In a scene that has been lacking some of its ‘fun’ element, it is refreshing to see a DJ breaking through who's bringing back the silly energetic sound that hard house used to have.
Even growing up Andy had an ear for music – from piano to guitar, and getting his first set of decks at the tender age of 16. He studied a BTEC National Diploma in Music Technology & as part of this he promoted a Hard Dance Night in Blackpool.
Over the next year Andy DJ’ed most weekends at the North West’s finest nights – Goodgreef pre-parties, Binary & Exodus to name a few.
A versatile DJ who’s as comfortable playing chunky, groovy warm-ups as he is playing his preferred style of dirty NRG, Andy stands out from the crowd by scratching, chopping and cutting his way through a set, not being afraid to use 3 decks or an acapella if need be.
The big break came for Andy after a mention from Andy Whitby prompted Will Paterson from Frantic to ask for a CD. Will gave Andy regular gigs at Frantic, giving him an unrivalled chance to break into the London scene.
Since then Andy has been given residencies with Frantic, Cyberkitten and a regular slot at legendary Birmingham after-party Shine. He has also played at many of the big name events across the country – Tasty, Raindance, Twist, Polysexual, Heat and Storm.
2006 saw him win the Parlez Vous? and Biscuit Monster DJ competition and kick off his production career with four releases on vinyl & digital download.
In 2007 Andy formed a notorious b2b partnership close friend Matt Pickup (now known as Pickup & Rise). They also set up their labels ''Hard Up Digital" and “Hard Up Funk” to showcase the next generation of producers. His productions also made waves with several tracks being signed to Breed Digital & Beetabix, and “First Class Approval”, his recent release on Test Lab Recordings, claiming the number 1 spot on the Banging Tunes chart!
So far in 2008 Andy has achieved 2 of his biggest goals in the same week – playing main room at Tidy Weekender 14 and being signed to UDJs. With him also playing main room at Ministry of Sound, being booked to play at Frantic’s 11th birthday and mixing part of the new Frantic Residents Album alongside Matt Pickup, this year looks set to bring even bigger and better things for Andy.
Hi Andy Rise ! Hope your going well! Wanted to to advise you that my track "Teck Drive" is now up on the release "Second Dose EP" on Techno Addicted Records! For more info visit: http://www.crazyteck.com/index.en.teckdrive.html
Also, as usual, i recorded a new techno set including my next 3 track EP (that you can listen preview on my page!) called Strictly On DOSE! All tracks are released on techno addicted records! Hope you'll like! You can download the set and see the track list here: http://www.crazyteck.com/index.en.dose.html
And why not even a second Dj set for you... and this one was recorded live on July 25th 2009 at an after-hour here in Montreal called LeChill! You can download the set or listen in streaming here: http://www.crazyteck.com/index.en.chill_2009-07-25.html
Hello Andy Rise! Hope everything is fine! Wanted to to advise you that my track Funk Management is now up on the huge release "Amigos Para Siempre" on Keep On Techno Records! TrackItDown features the whole release saying:"MASSIVE TECHNO ALBUM!! Those lovely people at Keep On Techno have compiled this awesome collection of techno beats from some of the biggest names on the circuit! Peppelino, Fer BR, Lucky RDU, Kali, Vortechral and many more! Chunky, funky and damn right sexy beats!" For more info visit: http://www.crazyteck.com/index.en.funk.html
Party Proactive delivers 3 rooms of the best music covering a multitude of musical styles in a state of the art venue and all to celebrate our 5th Birthday!
This will be the first Party Proactive event since March 2008 and as expected our allocated number of £8 tickets have now SOLD OUT!
We have VERY LIMITED £12 Tickets on sale NOW! – This is strictly limited to 100 in total..
Once these sell out the price will go up: £14 Advanced Tickets £18 Standard Tickets More on the Door
Party Proactive delivers 3 rooms of the best music covering a multitude of musical styles in a state of the art venue and all to celebrate our 5th Birthday!
This will be the first Party Proactive event since March 2008 and as expected our allocated number of £8 tickets have now SOLD OUT!
We have VERY LIMITED £12 Tickets on sale NOW! – This is strictly limited to 100 in total..
Once these sell out the price will go up: £14 Advanced Tickets £18 Standard Tickets More on the Door
Party Proactive delivers 3 rooms of the best music covering a multitude of musical styles in a state of the art venue and all to celebrate our 5th Birthday!
This will be the first Party Proactive event since March 2008 and as expected our allocated number of £8 tickets have now SOLD OUT!
We have VERY LIMITED £12 Tickets on sale NOW! – This is strictly limited to 100 in total..
Once these sell out the price will go up: £14 Advanced Tickets £18 Standard Tickets More on the Door
Hi Andy Rise ! Hope your going well! Wanted to advise you that i'm giving a free track as a christmas gift to those register on my web site. If your not already register and want more details, just visit http://www. crazyteck. com/index. en. coldwavermx. html I thought as well that you might enjoy a good techno mix set to start the fresh New Year 2009 ! That is my second gift available for all to download at : http://www. crazyteck. com/index. en. d3cf. html Here's the track list: 01- Rantan - Fugas 02- Hybrid Players - Freakfunk 03- Audioklinik - Drums Activity (Vortechtral Remix) 04- CrazyTeck - Funk Management 05- Wehbba - Vagabundos Anthem 06- Raul Mezcolanza - Want You Bad 07- Wehbba - Catch The Fever 08- Rantan - Submission 09- Wehbba & Stephane Signore - The Magician 10- Deeroy & Gabriel Miller - Sex Machine (Vortechtral Remix) 11- Darkrow - Solid State (Reaky Remix) 12- Rantan - Propane (SveTec remix) 13- Daniel D - The Most Funk (Audioklinik Remix) 14- Audioklinik - Drums Activity (Original Mix) 15- Dastin - Eternia
