Tom Swoon | tl

Zita Swoon Group is a cosmopolitan ensemble that creates multi disciplinary artistic productions and always departs from original and permeating music that is in perfect balance with itself. Their sound covers all corners of the musical spectrum but is always personal and authentic. Instrumental and vocal music as well as visual imagery and movement are very important. The collective was started in the early nineties and has become one of the most successful Belgian bands. Since the early years Zita Swoon has had an inexhaustible capacity for innovation and has gradually changed into the polymorph collective Zita Swoon Group. Zita...

Zita Swoon entered the music scene of Antwerp, Belgium back in 1993 under the name A Beatband with the EP Jintro Travels The Word In A Skirt. The group is typical of the musicscene in Antwerp, with members playing in numerous other groups. Its best known member is Stef Kamil Carlens (who at the time was still dEUS' bassplayer as well), but the initial group also included Aarich Jespers. The same group released Everyday I Wear A Greasy Black Feather On My Hat in '95 under the name Moondog Jr., and shortly thereafter were legally forced to change their name...

There is more than one band called 'Swoon'. 1) Swoon - Sweden shoegaze band: Founded in the mid-nineties, Swoon was one of the first Swedish bands to once again bring up the sounds of the British shoegaze scene of 1989-1992. As other bands turned to Blur and Oasis for inspiration, Swoon took on the sounds of My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Chapterhouse and House of Love and modeled them into new forms. Today, although both the musical landscape and the sources of inspiration are slightly altered, Swoon still base their music on John Hårds heavily effect-laden guitars, Staffan Ljunggrens syncopated rhythms...

Tom Swoon (formerly known as Pixel Cheese), was born June 6th 1993 in the small city of Goleniow, Poland. His interest in music started at a very young age; Tom was fascinated by rock music and started his very own rock band together with a group of friends when he was just 14. Jamming on the guitar was a daily escape and only fuelled his passion further. At the age of 17, he discovered electronic dance music and was inspired by artists such as Deadmau5 and Daft Punk. Over the next few years, Tom taught himself the art of DJing,...