DJ Andrew Townsend

DJ Andrew Townsend
DJ Andrew Townsend at NekoCon 2009
Background information
Birth name	Andrew Townsend
Also known as	DJ Andrew Townsend, DJ Sour Munchies, DJ Infection, Sonny Pendergrazz
Born	19 February 1987 (1987-02-19) (age 24) Hampton, Virginia, United States
Origin	Hampton, Virginia, United States
Genres	Trance, Hardstyle, Hip-Hop, Gabber, Dubstep
Occupations	Music producer, DJ, Rapper
Instruments	Synthesizer, drum machine, equalizer
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Escovator Records (2003–present), Fun Recordings (2004-2007)
Associated acts	Yung, The LoD Project, Virginia House of DJ's, Sonz of Freedom
Website	www.myspace.com/djandrewtownsend/

DJ Andrew Townsend (born Andrew Edward Townsend) is a hardstyle DJ and music producer he is best known for his unique satellite shows in various clubs across the United States (which would allow him to simulcast in two different club at once). Influenced by earlier sounds of trance and house when his dj'ing career started in 2005 he was later influenced to switch his dj'ing style to Hardstyle when he witnessed the music event "Sensation Black".^[1] Hosting a dozen of internet radio shows including his newest one "A State of Hardstyle"^[2] a bi-monthly radio show on FNoob Radio. His career as a musician began way before he was a dj seeing his first album entitled Assistance Required released in 2003 under an alias Dj Infection^[3] and was best known for his 2004 single Warning^[4] which had a lot of club spins in the United States & Europe but his talents as a musician were rather unknown until his remix album Andrew Townsend: The Remixed Dream^[5] appeared on iTunes^[6] which streamed a mainstream approach for Dj Andrew Townsend and a interest in his dj'ing and musical talent by a more mainstream audience. His latest album Homework was released as a digital download import via BeatsDigital^[7]

Discography

• Assistance Required (2003) (As Dj Infection)
• Andrew Townsend: The Remixed Dream (2009)
• Passport: Commonwealth of Virginia (2009)
• Homework (2010)
• Songs For My Daughter... (2010)
• Assistance Required II (2011)

References

1. ^ http://thedjlist.com/djs/ANDREW_TOWNSEND/
2. ^ http://fnoob.com/radio/schedule--choose-your-view/this-week/view/4047/177
3. ^ http://www.discogs.com/DJ-Infection-Assistance-Required/release/453901
4. ^ http://www.discogs.com/DJ-Andrew-Townsend-Warning/release/1771728
5. ^ http://www.discogs.com/DJ-Andrew-Townsend-Andrew-Townsend-The-Remixed-Dream/release/1791335
6. ^ http://thedjlist.com/djs/ANDREW_TOWNSEND/albums/Andrew_Townsend__The_Remixed_Dream
7. ^ http://www.beatsdigital.com/album/106685

External links

• DJ Andrew Townsend on MySpace
• DJ Andrew Townsend at Discogs.com

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Name	Townsend, Andrew
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Date of birth	19 February 1987
Place of birth	Hampton, Virginia
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