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Switch
Switch
	Switch in Tokyo, 2018
Background information
Birth name	David James Andrew Taylor
Also known as	Switch; A. Brucker; Solid Groove;
Origin	London, England
Genres	Electronic; house;
Occupations	Record producer; songwriter; DJ; engineer;
Instrument	Turntables
Years active	2003–present

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David James Andrew Taylor, better known by his stage name Switch, is an English record producer, songwriter, DJ, and sound engineer. He is best known for his work with Beyoncé, M.I.A. and Major Lazer, of which he was a founding member. He was nominated at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards in the Record of the Year category for "Paper Planes" by M.I.A.,^[1] which he co-produced with Diplo. Other artists he has produced include Christina Aguilera, Chaka Khan, Santigold, and Brandy among many others. He has released various singles under his own name, and is also well known for remixing and producing for many major artists.

Most notably, Switch has worked extensively with fellow British artist M.I.A., co-producing tracks on her albums Arular, Kala, and Matangi. For the latter, he travelled to work with M.I.A. in A. R. Rahman's Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios and other locations such as Kodambakkam, Chennai and Trinidad and Tobago. He says "When you go somewhere like India, and especially Jamaica, it puts you in a different train of thought, outside your usual working conditions. They use music as their voice; they use it for politics, for religion. So, I think for people that are struggling, they can use it to vent frustrations, or to celebrate".^[2]

In 2009, Switch collaborated with fellow producer Diplo (whom he met through M.I.A.) to create the album Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do under the name Major Lazer; however, he left the group in 2011.

Switch is the founder and owner of the independent record label Diary Records, which began in 2018 and released Chaka Khan's most recent record Hello Happiness.^[3]

Discography

Studio albums

2009 Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do (with Major Lazer)

Mix albums

2006 House Bash-Up Mix (given away free with Mixmag)
2008 Fabric Live.43 – Get Familiar (Mixed by Sinden)

Singles

2003 "Get Ya Dub On"
2004 "Get on Downz"
2005 "Just Bounce 2 This"
2005 "This is Sick"^[4]
2006 "A Bit Patchy"
2011 "I Still Love You"

Production discography

2004 "Love Guide" w/ Ms. Thing, Two Culture Clash, Wall of Sound
2005 M.I.A. "Arular": Pull Up The People, Bucky Done Gun
2007 M.I.A. "Kala": Bamboo Banga, Bird Flu, Boyz, Jimmy, Hussel, 20 Dollar, World Town, XR2, Far Far
2008 Santigold "Santigold": You'll Find a Way, Shove It, Say Aha, Creator, Starstruck, Anne
2010 Christina Aguilera "Bionic": Bionic, Elastic Love, Monday Morning, Bobblehead
2010 M.I.A. "Maya": Steppin Up, Teqkilla, Born Free, lovealot
2011 Beyoncé "4": Run The World, End of Time
2011 Alex Clare "The Lateness of the Hour" (album) [with Diplo and Mike Spencer]
2012 Santigold "Master of My Make-Believe": GO!, Freak Like Me, Pirate in the Water, Big Mouth
2012 Brandy "Two Eleven": Slower
2013 Kerli "Utopia": Sugar
2013 M.I.A. "Matangi": Karmageddon, MATANGI, Only 1 U, Come Walk With Me, aTENTion, Exodus, Bring The Noize, Lights
2019 Chaka Khan "Hello Happiness"

Remixes

Songs that Switch has remixed include:

