Andy Farley is a name that’s synonymous with making the dancefloor move. Seamless mixing, coupled with precision tune selection, reflects his three and half decades behind the decks.
An obsessive music curator from a young age, building up a collection of rare soul and R&B vinyl, that he later sold to pay for his first set of decks, Andy was always deeply focused on music. Cutting his teeth in the mid-90s as a resident at Tins Tins, Birmingham’s only after-hours club at the time, playing across the range of house from vocal to harder beats, Andy was also among those pioneering a harder-edged sound. As dance music exploded into clubs and major festivals, he was consistently delivering standout sets and fast becoming a firm favourite with clubbers across the UK and overseas. Andy’s popularity led to residencies at Sundissential, Storm, Progress and his longest residency Frantic, now in its 25th year, and has taken him out of the clubs into festivals like Global Gathering, Creamfields, Dance Valley, Gatecrasher Summer Sound System, and Coloursfest to name a few.
Andy is now undoubtedly at the top of his game, with strong technical ability, an enviable musical knowledge and a track record of filling dancefloors he is always in demand. His unassuming demeanour and passion for music make Andy hugely popular with fans, promoters and his peers both in the UK and further afield, so much so his DJ career has taken him around the world playing in Europe, Canada, the US, Chile, the Far East & Australasia.
Andy’s tenure and talent put him squarely in his own category, evident through his annual ‘Pure Andy Farley’ event that has been running since 2010. Heavily influenced by the legendary after-hours club Trade with a focus on musical progression, Andy reflects back through the years with a 10-hour vinyl-only set covering his retrospect of house, hard house and trance music. This ‘sold-out’ event has become a highlight in the clubbing calendar and is one not to be missed. With a collection of 50,000+ vinyl to choose from, Andy digs deep each year to make each event unique, but familiar, bringing old and new friends together on the dancefloor to take a journey through the years.
Understanding what makes the dancefloor move is second nature to Andy so it is no surprise he has a hefty production back-catalogue with over 140 tracks and 80 remixes releases across labels such as Vicious Circle, Toolbox, Tidy Trax, Frantic and on much-loved imprints such as Nukleuz, Mohawk and Tripoli Trax that helped define the sounds of a generation. Or that he’s been on mixing duties for multiple commercial albums, ‘Hard House Nation 1 & 2’ released in 2000 sold over 100,000 copies and his “Music For a Harder Generation” CD released on Tidy Trax is still a fan favourite 20 years on.
Andy remains deeply focused on music with a new label on the horizon providing an outlet for his own productions and collaborations, he is always looking for tunes that will ignite the dancefloor.
