- V/Vm Test Records
V/Vm Test records is a
record label based inStockport ,England and was started by James Kirby (V/Vm ) and Andrew Macgregor (Jansky Noise , Animal) in 1996. It does not have an overseas division, so releases on it tend to be very collectible outside of theUnited Kingdom .The label releases artists works from a wide variety of genres including noise,
soundscape ,breakcore , mashup and many more that don't fit comfortably into any genre.V/Vm Test Records are notable for their rebellious approach, often in the face of blatant
copyright infringement, most notable are the artists V/Vm themselves, often taking a popular song and running it through various filters the end result being a de-tuned and distorted version of the original. The "Sick Love" album contains several notable examples of this style, as well as the frequent references toPig s that colour most V/Vm releases.Notable acts on V/Vm Test have included:
Al Duvall , The Caretaker,Jega ,Rank Sinatra ,Kid606 , Hellinterface (Boards of Canada ),Kevin Blechdom ,Solypsis ,Goodiepal ,Fast Lady ,Chris Moss Acid and many others.V/Vm Test has been instrumental in giving away free and unrestricted downloads since 1997 on his website and via various V/Vm Test associated Microsites. In 2006 V/Vm set up an addition label, Vukzid and also a number of extra microsites which gave away free audio and visual content along with working on a unique daily project which saw the artist
V/Vm record at least one piece of audio per day which was then uploaded and given away for free (for the whole of 2006).In 2007 V/Vm Test also launced the Freenoise Archives which has over 3GB of out of print noise releases available for free download via a microsite.
Currently James Kirby runs the label from his base in
Berlin .ee also
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List of record labels External links
* [http://brainwashed.com/vvm/ V/Vm Test Records]
* [http://www.discogs.com/label/V%2FVm+Test+Records V/Vm Test Records at discogs.com]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:4fq7g4jmtv6z~T00 V/Vm at allmusic.com]
* [http://brainwashed.com/vvm/micro/vukzid/index.htm V/Vm Vukzid Free Audio Downloads]
* [http://brainwashed.com/vvm/micro/vvmt365/index.htm The V/Vm Test 365 project - free V/Vm downloads for the whole of 2006]
* [http://brainwashed.com/vvm/micro/caretaker/index.htm The Caretaker Microsite]
* [http://brainwashed.com/vvm/micro/freenoise/index.html The Freenoise Archives]
* [http://brainwashed.com/vvm/micro/benelux/index.htm Belgian New-Beat Microsite]
* [http://brainwashed.com/vvm/micro/parl/index.htm The Goodiepal Microsite]
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