Andy C started Ram Records when he was 14. Today the label is 33 years old and Andy is still its public face, still touring every weekend, still the headliner people travel from three countries to see. Nothing else in dance music compares.

The early years

Born in Hornchurch, Essex. Started producing as a teenager during the late-80s rave explosion. Released his first record in 1992, founded Ram Records the same year with Ant Miles. Both 14 years old. The label launched DJ Hype, Shy FX, Sub Focus, Wilkinson, Chase & Status, Delta Heavy, the list goes on.

The mixing style

Andy invented the three-deck mix as a DnB performance technique. Most DJs use two decks. Andy uses three, switching tracks every 15-30 seconds, layering basslines across multiple records. Watch any modern DnB DJ doing fast cuts: they are copying Andy from 1997.

The Baltic shows

Andy has played the Baltics multiple times. Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius. The pattern is always the same: sold-out room, mixed crowd ranging from teenagers to 50-year-olds, 2-hour set that covers 30 years of DnB. The room reaction at the peak of an Andy C set is unmatched anywhere else in dance music.

Why he is still relevant

Most DJs of his generation moved into a-list pop production (Pendulum, Sub Focus, Chase & Status), retired, or kept playing the same retrospective set every weekend. Andy still plays new releases, signs new producers to Ram, and approaches every set like he has something to prove. That work ethic is the whole career.

The Ram catalogue

If you only want to listen to one DnB label catalogue chronologically, this is the one. Start at RAMM001 (1993) and work forward. By the time you reach the 2010s you have heard 20 years of DnB history through one editorial filter.