Aim

Andy Turner (Aim) grew up in the small coastal town of Barrow-in-Furness, England.

During the late 80’s / early 90’s, Andy was drawn to underground clubs and warehouse raves where he was in awe of tracks like Psychotropic’s ‘Hypnosis’ and Unique 3’s ‘The Theme’. He soon ditched his drum-sticks for decks and started out as a DJ, making regular trips to Manchester’s Eastern Bloc and Spin Inn Records, and putting on basement parties in his home town.

A demo found it’s way to Manchester’s Grand Central Records who signed him immediately. During his 8 years with the label he released the acclaimed albums ‘Cold Water Music’, ‘Hinterland’ and ‘Means of Production’, along with a number of sought after 12″s including the ‘Pacific North West EP’ and the ‘Loop Dreams Remix EP’.

In 2004 Andy left Grand Central and set up ATIC Records. He released his fourth Aim album ‘Flight 602’ in 2006 and toured extensively with his live band, selling out Shepherd’s Bush Empire and smashing Glastonbury along the way. ‘Flight 602’ cemented Aim’s reputation as one of the UK’s leading underground artists, achieving a kind of cult following, whilst straddling the impossible void between creative independence and inescapability.

In 2015 ATIC Records released what is arguably Aim’s best work to date. The long awaited full-length collaboration album ’The Habit of a Lifetime (And How to Kick it)’ saw Aim team up with long time friends and Long Island legends QNC over eleven classic hip-hop tracks. Again, the reviews were amazing. Mixmag called it “a testament to the best that hip hop can still offer” whist both Dan Hegarty of RTE 2fm, and the popular beats and breaks site ‘monkeyboxing.com’ awarded the record their coveted ‘Album of the Year’ accolade.