Dopekick

Dopekick gives the soul something to relax with. The bloke behind Dopekick, Andy Potterton, has a long and successfull music pedigree in electronic music production. Formerly a DJ in the UK, Andy Potterton has produced and released music around the world for many years. Influenced by early northern bleep artists, such as LFO, Chicago House, Detroit Techno, UK London Hardcore Breakbeat from Suburban Base and The Prodigy through to pop music and chilled out electronica from the likes of The Orb.

Leeds and Sheffield music inspired perception records foundation, even the name perception comes from and old school rave event.
Influences and styles aside, Andy is also heavily influenced by Manchester bands, and The Bristol sound of the early 90s, haveing been a resident there for a few years in the early 90s, before moving to San Francisco to continue his raving career.
The US rave scene influenced Andy some more, and the outdoor parties around San Francisco and other UK DJs on the West Coast of California influenced the deep house style of production witnessed in some of Perception Records Dopekick releases.
Moving from DJ to producer, always moving to work with new technology, the sound remains one with no fixed boundaries, a range of influences and artists forming the label's aesthetic.