Trinidadian born DJ Aaron C A better
know to the Trinidadian Electronic
Dance Music scene as "Android"
always had a great passion for music
. His older brother who was a huge
rap/hip-hop fanatic got him involved
in hip-hop music.“We were
so caught up in it -- anxiously
awaiting ‘YO! MTV rap’
on MTV and ‘Rap City’
on B.E.T to begin..oh what memories..
.I mean at 8 years of age what do
you expect? I was easily influenced
by whatever my brother did and listened
to.I was so fascinated by the lyrics
of 'The Wu-Tang Clan' and 'Biggie
smalls' that i began writing my
own rap lyrics.” Explains
the young DJ. Android’s brother
would beat-box while Android rapped
to the lyrics he wrote. He was so
caught up in it he wanted to become
a rapper.He continued to love rap
for a very long time in his life
until he got a calling to Dance
Music.
By the tender age of 13 Android
began listening to the commercialised
forms of dance music by Artists
such as Alice Deejay,Ian van Dahl,Scooter,Darude
and especially most of the Euro-dance
songs which occasionally got air
play on local radio stations.It
was only when Android's sister in
the U.k., bought him an Electronic
Dance Music compilation that he
began exploring the many different
forms and sub-genres of dance music.
By
the age of 15 Android bought this
program which he saw in a magazine
: "Mtv music generator".
At the time he thought that was
how dance music was created and
began experimenting with the different
samples,pre-sets and effects.
His time was greatly consumed
by making beats and listening
to his creations. He was completely
fascinated, so much that he had
to spread the word of his music
somehow.This is when the young
fellow
realised he wanted to DJ.
His
neighbour who was a DJ, got him
involved in the profession. “He
was a multi-genre DJ actually
and is now a producer.I would
nag him until he eventually allowed
me to occasionally practice on
his Numark Cdn-88s and Numark
Mixer which model number i really
cannot remember .He allowed me
to play some tunes in a house
party he was playing at and i
knew from that day that i wanted
to stick with deejaying and also
take it further.I was 15 at the
time.” Android enthusiastically
explains.
Android
was so determined to become a
DJ, that he would put in Cd's
in 2 standard 'boom-box' Cd players
and try to blend in both of the
songs by altering the volumes
on each CD player. “I knew
it was not entirely mixing but
it was a start in my book.I made
beautiful music by doing that!I
dedicated my afternoons after
school to do this.”
While travelling to different
countries Android discovered different
fusions and sub-genres of Electronic
Dance Music and began appreciating
every form of it. He knew he had
to get his own decks very soon
and began saving for it. At the
age of 18 Android saved enough
money to buy a mixer. A year later
he saved more money for two separate
CD-DJ decks. After practicing
day and night and dedicating all
his time to music, Android began
free-lancing at a few well known
clubs and lounges around Trinidad
. Now at the age of 21 and with
a very matured taste in Electronic
Dance Music Android is making
his name in the Under ground Dance
music scene of Trinidad still
enjoying gigs at a few clubs and
lounges.
Android also wanted to be a qualified
producer.He enrolled himself in
an audio engineering school in
Port-Of-Spain Trinidad where his
mentor, a well known singer in
the early 90's from Trinidadian
Rapso group Kindred taught him
the intricacies of becoming a
producer. He plans to produce
quality music and hopes to put
Trinidad on the map globally for
Electronic Dance Music. He recently
completed a production which was
his final project for the audio
engineering course. The production
is entitled "want(move and
whine down)" which is a fusion
between Tribal -house music and
soca music. He is still in the
process of completing more productions
and is determined to build a proper
home studio for his releases.
Android uses the alias "Andy-Himself"
for his productions.
The
name Android derived from his
last name Andrews. The “And”
in Andrews is coined with the
name “droid” to form
his stage name “Android”.
It’s pronounced “Andrewoid”.
The name was given to him when
he mixed a lot of Electro-House
in his sets. Although he still
enjoys the sub-genre, his style
varies from tribal-house, tech-house,
dirty electro house, tech-trance,techno
and trance. You can even hear
one or two hard dance tunes in
his sets which usually keeps the
floor moving.
The dance music scene in trinidad
is growing larger and larger.Many
more dance music DJ's in Trinidad
are getting more involved and
are combining their sources in
order to hold more dance music
events. Trinidad has really matured
with Electronic Dance Music. Many
well known DJ's have visited here
in the past 4 years. From veterans
like George Acosta,Cosmic Gate,Rank
1 to the world's ranked number
1 DJ Armin Van Buuren. Alot of
talent has been passing through
the twin island and putting us
on the map.
