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GUEST MIX # 27
YAM WHO?

26TH FEBRUARY 2021

LONDON, UK

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YAM WHO? IS THE INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN ALTER EGO OF THE DISCO PRODUCER ANDY WILLIAMS. FORMED IN 2003 HE WAS INSTANTLY CHAMPIONED BY THE LIKES OF GILLES PETERSON, NORMAN JAY, THEO PARRISH & BENJI B. THE LONDON BASED DJ & PRODUCER WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE EMERGENCE OF THE GLOBAL EDIT SCENE WHICH ENABLED THE LIKES OF TODD TERJE, LATE NITE TUFF GUY, DR PACKER, THE REFLEX AND INSPIRED SO MANY OTHERS TO EMERGE.

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IT WAS THE STARLIGHT BOOGIE REMAKE OF PHARRELL’S ‘FRONTIN’ THAT ELEVATED YAM WHO? TO WORLD WIDE RECOGNITION AND LED TO DJ BOOKINGS AND REMIXES FLOODING IN. OVER THE YEARS HE’S ADDED DISCO FEVER TO GRACE JONES (PIAS), JOHN LEGEND (SONY RECORDS) JOSH STONE (VIRGIN RECORDS). HIS PARTY LED PRODUCTIONS HAVE BEEN RELEASED ON GLITTERBOX, CLASSIC MUSIC COMPANY, UBIQUITY AND NOW WITH JOEY NEGRO’S Z RECORDS AS YAM WHO? & JAEGEROSSA ‘GRATEFUL’ FEATURING JACQUI GEORGE, NOT FORGETTING ONE OF BIGGEST TRAXSOURCE TOP 100 TUNES OF 2018 DUBPLATE DISCO’S  â€˜PICK UP’ (YAM WHO EDIT).

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SINCE 2016 HE’S BEEN THE MIXMAG DISCO EDITOR, PROVIDING A CUTTING EDGE PLATFORM FOR THE DISCO, BOOGIE & HOUSE MODERN SCENE. AMBITIOUS & TIRELESSLY ACTIVE ALONGSIDE HIS PARTNER IN CRIME, TOM LAROYE HE RECENTLY SIGNED TO GLITTERBOX AS QWESTLIFE. HAVING ALREADY RELEASED 2 ACCLAIMED SINGLES ‘GIVE ME A MINUTE’ & RECENTLY ‘HIT IT OFF’ THEY PERFORMED ALONGSIDE THE LEGENDARY NEW YORK RAP SUPERSTARS THE SUGARHILL GANG & MELLE MEL FOR MIXMAG ‘LIVE IN THE LAB’ WITH THEIR FORTHCOMING COLLABORATION ‘FEVER’.

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ONE OF THE MOST CONSISTENT DJ’S ON THE CIRCUIT, EVERY WEEKEND’S YOU’LL FIND HIM ROCKING THE DANCE FLOOR AT CLUBS & FESTIVALS AROUND THE GLOBE INCLUDING GLITTERBOX, LOVEBOX, MINISTRY OF SOUND, HORSE MEAT DISCO, LOVE INTERNATIONAL AND THE LEGENDARY PIKES IN IBIZA. HE’S FEATURED ON LINE UPS WITH THE WORLD’S FINEST SELECTORS INCLUDING GREG WILSON, JOEY NEGRO, TIGER & WOODS, PURPLE DISCO MACHINE & DANNY KRIVIT.

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NOW RUNNING 3 RECORD LABELS MIDNIGHT RIOT, BLACK RIOT & ISM THEY HAVE A DIVERSITY OF SOUNDS WITH A LINE-UP OF PRODUCERS & DJ’S INCLUDING ELI ESCOBAR, RON BASEJAM, HIFI SEAN, LENNY FONTANA, JOHN MORALES, LUKE SOLOMON AND MANY MORE. SINCE 2010 HE HAS BEEN THE PRODUCER FOR LONG ESTABLISHED NYC DISCO BAND ODYSSEY AND THEN IN 2016 HE PUT DETROIT’S AMP FIDDLER FIRMLY BACK ON THE MAP, RELEASING THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED ALBUM ‘MOTOR CITY BOOTY’

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SUSTAINING A LONG-LASTING CAREER IS NEVER EASY AND AFTER A 30 YEAR DJ CAREER REMAINING HUMBLE AND MAINTAINING YOUR PASSION IS CRUCIAL. THE KEY TO IT ALL IS HAVING FUN AND EXPRESSING YOURSELF AND NO DOUBT YAM WHO? WILL BRING THIS TO YOUR PARTY AND MORE!

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WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS DISCOGRAPHY LESSON AS MUCH AS WE DO :)

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