Sound Effects

As you know I do a lot of promoting for Bluezone Corporation. So for all those DJ's and producers out there, here's another package that could rock your world!

Those for genres such as dubstep, drum and bass and none other than HARDSTYLE! Check it out here: http://www.bluezone-corporation.com/catalogue/details/89/6/products/xen-world---sci-fi-sound-effects-&-soundscapes.html

HSK 4 Concluded

So I haven't yet posted anything about how Hardstlye Kombat 4 was, which is disappointing. But I've found some time now to tell you what it was like for me.

The night before the party, the venue was changed due to the club owner of Gallery/Liquid having some issues. This was initially disappointing for all... until the night began.

CrazyBoy Productions did a fantastic job with the look and feel of the venue - perfect for the party! With the brilliant DJ's playing fantastic sets, awesome sound, awesome lighting, a friendly crowd feeling the hard beats - the party was surely one to remember.

Throughout the night many DJ's gave me CD's of their mixes for me to share with you guys. I still need to upload a few of them, but here's one of them from Elemental: http://soundcloud.com/elemental-south-africa/elemental-closer-the-hmsa

Here are some photos from the night:

The Ticket


DJ F3nucci


DJ F3nucci and Psycho Keaton


The Joker


Jerry Badd Ass


Eddy Virgo and Jerry Badd Ass








Elemental DJ

Hardstyle Kombat IV

It's been more than 3 years since Crazyboy Productions established thee biggest hardstyle event (Saga) that Cape Town has ever witnessed... HARDSTYLE KOMBAT.

From previous posts of mine you'll understand what a massive event Hardstyle Kombat is for Cape Town. From HSK1, HSK2 and HSK3, Crazyboy Productions have never disappointed. This time they've decided to turn back the clocks to where it all began... CLUB GALLERY! Only Cape Town hardstylers will truly understand the significance of this venue... memories.

This year they've put together a KILLER of a line-up - and the beauty of it is that they're all local South African DJ's. These names are the biggest in the country! With the likes of Psycho Keaton, Eddy Virgo, Ben Kay and Elemental... it could even be IN THE WORLD! SA's got talent!

This is what the line-up looks like:

BEG & BURGER (CLASSIC REUNION SET)
ELEMENTAL (JHB) vs BENKAY DEJAY (JHB)
F3NUCCI VS PSYCHO KEATON (CRAZYBOY PRODUCTIONS)
EDDY VIRGO (JHB) vs JERRY BADD ASS (CPT)
CHEMICAL NOIZE (EX DBN) vs DRUM DISASTER (EX JHB)
STEVIE B (SB PRODUCTIONS) vs GARETH ED3N
ASH M (LIQUID) vs SAMIER (UP N COMING DJ WINNER)

The theme of this event is MASKS! With everyone wearing cool, freaky and scary masks... it's sure to be one crazeeeee event! For more details on this event you can check out the Facebook event page at: http://www.facebook.com/events/134757089964032/

Psycho Keaton (one of the Crazyboy Production founders) has also released a new hardstyle mix for this event, entitled HARDSTYLE KOMBAT 4 PROMO MIX. You can download it for free here: http://www.mediafire.com/?jp4atfki4ue7edp

Hardstyle and Hardcore kicks

Bluezone Corporation now has a new package called: Nu Hardstyle & Hardcore Kicks



I'm sure all you hardstyle and hardcore upcoming producers and DJ's would love it. The package has a new sample pack including distorted and filtered kicks. The sounds can be used for any of these genres: Hardstyle, Hardcore, Gabber, Hardtek, Techno, Rave and Drum n Bass.

For more information on this product visit http://www.bluezone-corporation.com/catalogue/details/87/6/products/nu-hardstyle-&-hardcore-kicks.html

New mix by DJ D Project

I'm not sure if you guys remember a couple of my posts about DJ D Project. I posted links to his mixes. Those who had the chance to listen would know that his hardstyle mixes are awesome!

So here's a link to a new mix of his. I most certainly enjoyed it - I'm sure you would too!

http://soundcloud.com/dproject/dj-d-project-hard-with-style-8

Tomorrowland - Q Dance 2011

Check out the Q Dance video which our fellow hardstyle attended. If you were there, share you experience!

The Vision

Sorry all for the lack of blogposts. Life gets busier and busier the older your get - sigh!

Another mix available from one of South Africa's best hardstyle DJ's... Elemental! As always, Elemental NEVER disappoints! So to all my hardstyle peeps - you're sure to love it! Click on the picture below to listen/download. Enjoy...

