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Twisted Nerve Mixed by Andy Votel

TWISTED NERVE MIXED is a hi-speed mutant mixtape from B-Musicologist ANDY VOTEL using tracks exclusively selected from the vaults his own ferociously independent non-record label.

A 40 track masala of T.N. D.I.Y classics, b-sides, rarities and remixes celebrating a decade of teenage garage jams Mancunian psychsploitation, arkhestral communism and workshop pop Twisted Nerve Mixed features VOICE OF THE SEVEN WOODS, SAMANDTHEPLANTS the first ever release by BADLY DRAWN BOY rare remixes from CHERRYSTONES and HOMELIFE and psyched-out side projects from JANE WEAVER (MISTY DIXON), CLEARSPOT (DUOPHONIC), GRAHAM MASSEY (808 STATE) and CD debuts of vinyl only cuts from label stalwarts SIRCONICAL, DAKOTA OAK and many more lubricated in custom-built sound effects and dialogue – Twisted Nerve’s roster has never been so digestible!

Accidentally conceived in 1998 when cut and paste graphic artist and obscure vinyl obsessive ANDY VOTEL teamed up with screenprinter cum second-class songsmith DAMON GOUGH (BADLY DRAWN BOY) and converted their own 4 track compact cassettes into cut-price vinyl 45s… Twisted Nerve is now ten years old.

Consistently jarring with the status quo our thoroughly unreliable and schizophrenic release schedules fits like a fingerless glove on an octopus. Embracing the true nature of the independent record label with little regard to the impractical standards of the major music industry Twisted Nerve has conspired to bring you the closest thing to a community run industry with our privately pressed and handmade products.

http://www.finderskeepersrecords.com/shop/twisted-nerve-mixed/

Andy Votel - Twisted Nerve Mixed

**SPECIAL EDITION** #HoffaAtchaIKEBoy Radio Show Hosted By Corey Drumz  w/  CeStyle Of Total Pack #Interview & Tribute. Original Air Date: 3-22-214

Tune in every Saturday 3-6pm EST (Noon-3pm PST) for new exclusive interviews and the hottest mix of hip-hop, r&b and soul music from the past, present and future. Also available on all smartphones and mobile devices by installing/opening the #TuneIn Radio mobile app in your app store and typing WWRN in the search. Lock us in and #HoffaAtUs every Saturday.

Check the re-play of our weekly interviews and radio show the Monday following our Saturday broadcasts on our official website www.HoffaAtchaIKEBoy.com

Show Playlist:

01- CeStyle Interview
02- Fuck All Y'all by CeStyle
03- First Blood by Corey Drumz feat Skip Martin
04- Excelsior by CeStyle
05- No Turnin Back by Corey Drumz
06- The Come Up by CeStyle 
07- Blacklisted by Corey Drumz as CeStyle
08- Street Games by Corey Drumz
09- Amnesia by CeStyle
10- Give It To Em (Remix) by Akon feat. Corey Drumz & Rick Ross
11- Loving You No More (Remix) by Diddy's Dirty Money fea.t Corey Drumz
12- All I Want Is You (Remix) by Miguel feat. Corey Drumz & J. Cole
13- Kush (Remix) by Dr. Dre feat. Corey Drumz & Snoop Dogg
14- Beamer Benz or Bentley (Ultamix) by Lloyd Banks feat Juelz Santana, Corey Dumz & Joel Ortiz
15- Dueces (Remix) by Corey Drumz feat Chris Brown
16- I Still Will Kill by 50 Cent feat Akon & Corey Drumz
17- Off My Mind (Remix) by Corey Drumz feat. Kirk Bananno
18- The Way I Feel by Corey Drumz feat. Lee Boogz
19- To Let You Know by Corey Drumz
20- Shakedown by CeStyle
21- No Biting Allowed (N.B.A.) by CeStyle
22- Fine Print by CeStyle
23- Thumpathon Pt. 1: The Title Fight by CeStyle
24- Controversy by CeStyle 
25- Delegate On Em by Corey Drumz
26- The Bad Guy by Corey Drumz
27- Midget Werestling (The Mini Series) by Corey Drumz
28- You Know You Gon' Sign Me by Corey Drumz & Lee Boogz
29- 5 Reasons 4 U 2 Stop Rhymin by Korp Dynasty feat. The Mountain Bandits  
30- Champion by CeStyle
31- We Comin' (Remix) by Korp Dynasty
32- Korp Law by Korp Dynasty
33- No Bullshit by Corey Drumz feat. Paper, Daytime & Lee Boogz
34- Nothing To Lose by Corey Drumz feat. Daytime, Paper & Coquito
35- Warpaint by Corey Drumz feat. Kirk Bananno
36- All I Have by CeStyle
37- Where I Come From by CeStyle
38- Hollis Day (Y'all Still Sucker MC's) by Corey Drumz as CeStyle
39- It's Bigger Than Me by Corey Drumz
40- Fingerprints by Corey Drumz feat. JaDaya Koray

