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With this epic hard ambient house opener Andy tips his hat to Lucien Foort and transports us to new frontiers. Like scaling the brow of a mountain peak and seeing a vast undiscovered continent spread out before you.

Best described as deep quirky house, the irresistible rhythmic undertow and irrepressible humour of this track has music lovers of all persuasions heading for the dancefloor.

This progressive exposition of spacey industrial trance really does take you on a journey of the mind, through sound.

We can't say too much about this one, or the name of the iconic svengali on vocals, as we're still in the process of sample clearance. Suffice to say, this percussive jazzy tech house gem insists that you dance, and opens a portal to another musically revolutionary realm.


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Hatstandy Andy's fun-filled dancefloor stomper "Stringy Things" is featured on Colchester Recordings' wide ranging compilation of 17 eclectic artists. "Stringy Things" spent many weeks at No. 1 on KarmaDownload's Dance Chart, and they've described Hatstandy Andy as their "tip for the future." Queep Organic Music said "it is very easy to see why, 'Stringy Things' became so popular with the KarmaDownload visitors. It could create so many new feelings for clubbers, and at the same time, recreate a lot of older ones..... if you listen, you`ll know what we mean..."

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Hatstandy Andy a.k.a. Andy Turner began his evolution through a total immersion in the Free Party scene in Dorset and an area he fondly refers to as 'The South West Country'…

Whilst assimilating a vast range of influences and elements which colour the dance music spectrum, he came to prominence at clubs and rave parties under the name 'The Phat Controller'. Defying conventional wisdom, Andy blew audiences away with his literally 'Live' P.A.s by simultaneously playing lead parts live on synths and controlling a raft of midi instruments and sequencers manually, to produce a unique, hypnotic, Acid Trance sound.

In 2002 Andy 'emigrated' to London to steep himself in the mystical art of studio production. A year later a blinking creature emerged from a cocoon at  Point Blank, London ready to flex powerful new wings… and so Hatstandy Andy, as we now know him, was born. Artfully flying below the radar for another year, Hatstandy has been busy pillaging and subverting the underground dance music ingredients that mean most to him, combining them in improbable measures and suffusing them with his unique creative spice to produce the groundbreaking, soon to be released, 'Freestyle' E.P.

People already have a lot to say about Hatstandy Andy and his Freestyle approach but before we get to that, let's hear it from the horse's mouth... "I would describe the style of dance music I do to be Freestyle, incorporating many genres, but basically producing exactly what I want to hear. I write music for me, which I find the best way to get a genuine sound. I think I can get that Freestyle element into my music and give a release to those that see the current scene as being a bit too serious... no harm ever came of things being stirred up a little".

The people at Queep Organic Music have been quick to pick up on the scope of Andy's vision, they say "His overall package of current tracks could be played played by a pretty wide range of DJs. Some could be played by House or Trance, as well as Tech or Prog jocks".

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In many ways it's a testament to the the time Hatstandy has spent living the life on both sides of the decks that he is now gathering the praise and respect he so richly deserves. In March 2003 Computer Music Magazine featured Hatstandy track 'Kennington Station' on their cover CD. Whilst being simultaneously bewildered and excited by this lunatic pre-cursor of the shape of things to come, they were impressed by his "manic blend of crazy, dance oriented synth riffs and atmospheric vocal effects" and the "smooth …very emotive progressions" and went on to describe Andy's music as "on it's way to bigger and better things" How right they were!

Future Music Magazine have also been following Hatstandy's progress with great interest & have been equally intrigued and in a quandry about how to best describe what they've been listening to. In August '03 they said of Hatstandy Andy's music "this is all over the place style wise but that's not a bad thing". In February 2004 they highlighted 'Sonorous Excursion' and had this to say "It's not trance, it's not IDM but some kind of oddly successful fusion of several genres. Good stuff".

Hatstandy's track 'Stringy Things' (also featured on the soon-to-be released Freestyle E.P.) has been getting a lot of attention from visitors to online trader wwww.karmadownload.com and hit No.1 in the dance chart. Karmadownload describe him as their "tip for the future". As Queep Organic Music so aptly points out "it is very easy to see why 'Stringy Things' became so popular"..."It could create so many new feelings for clubbers, and at the same time, recreate a lot of the older ones...if you listen, you'll know what we mean".  

The 'Freestyle' philosophy is one which is shared by all involved at Stable Table Records, and whilst label-mates ONE LEGGED HORSE and McVICKY are hot on his heels with their own genre-busting interpretations of what that means, HATSTANDY ANDY is leading the charge into unchartered musical territory as Freestyle's chief exponent. Stay tuned for details of the HATSTANDY ANDY 'FREESTYLE' E.P. due for release on the 'Stable Table' label in the very near future.