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Avant Gardner140 Stewart Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237 · Map
This night happened — Sat 7 Dec 2024
Who was billed5 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
Set times were not published.
Who they are
“Andy Clarke began experimenting with programming breaks as a teenager; he met Ant Miles at the studios where he was working through a family connection.”
their own biography
the whole biography
Andy Clarke began experimenting with programming breaks as a teenager; he met Ant Miles at the studios where he was working through a family connection. They began working together in Ant's converted garage studio where Andy nurtured what was to become a sublime talent for chopping up and re-programming breaks. Andy then decided to set up his own label in early 1992 with a budget of £1000. RAM - so named due to Andy's star sign, Aries - launched with his solo debut and now-highly-collectable 'Sour Mash EP'. At the age of 15, together with Ant, Andy created magnum opus, 'Valley of the Shadows (31 Seconds)' under their Origin Unknown alias. Often referred to as the 'darkcore prototype', the track won Best Hardcore Tune at the 1993 Hardcore Dance Awards where Andy also collected the prize for Best Newcomer. By this time, his DJing career had begun to progress at a meteoric rate; he had a show on pirate station, Cyndicut FM and secured slots at key raves including Imagination, Club Elevation, Dreamscape, Innovation and Telepathy, where he became a resident. By 1994 together with Ant, he assumed another alias, Desired State, delivering masterpieces like 'Beyond Bass' and 'Here And Now'. In the same year, he began to branch out with collaborations, connecting with DJ Randall to create dancefloor smash, 'Sound Control'. Subsequent studio hook ups would involve Shimon and Moving Fusion. Origin Unknown's 1997 album, 'Origin Unknown Presents...Speed Of Sound' won Best Dance Album at the Kiss FM Dance Awards and Best Album at the Hardcore Dance Awards, where Andy also collected the gong for Best Producer. The 1998 follow-up, 'Origin Unknown Presents...Sound In Motion', preceded the birth of RAM Trilogy; Andy C, Ant Miles and Shimon's studio hook up. In the same year Andy managed to slot in his Wednesday night radio show on London's Kiss FM between global DJing commitments. In 1999 & 2000, he took the award for Best DJ at the Knowledge Awards. His numerous high profile remix accomplishments include Busta Rhymes 'Woo Hah!' (as Origin Unknown - which won Best Remix at the 1996 Muzik Magazine Awards), Adam F 'Circles', and Jay-Z 'Can't Knock The Hustle'. Andy also won the best D&B DJ award on Drum & Bass arena in 2001 & 2002 where in excess of 90,000 people voted, and again at Accelerated Culture's 'Peoples Choice Awards' in December 2002. Andy is also the highest ranking D&B DJ in the current DJ magazine Top 100 DJs placed at No. 28.Their RA profile lists Ram Records and Virus Recordings.often with Dave Shichman, Cuppa T, Josiah Scribes, none of them here that night
“7x Award Winning DJ & Producer from Manchester, UK.”
their own biography
Their RA profile lists V Recordings, Critical Music and Elevate Audio.Recently at Elsewhere · often with Gigi, Raydium, Agent 137, none of them here that night
Last at Webster Hall in Aug · often with Mozey, none of them here that night
Recently at The Brooklyn Monarch · often with Dave Shichman, Driven AM, nate band, none of them here that night
Recently at The Sultan Room · often with Ardio Zemog, PSYCHOMOB, Sam Santini, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- Agent 1371 with Bou and 1 with Wilkinson
- Dave Shichman1 with Andy C and 1 with Wilkinson
- Yetti1 with Kanine and 1 with Wilkinson
- Ardio Zemog1 with Kanine
- Bad Dad1 with Bou
- Bad Dad & Friends1 with Bou
- Blossom1 with Kanine
- Blvck Truffle1 with Kanine
how this compares
- Median final count, Saturdays at Avant Gardner33
- Middle half finished between11 and 73
- Past Saturdays at this venue counted40
The room
Avant Gardner — 99 events and 321 distinct artists since Sep 2023.
Holds about 6,000.
