[spectre] New podcast: MEMORABILIA. COLLECTING SOUNDS WITH... Andy Votel. Part I

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MEMORABILIA. COLLECTING SOUNDS WITH... Andy Votel. Part I



Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/research/memorabilia-andy-votel/capsula

PDF: http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20131212/Memorabilia_Andy_Votel_eng.pdf



*Produced by Matías Rossi*

Andy Votel’s first musical passion was hip-hop, which intrigued as well as
attracted him: he wanted to find out how that music was made. Thanks to his
resourceful father, he discovered that it was based on loops, and that many
of them were samples from other songs. That was the start of his obsession
with discovering sources, and of his scouring of records that were probably
not earmarked for him at the time (the late eighties) given his age, 14,
and location, Manchester. While his friends got excited over Stone Roses
and Happy Mondays, Andy explored jazz recordings released on labels such as
CTI Records and soundtracks by composers like John Cameron and Krzysztof
Komeda.



Over the past twenty years, Andy Votel has travelled far and wide in a
quest to buy as many records as he could. Some have ended up making it into
his works or DJ sessions, and others have found their way into the
catalogue of Finders Keepers, the cult label he co-founded with Dominic
Thomas and Doug Shipton. His personal collection of vinyls, which he admits
to measuring in cubic metres rather than numbers, makes him an acclaimed
“archaeologist” of unusual records, even though he refers to himself as the
world’s worst archivists and admits that he can spend hours looking for a
particular vinyl at home, sometimes even buying a second or third copy
because it’s quicker.

Andy’s main obsession is pop, particularly of the twisted and psychedelic
kind. He feels an affinity for artists who have been sidelined by
mainstream culture, and is particularly drawn to records that are written
on, personalised or dedicated, because they tell a story. An unusual case
worthy of study, in spite of everything, he doesn’t consider himself a
fetishist. His main motivation is to listen to music, and the only way to
get the music he likes is generally to buy and collect it.



You can find the complete MEMORABILIA. Colllecting sound with... podcast
series here: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/memorabilia_tag/

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