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#HoffaAtchaIKEBoy Replay Hosted By @IamCoreyDrumz  w/  CeStyle Of Total Pack #Interview

Delighted to host Andi Otto Influence mix on Oddity Radio for @pingipung

@andiotto: When we founded Pingipung as a collective 20 years ago, we were influenced by what was called Electronica at the time. A playful, experimental, curious approach to electronic music production which sounded much more interesting to us than the sterile minimal techno which was so hyped back then. Big shout out to the labels who we loved then, and still love today: Karaoke Kalk, City Centre Offices, Sonig, ~scape, Warp Records, Thrill Jockey, Morr Music, Ghostly … (sadly some are no longer with us).

Turn on, tune in and don't drop out!


Full Pingipung label feature, interview with Andi Otto and the tracklist for this influence mix: https://oddityradio.fm/labels/pingipung

Pingipung - Oddity Influence Mix by Andi Otto

Rendezvous - Cannibal Hologram

Membre du band Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings https://soundcloud.com/fernando-velez-montesdeoca nous a fait l'honneur de sortir sa collection de 45 tours pour l'after-show au Mellow de leur concert qui s'est déroulé à guichet fermé le 6 mai dernier à l'Olympia. Replay.

› www.lemellotron.com
Tracklist › http://www.lemellotron.com/show/after-show-sharon-jones-the-dap-kings

After-Party DJ Set from Fernando "Bugaloo" Velez (Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings) • LeMellotron.com

Promo Mix for monthly night "HNNY's Honey Pot" at Tranan, Stockholm.

https://vimeo.com/95197263

Music For Listening Vol. 11

Mici Durnin - Klangerfindungen


After a decade of airwave truancy and dog eating homework excuses the Finders Keepers Records family finally commit their unique blend of niche humour, obscure record knowledge, half-baked opinion, lighthearted slander and Olympic scale mispronunciations to a regular feature-length radio broadcast available to stream online and via global airwave syndicators. 

Soundtracked by a combined collection of the usual lost pop, misplaced foreign funk and experimental mayhem that has come to shape the ten year old label Andy Votel and Doug Shipton have joined forces with award-winning wireless veteran and local hardman Pete Mitchell (The Pete & Geoff Show) who will celebrate, vindicate and mediate between a host of likeminded guests, brave and foolish enough to grace the Keepers Cottage studio with their presence. With regular visitations from the likes of Laetitia Sadier (Stereolab), Graham Massey (Biting Tongues/808 State) and Jane Weaver (The Silver Globe) and in house japes and judgments from FK office props Lee Janda and James Pianta amongst others the label and DJ collective fly their "Making Global Local" flag at full mast spiking the world music map with thematic features and underdeveloped magazine articles to break up the Brazilian fuzz guitar solos and Russian synth workouts. Ten years in the oven with a fifty-year-old palette of vibrant outer-national noise at our disposal, welcome to the Finders Keepers Radio Show.  

