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AndyAsh

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About Me

Music; lover/producer/nut/obsessive/collector... Andy Ash first began producing and DJing in his early teens, taking inspiration from house producers and DJ’s such as Derrick Carter, Mark Farina, Carl Craig and a whole host of others. Influenced from listening to DJ’s such as these from an early age Andy has been digging into different sounds from across the musical spectrum in order to create his own blend of disco, house, techno and anything else that fits. In both Andy Ash’s productions and DJ sets now, the influences are clear: the vibe of Madlib and the Mizells and the expression of Theo and Coltrane. Learning the lessons taught by these greats while filtering it through his own misspent musical youth makes for a refreshing sound that always has at least one foot on the dancefloor. Still in his early twenties, Andy has a bright future on the eclectic side of things. Andy has recently begun to release his own blend of house and disco with a double 12” on Chicago’s Stillove4music, several releases on Five20East records and a forthcoming release for Universal Vibes. I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 22/11/2005
Band Members: moi
Influences: There's far too many to list so here's a few major influences! John Coltrane, J Dilla (RIP), Madlib, Herbie Hancock, Alice Coltrane (RIP), Norman Connors, Fela Kuti, Mr. Scruff, Mizell Brothers, Donald Byrd, Gary Bartz, ATQ, Q Tip, Jeff Mills, Inland Knights, Gilles Peterson, Airto Moreira, Milton Nascimento, Derrick Carter, Stevie Wonder (+ Pat for making me listen to it!), Carl Craig, Theo Parrish, Moodyman, MAW, Underground Resistance, Quantic, Diesler, Jazzanova, Gil Scott Heron, Mathew Herbert, and I think thats enough for now! ok some more (can't belive I forgot most of these!)...Patti Jo, Underdog Edits! (no. 4 in particular= Seawind - Free!), Mark de Clive-Lowe, Roy Ayers, Barry White, Spiritual South, Roland Kirk, Flora Purim, Robert Watson, Ronnie Laws, Danny Krivit, Quincy Jones, Gary Bartz!
Sounds Like: look at my influences!(listening to all of these has changed my music in its own way!)
Record Label: independant
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New mix....been a while!!!

Hey everyone...well its been a while but I decided to do a new mix. Got a mixture of old and new bits on there, hope you enjoy!April Grooves: http://www.sendspace.com/file/cm4vyfTRACKLIST:1. Jitterbug...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:05:00 GMT

'Night' released on vinyl

Just a quick note to let everyone know that my track 'night' has just come out on the latest Five20East ep 'death on the highway'On the ep are 3 other wiked tracks so its definitely worth getting if y...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:57:00 GMT

Release@magnet tonight..jus a quick note

Just a quick note to let people know Im playing at Magnet tonight with Chris Barker & Si Murray for 'Release'..We are playing in the fishtank room and its gonna be well good so come down...
Posted by on Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:49:00 GMT

Vinyl Doublepack released on StillLove4Music!!

Just to let people know my first Vinyl release is out on StillLove4Music, its a double pack with edits and tracks on it so go check it!! ;)It available at Piccadilly, Fatdog and Juno as far as I know ...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:36:00 GMT

Chart for September 2008! ;)

Deep in the crate Vol.1 - anything goes   Sep 1, 2008 1. Chris Barker & Andy Ash Untitled [CDR] 2. Henrik Schwarz / Kuniyuki The Session [Mule Musiq Japan] 3. Omar S Psycotic ...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:26:00 GMT

My track featured on Still music label of the year mix on RA...

Pretty happy with my track being included in this mix, a good article as well.... Check it: http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature-read.aspx?id=946
Posted by on Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:18:00 GMT

new release on five20east

Just thought I'd let people know that my first official EP is out digitaly on www.five20east.com now! 3 tracks which have had support from some of my favourite producers so far which I am happy about ...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:48:00 GMT

New mix up and release!!

So its been AGES since I've put up a mix! Did this one the other day and thought it was about time I posted it up. Its pretty much a house based selection but don't just assume its your average select...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:19:00 GMT

barbra mason ruff

Mason in my Basin free download ruff as hell edit http://www.sendspace.com/file/bqqa44
Posted by on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:11:00 GMT

Friday the 19th october (this fri!!)

So this friday I've got the next instalment of my night 'Playground'... Got the 'most good' Musica Del Alma playing some jazz, funk, soul afrobeat, latin, house and much much more!! Come down and supp...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:45:00 GMT