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Andy McAllister

DJ / Drummer / Producer

About Me

Andy has been DJing for over 10 years, originally in his native Scotland and for the last 8 years in Derby. His style has been described as bridging the gap between breaks and house, providing the funk factor alongside dirty basslines and fat beats. This has seen Andy play at many clubs around the country alongside Dr Alex Patterson (the Orb), Stanton Warriors, Hybrid, Vandal and Pete Jordan to name but a few! He is resident at Spectrum in Nottingham and the Glasshouse in Derby.
Outside of DJing, Andy runs Ground Level, a breaks and electro label with releases and remixes forthcoming from Stylus Rex, Darft Phunk, Breakthebox, Maelstrom, Grand Def Audio, Janette Slack and Plazadefunk and of course from Andy himself. In his sets you will hear original productions and cheeky re-edits keeping the music fresh and upfront.
Andy is also a professional drummer, touring with bands across the UK, and having played in Holland, Germany, France, USA and Norway, and has recently joined Black Vinyl Heart.
2006 saw Andy launch his own night Ground Level at the Glasshouse in Derby, the night has quickly grown a great reputation for good music and a nice atmosphere, and has received praise from DJ magazine and IDJ. Over the year Hexadecimal, Slackshot, Darft Phunk, JDS, PlazadeFunk and Jay Cunning have graced the decks at the night, and there are many more great nights planned! Ground Level is on every 2nd and 4th Friday of the month and is always free to get in! 2006 also saw Andy DJing in Nottingham, Glasgow, London and Ibiza and having three featured guest mixes on ibreaks

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/3/2006
Band Website: groundlevelbreaks.com
Band Members:
Influences: Plump DJs, Stanton Warriors, Parliament, Rogue Element, UNKLE, Bloc Party, Evil Nine, 2 Lone Swordsmen, Splank!, Friendly, Herbaliser, Santos, Madox, PlazadeFunk, Kid Kenobi, RED, Poxy Music, HooknSling, Amon Tobin, Bass Kleph, Nick Thayer, Underworld, FSOL, Damian Rice, Ozomatli, Nick Drake, DJ Format, South, Abdominal, Nextmen, Fort Knox Five, Underworld, BT and a whole load more...
Sounds Like:

DARFT PHUNK & ANDY MCALLISTER - WE'RE HERE TO ROCK
with GRAND DEF AUDIO REMIX
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Record Label: Ground Level
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Breakspoll - Your help needed!

Hey!   It's that time of year again for the annual breakbeat awards, Breakspoll, and I could do with your help by voting for Ground Level as Best Breakthrough label. Established this time last y...
Posted by Andy McAllister on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:45:00 PST

We’re here to rock...

My collaboration with Darft Phunk, 'We're here to rock' comes out on vinyl and digital on 3rd September!   Here's some initial reactions...   top sounding track 9/10 - Influenza co...
Posted by Andy McAllister on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 04:33:00 PST

Black Vinyl Heart

A couple of weeks ago I auditioned for a very talented band based in Nottingham called Black Vinyl Heart, I am really pleased to say that they seemed to like what i did and asked me to join!  Not...
Posted by Andy McAllister on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:15:00 PST

Recent album purchases worth checking!

I've recently gone on a bit of an HMV and amazon bender and got some amazing albums, if anyone's looking for some nice sounds you could do far worse than these, they're not all necesarily new alb...
Posted by Andy McAllister on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 06:34:00 PST

Mixes

You can download my last two mixes here (right click and 'save target as'): Splank Sessions Radio Mix http://www.mixupload.com/uploads/mlfiles/Splank_Sessions_2__ from-mixupload.com-December-16-2006_2...
Posted by Andy McAllister on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 06:37:00 PST

Need Guitarist and Bassist

I'm looking to take the Ground Level sound and turn it into a fully live experience, with samples, live drums, guitar, bass, MC and vox. I've nearly got all the people i need but am still lacking a ba...
Posted by Andy McAllister on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 07:16:00 PST

Darft Phunk and Andy McAllister 'We're here to rock'

I've put a clip of the new track that myself and Darft Phunk have done 'we're here to rock',, let me know what you reckon!
Posted by Andy McAllister on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 03:57:00 PST

Ground Level Winter 06

After an amazing summer with DJ sets from the likes of Plazadefunk, Groove Allegiance, Jay Cunning and Darft Phunk, i'm really happy to be able to announce the line up at Ground Level for the rest of ...
Posted by Andy McAllister on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 05:25:00 PST

What's that coming over the hill....

Ground Level presents Monstah! is now available exclusively at www.breakbeatonline.com. This is a cheeky bootleg of the recent chart hit monster by the automatic. The track starts with phat funky beat...
Posted by Andy McAllister on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 03:10:00 PST

what the press say about the glasshouse nights...

Suddenly going to the local newsagent is my favourite task in the world... 'the only option for a saturday night out in derby' DJ Magazine 'people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones...the...
Posted by Andy McAllister on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:37:00 PST