Andy Van Dorsselaer Explained

Andy Van
Birth Name:Andrew Alphonse Van Dorsselaer
Birth Date:1968 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Frankston, Victoria, Australia
Genre:Dance, electronic, house
Occupation:Disc jockey, record producer
Years Active:1980s–present
Label:Vicious Vinyl, Virgin Records, Capitol Records, Sony Music
Associated Acts:Madison Avenue, Vandalism

Andrew Alphonse Van Dorsselaer (also known as Andy Van; born 3 November 1968) is an Australian disc jockey, record producer and co-founder of the record label Vicious Vinyl.[1] [2]

He was one half of the dance music act Madison Avenue with Cheyne Coates. Their 1999 song "Don't Call Me Baby" reached #2 on the ARIA Singles Chart in Australia and #1 on the RIANZ Singles Chart in New Zealand, the UK Singles Chart in the United Kingdom and the Billboard Dance Chart in the United States in 2000.[3] In 2014, a remix of the track reached #1 on the ARIA Club Chart in Australia.[4]

He is currently with the electronic act Vandalism (since 2004).[5] [6]

Awards

Best Dance Release for "Coma" by Pendulum.[7] The award was presented to Pendulum and recognises "Coma".[7] Van Dorsselaer produced the track but was not presented with an individual award.

Single of the Year, Highest Selling Single and Breakthrough Artist – Single for "Don't Call Me Baby" by Madison Avenue, and Best Video for "Who the Hell Are You" by Mark Hartley.[8] The awards were presented to Madison Avenue and recognise "Don't Call Me Baby", and to Mark Hartley for "Who the Hell Are You"'s music video.[8] Van Dorsselaer was a member of Madison Avenue, he co-wrote and produced both tracks but he was not presented with an individual award.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.australian-charts.com/showperson.asp?name=Andy+Van+Dorsselaer Andy Van Dorsselaer
  2. http://www.discogs.com/artist/288810-Andrew-Van-Dorsselaer Andy Van Dorsselaer
  3. http://www.australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Madison+Avenue Madison Avenue
  4. Brandle, Lara (17 April 2014). "Madison Avenue’s ‘Don’t Call Me Baby’ Grows up, Tops Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 10 September 2015
  5. http://gorillasuperdigi.com/artist/vandalism/ Vandalism
  6. "Vandalism ready to go global" (13 August 2008). Metro. DMG Media. Retrieved 10 September 2015
  7. Web site: ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 1997 . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 21 July 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071222011152/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1997 . 22 December 2007 .
  8. Web site: ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2000 . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 21 March 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235639/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=2000 . 26 September 2007 .