel, RnB and every
type of music listened to while growing up had a major impact on
how his songs and music were written. With this background, all
the productions project feelings with a positive and uplifting message.
In the past, Eric Wikman has produced under alias names such as
Jazz Transit for Soulfuric Recordings, Sunkids for Yellorange Records,
Dept. of Soul for Roger Sanchez / Narcotic Records and released
tracks for labels like Urban Motion Project, Soulshine Recordings,
Kult Records, Global Groove for Champion Records-UK along with many
others.
The years of hard work started to pay off at the 1999 Winter Music
Conference under the name of Sunkids, with the song Rescue Me
featuring Chance and her powerful voice which sounds like Aretha
Franklin.
This song was released on legendary Tony Humphries label Yellorange
and was remixed by the hit producer Little Louie Vega and Masters
at Work Tony and Little Louie introduced Rescue Me at the famous
Magic Sessions in Miami and it was talked about being the hit of
the conference.
The very next year, the 2000 Winter Music Conference, Yellorange
released the follow up song featuring Chance with Rise Up,
along with remixes by Teddy Douglas - Basement Boys (Crystal Waters
fame) and Cricco Castelli. Once again, another hit track Rise
Up went on to become a favorite all over the world and placed
a spot in Paramount Pictures major motion picture Sum of all Fears,
starring Ben Affleck and Morgan Freeman.
Eric also owns Generate Music, the record label that started in
June 2000. After releasing numerous tracks through other record
labels, building a reputation and realizing that the majority of
the successful producers ran their own companies, it was time to
start a boutique label and thus Generate Music was born.
The
start of this new record label began with the release of a huge
hit In the Music that was picked up by Time/Rise in Italy.
Not only did this song head straight to #1 all over Europe it also
gave Deepswing the opportunity to film a music video for MTV Europe
in Milan and on the French Riviera. This song was also included
in the DreamWorks major motion picture The Tuxedo starring
Jackie Chan and Jennifer Love Hewitt.
Apart from In The Music there have been other compositions
such as Takin Me Higher, Promise You, Shelter (featuring
Xavior), I Am Somebody, Do This, All Right, Take Me To The Disco
(featuring Donna Washington) and also Divaand Freedom
(featuring Chance).
The combination of joyful energy and strong track releases have
propelled Deepswing into being one of the hottest production companies
in the house music genre and building a label that people can count
on for strong quality releases.
On
the side of remixes, Deepswing is able to add a comparable list
that includes Jamiraquoi, Main Vein on Sony UK, Kristine W, Feel
What you Want; Michael Procter, Angel, and some Eddie Amador tracks
to name just a few of them.
Another aspect of Deepswing has been DJ'g in major cities in countries
all over the world like Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, Italy,
Germany, Switzerland, the UK, France, Greece, Canada, and of course
in the USA.
This is where Eric finds most of the inspiration and important feedback
from the crowds on the dance floor around the world for his next
productions. Also, for the last several years Deepswing has regular
DJ mixshow for Radio Italia Network 'l E Noir, Italy and Radio One
Norway with Espen Wiik.
So far, Eric has worked on and released approximately 70 remixes
and original tracks on various labels and Generate music. Along
with these tracks and DJ'ng all over the world, his production company
and label helps to keep the love alive in House Music and people
grooving on the dance floors.
Eric
is playing:
Saturday October 30th - Yum Yum, Melbourne
Monday November 1st - Trackside Melbourne
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