Finders Keepers Radio Show Episode One

What a night! I had the pleasure to guest with South Florida's kings of swing at the monthly Southernmost Soul party at Gramps. Tons of killer jump blues, rockers, Soul, Boogaloo, Mambo cuts and MORE!!  If you are in the 305 and need some dancin therapy check this event out! It's the last Saturday of every month. Shout out to Pat and Jasper!!

ALL VINYL

Peep:
https://www.facebook.com/DjActionPat
https://www.facebook.com/southernmostsoul
https://www.facebook.com/groups/287958510922/

Mr Brown + Action Pat + Sensitive Side - Southernmost Soul Party @ Gramps 3.21.15  - All Vinyl

The four hour epic is available now on Dream Catalogue, cassettes available.

http://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/the-eternal-dream-system

DOWNLOAD / CASSETTES

Various Artists - The Eternal Dream System [Full Album]

The Numero Group is an archival record label founded in Chicago in 2003. Their mission is to not only unearth obscure records, but piece together narratives on how these artifacts came to fruition. At Le Guess Who?, we’ve been big fans of the label for years. Frequently called America’s finest reissue label, these fine folks now supply the crate digging needs of aficionado’s on a global scale, as well as influential names like Robert Plant, DJ Shadow, Questlove and Zooey Deschanel.

On Sunday November 22, the closing night of Le Guess Who? Festival 2015 in Utrecht, The Netherlands, two of the founders of the label; Ken Shipley and Rob Sevier, will play a DJ set with rare soul 45s for what will become a celebratory end to the festival. Also performing at the festival are a.o. Annette Peacock, Kamasi Washington, Os Mutantes, Adrian Younge, Tout-Puissant Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Songhoy Blues, Mustafa Özkent ve Belçika Orkestrasɪ and The Space Lady. 

Le Guess Who? takes place in the same weekend as the Mega Record and CD Fair in Utrecht, which is internationally renowned for its incredibly comprehensive collection of vinyl, cd’s, and other pop memorabilia. For more info on the festival, please visit www.leguesswho.com.

Full tracklist for the mixtape below. Some nice trivia: 'Am I A Good Man' has been one of the favorite songs ever for Le Guess Who?-founders Johan Gijsen and Bob van Heur. Enjoy:

1. Them Two - Am I A Good Man		
2. The Halleluiah Chorus - I've Got To Find A Way		
3. The Promise - I'm Not Ready For Love		
4. Pat Stallworth - Questions		
5. Family Connection -  I Hope You Really Love Me		
6. Annette Poindexter - Mama		
7. Frank Williams & The Rocketeers - Show Me What You Got		
8. Rokk - Patience		
9. Willie Wright - I'm So Happy Now	
10. Universal Togetherness Band - Call For Love		
11. 94 East - If You See Me		
12. Jackie Stoudemire - Guilty		
13. Walter & The Admirations - Life Of Tears		
14. Dimas III - So Funny		
15. Cindy & The Playmates - Portrait Of God’s Love		
16. Kool Blues - Can We Try Love Again		
17. Jus’ Us - Don't Stop Smiling		
18. George McGregor & The Bronzettes - Temptation Is Hard To Fight		

Numero Group Mixtape for Le Guess Who? 2015

Started the recording a little late... Used a line in device so the quality isn't the absolute best. Anyways, glad i saved it. :) If you were there we had a blast. Thanks for hangin' in there with me.

Meow that's what I call 6 hours [Live @ Bar Standard Sky Lounge 6/26/2016]

Artist: Andrew Pekler
Album: Tristes Tropiques
Format: LP/DL
Label#: Faitiche14
Release date: November 11th

Faitiche welcomes back an old friend: Andrew Pekler was the musical director of the 2011 album Ursula Bogner – Sonne=Blackbox (faitiche05 lp/cd/book). Known for his albums on Senufo Editions, Entr’acte, Dekorder, Kranky and other labels, Andrew Pekler’s new work Tristes Tropiques is now released by Faitiche. Tristes Tropiques is an album of synthetic exotica, pseudo-ethnographic music and unreal field recordings.  

