DJ Andrew M presents his weekly all-vinyl Disco show, episode 06, on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian electronic music radio station, promoter, DJ agency and music-news platform connecting audiences across Asia and internationally.
In 2019, Andrew M had recently returned to Singapore after a series of private events at parties in the USA, Canada, the UK, the Netherlands, India, the UAE, Australia and South Africa. Further international performances were scheduled for 2020, while he also enjoyed digging for records and playing as a selector at vinyl gigs.
His eclectic tastes are rooted in funk and hip hop, informing his broad musical knowledge. He has a wide-ranging collection of music across digital and vinyl formats, supported by decades of DJing experience.
During the previous decade, he played clubs, bars and events including Singapore's Tanjong Beach Club, Kult, CAD, Artemis, Kilo, Loof, Zouk, BluJaz, Tippling Club, Choice Cuts and Great Escape. His regional appearances also took him to venues in Indonesia and Thailand.
Andrew began his career in Australia, hosting Hip Hop radio shows during the 1980s and 1990s while holding several club residencies. His work spans mobile DJ bookings that develop his crowd-reading and party-rocking skills, bar and club sets, vinyl gigs that he finds most enjoyable, and radio, his original passion.
This programme focuses on Disco, drawing together obscure and classic records while occasionally pushing at the style's boundaries. Andrew favours 12-inch singles and full extended versions, giving the songs room beyond the abbreviated edits often heard at parties.
DJ Andrew M opens Disco 06 with Count Coolout’s “Rhythm Rap Rock,” an early rap record released at the beginning of the 1980s before TJ Swann, PeeWee Mel and Barry B continue the Hip Hop direction with “Are You Ready.” TJ Swann and PeeWee Mel then return with the Swann Controllers on “Maximus Party,” keeping the opening section rooted in the period where rap, funk and dancefloor records regularly crossed paths.
The Strikers move the set firmly towards Disco with “Strike It Up,” a record associated with the New York group’s early-eighties disco and funk output. Lakeside and L.T.D. follow with “Let’s Keep On Moving Straight Ahead” and “Burnin’ Hot,” bringing Funk to the centre of the programme through original early-eighties recordings.
Alicia Myers’ “Appreciation” introduces Soul and R&B before Citispeak’s “Rock To Rock” returns to a tougher funk-oriented groove. The latter was originally issued through Streetwise in 1983 and is identified as funk on its contemporary catalogue listing, fitting the post-disco and electro-funk character of this section.
Monyaka’s “Go Deh Yaka” brings Reggae into the programme through a 1983 record that fused Jamaican reggae with contemporary R&B. Jocelyn Brown follows with the original “Somebody Else’s Guy” before Bobby Demo closes with “More Ounce (Rap),” returning Disco 06 to the early rap and funk crossover heard at the start.
DJ Andrew M 'Disco' 06 show
Count Coolout - Rhythm Rap Rock
TJ Swann, PeeWee Mel, Barry B - Are You Ready
TJ Swan & PeeWee Mel and Swann Controllers - Maximus Party
The Strikers - Strike It Up
Lakeside - Let’s Keep On Moving Straight Ahead
LTD - Burnin’ Hot
Alicia Myers - Appreciation
Citispeak - Rock to Rock
Monyaka - Go Deh Yaka (To The Top)
Jocelyn Brown - Somebody Else’s Guy
Bobby Demo - More Ounce
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