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{{Short description|English DJ, record producer, and remixer (1963–2020)}}
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{{Use British English|date=March 2012}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Andrew Weatherall
| image           = Andrew Weatherall.jpg
| caption         = Weatherall in 2009
| birth_name      = Andrew James Weatherall
| alias           = The Chairman
| birth_date      = {{birth date|df=yes|1963|4|6}}
| birth_place     = [[Windsor, Berkshire]], England
| death_date      = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2020|02|17|1963|4|6}}
| death_place     = [[London]], England
| instrument      = {{Flatlist|
*[[Phonograph|Turntables]]
*[[synthesiser]]
*[[Music sequencer|sequencer]]
*[[guitar]]
*[[bass guitar|bass]]
*[[drums]]
*[[voice]]
}}
| genre           = {{Flatlist|
*[[Electronic music|Electronic]]
*[[House music|house]]
*[[techno]]
*[[Balearic beat|balearic]]
*[[Dub music|dub]]
*[[post-punk]]
}}
| occupation      = {{Flatlist|
*[[Disc jockey|DJ]]
*[[Record producer|producer]]
*[[musician]]
*[[remix]]er
}}
| years_active    =
| label           = {{Flatlist|
*Hidden Library
*[[Junior Boy's Own|Boy's Own]]
*[[Rotters Golf Club]]
*[[Sabres of Paradise]]
*Höga Nord
}}
| associated_acts = {{Collapsible list
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  |title= 
|1=ALove from Outer Space
*Aramchek
*Basic Units
*Blood Sugar
*Bocca Juniors
*C-pij 04
*Dayglo Maradona
*Deanne Day
*Fort Beulah N.U.
*Frisch Und Munter
*Hidden Library
*Is
*Klart, Klunk, 
*Lino Squares
*Lords Of Afford
*Lower Echelon
*My Bloody Valentine 
*Planet 4 Folk Quartet
*[[Primal Scream]]
*Rude Solo
*The Asphodells
*The Black Balloons
*The Hold
*The Major And Brother T
*[[The Sabres of Paradise]]
*The Woodleigh Research Facility
*[[Two Lone Swordsmen]]
}}
| website         = {{URL|http://www.rottersgolfclub.com|Rotters Golf Club}}
}}

'''Andrew James Weatherall''' (6 April 1963 – 17 February 2020) was an English musician, DJ, songwriter, producer and remixer.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=The '90s master of the remix |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200218-andrew-weatherall-the-90s-master-of-the-remix |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=www.bbc.com}}</ref> His career took him from being a DJ in the [[acid house]] movement of the late 1980s to being a remixer of tracks by [[Happy Mondays]], [[New Order (band)|New Order]], [[Björk]], [[the Orb]], [[the Future Sound of London]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Saint Etienne (band)|Saint Etienne]], [[Primal Scream]], [[Moby]] and [[James (band)|James]].

His production work on [[Primal Scream]]'s album ''[[Screamadelica]]'', adding samples, loops and creating an influential mix of [[hard rock]], [[house music|house]] and [[rave music|rave]], helped the record win the first ever [[Mercury Music Prize]] in 1992 and become one of the most celebrated albums of the 1990s.<ref name="pattison-guardian">{{cite news|last=Pattison|first=Louis|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/nov/17/electronicmusic.clubs|title=Lord of the dance party|date=17 November 2007|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=26 September 2015}}</ref><ref name="Petridis">{{cite web|last1=Petridis|first1=Alexis| author-link = Alexis Petridis | title=Andrew Weatherall: 'Anyone can make music. What a double-edged sword'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/andrew-weatherall-interview-dj-disco-maverick|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=25 February 2016|access-date=3 April 2016}}</ref>

==Biography==
Andrew James Weatherall was born on 6 April 1963, in [[Windsor, Berkshire]], England, to Robert Weatherall and Carol (Spires) Weatherall.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/21/arts/music/andrew-weatherall-dead.html|title=Andrew Weatherall, D.J. Who Broke Down Genre Barriers, Dies at 56|last=Carmel|first=Julia|date=21 February 2020|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=22 February 2020}}</ref> During his teenage years, he started going to Funk & Soul Weekenders and disco parties. After leaving the local grammar school, he left home at the age of 18, and worked in a variety of jobs including on building sites, as a carpenter and moving furniture.<ref name=":0" />

He moved to London in the late 1980s, where his record collection and musical knowledge brought him requests to DJ at parties.<ref name="pattison-guardian"/> [[Terry Farley]] hired him to play at the Trip club, Weatherall playing mostly [[northern soul]] and indie records.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Sweeting|first=Adam|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/18/andrew-weatherall-obituary|title=Andrew Weatherall obituary|date=18 February 2020|work=[[The Guardian]]|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Weatherall started writing as a freelance music journalist (using both his own name and the pseudonym "Audrey Witherspoon"). Together with Terry Farley, Cymon Eckel and Steve Mayes, they started ''[[Junior Boy's Own|Boy's Own]]'', initially as a [[fanzine]] commenting on fashion, records, football and other issues.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor-first=Colin|editor-last=Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=1238}}</ref> 