Hardstyle Movement South Africa

HMSA Vision: BROADEN, EDUCATE AND EXPOSE A NU-AGE HARDSTYLE MOVEMENT IN SOUTHERN AFRICA!


It's been a long time coming where the Hard Dance Scene in South Africa needed a platform to showcase a hidden talent. Something fresh lurks and needs to be exposed.

This platform serves a basis for other promoters and individuals to gain serious interest and respect among the hardstyle artists and their followers. The rest of the world has adapted the nu-age hardstyle scene with open arms. It is time South Africa gives it a real chance and offers this option to the uneducated clubber.

HMSA will form the driving push and platform to expose this modern era of Hard Dance music offering outlets for DJ's, producers and fellow supporters the opportunity to have their voices heard!

Visit http://www.hardstylemovement.co.za/ for more!

Hardcore Heaven

A bumper package filled with awesome tracks and remixes of upfront hardcore served up by the biggest hardcore DJs around: Dougal & Gammer, Sy & Unknown and Joey Riot & Kurt. It also features exclusive remixes of current Radio 1 play-listed records.

This Harcore Heaven CD takes us on an up-to-the-minute ride of Hardcore anthems from scenes ace faces Hixxy, Brisk & Ham, Darren Styles, Scott Brown and Andy Whitby.

They are one of the longest running hardcore brand from the old skool Slammin’ Vinyl team, and will also be hosting the 2011 Official Hardcore Awards.

It's a compliation of 64 exclusive tracks across three discs which was relarease last week. Here's the pre-order link: http://bit.ly/hardcoreheaven.

TRACKLIST:

CD01 Dougal & Gammer Mix
01 Dougal & Gammer – Monster
02 Dougal & Gammer – Trust In Me
03 Darren Styles & Gammer – You & I
04 Dougal & Gammer - Orbit
05 Dougal & Gammer ft. Niki Mak - Back Home
06 Gammer & Whizzkid – Jump
07 Dougal, Gammer & JB-C ft. Jenna - Show Me The Way
08 Gammer & Klubfiller - Future Fuzz
09 Dougal, Gammer & JB-C ft. Jerome - No Way Back
10 Dougal & Gammer ft. Jerome - There For You
11 Gammer & JB-C - Bigger and Bolder
12 Dougal & Gammer - Your One
13 Dougal & Gammer ft. Jenna - All The Tears I’ve Cried (JB-C Remix)
14 Chris Fear vs Ajay - Catch The Light
15 Drumsound and Bassline Smith - Close (Dougal & Gammer Remix)
16 Andy Whitby & Klubfiller – Blam
17 Gammer & Cally Gage - Breakneck Bastard
18 Dougal & Gammer vs Klubfiller - Do What You Wanna Do
19 Chris Fear - Cameras Ready
20 Dougal & Gammer - Lifting Me Higher (Back to 97 Mix)

CD02 Sy & Unknown Mix
01 Sureal - You Take My Breath Away (Sy & Unknown Remix)
02 Sy & Unknown ft. Lou Lou - Love Can't Wait
03 Dance Assassins - Sail Away (Darren Styles Remix)
04 Sy & Re-Con - Meatfeast
05 Sy & Joey Riot - F*cking Sh*t Music
06 Sy & Unknown - My Forever Love
07 Sy & Unknown ft. Kirsten Joy - Superstar
08 Supreme & Mob – Cameo
09 Darren Styles – Burning Up
10 Sy & Technikore – Places Please
11 Sy & Unknown - The Steel Finger Part 2
12 Black & White – Get Ya Hands Up! (Original Mix)
13 Sy & Gammer - (I Think I'm Goin') Outta My Head
14 The Collective - Kick It (Sy & Unknown's 2011 Update)
15 Sy & Unknown - Psychopath 2011
16 Breeze & Technikore – Moments
17 Hixxy, Sy & Unknown - The Clit Commander 2011
18 Sy & Al Storm - Do You Love Your Hardcore? (Hardcore Heaven VIP Mix)
19 Al Storm vs Hardfroze – Don’t Go Breakin My Heart (Mike Modulate Remix)
20 Chris Unknown & Re-Con - Ganja Man
21 Sy & Unknown - Pictures Of You
22 Brisk & Ham – Get On The Floor

