At the age of twelve, when ‘normal’ kids wish for Legos or matchbox cars, little Andrea Oliva aka DJ Andrew wished for Technics MK2 turntables. From this day on, Andrew had only one thing in mind: lots of vinyl, turning on two turntables.
He exercised several hours every day and the record shop in his neighbourhood became his second living room, while the shops employees asked themselves, what this kid is looking for all the time.
At the age of 14 he played for the first time in front of an audience; it was the time, when parties in gyms were very popular for younger partypeople. Only two years later, he became his first booking from a “real club” and so he had the pleasure to play side to side with big shots like Little Louis Vega, Mousse T, Ian Pooley, David Morales, Carl Craig, Derrick May…
The next stations on his way to become one of the most popular Swiss djs were Clubs like Kaufleuten (Zurich), Club Q (Zurich), Supermarket (Zurich) and Pacha Switzerland – there is no important club in his home country where he hasn’t played and there is no important party label, that hasn’t had DJ Andrew’s name on it’s line up – most of them connected now with a residency. And this applie...
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