The Drill is an international chart topping house music

House music

House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...

 record written produced and performed by electronic music pioneer and Israel

Israel

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i-born UK producer Matt Schwartz

Matt Schwartz

Matt Schwartz is a multi-instrumentalist record producer a songwriter, an Artist, DJ, and a prolific audio engineer based in the UK.He has contributed to numerous records since 1995 as an engineer, producer, composer, musician and a songwriter, working with all the UK major record labels, he also...

 in mid-2004 for His label Destined Records

Destined records

Destined Records is an independent record label, based in West End in London, in the United Kingdom.-History:Destined Records was set up for the club output of producer Matt Schwartz, known for his work on Massive Attack, his Deepest Blue project and the producer behind hundreds of club records...

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He was imitated on numerous occasions firstly by DJs Pakito and Tom Snare.

The electro house scene was just beginning to emerge as a musical style at the time and The Drill was the first artist to create a rich, pitched leads sound which started to appear in many electro house compositions.

Many new artists emerging in late 2006 (Outwork, Tocadisco, The Egg, etc.), and even already existing ones (Tiesto

Tiësto

Tijs Michiel Verwest, , known as Tiësto , is a Dutch musician, DJ and record producer of electronic dance music. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto...

, Global Deejays

Global Deejays

Global Deejays, Global Playboyz or Ravers on Dope are an Austrian pumping tech house trio composed of DJ Taylor , DJ Mikkel and FLOw...

, Royal Gigolos

Royal Gigolos

Royal Gigolos were a German tech house duo, founded in 2003 by the DJ producer DJ Tyson and DJ Kosmonova. Before disbanding in 2008, the group released successful dance cover versions of songs including "California Dreamin'" and "No Milk Today".-Singles:...

) have slowly integrated this style into their remixes by 2006-7.

The Drill is considered one of the founders of the 2009 Dutch House movement which sound is based around the same synth riff Matt Schwartz

Matt Schwartz

Matt Schwartz is a multi-instrumentalist record producer a songwriter, an Artist, DJ, and a prolific audio engineer based in the UK.He has contributed to numerous records since 1995 as an engineer, producer, composer, musician and a songwriter, working with all the UK major record labels, he also...

 has used on his seminal "The Drill" in 2004 with the addition of a pitch bend.

Singles

• "The Drill" (2005) The Drill
• "One More Night" (2005) The Drill
• "Queen Bee
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  " (2006) The Drill
• "Piano Mano" (2008) The Drill Ft. Firetruck and Antarctica (as Matt Schwartz)

Remixes

The Similou

The Similou

The Similou are an electronic music duo from Gothenburg, Sweden, comprising Dizzy Crane and Jesse Nectar .-Albums:* So Hot Right Now -Swedish singles:...

 - All this love (2006)

ou-est-le-swimming-pool dance the way I feel (2010)

External links

• The Drill on Myspace
• The Drill on dj downloads
• Dance the way I feel remix
• All this love remix
  The Similou
  The Similou are an electronic music duo from Gothenburg, Sweden, comprising Dizzy Crane and Jesse Nectar .-Albums:* So Hot Right Now -Swedish singles:...