CD03 Joey Riot & Kurt Mix
01 Kurt ft. Sara – Sit & Wait (Exclusive Album Mix)
02 Gammer & Whizzkid - We Are The Vampires (Joey Riot Remix)
03 Q-Tex - Like An Angel (Kurt Remix)
04 Joey Riot & Seduction ft. James Warren - Time To Move On
05 Kurt & Boyle – Electro Stomp
06 Sy & Joey Riot - Wa-Ja-Mi-Call-It
07 Ricky Skull Crusher – Kinky Slinky
08 Raw Theory – Solarise
09 Joey Riot & Technikore - Broken
10 Al Storm – Werewolf (Joey Riot Remix)
11 Scott Brown - Don't You Worry (Joey Riot & Kurt Remix)
12 Prospect & Pinnacle - Zombie Nightclub
13 Joey Riot - You’ll Never Know (HH Anthem 2011)
14 Himbo & Enemy - Everywhere I Turn (Kurt Remix)
15 Kurt & Marc Smith - Throw Ya Hands Up
16 Darren Styles & Re-Con - Like A Bitch (Joey Riot & Kurt Remix)
17 Kurt ft. Sara - Bang Banger (Exclusive Album Mix)
18 Endymion & The Viper – Smash
19 Destructive Tendencies - Smack My Pitch Up
20 Endymion & Nosferatu – Drunk With A Gun (Evil Activities Remix)
21 Kurt & Joey Riot – Rock Ya Hardcore (Kurt & Joey Riot 2011 Remix)
22 Gammer & Joey Riot - This Is The Reckoning

Andy Whitby - Strike 3

The legendary hard trance DJ, Andy Whitby, returns to Cape Town for a third time in two years! Clearly Andy Whitby loves Cape Town, and Cape Town loves Andy Whitby.

Mr. Whitby certainly doesn't need any introduction on my blog. You can check out old posts about him. About Andy Whitby, my interview with Andy Whitby, a Cape Town visit by Andy Whitby.



All info about Andy Whitby's third visit to Cape Town can be found at the Facebook event here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=233529546657380

Insomniacz "Rocks" Tidy Boys

On the 28th of August the Tidy Boyz return to Sheffield with Insomniacz. A whole fourteen aweseome gigs ready to storm the Corporation Nightclub. To kick it off - the Hard House Legends, Tidy Boyz, will be performing!

If you're looking for tickets you can catch them here: http://www.insomniacz.com/tickets/



The Facebook events page can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=184910158230813

Hard Dance Drum Sample

Yo Mr. DJ... Looking for some cool samples? Bluezone Corporation is offering some awesome sound for you to download.

This sample is for those DJ's/Producers of the hard dance music. From Hard Trance, Hardcore, Techno and none other than HARDSTYLE! The pack contains 92 WAV Hard Dance drum samples ready to be uploaded in your system.


For more details, check out http://www.bluezone-corporation.com/catalogue/details/83/6/products/overflow---hard-dance-drums.html

Hard 4 Truth

Music has been evolving for a long time, and will continue to do so. I've heard some awesome hardstyle mixes that include rock sounds, and more recently, dubstep.

One of South Africa's best hardstyle DJ's, Elemental, has a new mix for you to download for free. The mix is titled 'Hard 4 Truth'. Here it is (enjoy)... http://soundcloud.com/elemental-south-africa/elemental-hard4truth-we-coming

Loopseekers trance pack

If you're into mixing and an upcoming DJ or producer, this might interest you.


Loopseekers are offering cool WAV electro progressive trance samples and much more. This pack is just under €15 and might come in handy when you're producing that awesome track!

For more information check out https://www.loopseekers.com/download/genres/trance-samples-and-sample-packs/electro-progressive-trance.html

Hardstraxx Survey

Hardtraxx.nl has done a really nice hardstyle survey.

It has opinions on what people think of the different styles, sub genres, early hardstyle and much more. It's really good to see/hear what our hardstyle family has to say about our music.

Check out this awesome survey here: http://www.hardtraxx.nl/forum/algemeen/enquete-hardstyle-scene-t13656-175.html

Wobble Reflections

Headlining "Wobble Reflections" on Saturday 10th September 2011 will be leading award winning DJ/producer "Leon B" coming to our shores for the first time but really kicking up a storm in the UK club scene. He producers for the Awsum-Tidy Trax-Traffic-Riot and Impact Labels; including his own Noize Artist Label!



