Artist description Electronic musician from North Carolina. Music is one of my great loves, electronic music in particular captivates me. It seems to have no limits, there are no strings that hold you down. I love the freedom of expression that I have through this art, and I thank you for listening. Enjoy.

Music Style Wide Spectrum from Hardcore Industrial, to Ambient.

Musical Influences Major influences are Bassic, The Chemical Brothers, Massive Attack, Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin, and Steve Reich. Others include DJ GReddy, Deftones, KMFDM, Rob D, Lustmord, Beethoven, Front 242, Aaron Copeland, Aura, Natalie Mcmaster, Simon and Garfunkel, Lords of Acid, Bubble Scum, George Winston, Rammstein, The Drifters, DJ Baby Anne, Meat Beat Manifesto, Oasis, Rob Zombie, Ozzy Osbourne, Paul Oakenfold, Orchard, The Eagles, G-Love, Skinny Puppy, Marilyn Manson, Sex Pistols, Henry Mancini, Green Day, Nine Inch Nails, NeoTek, System of a Down, NOFX, The Beatles, Orbital, Rage Against the Machine, Stone Temple Pilots, Atari Teenage Riot, James Taylor, Snoop Dog, Moby, Velvet Acid Christ, Blackalicious, DJ Icey, Nirvana, Severed Heads, 311, J. S. Bach, Astral Projection, Daft Punk, Enya, Darude, Ben Harper, DJ Tiesto, Pink Floyd, The Pharcyde, Prodigy, CJ Stone, Snoop Dogg, DJ Valium, Micheal Manring, DJ Mystik, Squarepusher, Tricky, and Spacetime Continuum to name a VERY FEW.

Similar Artists Bassic, Chemical Brothers, Boards of Canada. Totally unlimited.

Artist History I startedSwing Youth as a hobby in the summer 1998, which quickly progressed to an obsession of great proportions. The name Swing Youth comes from a youth resistance group in Germany during World War Two, which fought against the ideals of the Hitler Youth. My style has developed as the result of my passion for electronic music and any sort of inventive musical style.

Group Members Will Leonard, Writer/Producer.

Instruments Computer: 533mHZ, 64 megs RAM, HP CD-RW, dual boot Windows98/SuSE Linux 6.4.....Software: FruityLoops 3.3, Rebirth, Cubase, Stomper, SoundForge, various DJ and sample CD's.

Albums Prepare for Aftershox, The Emotion Series

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Location Charlotte, North Carolina - USA

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