Andrew Ashong is a British-Ghanaian soul singer-songwriter, DJ and record producer from Forest Hill in

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. He spent his teenage years searching for records and by 16 he was DJing and working on his own productions. Andrew Ashong has released two EPs: ''Flowers'' with

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(2012) and the ''Andrew Ashong'' EP (2014), which moved away from the dance floor sound of ''Flowers'' and interjected more soul and jazz inspired rhythms and textures "A release less targeted to the dance floor, it instead chooses to retrospectively immerse in the ethics of true music". He also featured on "Day like This/Feel Loved" by Tony Allen and Theo Parish (2013). Paul Lester of ''

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'' has compared him to

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and

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in his "New Band of the Day" feature.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ashong, Andrew Year of birth missing (living people) Living people British soul singers Musicians from London British DJs British male singer-songwriters British record producers