His Hits Include:

In My Mind (with Guyver)
Disco Love
God Is My DJ
Voodoo Hoover
Alone (with Ben Benett)

Still in his 20's he has become one of the top selling artists in the UK at the moment and he is coming to Cape Town to blow us away with a full 2 hour set supported by "DJ Dizzy" from The Hardy Boyz and the matrix Mother City'S own "Basil" - With some of the best of the best DJ's Cape Town has to offer.

All under a cloud of 5 super full colour lazers and smoke cannons doing a fantastic international lazer show (as last seen at the Trevor Mclachlan event). 3D big screen projections of a different kind; with the event being recorded "Live" with all the other fun extra's that will add to the elation of the night - such as the Playstations, jumping castles, dance podiums with sexy dancing girls, arcade games, super cyber bikes and an outside chill area with the DJ's performing house, progressive house and electro house. 15 hours of party madness!!!

Hard Techno Core

A WAV / AIF sample collection has been made available by Bluezone Corporation. It's called HARD TECHNO CORE!

It has a wide variety of loops all created from scratch. If you're looking to download awesome sounds, be sure to visit Bluezone Corporation.

For more information check out: http://www.bluezone-corporation.com/catalogue/details/80/6/products/hard-techno-core.html

Sy and Unknown - Interview

1) For those who are not familiar with who you are, give a brief description of yourself and where you come from.
My name is Chris Unknown and I live near London.

2) What genre of music do you play and produce?
Hardcore music.

3) Have you experimented with other genres of music?
I also produce/DJ Breaks UK Garage.

4) At what age did you first realise you potential as a DJ?
I used to mix vinyl onto cassettes when I was about 10 years old as I hated aving gaps in the music, so maybe that was the starting point!

5) For how long have you been DJing/producing?
About 20 years now.

6) What's the hardest part of being a DJ?
The long nights, the driving and trying to get some family time when you're actually awake!!

7) What well known DJ's have you collaborated with?
Slipmatt, Seduction, Darren Styles, Mark Breeze, Re-Con, Squad-ee....plus loads more.

8) Who are some of your favourite local and international DJ's?
I'm a big fan of Krafty Kuts, his mixing is so clever.

9) Do you make your music readily available to download from the internet?
Yes, you can get it all from our website, www.quoshrecords.com or from ITunes, Beatport, Trackitdown etc etc.

10) Do you DJ/produce on a full-time basis?
Yes I do.

Check out Sy and Unknown's sample pack at http://www.loopmasters.com/product/details/825/Sy_and_Unknown_-_Essential_Hardcore

BK hits Cape Town!

BK, a.k.a. Ben Keen is recognised the world over as the most successful and prolific hard dance producer of all time. He has been voted ‘No.1 Hard Dance Producer’ of the year for six years at the ‘Hard Dance Awards’ and is still the best Selling Hard Dance Producer of all time’.

BK’s sound as producer and DJ is ever-changing, always full of energy and renowned for blowing up the dance floor with trance, techno and hard house. His tracks are irresistible to both clubbers and critics but the true measure of his talent is seen in the number of fellow producers and DJs who clamour for a slice of BK’s skills.



Unsurprisingly 2011 has already been a highly successful year for BK. His last five releases are receiving major endorsement from Radio 1’s Judge Jules and Kutski and reaching the number 1 spot in both beatports and track it downs hard dance / Trance charts. In 2010 under his moniker ‘Black Russian’ reached No.1 in the Ibiza club charts with ‘In for the Kill’ La Roux remix (receiving major support from Tiesto, Ferry Corsten, Armin van Buuren and Sander van Doorn).

He has recently collaborated with Hot chip and Bernared Sumner as part of a massive converse campaign and joined the likes of Vampire weekend, Pharell Williams and Paloma Faith as one of the faces of the brand.
As well as countless remixes he has signed an album deal with Moshi Moshi and featured on the front cover of DJ mag , been nominated for best british remix and producer of the year with his Hot city alias.

BK’s record label Riot! is continuing to storm the dance charts across several genres and becoming a resident club night consistently selling out Fabric’s awesome new 2500 capacity London club ‘Matter’, which boasts Andy C’s Ram, Sven Vath’s Cocoon and Paul Van Dyke as residents.

BK is a firm favourite at clubs and events around the world. He has had headline appearances at all of the biggest dance events, including Dance Valley, Global Gathering UK, Gatecrasher Summer Sound System UK, Impulse NL, Frantic Hard House Academy UK, Creamfields UK, Godskitchen, NEC UK, Judgement Sunday Ibiza, Lashed in Ibiza, Gallery UK, Slinky UK, and Code Japan.
He currently calls 2 of the most forward-thinking UK hard dance events home, holding residencies at Storm and of course Riot! at Matter.

