DJ Swivel

Jordan Young (born 14 December 1984), known professionally as DJ Swivel, is a Canadian record producer, mixer, audio engineer, songwriter, and software developer. He won a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards for mixing "Don't Let Me Down" by The Chainsmokers.

In 2011, Young served as vocal engineer on Beyoncé's album 4. He was awarded "Secret Genius: Dance" by Spotify in 2018. He is also the founder of Hooky, an AI voice technology platform, and has developed a line of audio software plugins.

Starting his career in New York City in 2005 under Ken "Duro" Ifill, he has worked with artists including Rema, BTS, Beyoncé, Lil Nas X, The Chainsmokers, Dua Lipa, Coldplay, Rihanna, Jay-Z, Cordae, Gryffin, Fabolous, Rick Ross, Jay Sean, Britney Spears, Sean Combs, Wyclef Jean, Rita Ora, Mary J. Blige, Tiësto, and Whitney Houston.

Early life and education Young was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His mother is Christine Bentley, former news anchor for the Toronto television station CFTO. He graduated from Full Sail University's Recording Arts program in 2005.

Career

Early career (2005–2010) After graduating from Full Sail, Young moved to New York City, where he began working under Ken "Duro" Ifill at Desert Storm Records. During this period, he served as a mixing assistant and engineer on projects for Jay-Z, Fabolous, Mary J. Blige, Kanye West, Rick Ross, Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, and others.

Beyoncé and The Chainsmokers (2011–2018) In 2011, Young served as vocal engineer on all tracks of Beyoncé's 4 and also mixed "I Care" and "Schoolin' Life". Later in 2020, he released Spread, a plugin for converting mono tracks to stereo. He subsequently released additional plugins including Knocktonal, a drum resonance tuning tool, and HitStrip, a channel strip plugin comprising nine processing modules, released in November 2024 after three years of development.

Young also owns a music publishing company, Waves With Words, in partnership with Concord.

Hooky and AI voice technology (2023–present) Young founded Hooky, an AI voice technology platform that provides licensed artist voice models for use in music production.

Hooky launched as a subscription platform on 5 June 2024, with initial voice models from artists including Jay Sean, Eric Bellinger, and Bonnie X Clyde.

Television In 2023, Young served as a judge on Banded: The Musician Competition, a music competition series on AXS TV that premiered on 13 May 2023. The show, hosted by Brandon Jenner and co-hosted by Didi Benami, placed 25 individual songwriters into five multi-genre bands.

Selected discography (mixing, production, engineer, writer)

Extended discography (mixing, engineer, assistant)