2003 Audio Bullys – "Way Too Long"
2003 The Chemical Brothers – "Get Yourself High"
2003 Futureshock – "Late at Night"
2004 Basement Jaxx – "Right Here's the Spot"
2004 The Chemical Brothers – "Galvanize"
2004 Faithless – "Miss U Less, See U More"
2004 Half Pint – "Red Light Green Light"
2004 Magik Johnson – "Feel Alright (Solid Groove Remix)"
2004 Jentina – "French Kisses"
2004 Shaznay Lewis – "You"
2004 Mondo Grosso – "Fire & Ice"
2005 Basement Jaxx – "Fly Life Xtra"
2005 BodyRockers – "Round & Round"
2005 Dubble D – "Switch"
2005 Evil Nine – "Pearl Shot"
2005 Infusion – "The Careless Kind"
2005 Les Rythmes Digitales – "Jacques Your Body (Make Me Sweat)"
2005 X-Press 2 – "Give It"
2006 Lily Allen – "LDN"
2006 Coldcut – "True Skool"
2006 Def Inc – "Waking the Dread"
2006 Fatboy Slim – "Champion Sound"
2006 The Futureheads – "Worry About It Later"
2006 Jaydee – "Plastic Dreams"
2006 Kelis – "Bossy"
2006 MYNC Project feat. Abigail Bailey – "Something on Your Mind"
2006 Sharon Phillips – "Want 2 / Need 2"
2006 Playgroup – "Front 2 Back"
2006 Spank Rock – "Bump"
2007 Basement Jaxx – "Hey U"
2007 The Black Ghosts – "Face"
2007 Klaxons – "Golden Skans"
2007 P. Diddy – "Tell Me"
2007 Freeform Five – "No More Conversations"
2007 Just Jack – "Glory Days"
2007 DJ Mehdi – "I Am Somebody"
2007 Mika – "Love Today"
2007 Nine Inch Nails – "Capital G"
2007 Simian Mobile Disco – "I Believe"
2007 Speaker Junk – "Foxxy"
2007 Ben Westbeech – "Dance with Me"
2007 Robbie Williams – "Never Touch That Switch"
2007 Jacknife Lee – "Making Me Money"
2007 Radioclit – "Divine Gosa"
2007 Armand Van Helden – "Je T'Aime"
2007 Santigold – "You'll Find a Way"
2007 Santigold – "L.E.S. Artistes"
2008 Blaqstarr feat. Rye Rye – "Shake It to the Ground"
2008 Late of the Pier – "Space and the Woods"
2008 Laughing Boy and the Wrath of Khan – "PM Chalkman"
2008 Santigold – "Shove It"
2008 Underworld – "Boy, Boy, Boy"
2008 Mystery Jets – "Hideaway"
2009 Björk – "Náttúra"
2010 Sugababes – "Wear My Kiss"
2010 Christina Aguilera – "Bionic, Monday Morning, Bobblehead, Elastic Love"
2011 TV on the Radio – "Will Do"
2011 Ke$ha – "Animal"
2012 M.I.A. – "Bad Girls"
2013 Kylie Minogue – "Skirt"
2015 Roots Manuva – "Crying"
2018 Chaka Khan – "Like Sugar"

References

^ "Switch | Artist". Grammy Awards. The Recording Academy. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
^ Tewksbury, Drew (2 July 2009). "DIPLO + SWITCH = MAJOR LAZER". Flaunt. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
^ Mitchell, Gail (8 February 2019). "Chaka Khan on Why She Released Her First Album in 12 Years". Billboard. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
^ "This is Sick - Solid Groove - Who Sampled". WhoSampled. Retrieved 20 October 2013.

[1] "Switch | Artist". Grammy Awards. The Recording Academy. Retrieved 2 September 2023.

[2] Tewksbury, Drew (2 July 2009). "DIPLO + SWITCH = MAJOR LAZER". Flaunt. Retrieved 15 September 2010.

[3] Mitchell, Gail (8 February 2019). "Chaka Khan on Why She Released Her First Album in 12 Years". Billboard. Retrieved 25 October 2019.

[4] "This is Sick - Solid Groove - Who Sampled". WhoSampled. Retrieved 20 October 2013.

