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Andy Baker

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About Me

Originally from Leeds/Huddersfield but split my time with Newcastle aswell these days. Really concentrating on DJing and Production nowadays as thats where my heart/passion lies. I'll continue to post some my mixes here and some of my own production material in the very near future____________________________________I play a variety of genres combined into one unique sound fusing dirty jackin' house & electro crossed with chunky breaks and beats gelled into deep and trippy progressive breaks & melodies. Listen and Enjoy.___________________________________________Love blending the old technology with the new, vinyl, CDJ's, EFX unit trying to create something a little different.______________Other Random Info:Favorite Tipple: Corona and spicy rum, not in the same glass Used to work for a racehorse trainer riding jumps horses, Still ride a bit when I have the time.Trained to join the Royal Marines a few years - Arctic Warfare Cadre. Still do target shooting so not out of practice.Love to travelSpent the best part of a year working in the Falklands a couple of years back, travelled around southern South America and Mexico. Enjoy the Carribbean Coast.


My Interests

In addition to DJing and Production, Horse-racing/riding, Shooting, Travel - Cold & Hot Climates Skiing Cross-country/endurance & piste

I'd like to meet:

Promoters & anyone else interested in booking my services .Any other people with anything interesting in common.


Music:

Very wide ranging - Motown, Northern Soul - Rock depends on my mood. Varied from Chillout-Breakbeat Big dance fan Electro/acid, jackin dirty house, prog & breaks Influenced heavily by Global Underground music past and present, having always prefered underground sounds to mainstream. Influenced by DJ's and Productions/Labels - Sasha, James Zabiela, Darren Emerson, Dave Seaman, James Lavelle, Ashley Casselle, Anthony Pappa, Luke Chable, Shiloh, Phil Kieran, Ralph Lawson 2020, Deepgroove, Plump DJs, Finger Lickin', 3 Beat Breaks, Ramirez, Sandra Collins, Jimmy Van M, john Digweed, Yousef, Deep Dish, Nick Warren & Jody Wisternoff (Way Out West), Trafik, Pako & Fredrik, Soulwax, Tiga, Cassius, Daft Punk, Justin Robertson, Caged Baby, Serge Santiago, Zoo Brazil, Richie Hawtin, Huntmann, Maniax, Prefuse 73, Evil Nine, Nathan Fake, Ellen Allien, Ian Carey, Grant Nelson, Aphex Twin, John Tejada, Dave Spoon, Boabinga & I.D, General Midi, BETA,C83, Porno Breaks, TST, Dylan Rhymes, Jono Fernandez, Meat Katie, Audiojack, Atomic Hooligan, Speculum to name but a few. Big fan of Ullrich Schnauss, amazing producer same goes for BT (Brian Transau)love IMA (Blue Skies with Tori Amos - amazing)and Movement In Still Life. Smartbobmb one of the better tracks of late. Indie bands like bloc party, hard-fi, futureheads, kooks, Arctic Monkeys e.t.c The Cure, The Cult other older indie rock bands Sigur Ros, Bjork, Royksopp, Moby, Dido, Sia, Beth Orton, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson Downtempo stuff. Some Hip Hop although not a lot

Movies:

Animal House, Snatch, Lock Stock, Layer Cake, Goodfellas, M.A.S.H, The One - don'tmind Jet Li stuff. Friday series Not really too fusy watch comedy action

Television:

Chappelle' Show, OC, One Tree Hill, Two & a Half Men, Fraiser Def Comedy Jam, Everybody Hates Chris, Blackadder, I'm Alan Partridge, Only Fools & Horses (Legendary)Jumps Racing Comedy - Peter Kay, Jimmy Carr, Robin Williams More serious stuff like CSI Miami & NY

Books:

Big outdoors person so Travel books, survival, Ray Mears stuff - pretty amazing and awe-inspiring fella. Comical books too, Charles Burkowsky (Got into him from an aussie guy i met)legend!!!, Spike Milligan stuff.

Heroes:

Sasha, Darren Emerson, Ray Mears, AP McCoy

My Blog

NEW MIX - Pure Deep Afterhours Mix March 2008

NEW MIX - Pure Deep Afterhours Mix March2008Pure Deep Afterhours Mix Here is my latest mix offering to sooth those winter blues. Rather than my usual chunky electro breaks mixes of late, thought ...
Posted by Andy Baker on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:20:00 PST

NEW MIX - Electro Breaks Winter Mix January2008

NEW MIX - Electro Breaks Winter Mix Jan2008January 2008 Electro Breaks Winter Mix Here is my latest mix offering to sooth those winter blues. Please feel free to check it out. Hard copys available on ...
Posted by Andy Baker on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:34:00 PST

NEW MIX - Breaks & Electro Lift Off Mix November 2007

November 2007 Demo Breaks & Electro Lift-Off Mix Here is my latest mix offering. Please check it out and leave me some feedback. Hard copys available on request (CD, better quality)...
Posted by Andy Baker on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:37:00 PST

NEW MIX - Breaks & Electro Warm-Up Mix August 2007

August 2007 Demo Breaks & Electro Warm-up Mix Here is my latest mix offering. Please check it out and leave me some feedback. Hard copys available on request (CD, better quality). Message me ...
Posted by Andy Baker on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:48:00 PST

NEW MIX - Hip Hop,Funk,Breaks & Electro,Jackin,Deep House

May 2007 Demo Hip Hop,Funk,Breaks & Electro,Jackin,Deep House Here is my latest mix offering. Please check it out and leave me some feedback. Hard copys available on request (CD, better quali...
Posted by Andy Baker on Wed, 16 May 2007 04:05:00 PST

CD MIXES AVAILABLE

Hi just a quickie All mixes available online for download are available on CD, much better quality and individual tracks. Please feel free to message me and i'll sort you out with one. Andy...
Posted by Andy Baker on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 02:36:00 PST

NEW UPLOAD - Aug 2006 Demo

August 2006 Demo Here is the newly uploaded mix. Please check it out and leave me some feedback. Hard copys available on request (CD, better quality) http://www.mediamax.com/AndyBaker TRACKLISTI...
Posted by Andy Baker on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:40:00 PST

NEW MIX - WarmingUp-FiringOff Feb07

WarmingUp-FiringOff Mix FEB07 A journey from uplifting,deep house driving through pulsating & filthy beats - darker tracks Here is the new mix. Please check it out and leave me some feed...
Posted by Andy Baker on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:31:00 PST

NEW MIX - Deep,Trippy Progressive BreaksFeb07

Deep,Trippy Progressive Breaks Mix Feb07 Here is the new mix. Please check it out and leave me some feedback. Hard copys available on request (CD, better quality) http://www.mediamax.com/AndyBaker TR...
Posted by Andy Baker on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:30:00 PST