Andrew Devine
Tom Nixon speaks to Natural Selection’s Andrew Devine about how he became established in Leeds, asks him what his 5 favourite songs to DJ with are and his 5 favourite songs he would never play out.
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ndrew Devine is the perfect example of how far someone can go with hard work, passion and being a bloody nice person. Originally from Derry in Northern Ireland, Andrew came to Leeds to complete his Third Year of University at Leeds College of Music. This was eye-opening for him in his discovery of new music; “In Derry, it was just dance music, dance music, dance music…” expresses Andrew. “Moving to Leeds was my first time meeting Jazz heads and people who were into ambient music and stuff.” These experiences in Leeds started to broaden Andrew’s musical interests; “In Leeds, when
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you meet another DJ, the first thing they’ll talk about is what they’ve been listening to at the moment, not necessarily the stuff they’re playing.” It took Andrew a little while to find his feet in the DJ scene in Leeds; “My first gig ever in Leeds was at a place called It Bar; I played an hour of pretty hard techno, to people who didn’t want to listen to it. I think I finished with ‘Fairytale of New York’, which was fucking bizarre.” It wasn’t long until Andrew began working at Belgrave Music Hall, which is where his more regular DJing began; “Working at Belgrave meant I was hearing these DJs that were blowing out of the water what I thought a DJ set was.
Nice People Magazine February 2019
