Andy Votel is a musician, DJ, record producer, graphic designer and co-founder of Twisted Nerve Records and the reissuelabel Finders Keepers Records. Votel began making hip-hop music in the late 1980s as the youngest member of the group Violators of the English Language (from which the VOTEL stage name is derived). In 2000 Votel signed to XL Records. He recorded two albums for the label, Styles of the Unexpected (2000) and All Ten Fingers (2002). These albums featured original Can singer Malcolm Mooney, Guy Garvey, Gramme, and Jane Weaver. Votel's music is often released under a pseudonym. His aliases include Applehead, Anworth Kirk, Tandy Love, Xian Orphic, Slant Azymuth, Neotantrik, and Tony Deval.
Having built a reputation through Violators of the English Language, Votel began mixing psychedelic music with jazz and hip-hop records at clubs like The Hacienda and Home And South from the early 1990s. He is an internationally renowned DJ and has performed at events such as Sonar, All Tomorrow's Parties, and the Green Man Festival. Votel founded the B-Music DJ Collective alongside ex-Hacienda DJ and journalist John Maccready. Other B-Music collaborators include David Holmes, Belle And Sebastian, Edan, Bob Stanley, and Gruff Rhys. Votel has presented shows for Radio 4 such as 2011's Free Wales Harmony, which documented the history of Welsh protest music. He appears regularly alongside Stuart Maconie on The Freakier Zone show on BBC 6 Music.
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Come and join Kirkcaldy Music Society for a series of classical chamber music concerts in Kirkcaldy Old Kirk!
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A warm welcome to the Aurrie Mor Christmas Fair. Come along for festive cheer and make some timely purchases for Christmas!
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Dunfermline Choral Union invites you to join them for their much-loved Christmas Concerts at the Vine Conference Centre on Saturday 6th December!
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Don't miss Fife band The Castros when the return to headline PJ Molloys, Dunfermline on Saturday 6th December!
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The world famous Kingdom Brass Band and the Junior Brass Band are coming to Pathhead Parish Church on the 7th December for their Christmas concert.
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The Froobz return to headline PJ Molloys, Dunfermline on Friday 12th December with support from Heavy Weather + Dead Stilettos.
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This Christmas, join John Barrowman at Rothes Halls for Camp As Christmas... a brand-new show bursting with festive favourites showstopping tunes and plenty of glitz!
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Viewfield Baptist Church in Dunfermline is holding two Carol Services this year, one will be Contemporary and the other one will be a Traditional Service. All welcome!
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