DJ Andrew M made his debut guest appearance on Scientific Sound Asia with Scientific Sound Radio Podcast 29 in September 2019. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian electronic music radio station, promoter and music-news platform connecting audiences across Asia and internationally.
Andrew started his professional journey by presenting innovative Hip Hop radio shows during the 1980s and 1990s. He has overseen club residencies in Australia and has entertained guests at private events and gatherings, while performing at nightclubs and bars in Singapore.
At the time of publication, he had returned from events in the US, Canada and Europe, and spent his free time browsing records and playing vinyl gigs when not occupied with private gatherings. With musical tastes centred on funk and hip-hop, he had a wealth of musical knowledge, a varied digital and vinyl library, and years of DJ experience.
He had completed shows at gigs and private events in Sydney, London and Amsterdam, as well as Mobile Mondays NYC and private events in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Houston and Toronto earlier in 2019. He also performed in Singapore whenever he could.
By 2019, he had spent the previous decade playing at clubs and events in the region, including Tanjong Beach Club, Kult, CAD, Artemis, Loof, Zouk, Tippling Club, Choice Cuts and Great Escape, as well as events in Indonesia and Thailand. During the early 2000s and 1990s, he hosted Hip Hop radio shows and R&B club nights in Australia, alongside a short stint in Seoul during the 1990s.
In the 1980s, his main focus was hosting Hip Hop radio shows in Australia during the genre's formative years. DJ Andrew M's guest show draws together Disco, Funk, House music and R&B with tracks from Chic, Barry M and Jackson 5.
DJ Andrew M's Scientific Sound Radio Podcast 29 guest mix opens with Locussolus' Next to You before Roberto Rodriguez's Mustat Varjoy brings Indie Dance from House Of Disco Records. Idjut Boys follow with One for Kenny on Smalltown Supersound (Phonofile), keeping the opening loose and club-focused.
Ross Fitz's Shadows in the Sun on SUPAEARTH RECORDS adds a Nu-Disco edge before Next's Tomcio & CHIMP remix of Too Close returns to R&B on Arista. A Featurecast remix of A Tribe Called Quest's Can I Kick It then leads into Bill Withers' LNTG remix of Lovely Day, retaining the original recording's Soul character.
Average White Band's Pete's Done a Rework of Work to Do keeps a funk foundation in place, while Hot Chocolate's Revenge Rework of Heaven's in the Backseat of My Cadillac raises the tempo. Chic's Good Times and Nu Shooz's Andy Buchan 80s Edit of I Can't Wait connect classic dancefloor songwriting with the show's R&B thread.
Dr Packer's Hypnotizing on Hot Digits Music gives way to the Juan Laya & Jorge Montiel rework of Stardust's Music Sounds Better with You. Michael Jackson's Reflex Revision of Rock With You, Wham!'s Reflex Revision of Everything She Wants and Barry M's Reflex Revision of Copacobana extend the selection through familiar vocal records and revision work.
Dr Packer returns with A Blond Moment before MFSB's Larry Levan Mix of Love Is the Message introduces garage-house classics through the Rebound release. McFadden & Whitehead's Reflex Revision of Ain't No Stoppin Us Now keeps the vocal momentum intact, followed by Midnight Star's Groove Motion Re-Edit of Midas Touch and Jackson 5's Reflex edit of Burn This Disco Out.
Jocelyn Brown's Larry Levan remix of Ain't No Mountain High Enough on Dance Pool supplies the late garage house lift. Man Friday closes with the Paradise Garage unreleased mix of It's in the Rhythm on Soundmen On Wax, bringing the mix back to Indie Dance territory.
DJ Andrew M tracklist Guest Show
Locussolus - Next to you (Mercury Rising Edit)
Roberto Rodriguez - Mustat Varjoy
Idjut Boys - One for Kenny
Ross Fitz - Shadows in the Sun
Next - Too Close (Tomcio & CHIMP Remix)
ATCQ - Can I Kick It (Featurecast Remix)
Bill Withers - Lovely Day (LNTG Remix)
AWB - Work to Do (Pete's Done a Rework)
Hot Chocolate - Heaven's in the Backseat of My Cadillac (Revenge Rework)
Chic - Good Times
Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait (Andy Buchan 80s Edit)
Dr Packer - Hypnotizing
Stardust - Music Sounds Better with You (Juan Laya & Jorge Montiel Rework)
MJ - Rock With You (Reflex Revison)
Wham! - Everything She Wants (Reflex Revision)
Barry M - Copacobana (Reflex Revision)
Dr Packer - A Blond Moment
MFSB - Love is The Message (Larry Levan Mix)
McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stopppin Us Now (Reflex Revision)
Midnight Star - Midas Touch (Groove Motion Re-Edit)
Jackson 5 - Burn This Disco Out (Reflex edit)
Jocelyn Brown - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Larry Levan remix)
Man Friday - It's in the Rhythm (Paradise Garage unreleased mix)
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