Lem Springsteen

Lem Springsteen is an American songwriter and dance and house music producer. He is best known as part of house production duo Mood II Swing.

In 1997 he co-wrote and co-produced Ultra Naté's hit song Free," a dance-hop influenced disco track released on the Strictly Rhythm label. The song peaked at number 1 on both the US Hot Dance Club Songs and Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales charts[ as well as placing on a number of charts in other countries. The song has appeared on a number of 90's Music compilation albums, and was featured on soundtracks for Chasing Liberty and I Know What You Did Last Summer.

Career

Springsteen was signed to EMI Music Publishing in London for several years, and procured a single deal with the now defunct label Chrysalis Records after winning a talent contest at New York's Apollo Theatre.

Springsteen formed the house production duo Mood II Swing with John Ciafone in 1992 after the pair began to work with Little Louie Vega of Masters At Work. In addition to productions with Masters At Work and Nuyorican Soul, Mood II Swing was hired by major and independent labels globally to remix dance versions of songs signed to labels from 1993 – 2003. Their notable remixes include BT's "Remember", King Britt's "The Reason", and Ultra Naté's Found A Cure, which they also wrote and produced originally.

Mood II Swing produced many remixes in the 1990s and early 2000s, remixing about 300 tracks and producing about 100 original songs. Their music was included in the Strictly Rhythm 25 Year Anniversary compilation, Strictly DJ T: 25 Years Of Strictly Rhythm, released in March 2015. Their original productions as Mood II Swing include "Closer" and "All Night Long". Their original track "Do It Your Way" and their remix of "Closer" featuring Carol Sylvan were included on For The Love Of House Volume 2, released by Defected Records in 2013.

The pair also released music under a other names, including Chronic Sounds, Club Kidds, and Full Swing. As Urbanized they produced the 90s hit "Helpless" featuring vocalist Sylvano.

In 1995 Springsteen produced Wall of Sound's single Run to Me.

The Mood II Swing dissolved in 2008 in order for Springsteen and Ciafone to pursue individual interests.

In 1995 Springsteen was listed in the production credits for a track on Janet Jackson's remix album, Janet Remixed, playing keyboards on the remix to her song Throb. The album went platinum in the UK.

In 2010 Springsteen set up an indie imprint Urban Lounge Music, and has released a number of solo tracks and remixes, including Joi Cardwell's "Feels Like Heaven", Vanessa Daou's "Trouble Comes", and Information Society's "Running 2K14".