SUPPORTING DJS:

STEVIE B
JERRY BADD
PSYCHO KEATON
JASON 47
BARRY COOKE

For more information check out the Facebook event at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=150036855062232

Sy and Unknown - Essential Hardcore!

Monster Sounds are proud to present their third release in conjunction with rave-legends Sy and Unknown, a superb collection of fresh and inspirational Beats, Sounds and Samples for producers of Hardcore and Rave Music styles.

Essential Hardcore from Monster Sounds is a brand new collection of sounds, fresh from the Sy and Unknown studio bunker. The pack weighs in at a hefty 950MB, and includes 1395(!) 24bit samples, including 195 Loops between 170 and 175Bpm, and 1200 Single Sounds. Also included are 139 ready to play Bass, Fx, Synth, Pad, Vox and Drum Kit Patches for Reason NNXT, Halion, EXS, SFZ and Kontakt soft samplers. Apple Loops, Reason Refill and Ableton Live Pack versions are also available separately.

This is the complete package for Harcore and Hard Dance Producers from 2 of the most respected producers in the scene, and includes every type of sound from the whole Hardcore period right up to the present day – allowing producers to experiment with authentic sounds to make the next wave of Harcore releases!



For more info: http://bit.ly/mOOvou

Elemental - Future Movement

Hard Kandy has hit SA for the first time last week in Johannesburg.



52 minutes of thumping slammers to get the weekend underway. An uplifting approach, with a few Mental suprises along the way... Last tune should have the underground massive on their feet with one of the biggest tunes for May 2011.

Audio roadfood for those travelling toand from the party. Something fresh for the FUTURE MOVEMENT.

Qlimax 2011 HD Trailer

Freedom to Express

One of South Africa's top DJ's, Elemental, has releaased a new mix in support of South Africa's Human Rights Days (21 March). It's a 50 minute mix made for the harder nation!

The mix can be found here: http://soundcloud.com/elemental-south-africa/elemental-freedom-to-express

Hardcore Kick Drums

I know I've been quiet lately and I apologise for that. I will return to my regular self soon. Just a very busy period of my life right now.

There are some more hardcore kick drums availalbe from Bluezone Corporation. Check out more information from http://www.bluezone-corporation.com/catalogue/details/76/6/products/hardcore-kick-drums.html.

The soundcloud can be found here: http://soundcloud.com/bluezone-corporation/bluezone-hardcore-kick-drums

Hardstyle loops and Samples

Are you an upcoming hardstyle DJ looking for new loops and samples?

Bluezone Corporation has this product available for you to check out. The pack has a wide range of awesome loops and samples. From reversed kicks, basslines, distorted kicks, Hardcore drum samples and many more.

For more information on this product check out http://www.bluezone-corporation.com/catalogue/details/75/6/products/hardstyle-loops-&-hardcore-samples.html

Happy Birthday Kutski!

Today hard dance legend John Kutski Walker turns 29. Catch him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/Kutski

Happy birthday dude! Have a good one.

The Beholder meets Zany

World Domination - Cape Town

This weekend Psycho Keaton returns to Club Liquid after 2 years!!! For those who don't know, Club Liquid was the home for hardstylers in Cape Town. Tomorrow night the old regular crowd returns to Liquid for the first time, in a long time.

X-Clusive presents World Domination tour, featuring GMT (NZ), Eddy Virgo (JHB), Jerry Baddass (CT) and none other than Cape Town's favorite Psycho. The first destination is Cape Town.... For more information on this event visit check out the Facebook event page at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=136637239729136



Also, South Africa now has an official hardstyle site that's run by X-Clusive. Check it out at: http://www.x-clusivehardstyle.webs.com/

Melbourne Shuffle Compilation

Interview - Anne Savage

Anne Savage website



1) For those who are not familiar with who you are, give a brief description of yourself and where you come from.
Hi I’m from the UK, I’ve been djing for over 15 years, I run a label called Siren Trax where I release my productions along with other artists, and I also have tracks released on Tidy, Riot, Traffic and many more. I have just mixed Hard Dance Anthems, a compilation of Hard Dance available on iTunes - http://bit.ly/hqy2zY

2) What genre of music do you play and produce?
I am mostly known for making and playing Hard Dance, everything from Tech Trance to Hardstyle.

