Andy Cato
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| Andy Cato | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Andrew Derek Cocup |
| Born | 1973 (age 34–35) |
| Origin | Barnsley, Yorkshire, England |
| Genre(s) | Electronic music |
| Instrument(s) | Trombone, piano |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Label(s) | Columbia UK |
Andy Cato is one half of the electronic dance band, Groove Armada.
[edit] Early life
He grew up in a village near Barnsley and played the trombone in a colliery brass band, and won the Young Jazz Musician of the Year Award in 1995. He attended QEGS in Wakefield for his schooling. He was also taught the piano.
[edit] Groove Armada
After studying History at Merton College in the University of Oxford, he moved to Cambridge, where he was the DJ at the Spectrum nightclub. He met Tom Findlay in 1994 in Cambridge, through a common friend who was his girlfriend (and currently his wife), Jo, who he met at Oxford. In London they had a dance night called Captain Sensual At The Helm Of The Groove Armada. They record their music at a cottage near Ambleside in the Lake District.
