M-Swift feat. Hazel Sim
M-Swift aka Shouhei Matsushita was born in Hiroshima in 1973. With the age of 14 he started playing guitar and listening to soul and jazz. When he was 18 he moved to Tokyo and started a career as a guitarist, playing for diverse bands in clubs all around Tokyo. In 2002 he started his production network called “M-Swift”. His first productions were released by Irma Records (Italy) and Flower Records (Japan), who licensed his songs to several compilations. In between he remixed artists like Yukihiro Fukutomi, Notenshun, Arcoiris, Donaldo McCollum, Real, Gazzara, Paris Match, etc… for labels like King (Japan), Columbia, Apperitivo, Dome, Victor etc…. In 2005 he moved to London, looking for collaborations with UK musicians. Straight after he arrived, he got an offer from Irma Records to produce his debut album during his stay in London. Currently he is working with Vanessa Haynes, Marcus Begg (restless soul, Nathan Haines, Isoul 8), Nick Cohen (Incognito, Bah Samba) on this project, which will be released in spring 2007. The debut single “Morning Light” feat. Vanessa Haynes, was released In October 2006 with remixes by Notenshun and Nubian Mindz.. and 2nd single “Kosmic Love” feat. Vanessa Haynes,was released at the beginning of 2007 woth remix by Tiger Stripes. Lots of DJ put the song on his charts and The remic was compiled in Rogers sanchez’s Compilation album. And this summer he released his first album “Morning Light” in Japan.