Andy Hunter°

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Andy Hunter°
Promo picture of Andy Hunter°
Country	England
Years active	2002 - Present
Genres	Techno Trance
Labels	Nettwerk

Andy Hunter° is a British DJ and composer of EDM.

1 Biography
2 Recognition
3 Discography
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Biography

Andy Hunter was born in Leicester England in 1974.^[1] He became involved in music in his early days of adolescence, and became interested in sound engineering in the 90's. He began to work with Suede and The Wonder Stuff. In 1992, he joined the New Generation Music and Mission as a traveling engineer and moved to Bristol - the scene that was breaking drum and bass. In 1997, Andy formed a band named "Trip" with lead programmer Martin King and several other production partners.^[2] In 1999 Trip released an album called Cultural Shift.^[3] In the following years, Hunter worked hard in the studio, honing his own new style of sophisticated techno music. In fall of 2002, his work culminated into the album Exodus, which Hunter released on Nettwerk. Early in 2005, Hunter released a 6-track album, Life.

He gained attention from Rolling Stone magazine, which gave his first album Exodus props, and from appearances in video games and movies. Hunter° found himself touring the United States, Japan and Europe with top names in the dance music business, including DJ Tiesto in 2002, and at the Flevo festival in 2003.^[1] He recently performed at Midem's opening night party in Cannes, France, an international music conference that gathered heads of industry from the music and technology world. In November 2004, Hunter donned the stage at the Digital Entertainment Anywhere launch in Los Angeles, hosted by Bill Gates, to present "Go" in surround sound.

Andy Hunter has been recognized as a Christian DJ, as he has been nominated for the Gospel Music Association Awards, and has won a Dove Award for his album Life.^[4] He also performed a New Year's Eve (2005)/New Year's (2006) block party in Phoenix, Arizona, which was hosted by a local church called Christ's Church of the Valley in Phoenix.

In 2006 Andy signed a new record deal with Nettwerk who produced Exodus. At the end of the 2006 voting for DJ Magazine's Top 100 List, Andy Hunter ended up ranked 117. Andy also won a Dutch dance award from Seven FM in 2006. As of January 12, 2007, Andy has stated on his website that he is currently working on a new album to be released in 2007.

[edit] Recognition

"Go" and "The Wonders of You" garnered placements in film and television, including uses in The Matrix Reloaded (trailer), Sky High (trailer), National Treasure (trailer), Tomb Raider 2 (trailer), The Italian Job, and ABC’s hit Alias.^[1] His work has also been featured in a handful of video games, including SSX 3, Enter The Matrix, Black Hawk Down, Lumines Mobile, and Need for Speed Underground. Most recently, Hunter° appeared in the video game Burnout Revenge. His music is also featured in the Christian video game Dance Praise. The songs "Come On", "Go", and "Open My Eyes" are included with the game.

[edit] Discography

Albums

Exodus (October 2002)
Life (May 2005)

Singles

Amazing (12" and 2x12" promo single on Nettwerk) (2002) (including remixes by Deep Dish, Fade and Summit)
Go (12" single on Nettwerk) (2003) (remixes by Satoshi Tommie and Antillas)