Goddard.

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Goddard.
Born
Andrew Goddard

1998 (age 26–27)
Kettering, England
Occupation
  • Producer
Years active2018–present
Formerly ofAg.

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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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]

Charting singles

List of solo charting singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
NZ
Hot
[26]
"Yesterday"202533Non-album single

References

  1. ↑ "Andrew Goddard on SoundBetter". SoundBetter. Archived from the original on 26 June 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "Goddard - Everything You Need to Know About the Music Artist". pianity.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "goddard. (UK) | Wellington". www.ticketfairy.com. 21 October 2022. Archived from the original on 26 June 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  4. 1 2 Petridis, Alexis (22 April 2022). "'It's just good energy!' How TikTok and Covid made drum'n'bass hot again". The Guardian . Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 "MIX OF THE WEEK: Goddard". Evermix. 23 January 2020. Archived from the original on 26 June 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Meet Drum and Bass Artist Goddard in His Interview With Albawaba". Albawaba.com. Archived from the original on 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  7. ↑ "ag. - Discography". Spotify. Archived from the original on 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "goddard. - Discography". Spotify. Archived from the original on 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "archie - Discography". Spotify. Archived from the original on 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  10. ↑ "Brother duo from Lochwinnoch bidding to win Christmas number one". The Renfrewshire Gazette. 6 December 2019. Archived from the original on 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  11. ↑ "Goddard - Nicotine (Official Music Video)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  12. ↑ "DNB Allstars Announce Allstars MIC". Ukf.com. 22 November 2021. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  13. ↑ "bailey - Discography". Spotify. Archived from the original on 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  14. ↑ "Cat Burns - Discography". Spotify. Archived from the original on 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  15. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 2 May 2022. Archived from the original on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  16. ↑ "Who is Antigoni Buxton? Meet the Love Island 2022 contestant and musician". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  17. ↑ "WAYPOINT/ANTIGONI/GODDARD". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  18. 1 2 Jolley, Ben (2 November 2022). "Venbee: thrilling, cathartic drum 'n' bass from 'Messy In Heaven' hitmaker". NME . Archived from the original on 24 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  19. ↑ "VENBEE". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  20. 1 2 "Charlotte Haining - Discography". Spotify. Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  21. ↑ "Drum&BassArena Awards 2022 - The Winners". UKF. 7 December 2022. Archived from the original on 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  22. ↑ "Lab On Location: goddard". Mixmag. Archived from the original on 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  23. ↑ "goddard. reworks Greentea Peng's "Downers"". The Line of Best Fit. Archived from the original on 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  24. ↑ "goddard, Pola & Bryson & Lens - Way Up (feat. Javeon)". Shogun Audio. Archived from the original on 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  25. ↑ "A Moment With - Vibe Chemistry". Jungledrumandbass.co.uk. 15 June 2022. Archived from the original on 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  26. ↑ "Official Hot 40 Singles". Recorded Music NZ. 19 September 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
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