Andy Whitby’s fans represent the entire hard-dance spectrum, many travel huge distances from all corners of the UK and beyond; many will have the name Andy Whitby embossed on customized clubbing wear they’ve had made for them; their enthusiasm is rewarded by a performance that often leaves many a gibbering wreck.

More recently, his fiercely loyal fan base packed out the launch of One AWsum Night; an event packed with a line-up of DJs to compliment the Whitby experience. The launch was massively over subscribed and instantly making the One AWsum Night events eagerly anticipated by many and form an integral part of clubbers diaries.

Whitby’s unquestionable and seemingly unrivalled DJing skill is only part of the success story. A Whitby set will always be peppered by many tracks that are either his own or are remixed and re-engineered by him to get optimum performance and maximum impact within each set he plays. Any track that has come out of the Whitby studio is hugely sought after by other DJs and fans, so much so some DJs who should know better lift huge segments from Andy’s demos to include in their own sets. Such is the demand for these tracks that it has prompted the creation of AWsum, Whitby’s own record label; each release enjoying instant download chart-topping success.

His confidence and ability to pack out events would perhaps make some achieving the same success ever so slightly arrogant. But spend any time with Andy Whitby and you’ll find that he is extremely down to earth, immensely appreciative of his fans support and constantly surprised by the massive amounts of attention he gets where ever he goes. No matter how many people want photos taken with their idol, or various bits of memorabilia (and often their anatomy) signed, Andy will always oblige.

Andy Whitby for many represents everything hard dance-dance should be; fast, fun, friendly, euphoric. For everyone else they are yet to be Whitby’d.

Written by Ru Curthoys, lead reviewer & interviewer for www.Tidy.com