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Shwayze lines up new dates through New Year

By Tjames Madison LiveDaily Contributor

Rapper Shwayze [ tickets ] and his sidekick Cisco Adler continue their current headlining trek through the end of 2009, ending the year with a New Year's Eve show in Hawaii.

Malibu, CA-based Shwayze (whose real name is Aaron Curtis) and guitarist/singer Adler, also a member of Southern California rockers Whitestarr, launched their fall tour last month in Rhode Island. The remaining December dates will concentrate on the western half of the US, with the trek continuing tonight (12/1) in Portland, OR. Details are included below.

Shwayze is supporting his self-titled debut album, which hit stores in August on the Geffen label. Produced by Adler--who also appears on every track and whose role included providing background vocals--the set represents the first recorded work for the pair, who are featured on their own MTV reality series, "Buzzin'," which debuted in July. The duo shares writing credits on all 11 tracks on the album, which debuted at No. 10 on The Billboard 200 chart.

"I have a studio in my house, and that made it easy for us," said Adler in the outfit's online bio, explaining how the pair worked together on the record. "I'd usually have a beat made, or we'd just make one right on the spot, or even a whole track, and we'd just go to work. There was no particular process. It was party the night before to get something to talk about, then wake up in the morning and make a song about it.

"We weren't signed to Geffen yet, and we weren't paying attention to that," he added. "We were just creating a sound and an artist, just for the sheer fun of it."