Andy Votel
Having spent over 25 years spearheading his own self-sufficient alternative music industry, Mancunian-born Andy Votel came from an era of record collecting and DJ'ing that had more in common with scrap metal haulage than expensive trophy chasing.
Spending his early teens making "music" with crudely modified old vinyl LPs, kitchen utensils, and cassette tape loops, his continued search for discarded noise led him to run one of the most respected vinyl re-issue labels in the world - Finders Keepers - and be involved in over 300 record releases covering every aspect in making, breaking and mistaking experimental pop music.
As an international DJ, recording artist, designer, producer, writer, compiler, detective, and presenter, his un-blinkered appreciation and promotion of musical lost property crosses multiple genres and language barriers and has resulted in a constantly mutating career transcending wide pop-cultural circles such as hip-hop, mod-culture, experimental, ambient, cinematic while winning him unanimous respect in the process. As a presenter, he regularly produces and hosts radio shows for Stuart Maconie at the BBC, Primavera Sound, NTS, and Worldwide FM.