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+| origin           = [[London]], England
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+| genre            = {{hlist|[[Electronic dance music|Electronic]]|[[House music|house]]}}
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-'''David James Andrew Taylor''', better known his stage name '''Switch''', is an English DJ, songwriter, [[Audio engineering|sound engineer]], and record producer. He is best known for his work with [[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]]. In the fidget house genre, Switch runs his own music label "Dubsided", as well as the label Counterfeet, established in 2006 with fellow producer [[The Count & Sinden|Sinden]]. He has released various singles under his own name, and is also well known for remixing and producing for many major artists. He is a former member of the American electronic dancehall group [[Major Lazer]].
+'''David James Andrew Taylor''', better known by his stage name '''Switch''', is an English record producer, songwriter, DJ, and [[Audio engineering|sound engineer]]. He is best known for his work with [[Beyoncé]], [[M.I.A. (rapper)|M.I.A.]] and [[Major Lazer]], of which he was a founding member. He was nominated at the [[51st Annual Grammy Awards]] in the [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] category for "[[Paper Planes (M.I.A. song)|Paper Planes]]" by M.I.A.,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/switch/15451|title=Switch {{pipe}} Artist|website=[[Grammy Awards]]|publisher=[[The Recording Academy]]|access-date=2 September 2023}}</ref> which he co-produced with [[Diplo]]. Other artists he has produced include [[Christina Aguilera]], [[Chaka Khan]], [[Santigold]], and [[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]] among many others. He has released various singles under his own name, and is also well known for remixing and producing for many major artists.
-Most notably Switch has worked extensively with fellow British artist [[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]] co-producing tracks on her albums ''[[Arular]]'' and ''[[Kala (album)|Kala]]''. For the latter, he travelled to work with [[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]] in [[A. R. Rahman]]'s [[Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios]] and other locations such as [[Kodambakkam, Chennai|Kodambakkam]], [[Chennai]] and [[Trinidad and Tobago]]. He says "When you go somewhere like India, and especially Jamaica, it puts you in a different train of thought, outside your usual working conditions. They use music as their voice; they use it for politics, for religion. So, I think for people that are struggling, they can use it to vent frustrations, or to celebrate.”<ref>{{cite web|author=Tewksbury, Drew|work=Flaunt|url=http://drewtewksbury.com/2009/07/02/diplo-switch-major-lazer/|title=DIPLO + SWITCH = MAJOR LAZER|date=2 July 2009|accessdate=15 September 2010}}</ref>
+Most notably, Switch has worked extensively with fellow British artist M.I.A., co-producing tracks on her albums ''[[Arular]]'', ''[[Kala (album)|Kala]]'', and ''[[Matangi (album)|Matangi]]''. For the latter, he travelled to work with M.I.A. in [[A. R. Rahman]]'s [[Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios]] and other locations such as [[Kodambakkam, Chennai|Kodambakkam]], [[Chennai]] and [[Trinidad and Tobago]]. He says "When you go somewhere like India, and especially Jamaica, it puts you in a different train of thought, outside your usual working conditions. They use music as their voice; they use it for politics, for religion. So, I think for people that are struggling, they can use it to vent frustrations, or to celebrate".<ref>{{cite web|author=Tewksbury, Drew|work=Flaunt|url=http://drewtewksbury.com/2009/07/02/diplo-switch-major-lazer/|title=DIPLO + SWITCH = MAJOR LAZER|date=2 July 2009|access-date=15 September 2010}}</ref>
-He has also produced tracks for artists like [[Christina Aguilera]], [[Santigold]], [[Amanda Blank]], [[Brandy (entertainer)|Brandy]], [[Nicola Roberts]] and [[Beyoncé]]. In 2009 Switch collaborated with fellow producer [[Diplo]] (whom he met through artist [[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]]) to create the album ''[[Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do]]'' under the name [[Major Lazer]].
+In 2009, Switch collaborated with fellow producer Diplo (whom he met through M.I.A.) to create the album ''[[Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do]]'' under the name [[Major Lazer]]; however, he left the group in 2011.
+Switch is the founder and owner of the independent record label Diary Records, which began in 2018 and released [[Chaka Khan]]'s most recent record ''[[Hello Happiness]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Mitchell, Gail|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8496614/chaka-khan-hello-happiness-interview|title=Chaka Khan on Why She Released Her First Album in 12 Years|date=8 February 2019|access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref>
