Danny!

Early life Swain, the only son of military parents, was born in Killeen, Texas and moved to Columbia, South Carolina, as a teenager. He attended Richland Northeast High School and began pursuing music as a hobby during his second year.

Career 2004–2006: Early beginnings, Charm and instrumental albums

After spending nearly a year networking with local artists, Swain released his debut mixtape The College Kicked-Out. The record received mixed to unfavorable reviews—an up-and-coming Charlamagne tha God was among Kicked-Outs critics, panning the mixtape on air while working as a local radio station personality—which Swain would allude to in much of his later work.

Shortly after Kicked-Outs release Swain was accepted to the Savannah College of Art & Design and accordingly relocated to Savannah, Georgia. The record deal allowed Swain to release an album through the label, promoting it with a 12" single and accompanying music video slated for an exclusive premiere on mtvU. Though the label's involvement would not amount to a released album—only the single "Just Friends", which charted on the Billboard Hot 100 LA Weekly and ABC News as one of the best releases of the year. And I Love H.E.R. was also notable for introducing another musical direction for Swain, who was experimenting with hip house, downtempo and lounge/electronica to produce a sort of "lounge-hop" hybrid.

Following And I Love H.E.R.s success, Swain completed the Where Is Danny? album. distributed a revamped version of the album on iTunes.

2012–present: Breakthrough, music licensing and The Book of Daniel

After the release of his third studio LP Payback, (later absorbed into Sony/ATV's Extreme Music production music library) and slowly transitioned into a producer role, landing instrumental placements with various Viacom television programming as well as commercials for Nordstrom, McDonald's, and incidental music for Bob's Burgers and its soundtrack, The Bob's Burgers Music Album.

In 2014, Swain started working on a new album, initially titled Deliverance, but later changed to The Book Of Daniel after the book in the Bible. During the album's development Swain appeared in Sesame Streets "Party Bus" video, which featured an original remix of "The Wheels on the Bus" composed by Swain

In 2015, a tracklist for The Book of Daniel was revealed at Swain's website. The album debut was announced for February 29, 2016, but it was not released. Another scheduled date, October 31, 2018, passed without the album release.

Despite a halt in studio releases, Swain continues to contribute to Bob's Burgers while composing library music and incidental cues under various aliases for Extreme Music.

Discography

Studio albums And I Love H.E.R.: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Where Is Danny? Payback The Book Of Daniel

Instrumental albums Dream, Interrupted Dream, Fulfilled Dream, Extinguished

Production credits Artist Song(s) Album Year Danny Brown "Exotic", "The Nana Song" The Hybrid 2010 Danny Brown "Counterfeit", "Hey!"* Detroit State of Mind 4 2010 Lil B "The Game On Lock", "Illusions of G" Illusions of Grandeur 2 2012 Wale "Never Never Freestyle" Folarin 2012 Cody ChesnuTT "Scroll Call (Danny Swain Remix)" Landing on a Hundred: B-Sides & Remixes 2014

Film and television placements/credits