DJ Andrew M presents episode 09 of his all-vinyl ‘Disco’ show on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian electronic music radio station, promoter and music-news platform connecting audiences across Asia and internationally.
In 2020, Andrew M had returned to Singapore after private events which saw him spinning tracks at parties in the USA, Canada, the UK, the Netherlands, India, the UAE, Australia and South Africa, with further international bookings planned for that year. Away from doing private events, he digs through records and performs at vinyl-focused gigs.
His musical diversity has roots in funk and hip-hop. His collection spans many styles in digital and physical vinyl formats, informed by DJ experience across several decades.
For around a 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. He also played regional dates in Indonesia and Thailand.
Andrew began in Australia, hosting hip-hop radio shows in the 1980s and 1990s, and held several Australian club residencies. He stays involved in mobile DJ work, the bar and club circuit, vinyl gigs and radio, with each setting informing his crowd awareness and party-rocking skills.
This edition centres on disco, from less familiar selections to classics that stretch the style’s boundaries. Show number 9 opens with an hour of seven-inch radio versions, while the second hour is last weeks first hour.
DJ Andrew M’s ninth all-vinyl Disco show opens with Silvetti’s Spring Rain on BMG Rights Management (US) LLC, establishing a bright Dance Music pulse. Gary Toms Empire follows with 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (Blow Your Whistle) on Unidisc Music, bringing in Nu-Disco energy.
Coke’s I Wouldn’t Change a Thing on Tower Records (4) precedes Crown Heights Affair’s Body & Soul, keeping the early selections vocal-led. Crown Heights Affair’s Dreaming a Dream on Sanctuary Records adds an R&B thread without leaving the programme’s disco focus.
Hamilton Bohannon’s Let’s Start the Dance provides a direct invitation to the floor before Le Pamplemousse’s Get Your Boom Boom (Around the Room Room) on Barclay. The latter gives the set a fuller Disco feel, while Beautiful Bend’s Make That Feeling Come Again on Essential Media Group returns to R&B-inflected vocals.
Eddie Kendricks’ Girl You Need a Change of Mind leads into Central Line’s Walking into Sunshine on EMI, with the latter keeping the vocal momentum in place. Indeep’s Last Night a DJ Saved My Life on KOOKOO RECORDS then introduces a more club-facing House Music connection.
Empress brings the sequence back to Nu-Disco through Dyin’ to be Dancin’ on Prelude Records. Radio’s Get Down on MINNUS supplies a concise Hip Hop interruption before the final run of records.
Raw Silk’s Do It to the Music on West End Records resets the pace for Vicky D’s This Beat Is Mine on SAM Records. Unlimited Touch’s Searching to Find the One and Jumbo’s Turn On to Love - Pt. 2, both on Prelude Records, close the hour with extended disco-minded club cuts.
DJ Andrew M Disco 09 show 12th of January 2020
Silvetti - Spring Rain
Gary Tom’s Empire - 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (Blow Your Whistle)
Coke - I Wouldn’t Change a Thing
Crown Heights Affair - Body & Soul
Crown Heights Affair - Dreaming a Dream
Hamilton Bohannon - Let’s Start The Dance
Le Pamplemousse - Get Your Boom Boom (Around the Room Room)
Beautiful Bend - Make That Feeling Come Again
Eddie Kendricks - Girl You Need a Change of Mind
Central Line - Walking into Sunshine
Indeep - Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
Empress - Dyin’ to be Dancin
Radio - Get Down
Raw Silk - Do it to The Music
Vicky D - This Beat Is Mine
Unlimited Touch - Searching to Find The One
Jumbo - Turn on to Love - pt. 2
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