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Andy is one of New Zealand's most experienced dance floor DJ's, with 15+ years of dance-floor mayhem to his name. Andy made his debut at Zanzibar in Auckland in 1984 and has since gone on to play in some of Auckland's most influential clubs including the Brat 1986, Berlin 1988, Siren 1989, Roma 1991, Hotel DeBretts 1994, Calibre, the box - In 1989 he formed the Voodoo Rhyme syndicate which held some of Auckland's biggest parties up until 1991 Andy is one of NZ's few DJ's to have played House Music since it's birth in the mid eighties as well as many other styles including Hip Hop and Disco. Andy has played internationally and has been privileged to play in the USA including San Francisco and Chicago as well as numerous trips to Australia where he held a residency at Sydney's Underground Cafe. Andy has earned success in the studio with production and song writing credits on many tunes including Semi-MC's and Sisters Underground, which had great chart success in Asia and Australasia. He also co-produced the now legendary PROUD album in 1993, which featured an amalgamation of Soul, and Hip-Hop artists. The Proud album reached number one on the NZ compilation album charts and was also released in the UK Technically he challenges himself; you will often see him performing on three turntables, which is what he prefers. When it comes to scratching he is one of the few House DJ's in NZ that can do this very fast and very innovatively making it look easy to the eye. He expressed his versatility and technical prowess by winning the Rip It Up magazine Hip Hop Mix Tape Competition in 1996 In 1995 Andy formed Redzone, a dance organisation consisting of 8 DJ's. Redzone was responsible for introducing many Auckland¥s to House Music culture as well as first time appearances of many legendary internationals. Andy now concentrates on his record label HU HU. As a lover of all things funky, Andy loves to play American House based on the original Chicago sound. Andy truly believes that the only reason you should be at a club is the music.
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