Find out more about Andrew Pekler’s Tristes Tropiques in the following interview:

Jan Jelinek: You’ve titled your album Tristes Tropiques – a reference to Claude Lévi-Strauss’ famous account of his travels among native peoples in the Mato Grosso. If I remember correctly, the book can be read in two ways: as an ethnographic study of indigenous Brazilian tribes, and as a critique of anthropological methods. What exactly about Tristes Tropiques inspired you? The melancholy travelogue, or the formation of a new, critical school of thought?

Andrew Pekler: Both. Lévi-Strauss’ constant reflection on the purpose of his work and the often melancholy tone of his writing constitute an internal tension which runs throughout the whole book. Tristes Tropiques is many things; autobiography, traveler’s tale, ethnographic report, philosophical treatise, colonial history. But ultimately, it’s the author’s attempt to synthesize meaning from fragments of his own and other cultures that resonated most strongly with me – and led me to a new perspective on how I hear and make music. 

JJ: Listening to Tristes Tropiques I noticed a certain oscillation between references, which is what I really like about it. Obviously, your music alludes to the beloved fairytale kitsch of exotica, but it also repeatedly shifts to a mode of ethno-poetic meditation music that seems to have no beginning or end. Where do you yourself locate the tracks gathered here? 

AP: As a listener and as a musician, exotica music of the 1950s and 60s has always been a constant reference point and inspiration. And perhaps my listening has been ‘ruined’ by exotica, but as I have dug deeper into ethnographic archives of ‘traditional’ music, I’ve come to the realization that all recordings that evoke, allude to, or ostensibly document other musical forms have a similar effect on my imagination: I am most intrigued when I perceive some coincidentally familiar element within the foreign (a tuned percussion recital from Malawi that immediately brings to mind Steve Reichian minimalism, or the Burundian female vocal duet that sounds uncannily like a cut-up tape experiment, etc.). I suppose this album is an attempt to recreate the same kind of listening experience as what I’ve described, just with the electronic means that I have at hand. 

JJ: I know that you perform Tristes Tropiques not only as music, and that there is visual and spatial aspect to the presentation. Can you reveal more about this?

AP: I made an accompanying video – mainly close-up footage, shot in Thailand, of various tropical flora. The video was recorded at very slow speed and this gives the plants, flowers, trees, bamboo, etc. the appearance of rather abstract objects. In live performance, this abstracting effect is further emphasized through real-time modulation of the colors, brightness and other parameters of the video image. There is also an installation version of the video that is meant to be projected on multiple screens / walls and with its own soundtrack of heavily manipulated field recordings captured in the same locations in the jungle.  

JJ: We can get an idea of what this looks like from the beautiful video stills on the back cover of the album.

Andrew Pekler: Theme From Tristes Tropiques / Avian Modulations / Life In The Canopy

Not much needs to be said here.

The Themes For Great Cities crew in full effect - LIVE.

Just over 2 hours of insane selections, masterfully blended by 2 of Dusseldorfs finest sons - Thanks guys! 

Plug in - Wig out. 

(Photo credit: Stephan Machac)

GGHQ Mix #27 : Jan Schulte & Rearview Radio live @ Suffon Sommerfest 2016

Quiet Music (The Original 3-Hour Collection)

Something in Tears

Originally assembled for BBC 6 Music and aired on Stuart Maconie's FREAK ZONE tribute to the passing of CAN drummer Jaki Liebezeit this EASY CAN LAZY mixtape sequences both CAN rarities and klassik cuts as an EASY introduction to the bands expansive discography. Mixed and compiled by CAN FAN, completist and friend and collaborator to various CAN members, Andy Votel, using all original German Vinyl Pressings. Uploaded here via Finders Keepers in tribute to the tragic loss of another legendary CAN pioneer HOLGER CZUKAY who passed away in early September 2017. R.I.P.

