Mood II Swing

About the artist

Collectively, songwriter-producer, Lem Springsteen, and composer-producer, John Ciafone work together as the production duo, Mood II Swing. They met in the early 90s as members of a recording group. John, inspired by classical music and hiphop began as a DJ and started producing music with an underground hip hop group on Long Island, New York, in the mid 80s. Lem was writing songs, at a tender age and began gigging an R&B/dance single signed to Chrysalis UK around the NY club circuit. Both, musically trained, John and Lem decided to forge their worlds and begin producing music together as Mood II Swing. Under the influence of working with New York veteran producers and DJs, Masters at Work, Mood II Swing started remixing songs for major and independent records labels. Their sound, which was unique, blended different styles within dance music. In 1998 the duo struck gold by co-writing and producing Ultra Naté's original song "Free" for Strictly Rhythm, Warner Brothers, which became an international hit. Currently, in the post millennium, with a resurgence of early 90’s house music, John and Lem have rejoined to showcase their contribution to the global dance community in live DJ sets. They finished a global tour playing to fans in the UK, Europe and The United States from 2016 - 2022, under the direction of Constellate Talent Agency. Currently they are pursuing individual interests. Any 2025 releases are from label mergers of past work .