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Biography of Shades of Gray

Real name / Michal Schwa
Moniker(s) / Schwa, Shades of Gray

In the summer of 2005 Czech national Michal Schwa landed in Australia with a bag full of vinyl a string of DJ gigs and the promise of uncharted territory ahead. Soon after he met local producer Nick West and discovered they both shared a similar passion for electronic music. It wasn't long after that Michal offered for Nick to join him as a partner on his newly formed label Beef records.

United by a passion for producing and playing, and a disillusionment with a music industry obsessed with genres they soon began performing and producing together under the Shades Of Gray moniker.

They quickly gained a reputation as one of the hottest acts on the Sydney underground scene by rocking the floor at legendary Reckless Republic parties in Kings Cross. Schwa was resident DJ at Sydney's finest after-hours party Spice and that is where Shades dropped some of their biggest unreleased tracks in the early days.

It wasn't long after that the boys were touring internationally performing from Tokyo to Moscow and Paris to Prague. During their trips to Europe they would be based out of Schwas Prague studio. That is where some of their biggest tunes were produced including the chart topping "Moog in the House" track (#6 on Beatport chart and #3 on decks chart).

In just a few short years Shades have made quite an impact on the house music scene with heavy chart support by industry veterans Shuri-i-Kan, Miss Kittin, Jimpster, Pezzner, Laurent Guarnier and The Timewriter to name a few.

To date SOG have clocked up over 50 releases including vinyl records and CDs. Their tracks have been remixed by some of the best in the business including Ian Pooley, Pezzner, Milton Jackson, Soul Minority, Boris Brejcha, Ramon Tapia, Alex Kenji and Lutzenkirchen. Their debut album "Soul Machine" is to drop in late 2011.





Selected discography of Shades of Gray

12” vinyl EP:
WOLF004 Shades of Gray – Whispers EP (Wolf Music 2009)
feat. Ramon Tapia and Thomas Hedberg remixes
BEEFEP007 Shades of Gray – Jack The Freak (BEEF records 2009)
feat. Hirtenfellner, Animal Trainer remixes
PLS004 Shades of Gray – Moog in the House (Plus Minus 2008)
feat. Boris Brejcha remix
BEEFEP002 Shades of Gray – Simplicity (BEEF records 2007)
feat. Mos and Alex Kenji remixes

Digital EP:
PLS009 Shades of Gray – Projections (Plus Minus 2009)
feat. Dan Drastic, Uone remix
BEEF021 Shades of Gray – Slightly Messy (BEEF records 2009)
TVRD043 Shades of Gray – Sympathy in Chaos EP (Tribal Vision 2009)
feat. Moonbeam remix
PLS003 Shades of Gray – Love or Hate (Plus Minus 2009)
feat. Boris Brejcha remix
PLS002 Shades of Gray - Swing The Cat (Plus Minus 2009)
TVRD026 Shades of Gray – Rose Tinted Glasses (Tribal Vision records 2008)

CD:
BEEFCD003 VA Prime Cuts vol. 3 compiled by Shades of Gray
feat. Shur-i-kan, Chris Special, Kreon, Pezzner, David Garcet etc
BEEFCD002 VA Prime Cuts vol. 2 compiled by Shades of Gray
feat. Ramon Tapia, Moonbea, Solead, Boris Brejcha, Deepchild etc
BEEFCD001 VA Prime Cuts vol. 1 compiled by Schwa
feat. Martinez, Trentemoller, D-Nox, D Sens, Motion etc

Remixes:
BEEF028 Jalebee Cartel – Dub Suit (Shades of Gray remix)
BEEFEP008 Manjas – Hann (Shades of Gray remix)
SKSR039 Sabb – Del Sol (Shades of Gray remix)
BEEF026 Rif Raf – Audio Chip (Shades of Gray remix)
LDR007 MDX & Jaytech – Moment of Confusion (Shades of Gray remix)
KAATO015 Bjorn Wilke – What If (Shades of Gray remix)
BEEF025 David Garcet – She Was Black (Shades of Gray remix)
WOLF004 Tomas Hedberg – Show Business (Shades of Gray remix)
BEEF023 Ok Corral – Pink Shue (Shades of Gray remix)
BEEFEP004 Ramon Tapia – Masquareade (Shades of Gray remix)
BEEF017 Deepchild – Muppet Grind (Shades of Gray remix)
BEEF016 Zade Cross – Euphonious (Shades of Gray heading deeper remix)
MBD018 Moonbeam - Your wind is in my hands (Shades of Gray remix)
BEEFEP003 Solead – Serpent (Shades of Gray bonus remix)
OPENDG009 Wombat – Hello EP (Shades of Gray remix)
BEEF015 Da Lukas – Obsession (Shades of Gray remix)

Appeared on Compilations:
BUZACOMP021 – VA Deep Underground vol. 8 (Budenzauber)
TRETCOMP010 – VA A beautiful world (Tretmuehle)
DPCOMP010 – VA A year gone by (Doppelgaenger)
GST013 – VA Best of 2009 – Tech House Edition (Gastspiel)
HIFI011 – Hi Fi Stories The Deeper Side of House Music (Hifi Stories)
BUZACOMP020 – VA Budenzauber vol. 9 (Budenzauber)
TVRD033 – VA Chronicles IX Summer (Tribal Vision records)
STARDUST009 – VA Stardudst Session 3 (Stardust records)
BEEFCD002 – VA Prime Cuts vol. 2 (BEEF records)
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