ANDREW MACARI 
[GREENHOUSE RECORDINGS]

Biography: Andrew continued to build a fan base in the [bad word] North American DJ scene, whether playing a deep set in an intimate underground House setting, or a jackin-funky-Chicago-style set at peak time. In 2000, he was a bi-weekly resident at Giant, and had the unique experience (along with Marques Wyatt) of being the first DJs ever to play the official Grammy Awards Party. In 2000 at the Deep-Naked Music-Hula Groove Party WMC (with Attaboy, Swag, Joshua-Iz, Rasoul, Miguel Migs, Marques Wyatt &  Mark Farina)...

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"Tracks by Macari have been rocking parties in various cities in North America recently." - Mark Farina, TIME OUT LONDON, April 2001

"Beats so solid and upfront you could park your car on top. Top-shelf deep house with a tough dancefloor core." - JOCKEY [bad word]  May 2001

British DJ/Producer Andrew Macari continues to define his career with a growing discography, superb turntable skills and his well established record label Greenhouse Recordings. His producing efforts span a wide variety of House styles including Deep, Latin, Chicago.His DJ sets are as varied and characterized by intense energy and long, well-executed mixes. 2006 is shaping up to be an exciting year for this multi-talented artist who has been sowing the seeds of his musical success for over twenty years.

Andrew was born and raised in Nottingham, England. House heads have long known "Notts" as a source of some of the best Deep House in the UK. That is where young "ANDY MAC" (his handle until 1997) began his DJ career at early-80s reggae sound system parties. By 86/87 he was performing at the now-legendary Garage Club on Wednesday nights. During the Acid House "free party" phenomenon of the early-90's, Andrew was a familiar face behind the turntables with various Midlands sound systems such as Babble and the infamous DIY.

Andrew began producing in 1995. His [bad word] credits were as one-half of the pioneering Tech House duo Flow, who released tracks like "Blind Rithm", and "Fake" on LOW PRESSINGS, and gave impressive 4-turntable performances (most notably at the Atomic Jam '97 in Birmingham). When he toured North America as Flow for the first time in 1997, what was meant as a two-month trip stretched into four. During this time, he remixed John Wicks' Ibizia dancefloor hit "Gypsy". He returned to England inspired and founded FILTER FLOW RECORDINGS, a popular underground House label.

In 1998, Toka Project asked Andrew to be the fourth member of their Nottingham-based producing collective. In addition to his talent, Andrew contributed his US press/label/promoter contacts, which he nurtured during return trips to the States. During this time Toka Project released four projects on FILTER FLOW, as well as contributed a track to Miguel Migs' label, TRANSPORT. In August 1999 after several months in the studio, Andrew Macari, Jay Cowley and Andy Riley embarked on a three month/32-city Toka Project "When House Goes Deep" Tour of North America (organized by Hula Groove). Soon after, Toka Project was named one of URB Magazine's "Next 100" artists to watch. Despite their outward success the group's political balance grew tenuous and Andrew moved to Los Angeles. Months later his last Toka Project collaboration "Don't Cry" on VIVA! was released, and remains one of the most popular Toka tracks to date. Also licensed to DJ Heather's "Tangerine" mixed CD on AFTERHOURS.

In the US, Andrew faced the challenge of emerging from the anonymity of partnerships like Flow and Toka Project, and establishing "Andrew Macari" as a US-based DJ and producer. He produced a stunningly deep remix of "Smog Sunset" for west coast label INFINITE JAZZ, and collaborated with Jask in Tampa for LARGE MUSIC (unreleased projects). During return visits to the UK, he and Mark Bell