Born and raised in Cleveland, OH, Andy James was inspired by earlier electronic groups like Kraftwerk, New Order, Depeche Mode, Meat Beat Manifesto, Orbital, 808 State, and Underworld. He started to spin records and go to parties regularly in 1998. Some of the DJs he saw then included Adam Beyer, Marco Carola, Joel Mull, Cari Lekebusch, and Claude Young. At the time he had no idea who they were, but the records they were playing and the way they were mixing them definitely had an impact on him.
Fast forward to 2008, Andy has risen to become one of the Midwest's hardest working techno DJ/producers. Some of the DJs/Producers he has played alongside are Dan Bell, John Tejada, 3 Channels, Ryan Crosson, Seth Troxler, Lee Curtiss, Someone Else, Damian Lazarus, Shawn Rudiman, Dan Curtin, and Stacey Pullen amongst others. He has played at club nights, parties, festivals, and radio shows all over Ohio and in major cities like Detroit, Chicago, Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Pittsburgh, and Edmonton. Definitely not stranger to the mixtape/cd, Andy has recorded 20+ mixes that you can usually find archived around the global techno community via the internet.
Also a self-confessed studio junkie, Andy has been known to lock himself in his bedroom studio for days meticulously working on a single loop or track. Groovy, hypnotic, dynamic, floor-shaking, and always rhythmic are the best words to describe his current sound. In October 2007, Andy released an EP for upstart Ohio net-label Tek-Know entitled Ranos (TEK0001). Both tracks were hits on the dancefloor and were well received by his peers. Fall 2008 looks to be a busy one for Andy as he has a release, entitled Memou, on Argentinian net-label Miniatura plus a couple collaborations and remixes coming out on Blank Artists, Klectik, and Tek-Know later this year.
Another project Andy is involved in is Truck Stop Tourist (with 1 Auxy) which began in February 2007. Combining raw live digital elements with the sonic depth of vinIyl records, they craft live sets that seem to continuously build and morph live production, and dj'ing into sounds that ebb and flow from the speakers creating atmoshere, moodiness, and controlled chaos on the dancefloor. Listening to a TST set you will hear the newest music from producers across the globe twisted inside out, combined with classic tracks that seem to play hide and seek between the drum machines, synths, samples, loops, filters, and effects within Ableton Live 8 and the mixing skills of Andy James and 1 Auxy.
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Released: 10/27/08 Catalogue: miniatura026 Artist: Andy James Name: Memou EP
ANDY JAMES - SUMMER 2009 MIX (Click To Download)
1. Ryoh Mitomi - Slider - Konstructure
2. Andrea Dieffe - Rekord - Autist Records
3. Drehwerk - Eden - Empro Music
4. Alex Monster - Blow (Mulattos K Land Remix) - ARTEFEKZ Muzik
5. Andy Rox & Daniel Half - El Banano (Simone Mora Remix) - Documenti Sonori Records
6. Kill Your Tv - Monster Dreams - Lo Kik Records
7. Luca Rosacuta - Post It - Neurotraxx
8. Ryoh Mitomi - Riddance - Konstructure
9. Andy James - Abaca - Promo
10. Sami Wentz - Pinch Identity - Eklero Records
11. Sensoreal - Gort (Minimorph Remix) - Seta Label
12. Jamie McHugh - Lunar (Paul Ritch & Okain's Handycraft Remix) - Underwater Records
13. Vogue - Hunt - Lo Kik Records
14. Billy Dalessandro - Nanomachines - Soniculture
15. Hans Bouffmyhre (Gennaro Mastrantonio Remix) - Symptoms - Malatoid Records
16. Macromism - Baratto-lino - Airbus
17. Simone Tavazzi - Poltergeist - Analytic Trail
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