Weatherall's DJ career started to take off when he met [[Danny Rampling]] at skater Bobby's (Bobby Collins) party that he played at in Chapel Market, Islington, and Rampling invited him to play at his club night [[Shoom]].<ref name="GUAR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/17/andrew-weatherall-lone-swordsman-who-cut-new-shapes-for-british-music|title=Andrew Weatherall:lone swordsman who cut new shapes for British music|website=[[The Guardian]]|first=Alexis|last=Petridis|author-link=Alexis Petridis|date=17 February 2020|access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref> Farley and Weatherall became regular Shoom DJs, playing the upstairs room, and also at [[Paul Oakenfold]]'s Future/Spectrum nights and [[Nicky Holloway]]'s Trip. They also did their own parties and started a record label under the name of [[Junior Boy's Own|Boy's Own Recordings]].<ref name="GUAR2" /> Along with [[Pete Heller]] (who was also a Shoom DJ), engineer [[Hugo Nicolson]] and singer Anna Haigh, they released two singles as Bocca Juniors on the label, "Raise (53 Steps to Heaven)" and "Substance".<ref name="Larkin"/><ref name="GUAR2" />

[[File:Andrew Weatherall 9 Aug 2009.jpg|thumb|Weatherall DJing in Edinburgh, 2006]]
Weatherall's first studio work was alongside Paul Oakenfold on the [[Nightclub|club]] remix of "Hallelujah" for the [[Happy Mondays]].<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51535685|title = DJ and producer Andrew Weatherall dies|last = Savage|first = Mark|date = 17 February 2020|access-date = 17 February 2020|work = [[BBC News]]}}</ref> Other remixes followed, notably "[[World in Motion]]" for [[New Order (band)|New Order]], "[[Loaded (Primal Scream song)|Loaded]]",<ref name="Larkin"/> a hit remix of [[Primal Scream]]'s earlier track "I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have",<ref name="BBC" /> and the widely acclaimed 'A Mix of Two-Halves' version of [[Saint Etienne (band)|Saint Etienne's]] cover of Neil Young's "[[Only Love Can Break Your Heart]]".<ref name="GUAR2" /> His remix of [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]]'s "Soon" was ranked at number 1 in ''[[NME]]'''s list of "The 50 Best Remixes Ever".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/the-50-best-remixes-ever-1410098|title=The 50 best remixes ever|website=[[NME]]|first=Sarah|last=Anderson|date=20 July 2011|access-date=23 February 2020}}</ref> He produced Primal Scream's album ''[[Screamadelica]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/23/bobby-gillespie-on-screamadelica-producer-andrew-weatherall|title=Bobby Gillespie remembers Andrew Weatherall: 'He was a true bohemian'|website=[[The Observer]]|first=Sean|last=O'Hagan|date=23 February 2020|access-date=23 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/02/18/807082396/andrew-weatherall-acid-house-pioneer-dies-at-56|title=Andrew Weatherall, Champion Of Underground Music, Dies At 56|website=[[NPR]]|first=Noah|last=Caldwell|date=18 February 2020|access-date=23 February 2020}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

In 1992, Weatherall left Boy's Own. He formed the electronic music trio [[the Sabres of Paradise]] in 1993, starting a record label under the same name.<ref name="Larkin"/> The Sabres of Paradise released three albums between 1993 and 1995.<ref name="MIX">{{cite web |last1=Turner |first1=Dave |title=British DJ and producer Andrew Weatherall has died |url=https://mixmag.net/read/british-dj-andrew-weatherall-died-news |website=[[Mixmag]] |access-date=18 February 2020}}</ref> In early 1996, after shutting down Sabresonic, Weatherall and [[Keith Tenniswood]] became [[Two Lone Swordsmen]], signing to [[Warp (record label)|Warp]].<ref name="MIX" /> His production of [[Beth Orton]]'s album ''[[Trailer Park (album)|Trailer Park]]'' helped establish the mix of hip hop and electronica that would later become [[trip hop]].<ref name=":0"/> He set up the [[Rotters Golf Club]] label in 2001.<ref>{{cite news |title=Andrew Weatherall RIP |first=Patrick|last=Clarke |date=17 February 2020 |url=https://thequietus.com/articles/27832-andrew-weatherall-dead |work=[[The Quietus]]|access-date=23 February 2020}}</ref>

