Andrew Bayer is an American DJ / producer from Washington DC. He is known for his unique progressive house productions on Anjunadeep and Anjunabeats.  If you haven’t yet heard of him, this would be one good reason to take notice.

Famous for his flirtatious experiments with Intelligent Dance Music,  he’s probably one of the most concentrated form of genius I’ve ever come across in my short span of living. And on this album, he really pushes the envelope with ingenuity in music making. It’s such a far cry from what we’re used to hearing from him usually, it’s left his critics and fan base stunned with amazement.  This is what his thoughts were about the album:

“I try to be as diverse as possible. This is mainly an exercise as a musician, but also a record producer as well.“

Echoing label bosses’ Above and Beyond’s fascination with emotionally driven music, it’s got Andrew Bayer’s more personal, vulnerable touch to it. Above & Beyond’s Tony McGuinnes has this to say:

“When I first heard Andrew’s new album I thought “wow, this is different” – he’s certainly not resting on his laurels in any way. And then I listened to it some more and pretty soon it was all I was listening to. On repeat. For hours. It’s the best album I’ve heard in a long time and I’m looking forward to it coming out so I can talk to people about it.“”Gaff’s Eulogy” is, as the name suggests, inspired by Bladerunner. Gaff was the guy who made the origami unicorn that graces the album cover and, at the end of the movie, tells Deckard “You’ve done a man’s job, sir”. And so it is with Andrew. Bravo. Tx”

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