15 Facts About Andy Votel

Andy Votel recorded two albums for the label, Styles of the Unexpected and All Ten Fingers.

Andy Votel's aliases include Applehead, Anworth Kirk, Tandy Love, Xian Orphic, Slant Azymuth, Neotantrik, and Tony Deval.

Andy Votel is an internationally renowned DJ and has performed at events such as Sonar, All Tomorrow's Parties, and the Green Man Festival.

Andy Votel founded the B-Music DJ Collective alongside ex-Hacienda DJ and journalist John Maccready.

Andy Votel has presented shows for Radio 4 such as 2011's Free Wales Harmony, which documented the history of Welsh protest music.

Andy Votel appears regularly alongside Stuart Maconie on The Freakier Zone show on BBC 6 Music.

Andy Votel has produced extensively for Badly Drawn Boy, including tracks on the Mercury Music Prize winning album The Hour of Bewilderbeast.

Andy Votel has produced music for Gruff Rhys including the single 'Shark Ridden Waters' on the album Hotel Shampoo.

Andy Votel has remixed or produced material for Ian Brown, The Avalanches, Lamb, Elastica, Texas, Death in Vegas, Kings of Convenience, Tim Burgess, Broadcast, and Elbow, among others.

Andy Votel creates mix compilation CDs, including the Music To Watch Girls Cry series, Vertigo Mixed, a compilation of rare tracks from the Vertigo Records catalogue, Brazilika, rare Brazilian tracks and Hungaraton, rare Hungarian music.

In 1997 Andy Votel met Badly Drawn Boy and the pair founded the label Twisted Nerve, initially to release music by Badly Drawn Boy and Dave Tyack.

Andy Votel is a graphic designer and has created over 150 record sleeves.

Andy Votel has designed campaigns for Adidas, Stussy, Levi, and Adam Et Rope.

Andy Votel has been the curator of a number of events including the 2006 event at the Barbican Centre celebrating the music of Jean-Claude Vannier and Serge Gainsbourg.

Andy Votel writes about outsider music for websites such as Red Bull Music Academy.