Name: Andy N

Place of residence: Manchester, UK

Manchester based poet, writer and performer Andy N has been published in a variety of publications and books regularly world wide since 1992.

He is a regular contributor to the website ‘Soul to Soul'

He is the lead singer / vocalist of the noise band  ‘DIH' (who have been described as Jack Kerouac jamming with The Aphex Twin) who have several released 3 self released EP's as well as two albums ‘Internal Conflict' (2004) and the recently released ‘Suicide (I meant forever)' (2006). 

He also records with among others the band ‘M.A.N.' who self released their first album ‘Journeys' In 2004 and whose second album simply called ‘M.A.N.' is due to be released by the independent Brighton label  ‘Slightly Off Kilter' towards the end of 2006.

He also runs his own internet music label ‘Hicc Records' - which currently has a number of albums / EP's available for free download http://www.archive.org/details/hicc-records of various styles and is also is signed to Hallo Excentrico which has released several other albums of his http://hallo-excentrico.com.

He is currently working on his first novel ‘Intermission' and a collection of poetry and has two plays ‘Night Air' and ‘…And Buried?' pending for possible performance towards the end off 2006 as well as still regularly writing his own poetry and is still maintaining his own website – Setting Sun – http://www.geocities.com/aen1mpo which besides being a showcase for his own work also carries since 2003 an ever increasing showcase section where Andy regularly edits interesting often up and coming artists Andy encounters during his travels across the internet currently totalling to over 50 acts covering acts from England, America, Canada, France, Sweden, Germany and Russia to name but a few covering all areas of the musical spectrum.