3) Have you experimented with other genres of music?
Yes I have been djing and producing Breaks, House, Dubstep & Drum & Bass under a different name Dumb Blonde. I have been doing this for 10 years and have had releases on Tomcraft’s label Great Stuff, Streetwise and my own label Siren Trax.

4) At what age did you first realize you potential as a DJ?
I was 18 years old when I first knew I wanted to be a DJ. I was always the girl watching the DJ’s wishing it were me doing that, so I did something about it.

5) For how long have you been DJing/producing?
I got my first residency in 1993, at a club in the North of England called ‘Angels’. We had Carl Cox, Joey Beltram & Laurent Garnier playing regularly so I started out playing early techno. I started Producing in 1996 – my first release was under the name “Destiny Angel” called ‘You Take Me Higher’ on Transient Records.

6) What's the hardest part of being a DJ?
Missing all the Christmas’s and holiday time with family.

7) What well known DJ's have you collaborated with?
Pretty much all the UK Hard Dance producers over the years – Alex Kidd, Kidd Kaos, Lisa Lashes, BK, Tidy Boys, Phil York, Technikal, Dark By Design….I’m sure I have forgotten some!

8) Who are some of your favourite local and international DJ's?
Well I really like to see new, good young DJ / producers and there are a few in the UK, - In2ition and Argy for instance. My all time favourite DJ – from an inspirational point of view is Carl Cox. I love Fausto, Kamui and ASYS too. I like seeing dj’s from different genres such as D&B djs Andy C & Original Sin. I enjoy most dance music except really floaty trance and cheesy house.

9) Do you make your music readily available to download from the internet?
Yes it’s all on trackitdown.com. ITunes and hopefully soon hardstyle.com. My website is www.djannesavage.com a gateway to everything I do.

10) Do you DJ/produce on a full-time basis?
Yes it has been my full time occupation since I gave up my job in a record store in 1996. Thank you!

Interview - Andy Whitby

Andy Whitby website



1) For those who are not familiar with who you are, give a brief description of yourself and where you come from.
My name is Andy Whitby. I am an international Hard-dance DJ and producer from the UK. I own AWsum records which has 7 label imprints, AWsum events which holds parties in London and tours across the UK and AWsum clothing which designs and sells clubbing clothing with our biggest tracks printed on them.

2) What genre of music do you play and produce?
I play and produce all-genres of Hard-dance; Hardhouse, Hardstyle, Tech, Hardcore …. If it’s hard, I’m rocking it!

3) Have you experimented with other genres of music?
Yes, I also play Fidget house. I’m a huge fan of artists like Foamo and Calvertron; I love the massive range of styles and sounds the producers in that scene are using.

4) At what age did you first realize you potential as a DJ?
I first played on a pair of decks when I was 16. The captain of the basketball team I was playing for invited me over to his house one weekend and there, sitting all loud and proud in his basement, were a pair of Soundlab decks. Belt-driven and with a pitch up to +6, at the time they seemed like the most amazing things I’d ever seen.

Finally, after a year of pestering my parents, they got me a pair and I set about learning to mix Happy Hardcore and making tapes for my friends. A few years later I discovered Hard-dance and after giving a demo C.D to a promoter was given my first set.

From there I played all over the North of England until one of my C.Ds landed on the desk of Will Paterson who owns Frantic. He signed me and it all started getting crazy from there; headlining shows across the country, Mixmag titled me ‘The Saviour of Hard-dance’ and Ministry of Sound brought me on board to mix their Frantic Euphoria albums. It was around that moment I knew I had a change of making a life of writing and performing music.


5) For how long have you been DJing/producing?
I have been professionally DJing for 11 years and producing for 8.

6) What's the hardest part of being a DJ?
The travelling… it is an absolute nightmare at times, but luckily all is forgotten once I get on the decks. Well, until I finish and then realize I have to get home somehow!


7) What well known DJ's have you collaborated with?
I’ve played alongside pretty much every major DJ in the World at some point or another over my career.

Studio-wise I’ve written with BK, Technikal, Gammer, Klubfiller, Lee Pasch, Karlston Khaos and many more.

8) Do you make your music readily available to download from the internet?
I do indeed. Vinyl is dead in the UK so the only way to sell tracks now is through the download stores; Beatport, iTunes, Trackitdown to name just a few. All Andy Whitby and AWsum tracks are available from hundreds of digital music shops across the world.

9) Do you DJ/produce on a full-time basis?
I do indeed. During the week I run my label and promote my events, do admin work for my DJing etc and every weekend I travel around the world playing music to make people dance.