Andy Votel - Easy Can Lazy(BBC6 CAN Tribute Mixtape)

As a spezial Finders Keepers / Dead-Cert / Pre-Cert Hallowe'en treat here's an upload of the medium-rare Applehead mix-tape made from ten-tons of psuedo giallo witchy wax and global glum-rock. Originally released as 69 red cassettes in clamshell cases at a time when people who spent all their money on (physical)music still drove cars with built-in cassette players. Enjoy / Endure at will!

Applehead (Andy Votel) - Crepaxian Interligne Mixtape

Andy Votel - To The Davul A Daughter

Mister Beats In Space aka Tim Sweeney (DFA, New York) in the mix for one hour, live from The Tea Room at Blijdorp Winterfestival 2017.

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Tim Sweeney @ Blijdorp Winterfestival - 2nd December 2017

ReJazz “Quiet Nights” (Nicola Conte “Out Of The Cool” Version)
Isabelle Antena “Omerta Bossa” (Nicola Conte Version)
Marco Di Marco “Take Off” (Nicola Conte Remix)
Nicola Conte presents Rosalia De Souza “Maria Moita”
Nicola Conte “Bossa Per Due”
Nicola Conte “Kind Of Sunshine”
Nicola Conte meets Aldeano Romero “Tema De La Onda”
Gabin “Into My Soul” (Nicola Conte Jazz Combo Version)
Truby Trio “High Jazz” (Nicola Conte Remix)
Nicola Conte “Like Leaves In The Wind”

Nicola Conte Bossa Session

In a desperate bid to muster some Russia 2018 Word Cup enthusiasm, while also attempting to shed some timber after 6 weeks of BBQ fever, Finders Keepers gym buddies Andy Votel and Doug Shipton flex their muscles by digging in the mixtape vault to bring you this lost party pack of latter day wax workouts from the Russian based label Melodiya. Featuring a wide range of Soviet psych and synth pop this mix from 2013 kicks off with an instant RED card, multiple handballs and even comes complete with a discoid Russian aerobics work-out before you hit the pitch(at +8). Take advantage of this exclusive cassette-tape upload free-ball while its hot and be sure to head to finderskeepersrecords.com for even more global goodness to accompany this years most anticipated international event (apart from Utrecht record fair).

Andy Votel & Doug Shipton - Polivox Orthodox

Tandy Love - 'Cache Cache' Mix for Finders Keepers

WILL THE BEAST FROM NICE EVER REST IN PEACE???? In loving tribute to the absolute pioneer of French Psychedelia and Cosmic Disco Jean-Pierre Massiera (10 July 1941 – 28 December 2019)

J. P. Massiera Radio Tribute Randamonium Radio Show NTW

...AND THEY SAID IT SHOUDN'T BE DONE !!!!

Andy Votel's Midlfe Crisis Disco Mixtape

If you've not heard Andy Votel's monthly RANDOMONIUM show on NTS Radio then this episode is not a bad place to start. Records picked off the shelves of Andy's record collection at absolute random, sometimes picked by special guests (if not his kids or neighbours). ALL 43 shows are archived and easy to steam on the NTS radio website NOW.

Andy Votel's RANDOMONIUM (Episode 43. April 2020)

The inimitable Bill Withers, who left us last week aged 81, mixed by Daniel Linke.

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Bill Withers – Mixed by Daniel Linke

"THE LOST GOOD FRIDAY" The collective known as B-Music were SUPPOSED to start a new regular party this weekend (Good Friday 10th April 2020)on the rooftop, in the SUN at YES in Manchester, but, like many events, due to THE VIRUS it had to be postponed. So at the request of the good people at YES... and to make up for the loss of a much needed party, Doug, Andy, Sean and Ben have put together a THREE HOUR mutant mix-tape which pretty much reflects what we were GOING TO PLAY... and also the kind of music we INTEND to play when the world retakes its regular shape. Thanks for glistening. Keep Safe. xxxxx

The Lost Good Friday - B-Music (VOTEL / SHIPTON / HATTON / CANTY) Yes Lockdown Jam!

