Andy Moor (born Andrew Beardmore; 16 January 1980) is an English trance DJ, producer and remixer. He used multiple aliases in the past and was part of many other acts such as Tilt, Whiteroom, Leama & Moor, and Zoo DJs.
Moor received several awards, including a Grammy Award nomination in December 2007, for his remix of Canadian artist Delerium with "Angelicus" featuring vocals from Isabel Bayrakdarian, âÂÂBest Dance Record,â at the 2006 International Dance Music Awards at the Winter Music Conference in Miami and, âÂÂBest Trance Producerâ and âÂÂBest Trance Trackâ at the âÂÂTrance AwardsâÂÂ" in 2004, ranked in the top 15 DJs in the world multiple times by DJ Mag.
Andy Moor began playing piano at the age of 5 and could play six more instruments by the age of 10. Moor spun his first record at 13, signed his first label release at 19, by 21 was playing crowds of tens of thousands and at 25 owned his own record label AVA Recordings.
"When I was young I was encouraged to play musical instruments and started to play the piano; the recorder was compulsory at school, and then the Bassoon, so I developed an understanding of music theory from a young age. But my real passion was this electronic music that I was hearing, such as Jean Michelle Jarre etc. I was desperate to know how to make those synth sounds and as I grew older was frustrated by an M1 keyboard at school that nobody knew how to use, so I started to sequence that from an atari. By this time I was into early Sasha sets and other EDM music I was managing to get tapes of, so I started DJing using my friends equipment. After spending time sitting in a local studio, learning... it all went from there..."
In addition to his contributions under his own name, Moor worked as a producer for other names. Moor contributed to the UK trance act Tilt and resulted in the critically acclaimed album, Explorer.
He is one half of the trance act âÂÂWhiteroomâ with Adam White, whose title track was commended by Armin Van Buuren and Above & Beyond as the best trance production of 2004 and in 2005 picked up âÂÂBest Productionâ and âÂÂBest Trance Trackâ at the Trance Awards.
Moor collaborated in 2005 on Above & Beyond âÂÂAir For LifeâÂÂ, which was named 2005's âÂÂTune Of The Yearâ by listeners of Armin Van Buuren's radio show A State Of Trance, it won âÂÂBest Underground Dance Trackâ at the Miami Winter Music Conference, and won âÂÂBest Trance Trackâ in 2006.
Moor is also one half of UK melodic progressive house act, Leama & Moor, whose 2006 album âÂÂCommon Groundâ included vocal contributions from Britney Spears and Avril Lavigne to Orbital, Tiesto, Brian Eno and Paul Oakenfold.
2009 saw the release of Breaking the Silence Vol. 1 on AVA/Armada.
Andy has mixed a variety of compilation series, such as âÂÂTrance Nationâ from Ministry of Sound, ASOT 500 and his own âÂÂBreaking the Silenceâ series on AVA Recordings and was asked to host the legendary A State of Trance radio show on numerous occasions.
In July 2012, Andy Moor released a full-length debut solo artist album Zero Point One, which received positive reviews from DJ Mag and Mixmag. Zero Point One has 18 tracks, and features collaborations with vocalists Meredith Call, Carrie Skipper, Sue McLaren and Betsie Larkin as well as producers Orkidea and Ashley Wallbridge.
âÂÂI had been writing the album for many years, but as I was nearing the end, I decided to scrap the older tracks and start over with new ones,â says Andy. âÂÂSo this version of the album contains tracks made in the last six months, despite the entire process taking years."
In September 2014 Andy Moor reunited with vocalist Betsie Larkin for a collaboration entitled âÂÂNot AfraidâÂÂ, following their prior collaboration âÂÂLove Againâ on Zero Point One.
For the 100th release of his record label, AVA Recordings, Andy Moor collaborated with Somna and vocalist Amy Kirkpatrick to create âÂÂOne Thing About YouâÂÂ, which topped the Beatport Trance Chart. Moor also released a signature Eco Mix of the track.
In 2015, Andy Moor collaborated with RAM and Christina Novelli on âÂÂAll Gone,â which was released on Armin Van BuurenâÂÂs WhoâÂÂs Afraid Of 138?! label.
In 2016 Andy Moor released âÂÂResurrectionâÂÂ.
Andy Moor has been touring since the age of 19 and has been ranked in the top 15 DJs in the world numerous times according to DJ mag. He has performed at hundreds of festivals worldwide, including Tomorrowland in Belgium, A State of Trance in Guatemala City, Southwest 4 in London and A State Of Trance in Utrecht.
"DonâÂÂt do it because you want to be âÂÂfamousâ or for reasons other than the love of the music. This love of music shows through in productions and performances, and with today's technology being so readily available it separates the run of the mill from the meaningful music." He allowed cameras to follow him on tour for his YouTube channel AndyMoorTV from 2009, creating an early version of today's VLOG
Moor Music is the name of Andy Moor's Podcast and Radio Show, aired on AfterHours.FM / AH.FM and Sirius XM Radio on every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month. Moor Music aired its milestone 250th episode in January 2020. Andy has hosted radio shows such as A State of Trance (filling in for Armin van Buuren) and featured as a guest artist in hundreds of other shows worldwide.
In early 2006, Andy Moor founded his own record label - AVA Recordings; curating a collection of high quality melodic electronic dance music, featuring artists such as Orkidea, Tritonal, Ashley Wallbridge, Lange, TyDi, Sunny Lax, Ben Nicky, Sean Tyas and RAM.
AVA has worked with aspiring producers, such as on the AVA NuBreed EP series. Some artists who have begun at AVA Recordings include Ashley Wallbridge, Mat Zo, tyDi, and Tritonal.
A quote from Andy Moor regarding AVA Recordings policy: "We will aim to sustain the same music policy, releasing quality, melodic, electronic dance music. We enjoy supporting new artists and working closely with them to develop and nurture their talent."
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