Weatherall produced for artists [[Beth Orton]], Primal Scream and [[One Dove]], and remixed the work of [[Björk]], [[Siouxsie Sioux]], [[the Orb]], [[the Future Sound of London]], [[New Order (band)|New Order]], [[Manic Street Preachers]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] and [[James (band)|James]].<ref name="FACT">{{cite web |last1=Muggs |first1=Joe |title=Andrew Weatherall's 30 greatest remixes |url=https://www.factmag.com/2014/09/27/andrew-weatheralls-30-greatest-remixes/ |website=[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]] |date=27 September 2014 |access-date=18 February 2020}}</ref> He produced the album ''[[Tarot Sport]]'' for [[Fuck Buttons]] to "vast acclaim"<ref name="GUAR2" /> and assisted [[the Twilight Sad]] with the production of their third studio album, ''[[No One Can Ever Know]]''.<ref name="ALL">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-weatherall-mn0000041637/credits|title=Andrew Weatherall credits|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="TheJournal">{{cite web |first=Harris |last=Brine |title=Twilight Sad |url=http://www.journal-online.co.uk/article/8369-twilight-sad |website=[[The Journal (student newspaper)|The Journal]] |date=30 November 2011 |access-date=9 December 2011}}</ref>

In 2006, he released his debut solo EP ''The Bullet Catcher's Apprentice'',<ref name="BRAIN">{{cite web |last1=McKeating |first1=Scott |title=The Bullet Catcher's Apprentice review |url=http://brainwashed.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5664&Itemid=64 |website=[[Brainwashed (website)|Brainwashed]] |access-date=18 February 2020}}</ref> followed by his debut solo studio album ''[[A Pox on the Pioneers]]'' in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Pox on the Pioneers – review |url=https://www.factmag.com/2009/09/23/andrew-weatherall-a-pox-on-the-pioneers/ |website=[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]] |first=Louise |last=Brailey |date=23 September 2009 |access-date=18 February 2020}}</ref> Both were released on his Rotters Golf Club imprint.<ref name="BRAIN" /> His music has soundtracked commercial advertisements for vehicles; Weatherall's "Feathers" was used for the Volkswagen Tiguan in 2007 and Two Lone Swordsmen's "Shack 54" was used for the Ford Fiesta in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kelly |first1=Emma |title=DJ and producer Andrew Weatherall dies aged 56 from pulmonary embolism |url=https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/17/dj-producer-andrew-weatherall-dies-aged-56-pulmonary-embolism-12255135/ |access-date=18 February 2020 |website=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |date=17 February 2020}}</ref> In 2013, the Asphodells, formed by Weatherall and collaborator Timothy J. Fairplay from Battant, released the album ''Ruled by Passion, Destroyed by Lust'' on Rotters Golf Club.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-11|title=The Asphodells: Ruled by Passion, Destroyed by Lust|url=https://www.ft.com/content/33600560-69aa-11e2-9246-00144feab49a|website=www.ft.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-11|title=The Asphodells – Ruled By Passion, Destroyed By Lust|url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/the-asphodells-ruled-by-passion-destroyed-by-lust|website=www.theskinny.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-11|title=The Asphodells: Ruled by Passion Destroyed by Lust – review|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/feb/10/asphodells-ruled-by-passion-review|date=10 February 2013|website=The Guardian}}</ref> On 1 July 2014, Weatherall began hosting a monthly radio show, Music's Not For Everyone, on [[NTS Radio]] in London. In 2016, he released a studio album ''Convenanza'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/convenanza/andrew-weatherall|title=Convenanza by Andrew Weatherall|website=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=23 February 2020}}</ref> as well as a remix album ''Consolamentum''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/news/36324|title=Andrew Weatherall remixed by Red Axes, Solar Bears on new album|website=[[Resident Advisor]]|first=Andrew|last=Ryce|date=9 September 2016|access-date=23 February 2020}}</ref> In 2017, he released a studio album ''Qualia'' on Höga Nord Rekords.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/qualia/andrew-weatherall|title=Qualia by Andrew Weatherall|website=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=23 February 2020}}</ref>

Weatherall cited humour as an important component in his musical ideology.<ref>{{cite journal|quote=Yeah, humour's very important. If I didn't see everything as a complete joke, I would've been locked up years ago. I would've gone completely insane.|title=A Complete Rotter|first=Andrez|last=Bergen|author-link=Andrez Bergen|journal=[[Daily Yomiuri]]|date=December 2002}}</ref> He was known as the Chairman or the Guv'nor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/3621|title=Remembering Andrew Weatherall, A Lifelong Maverick|last=Twitch|first=JD|date=17 February 2020|website=[[Resident Advisor]]|access-date=23 February 2020}}</ref>

