Andy Votel -Songs in the Key of Death (Various Artists)

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful: Andy Votel  Songs In The Key Of Death, 18 May 2005 By "reviewsbyfaz" -Andy Votel long time Fat City collaborator and label boss of Twisted Nerve which brought Badly Drawn Boy to our attention. Serves up the best offering so far of his eccentric vinyl obsessive genius and it's a blinder! This is essentially a 60 minute mash up mix of spoken word samples and no less than 100 obscure funk records and from all over the globe, which even has the time to include bizarre karaoke covers of The Beatles. This is all held together by a frenetic pace which keeps you hooked from start to finish, and is extremely difficult not to enjoy.

FORGOTTEN SOUNDS, 23 Nov 2005 By  Mr. C. D. Mabbutt "cdmabbutt" (Derby) -It was always going to be hard for Mr.Votel to follow up the intense and mesmeristic 'Music To Watch Girls Cry' and he nearly does it with this second installment of crashed and mashed (I Watch Girls Cry' and he nearly does it with this second installment of crashed and mashed (I mean that in a potato way) comp. The first couple of tracks on 'Songs in...' as outstanding and allow one's jaw to simply, if not completely, drop. BUT it is not long until Mr.Votel begins to drop in the duds. There are not many but they do grate a little. drop in the duds. There are not many but they do grate a little. Andy Votel does a fine job of taking both known and unknown sounds and creating an audio montage out of em, similar to DJ Shadow in some respects but with less ego and a more ironic sense of humour. In no way do I regret purchasing this album, for it a splendid thing. But I would recommend both its prequel and the more recent Vertigo Mixed above it.

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