Andrew Brooks has the confident aplomb of a producer and musician with two highly lauded records. His first album, a house-inflected dance record titled "You, Me & Us," brought him jobs remixing songs of Outkast and Scissor Sisters. His second album, released on Soundslike, the label of influential producer Matthew Herbert, is poised for even greater acclaim.
And in his record company's office during his first promotional jaunt to Japan, he answers questions with the patient smoothness of a pro. It is easy to forget that Brooks, who records under his last name, is only 22 years old.
"I started out young, going out and being naughty," he says with a laugh. "I feel a lot older than I actually am. I feel like a veteran already of a lot of things. My friends will be ready to go out and there's me, being a miserable old man saying, 'Oh no, not tonight.' "