Goddard.

Andrew Goddard (born 1998), known under the stage name Goddard., is a musician from Kettering, England. He is best known for his remix of Cat Burns's "Go", which charted at No. 2 on the New Zealand Singles Chart, and for featuring on Venbee's "Messy in Heaven", which charted at No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart.

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Goddard.
Birth nameAndrew Goddard
Born1998 (age 24–25)
Kettering, England
Occupation(s)
  • Producer
Years active2018–present
Formerly ofAg.

Life and career

1998–2018: Early life and Ag.

Andrew Goddard[1] was born in 1998[2] in Kettering.[3] He was a fan of Hospital Records and Ram Records as a teenager.[4] He studied for a Masters in Music & Management at Leeds University.[5] He initially went into DJing after admiring the DJs at raves he had attended as a teenager; realising this was not sufficient to make a living, he learned Reason, first by watching YouTube tutorials, then by teaching himself.[6] Whilst at university, he formed Ag. with Ross Quinn,[5] who released "Warped Minds" on 27 July 2018, "All Falls Down" on 21 August 2018, their parent six-track EP Servia on 28 September 2018, and "Silent Corner" on 30 November 2018.[7]

2020–2022: Early solo releases

Goddard's early tracks were "very deep liquid tracks"; he told Albawaba.com in May 2021 that two years beforehand he lost someone close to him, and that concentrating on writing helped him grieve.[6] On 12 June 2020, he released "Player" as "Goddard.", and on 28 August 2020 he released the EP Next Gen. On 30 April 2021, he released "Nicotine", which featured Archie,[8] real name Archie Collingwood-Watt,[9] the son of Vanessa Collingridge;[10] on 13 May 2021 a music video was released for the single.[11] On 29 October 2021, he released "Day 9", and on 11 December 2021, he and Dread MC featured on an Allstars MIC,[8] a fortnightly DnB Allstars series.[12] On 9 February 2022, he released "Afterlife" with Bailey,[8] real name Samuel Bailey,[13] and on 23 March 2022 he released "Green Light" with Megan Linnell.[8]

2022–present: Later releases

On 25 March 2022, he contributed a remix for Cat Burns's "Go" for her album of remixes;[14] this remix charted at No. 3 on the New Zealand Singles Chart.[15] On 23 September 2022,[8] he and Waypoint remixed the 2020 single "Never Gonna Love" by Love Island contestant and Tonia Buxton's daughter[16] Antigoni,[8] which charted at No. 72 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart,[17] and released "Messy in Heaven" with Loud LDN member Venbee,[18] which charted at No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart, and spent fifteen weeks at No. 1 on the UK Dance Singles Chart.[19] On 30 September 2022,[20] he released a remix of Loud LDN member Charlotte Haining[18] and BCee's "Before You",[20] and on 3 November 2022 Goddard and Haining would release "Feel Like That".[8] In December 2022,[21] he won Best Newcomer at the Drum&BassArena Awards 2022,[22] and he later signed to Atlantic Records.[23] On 21 April 2023, Javeon, Lens, and Pola & Bryson released "Way Up",[8] which had been written in 2022 at a Shogun Audio Writing Camp.[24]

Artistry

Ag. were inspired by Burial, Four Tet, and Maribou State, while Goddard himself was inspired by Maribou State, Bonobo, Etherwood, and Keeno,[5] and has been cited as inspiration by Vibe Chemistry.[25] The Guardian noted in April 2022 that he made "soulful vocal tracks that seem aimed squarely at the dancefloor, but which clock in at pop-single length; hardly anything he does exceeds three minutes", a practice he attributes to learning about listeners' reduced attention spans as a result of the Digital Revolution while at university.[4]

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