| Description: | It was until Andrés Velilla moved to Miami that he discovered and fell in love with the electronic music. He was 15 when he was at a friend’s house and heard his friend’s brother put up some Trance beats. At this time Miami was all about Trance. It was then that he bought an all in one CD mixer, and started to mix at his house and friends parties.
By going at least once a week to the famous club Shadow Lounge, where George Acosta was the resident, and big international DJs like Taucher, Talla 2XLC, BT, and many more went there to drop their Trance beats, influenced a lot Andres. But it was only until Andrés moved to Paris that he discovered House Music. Slowly but surely, he transcended from trance to house and its sub-genres.
When Andres finally moved to Montréal, he started to mix at private parties, and some parties for McGill University. On the summer of 2005, he had a couple of gigs at the Italian restaurant Pino on Crescent Street. Around November of 2005, Andres had an offer to spin at Myst Supperclub. He agreed to take the job, and that gave him the residency until the opening of Myst Lounge (Now Tribe Hyperclub). Then transferred to Myst Lounge (Now Tribe Hyperclub) he was mixing every Saturday night and had the privilege to open for several international DJs on Thursday nights, such as Oscar G. Cevin Fisher, David Penn, Doc Martin, Behrouz, DJ Cue, Stephan Luke, DJ Deep, and George Morel. It was here in Montreal that Andrés started to make his own style. In the summer of 2006, he got the opportunity to Mix at one of Bogotá’s most prestigious night club, El Cha Cha, for the first time Andres was able to Mix in his home Country, which he is now one of the resident DJs. On 2007 Circus Afterhours had their first DJ competition, and from about 200+ deejays that competed, Andres made it to the quarterfinals (Top 16). Andres is now continuing his passionate adventure in the world of electronic music doing his own productions.
In 2009 Andres earned a certificate in sound design and audio technology at Musitechnic (www.musitechnic.com) in Montreal. He has also been invited in repeatedly occasions to mix again at Circus Afterhours, MileEnd Bar, Space Ultra Lounge, Buonanotte Restaurant, L’Avenue Restaurant famous Halloween Party, Vauvert, Cherry Night Club, plus numerous private events. |
