Andi Durrant
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Andi Durrant | |
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| Born | 23 February 1981 Leeds, West Yorkshire, England |
| Occupations | Radio presenter, company co-founder, disc jockey, record producer |
Andi Durrant (born 23 February 1981) is an English radio presenter, company co-founder, disc jockey and record producer from Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.[1]
Durrant currently hosts The Dance Music Archive radio show on Kisstory in the UK[2][3]
He is most notable for his support of electronic and dance music on British and international radio - having presented long-standing programs on Kiss, Capital, Nova FM Australia and previously Galaxy.[4] Durrant has received three Sony Radio Academy Awards and been nominated for three Arqiva Radio Awards for "Best Specialist Program". Durrant joined Galaxy FM at the age of 16 in 1998 as one of the UK's youngest radio presenters, and took over Friday and Saturday nights on the new Capital FM national network in January 2011.[5]
He left Capital in September 2013[6] to launch his production company, This Is Distorted, and joined the new Kiss FM network, KissFresh, in March 2014. His Electrik Playground radio show was broadcast every Sunday at 9pm on Kiss Fresh and the Nova network in Australia, and was syndicated to stations in New York, Florida, Boston, Australia, Colombia, Mexico, Egypt, Canada, Ireland, and Cyprus.
He has conducted interviews and made one-off specials with the Prodigy, Pet Shop Boys, Example, Faithless, Calvin Harris, Groove Armada, and Daft Punk.[7]
In 2021, Durrant launched the Dance Music Archive - an online archive website and social media community.[8][9]
The Dance Music Archive radio show was launched in September 2021 and currently airs at 7pm on Sunday on Kisstory[10]
Other presentation roles
Durrant was the presenter of Tidy TV, the regular TV programme from British dance music brand Tidy. He also presents (uncredited) "Transmission Radio" [11] - the networked radio show of Transmission, and BClub Radio in Barcelona.
Executive producer
Andi Durrant has acted as executive producer and co-writer of a number of other radio shows:
- Sun:Sets - with Chicane (musician)
- Music For a Harder Generation with The Tidy Boys
- Paul van Dyk - VONYC Sessions
- Don Diablo - Hexagon Radio
- deadmau5 - Mau5trap Radio
- The Hustle - with Roger Sanchez
- A Little Respect with Andy Bell (singer)
- Dance Britannia with Sister Bliss
Awards
| Year | Awarding Body | Category | Programme | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Sony Radio Academy Awards | Music Broadcaster Of the Year | Andi Durrant for Galaxy FM | Silver[12] |
| 2008 | Sony Radio Academy Awards | Music Broadcaster Of the Year | Andi Durrant for Galaxy FM | Gold[13] |
| 2009 | Sony Radio Academy Awards | Best Specialist Music Programme | The Warmup for Galaxy FM | Silver |
| 2011 | Arqiva Radio Awards | Best Specialist Music Programme | Andi Durrant on Capital FM | Bronze[14] |
| 2013 | Arqiva Radio Awards | Best Specialist Music Programme | The Electrik Playground on Kiss Fresh | Bronze[15] |
| 2015 | Arqiva Radio Awards | Best Specialist Music Programme | The Electrik Playground on Kiss Fresh | Silver[16] |
| 2024 | New York Festival | Entertainment - Music Programme | The Dance Music Archive | Bronze[17] |
| 2025 | Radio Academy ARIAS | Best Music Programme | The Dance Music Archive | Nominee[18] |
This Is Distorted
Durrant co-founded UK production company This Is Distorted in 2013 with long-term business partner Nick Riley. The company produces and syndicates international radio shows and podcasts for electronic artists and brands such as deadmau5, Don Diablo, Defected Records, Paul Van Dyk, Chicane, Claptone, MK, Nora En Pure, EDX, Alok, Sister Bliss, Sirius XM and British Airways,[19] alongside podcasts from Owen Jones, Roger Sanchez, Cafe Direct, Clint Boon and the NHS.[20]
DJ and record producer
Durrant has produced 130 tracks and remixes for a wide range of recording artists including Armin Van Buuren, Paul Van Dyk, Laidback Luke, Steve Aoki, Jacques Lu Cont, Chaka Khan, Plan B and Will I Am.
As part of Riley & Durrant, Durrant held residencies at Privilege and Amnesia Ibiza, Ministry of Sound in London and at Gatecrasher in Sheffield, where they met behind the DJ booth in 2002. Through their Electrik Playground and Nu Breed club nights, record labels and radio programs, Riley & Durrant have been influential in playing and promoting underground electronic music on UK radio.[21]
In 2012, Durrant became the resident DJ and host for Ibiza Live at Eden Ibiza and Mallorca Live at BCM in Magaluf, playing weekly alongside Example, DJ Fresh, Dizzee Rascal, Tinie Tempah, Jessie J and Professor Green.[22]
Durrant has also worked with Steve More remixing more pop and commercial artists such as Plan B, Flo Rida, The Saturdays, Jennifer Lopez, Vato Gonzalez, Lethal Bizzle, JLS, Lawson, Will I Am, Far East Movement and Paul Van Dyk and has produced album tracks for Avril Lavigne.
