DJ Andrew M presents his first all-vinyl show, podcast 36, 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.
During the 1980s and 1990s, Andrew began his career by hosting Hip Hop radio programmes throughout Australia. He also held a number of club residencies in Australia.
More recently, he performed at private parties and events, as well as at nightclubs and bars in Singapore. At the time of publication, he had returned from gatherings across the US, Canada and Europe, and was travelling for events in India, Dubai and Johannesburg.
Between events, Andrew enjoys digging through records and DJing as a selector at vinyl gigs. His background in funk and hip-hop informs a broad range of musical preferences.
His collection covers a range of styles in both digital and physical formats. Decades of DJing experience also include performances in Sydney, London and Amsterdam.
Those appearances followed events in 2019 at Mobile Mondays NYC and private functions in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Houston and Toronto. He also shared his music in Singapore whenever possible.
Over the preceding ten years, Andrew played at Tanjong Beach Club, Kult, CAD, Artemis, Loof, Zouk, Tippling Club, Choice Cuts and Great Escape, alongside international appearances in Indonesia and Thailand. His sets focus predominantly on disco music in both contemporary and traditional forms.
The 12-inch single is valued for presenting full and extended versions of songs, allowing arrangements to unfold beyond the shortened edits often heard at parties or on radio. That format gives listeners time to hear subtler musical details and arrangements within each record.
By choosing extended tracks, Andrew gives each selection the space it needs to develop. The result is a programme centred on the detail, duration and physical character of vinyl records.
DJ Andrew M opens Vinyl Disco Show 1 with Jimmy Castor before Sterling and Big Apple Brass establish a strong Funk foundation. Biddu and His Orchestra, S.S.O. and The New York Rubber Rock Band then move the selection further into the crossover between funk, soul and seventies dance music.
Double Exposure’s “Ten Percent” appears in Walter Gibbons’ historic 12-inch treatment, placing Disco firmly at the centre of the programme. The remix dates to 1976 and belongs to the formative period of extended disco mixing, long before house music emerged as a separate genre.
Eddie Cheba follows with “Lookin’ Good (Shake Your Body)” before Gary’s Gang, Frank Hooker and Melba Moore continue through disco, funk and soul. Trussel and K.I.D. keep the rhythm section prominent as Andrew M moves deeper into late-seventies and early-eighties dancefloor material.
Uncle Louie, City Streets and World Premiere carry the selection towards the period when disco and funk were beginning to overlap increasingly with rap and electronic production. Rockers Revenge then provide the clearest Hip Hop connection through “Sunshine, Partytime (Rap),” released by Streetwise in 1982 and explicitly presented as a rap version.
Magic City precede Sparque’s “Let’s Go Dancing,” whose mix by Larry Levan and François K connects directly with New York club culture of the period. MFSB then bring the Philadelphia soul and disco tradition into the closing section with “Love Is The Message.”
The Players Association finish the show with “I Like It,” returning the programme to jazz-funk and soul-inflected dance music. Across the set, disco and funk dominate, with soul, early rap and rare-groove material documenting the transition from seventies orchestral disco into the tougher club sounds of the early eighties.
DJ Andrew M Vinyl Disco show 1
Jimmy Castor - It’s Just Begun (Larry Levan mix)
Sterling - Roll-Her, Skater
Big Apple Brass - Finger Lickin’ Good
Biddu and His Orchestra - Funky Tropical
S.S.O. feat. Douglas Lucas & The Sugar Sisters - Give A Damn
The New York Rubber Rock Band - Peanuts
Double Exposure - Ten Percent (Walter Gibbons Mix)
Eddie Cheba - Lookin’ Good (Shake Your Body)
Gary’s Gang - keep On Dancin’
Frank Hooker & Positive People - Rock Me
Melba Moore - Standing Right Here
Trussel - Love Injection
K.I.D. - Don’t Stop
Uncle Louie - Full Tilt Boogie
City Streets - Get It Up, Get It In
World Premiere - Share The Night
Rockers Revenge feat. Ronnie Calvin - Sunshine, Partytime (Rap)
Magic City feat. FIRE - Let’s Rock
Sparque - Let’s Go Dancing (mix by Larry Levan & Francois K)
MFSB - Love Is The Message (Remix by the Cuco)
Players Association - I Like It
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