Shit, always enjoyed his work. Been an inspiring figure since way back.
He did an amazing set on NYE @ Wang at the turn of midnight one year. Was off my nut, said happy new year to him when we passed in the corridor. He was so sweet and friendly. Same night I said the same to squarepusher and he was a total cunt. In short, Andy was a sweetheart. RIP
But yeah that's it Dan, on facebook it's crazy cos all the people my age (or a little older) grew up with a scene that he was such an important part of and so loads of them knew or know people who know him.... so there is some kind of personal sadness mixed in with the symbolic "end of an era" type thing. A lot of old ravers will be feeling as though their youth has a final full stop on it now.
My sister tagged me on Facebook to remind me of an old tape I had. I taped him and Bobby Gillespe on Kiss late one evening, playing the most lethal set of downtempo soul, rock, reggae. It was about 1 in the morning and I stayed up late, taping it. So many, many absolute fire tunes. Heptones "I shall be released", Patti Smith "Piss Factory", James Carr "Dark End of the Street, Aretha live doing "Nightlife ain't no good life". It was so fucking good, every tune was a fucking revelation Impeccable taste, a real distinct aesthetic carved out of collecting. I guess that was something else that marked him out and that I (and many others) identified with, records as a kind of practice, part of the identity. That space that others like Coldcut, DJ Shadow and so many others came out of.
Sounds really good, do you have a track list?