 == Discography ==
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 * 2004 "Get on Downz"
 * 2005 "Just Bounce 2 This"
-* 2005 "This is Sick" <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whosampled.com/Solid-Groove/This-is-Sick/|title=This is Sick - Solid Groove - Who Sampled|work=WhoSampled|accessdate=2013-10-20}}</ref>
+* 2005 "This is Sick"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whosampled.com/Solid-Groove/This-is-Sick/|title=This is Sick - Solid Groove - Who Sampled|work=WhoSampled|access-date=2013-10-20}}</ref>
 * 2006 "[[A Bit Patchy]]"
 * 2011 "I Still Love You"
 ===Production discography===
+* 2004 "Love Guide" w/ [[Ms. Thing (singer)|Ms. Thing]], ''Two Culture Clash'', [[Wall of Sound (record label)|Wall of Sound]]
-* 2005 [[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]] "[[Arular]]": Pull Up The People, Bucky Done Gun
+*2005 [[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]] "[[Arular]]": Pull Up The People, Bucky Done Gun
 * 2007 [[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]] "[[Kala (album)|Kala]]": Bamboo Banga, Bird Flu, Boyz, Jimmy, Hussel, 20 Dollar, World Town, XR2, Far Far
 * 2008 [[Santigold]] "[[Santigold]]": You'll Find a Way, Shove It, Say Aha, Creator, Starstruck, Anne
 * 2010 [[Christina Aguilera]] "[[Bionic]]": Bionic, Elastic Love, Monday Morning, Bobblehead
-* 2010 [[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]] "[[Maya (M.I.A. album)|Maya]]": Steppin Up, Teqkilla, Born Free,lovealot
+* 2010 [[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]] "[[Maya (M.I.A. album)|Maya]]": Steppin Up, Teqkilla, Born Free, lovealot
-* 2011 [[Beyoncé]] "[[4 (Beyoncé Knowles album)|4]]": Run The World, End Of Time
+* 2011 [[Beyoncé]] "[[4 (Beyoncé Knowles album)|4]]": Run The World, End of Time
-* 2011 [[Alex Clare]] "The Lateness Of the Hour" (album) [with Diplo and Mike Spencer]
+* 2011 [[Alex Clare]] "The Lateness of the Hour" (album) [with Diplo and Mike Spencer]
 * 2012 [[Santigold]] "[[Master of My Make-Believe]]": GO!, Freak Like Me, Pirate in the Water, Big Mouth
 * 2012 [[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]] "[[Two Eleven]]": Slower
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 * 2005 [[Basement Jaxx]] – "Fly Life Xtra"
 * 2005 [[BodyRockers]] – "Round & Round"
-* 2005 [[Dubble D]] – "Switch"
+* 2005 Dubble D – "Switch"
 * 2005 [[Evil Nine]] – "Pearl Shot"
 * 2005 [[Infusion (band)|Infusion]] – "The Careless Kind"
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 * 2006 [[Playgroup (band)|Playgroup]] – "Front 2 Back"
 * 2006 [[Spank Rock]] – "Bump"
-* 2007 [[Basement Jaxx]] – "Hey U"
+* 2007 [[Basement Jaxx]] – "[[Hey U]]"
 * 2007 [[The Black Ghosts]] – "Face"
 * 2007 [[Klaxons]] – "Golden Skans"
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 * 2007 [[Radioclit]] – "Divine Gosa"
 * 2007 [[Armand Van Helden]] – "Je T'Aime"
-* 2007 [[Santigold|Santogold]] – "You'll Find a Way"
+* 2007 [[Santigold]] – "You'll Find a Way"
-* 2007 Santogold – "L.E.S. Artistes"
+* 2007 Santigold – "L.E.S. Artistes"
-* 2008 [[Blaqstarr]] feat. Rye Rye – "Shake It To The Ground"
+* 2008 [[Blaqstarr]] feat. Rye Rye – "Shake It to the Ground"
-* 2008 [[Late of the Pier]] – "Space And The Woods"
+* 2008 [[Late of the Pier]] – "Space and the Woods"
 * 2008 [[Laughing Boy and the Wrath of Khan]] – "PM Chalkman"
-* 2008 Santogold – "Shove It"
+* 2008 Santigold – "Shove It"
 * 2008 [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]] – "Boy, Boy, Boy"
 * 2008 [[Mystery Jets]] – "Hideaway"
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 * 2015 [[Roots Manuva]] – "Crying"
 *2018 [[Chaka Khan]] – "Like Sugar"
+== See also ==
+*[[:Category:Albums produced by Switch (songwriter)]]
+*[[:Category:Songs written by Switch (songwriter)]]
 == References ==
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-[[Category:British DJs]]
+[[Category:English record producers]]
+[[Category:English audio engineers]]
+[[Category:English male songwriters]]
 [[Category:Living people]]
 [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
 [[Category:Major Lazer members]]
+[[Category:DJs from London]]
+[[Category:English electronic dance music DJs]]

v t e Major Lazer
Diplo Walshy Fire Ape Drums Switch Jillionaire
Studio albums	Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do Free the Universe Peace Is the Mission Music Is the Weapon
Compilation albums	Major Lazer Essentials
Extended plays	Lazers Never Die Original Don Apocalypse Soon Know No Better
Singles	"Pon de Floor" "Original Don" "Get Free" "Jah No Partial" "Watch Out for This (Bumaye)" "Bubble Butt" "Aerosol Can" "Come On to Me" "Lean On" "Powerful" "Lost" "Light It Up" "Who Am I" "Cold Water" "Believer" "Run Up" "Know No Better" "Sua Cara" "Let Me Live" "Blow That Smoke" "Qué Calor" "Trigger" "Lay Your Head on Me"
Other songs	"Be Together" "All My Love" "Particula" "Already" "Closer to You"
Related articles	Discography Mad Decent TV series Reincarnated

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