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Andrea Parker (Touchin Bass, MoWax)
Andrea Parker grew up in Southern England, moving to London in the early 90's and taking up a post working at the legendary Fat Cat Records. Through making contacts, she soon found herself contributing to several experimental electronic releases, collaborating with Alex Knight and David Morley on R&S Records before signing a deal with MoWax records. Her first single for MoWax was 'Melodius Thunk', an electro workout popular with both US and UK Djs. Her second single 'The Rocking Chair' was an emotional ballad featuring string arrangements by Wil Malone, an artist best known for his work on Massive Attack's classic 'Unfinished Sympathy'. In 1999 came the release of her widely acclaimed debut album, entitled 'Kiss My Arp' and recorded with her long-term studio partner, David Morley in rural Bavaria, Germany. 'Kiss My Arp' is considered a classic - an album of many emotions and sonic textures, a fact not lost on the film and advertising fraternity who have used it extensively. Uses (and users) have been incredibly diverse, from the Finnish National Ballet to the renowned astronomer, Patrick Moore on his television special as well as on several motion pictures including Vanilla Sky and Peaches.
Since then Andrea has set up her own imprint, Touchin' Bass. Her ambition for the label is to mix up more established, loosely electro artists with those unknown talents that she’s uncovered. Touchin' Bass is now a firm fixture on the electronic music radar. Now with 10 releases under its belt including, EggFooYoung from Miami's Secret Frequency Crew, Chaotic State, ADJ, Hydraulix, Cultek, Detroit’s MANASYt, Bass Junkie, Sync 24, David Morley, plus a collaboration between herself and Detroit’s DJ Godfather and DJ Assault, Touchin’ Bass is now thought of as one of the world’s premier electro labels. She’s also given the label a strong visual identity by getting graffiti artist Stash to design the artwork.
Concurrent with all her personal productions and running the label, Andrea has been busy remixing many of the electronic world’s luminaries - Steve Reich, Depeche Mode, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Lamb and Mira Calix, to name just a few. She’s also spent a lot of her time playing records around the globe. Her Dj style is uncompromising and eclectic and her early influences shine through; artists including This Mortal Coil, Kraftwerk, The Art Of Noise, Nucleus, Model 500, Ultra Magnetic MC's mean that her sets are diverse and never predictable. This distinctive artistry has kept her diary full and taken her to a variety of venue’s and countries. She’s hit the decks as support for Radiohead on the US part of their Kid A tour, experimented live on stage with avant-garde supremos Bang On A Can, Philip Glass and Steve Reich and held her own on the British Council sponsored somewhat hazardous trip of South America. She also provided more than a little entertainment Djing at parties for director Roman Polanski and fashion house, Gucci.
Her popularity as a dj was confirmed by the high sales of her mix for K7’s celebrated Dj Kicks series. The album showcases the variety of her musical loves. She isn’t afraid to fuse hip-hop pioneers like Man Parrish with electronic pusher’s Gescom, the mix reflecting her taste for a hip-hop, electro, techno and many classics.
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