Andy Votel

Andy Votel is Andrew Shallcross, a DJ, producer, record collector and designer from Marple Bridge near Stockport. In 1997 he co-founded Twisted Nerve with Badly Drawn Boy, and he produced much of Badly Drawn Boy's early work. In 1999 he co-founded Finders Keepers with Doug Shipton and Dom Thomas, a reissue label devoted to obscure records from around the world. He also co-runs Bird Records with Jane Weaver and Pre-Cert Home Entertainment with Demdike Stare and Boomkat. On XL he released the albums Styles of the Unexpected and All Ten Fingers, and he records under aliases such as Applehead and Anworth Kirk. He founded the B-Music DJ collective, has designed over 150 record sleeves, and played Dekmantel Selectors in 2016 and 2019.