==Death==
Weatherall died from [[pulmonary embolism]]<ref name="BBC" /> on 17 February 2020 at [[Whipps Cross University Hospital]] in London, aged 56.<ref name=sail>{{cite web|url=https://djmag.com/news/andrew-weatherall-s-fail-we-may-sail-we-must-origin-story-uncovered-irish-radio-dj|website=djmag.com|title=Andrew Weatherall's "Fail we may, sail we must" origin story uncovered by Irish radio DJ|quote="“Fail we may, sail we must”" |first=Cian|last= Ó Cíobháin|year=2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217140630/https://djmag.com/news/andrew-weatherall-s-fail-we-may-sail-we-must-origin-story-uncovered-irish-radio-dj|archivedate=2022-02-17|publisher=[[DJ Mag]]}}</ref>

==Selected discography==
This lists works on which Weatherall appeared directly.<ref name="ALL" />
[[File:Andy Weatherall plaque graffiti.jpg|thumb|Painted "[[blue plaque]]" at the site of The Blue Note on [[Hoxton Square]].]]
===Studio albums===
* ''[[A Pox on the Pioneers]]'' (2009)
* ''Ruled by Passion, Destroyed by Lust'' ([[Rotters Golf Club]], 2013) {{small|(with Timothy J. Fairplay, as the Asphodells)}}<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-11|title=The Asphodells|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/11378-the-asphodells-ruled-by-passion-destroyed-by-lust-review|website=The Quietus}}</ref>
* ''The Phoenix Suburb (and Other Stories)'' (2015) {{small|(with Nina Walsh, as the Woodleigh Research Facility)}}
* ''Convenanza'' (Rotters Golf Club, 2016)<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-11|title=Andrew Weatherall: Convenanza review – pleasant but plain electronica|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/28/andrew-weatherall-convenanza-review|date=28 February 2016|website=The Guardian}}</ref>
* ''Qualia'' (Höga Nord, 2017)

===EPs===
* ''The Bullet Catcher's Apprentice'' (2006)
* ''Kiyadub EP'' (2017)
* ''Merry Mithrasmas EP'' (2017)
* ''Blue Bullet EP'' (2018)

===Singles===
* "Unknown Plunderer" / "End Times Sound" (2020)

===Compilation appearances===
* ''Nine O'Clock Drop'' (2000)
* ''Hypercity'' (2001)
* ''Machine Funk Specialists'' (2002)
* ''From the Bunker'' (2004)
* ''[[Fabric 19]]'' (2004)
* ''Sci-Fi-Lo-Fi Vol. 1'' (2007)
* ''Watch the Ride'' (2008)
* ''Andrew Weatherall vs the Boardroom'' (2008)
* ''Andrew Weatherall vs the Boardroom Volume 2'' (2009)
* ''Masterpiece'' (2012)
* ''Consolamentum'' (2016)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite web|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/47992/1/andrew-weatherall-dj-producer-rip|title=Remembering Andrew Weatherall, who united dancers around esoteric music|website=[[Dazed]]|first=Selim|last=Bulut|date=18 February 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/news/rip-andrew-weatherall-a-genuine-time-out-legend-022120|title=RIP Andrew Weatherall – a genuine Time Out legend|website=[[Time Out London]]|first=Oliver|last=Keens|date=21 February 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://mixmag.net/feature/rip-andrew-weatherall-obituary-dj|title=RIP Andrew Weatherall: A sonic revolutionary and free spirit|website=[[Mixmag]]|first=Joe|last=Muggs|date=17 February 2020}}
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/andrew-weatherall-tribute-obituary-uk-dance-music/|title=British Dance Music Has Lost an Icon in Andrew Weatherall|last=Harrison|first=Angus|date=2020-02-18|website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|language=en}}
*{{Cite web|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/27835-andrew-weatherall-obituary|title=The Quietus {{!}} Features {{!}} Remember Them... {{!}} Working With The Chairman: Andrew Weatherall Remembered By Lee Brackstone|website=The Quietus|language=en-us}}
*{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/andrew-weatherall-obituary-953869/|title=Andrew Weatherall, Veteran Dance Music Producer and DJ, Dead at 56|last=Newman|first=Jason|date=2020-02-17|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/andrew-weatherall-obituary-2610551|title=Andrew Weatherall – the NME obituary, 1963-2020: The innovator who bridged the worlds of rock and Ibiza|website=NME.COM|date=17 February 2020 |language=en-GB}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Andrew Weatherall}}
* {{Official website|www.rottersgolfclub.com|Rotters Golf Club}} – official website
* {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000041637}}
* {{Discogs artist}}
* {{IMDb name|0923123}}
* [https://soundcloud.com/andrew-weatherall Andrew Weatherall] – on SoundCloud
* [https://www.nts.live/shows/andrewweatherall Andrew Weatherall Presents: Music's Not for Everyone] – on NTS  
* [https://books.discogs.com/credit/22027-andrew-weatherall Andrew Weatherall] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808183410/https://books.discogs.com/credit/22027-andrew-weatherall |date=8 August 2020 }} – on Bookogs

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