The Misunderstood Swayzak

On the eve of the release of their new compilation Route De La Slack, the British band Swayzak did nothing but give interviews to various European music publications. The review collection includes the best Swayzak remixes of Senor Coconut, Ursula Rucker and others. Shortly before March 20 - the official release date - a headline appeared in one of these publications, which caused a storm of negative emotions among the duo's frontman David Brown. The caption read: "Four albums, about 30 singles and who knows how many remixes. Over the years, Swayzak have become synonymous with light minimal house, and now is the time for their retrospective." “What nonsense!” Brown said indignantly, and not without good reason. The fact is that the British press from the very beginning recruited the duo into electroclash, so far from their work, and now, armed with a new term that came from nowhere, they are putting another label on Swayzak. "We've never been part of any genre. Whether it's electroclash or whatever. Call it what you want. We just created our own electro-pop image that fit well with what a lot of other musicians were doing," says David. “It’s simply amazing how easily journalists manage to put us on some list known only to them.” Next, the musician confessed his love for Germany, especially Berlin, where, according to him, all this nonsense does not exist. “What do you want: with the exception of hip-hop and garage, all the music in bars and clubs in Britain, starting from minimal house, or whatever they call it there, techno and electro, comes from Germany. In Berlin, for example, there is a much stronger connection with electronic music. I have always associated Britain with rock and roll. You know, with these pale white guys with guitars,” David said angrily.