More info and an interview with Windy & Carl, see http://asip.me/isolatedmix98

Tracklist:
1- Durutti Column - Sleep Will Come 
2- Stars Of The Lid - Porch (edit #28)
3- Suzanne Ciani - Paris 1971
4- Aphex Twin - Rhubarb
5- Thomas Koner - Kanon (Part 1: Brohuk)
6- James Leyland Kirby - So Pale It Shone In The Night
7- Aphex Twin - Blue Calx
8- Labradford - Air Lubricated Free Axis Trainer
9- Bark Psychosis - Pendulum Man
10- Fennesz - Liminality
11- Arthur Russell - Sketch For "Face Of Helen"

ASIP - isolatedmix 98 Windy & Carl

isolatedmix 98 - Windy & Carl

LOCK DOWN? HOUSE BOUND? Let's go for a headphone road trip to Germany with Andy Votel. Celebrating the 2002 "shoe-gazing" excursion to The Dusseldorf Footwear Fair that lead to the birth of the Oi-Polloi clothes shoppe in Manchester.

Andy Votel - Plight Of The Hunter (Oi Polloi Road Trip 2002)

LOCK DOWN? HOUSE BOUND? Here's another headphone road trip from the archives. Taken from the COCK DIESEL cinema nights that B-Music DJ's (mainly Sean Demdike and myself at the time) did in Manchester / Barcelona / Melbourne / Los Angeles using countless motorcycle themed records and VHS footage.

Andy Votel (Votel's Angels) - Cock Diesel (Bike Psych Mix 2009)

MORE FREE LOCKDOWN MIXTAPES FROM THE ANDY VOTEL / FINDERS KEEPERS ARCHIVE. THE EYE IN THE SKY SAYS WE CANT TRAVEL UNTIL AUGUST 2020 AT THE EARLIEST... BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOUR EARS AND YOUR IMAGINATION CAN'T GO ON A TRIPPPP! FAR OUT / FAR EAST / IT'S TIME TO UNLEASH THE BEAST FROM THE EAST.

Andy Votel - Futen Carmen (Embalmed Japanese Concept Pop 67-87)

ANDY VOTEL - GALLIC MAGNETIC AND THE FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION OF SPACE ROCK

Behold Finders Keepers, a British record label, 40 years in the making, introducing fans of psychedelic, jazz, folk, funk, avant-garde and whacked-out movie musak to a lost world of undiscovered vinyl artifacts from the annals of alternative pop history.

Catering to record collectors and DJ-producers alike with a huge emphasis on sample friendly soundscapes, rocksteady back-beats and primitive electronic experimentalism. Discerning purveyors of the bizarre and abnormal should expect the Japanese choreography records, space-age Turkish protest songs, Czechoslovakian vampire soundtracks, Welsh rare-beats, bubblegum folk, drugsploitation operatics, banned British crime thrillers and celebrity Gallic Martini adverts... presented on CD, 7" and traditional black plastic discs in authentic packaging.

Following in the very same footsteps as the mind boggling "Music To Watch	Girls Cry" and "Songs In The Key Of Death" mix CDs for Fat City Records and the original 5-star rated Finders Keepers compilation LP in 2001, Manc-based vinyl-vulture, recording artist and record producer Andy Votel enlists the skills of fellow B-Music DJ and Rare Disc Detective Doug Shipton to form a team of psychedelic librarians and cosmic-pop-quiz-elitists to run their new Twisted Nerve distant sister-label, leaving no progressive pebble unturned or record collection un-rifled.

Future compilations and re-issues will feature collaborative curators such as David Holmes, Cherrystones and Bob Stanley and further contributions from mystery A- / B+ pop-celebrity fanatics of outsider music and ultra-rare bakelite discs. Finders Keepers is an 'accidental world music label' with a punk aesthetic and DJ friendly ethos which allows the desperate listener to sit back while we deliver schizoid cultural channel-hopping compilations and rocking-horse-shit & hen's-teeth re-releases to the comfort of your psych-starved living room...