Rob Swift

Rob Swift
The X-Ecutioners.jpg
Rob Swift in Bronx, New York City, 1998
Background information
Birth nameRobert Aguilar
Born (1972-05-14) May 14, 1972 (age 52)
Queens, New York, U.S.
Genres
OccupationMusician
Instruments
  • Turntables
  • programming
Years active1988–present
Labels
Websitewww.djrobswift.com

Rob Swift (born Robert Aguilar; May 14, 1972)[1] is an American hip hop DJ and turntablist. He was an original member of the turntablist group The X-Ecutioners until 2004. He has also released numerous solo albums and collaborated with various artists, including Mike Patton, Patton's project Peeping Tom, Dan the Automator and Handsome Boy Modeling School, Lords of Acid, Portugal. The Man, and Herbie Hancock.

From January 2010 through May 2015, Swift hosted the online hip-hop radio show Dope on Plastic on Scion A/V Streaming Radio 17.[2]

In August 2012, Swift became the resident DJ for a new late night college sports TV talk show on ESPNU called UNITE.

  1. ^ John Bush. "Rob Swift Biography". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
  2. ^ "New Scion A/V Streaming Radio Offers 17 Cutting Edge Broadband Radio Stations". PRWeb. Archived from the original on September 23, 2011. Retrieved 2017-06-04.