Andi Durrant was born on 23 February 1981 and is an English radio presenter, company co-founder, disc jockey and record producer from Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
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Andi Durrant 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.
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Andi Durrant has received three Sony Radio Academy Awards and been nominated for three Arqiva Radio Awards for "Best Specialist Program".
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Andi Durrant joined Galaxy FM aged 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.
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Andi Durrant left Capital in September 2013 to launch his production company This Is Distorted and joined the new Kiss FM network, KissFresh, in March 2014.
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Andi Durrant has conducted interviews and made one-off specials with the Prodigy, Pet Shop Boys, Example, Faithless, Calvin Harris, Groove Armada, and Daft Punk.
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In 2021 Andi Durrant launched the Dance Music Archive - an online archive website and social media community.
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Andi Durrant was the presenter of Tidy TV, the regular TV programme from British dance music brand Tidy.
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Andi Durrant has acted as executive producer and co-writer of a number of other radio shows:.
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Andi Durrant co-founded UK production company This Is Distorted in 2013 with long-term business partner Nick Riley.
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Andi Durrant 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, alongside podcasts from Owen Jones, Roger Sanchez, Cafe Direct, Clint Boon and the NHS.
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Andi 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.
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In 2012, Andi 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.
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Andi Durrant has 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.