The most visible and influential member of the Boogie Bunch collective, he vaulted to mainstream attention in 1998 after besting Fatboy Slim, Trevor Nelson, and others to win the MOBO Award for Best Club DJ. He was born Brian Daley in Battersea, England, on January 18, 1967. The son of Jamaican immigrants, he grew up in multicultural south London absorbing the influence of local skinheads, mods, punks, and dreads, and with hip-hop's emergence in the early '80s he became a fixture at local dance clubs. After attending Wadsworth's South Thames College, Daley accepted a position within the Lambeth Council's housing department. He did not begin moonlighting as a DJ until the late '80s, teaming with friend Patrick "Mad P" Bent to play area house parties; a vocal champion of the U.S.-born hip-hop/soul hybrid dubbed "new jack swing," Daley soon adopted the moniker DJ Swing for his live appearances, and in 1991 he and Mad P joined forces with Sam Kojo and Robert Fordjour to form the Boogie Bunch, quickly emerging as the most popular DJ collective in London's West End. By the mid-'90s the Boogie Bunch was regularly backing visiting American acts like Bobby Brown, Mary J. Blige, and Redman, and although their commercial visibility never matched that of their rivals, DJ Swing was renowned in club circles for both his eclectic and vast musical tastes. A virtual one-man sound system, he not only selected and introduced the records but, like the reggae toasters of old, regularly rapped and sung over his choices as well. After winning the 1998 MOBO honors, Daley finally quit his day job to focus on music full-time, accepting a promotions position with Tommy Boy Records' London office. But in 2004 he was diagnosed with myeloma, a rare form of cancer. A Channel 4 documentary, Saving DJ Swing, captured the efforts of his family and friends to find a bone marrow donor. Despite undergoing a successful stem cell transplant, Daley nevertheless suffered a relapse in the spring of 2006 and died on March 22 at the age of 39. ~ Jason Ankeny