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V/Vm

Real Name:
James Kirby
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"The best of the worst of the worst of the best" is the best way to describe V/Vm. From hacked up and spewed out pop to full on noise assaults since 1996 V/Vm has been terrifying, annoying and illuminating ears and minds. There is a style whilst at the same time there is no style is the V/Vm attitude. People seem to love or hate V/Vm and there is no inbetween as opinion is forced.
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Discography

Releases:
Up-Link Data Transmissions (12", Ltd)   V/Vm Test Records 1996
Machine Component 1 (7", Ltd, Gre)   V/Vm Test Records 1997
Machine Component 2 (7", Ltd, Gre)   V/Vm Test Records 1997
Machine Component 3 (7", Ltd, Gre)   V/Vm Test Records 1997
Machine Component 4 (7", Ltd, Gre)   V/Vm Test Records 1997
Shoplift (12")   V/Vm Test Records 1997
Split Series #1 (12")   FatCat Records 1997
Goodiebag #1VU (7", Ltd, Whi)   V/Vm Test Records 1998
Pig (7", Ltd, Pin)   V/Vm Test Records 1999
Arthur Whiskey 5 (7", Single, Ltd)   Jonathon Whiskey 2000
Demonbag #9XU (7")   V/Vm Test Records 2000
Earworm Subscription Series. Ten. (7", Single, Ltd)   Earworm 2000
Masters Of The Absurd (LP, Pur)   V/Vm Test Records 2000
Schwarz-Gelb Ist Borussia (7", Yel)   V/Vm Test Records 2000
Sick Love (CD, Album)   V/Vm Test Records 2000
The Green Door (CD, Album)   V/Vm Test Records 2000
The Lady In Red / All Night Long (7")   V/Vm Test Records 2000
A Special Night In Luckies Bar Under The Viaduct (7", Red)   V/Vm Test Records 2001
HelpAphexTwin/1.0 (CD, Mini, Ltd)   V/Vm Test Records 2001
HelpAphexTwin/2.0 (CD, Mini, Ltd)   V/Vm Test Records 2001
Infinity: The VVMCPS Abolish Copyright Anthem (7")   V/Vm Test Records 2001
InvalidObject Series (If) (CD, Mini, Ltd)   Fällt 2001
Sick Love Vinyl Version (LP, Pin)   V/Vm Test Records 2001
Snooker Loopy (5 versions)   V/Vm Test Records 2001
Spektacle (CD-ROM, Mini, Ltd)   Spektacle 2001
The Owls Are Not What They Seem (7", Ltd, Red)   English Muffin Records 2001
V/VM Valentine (7", Pin)   V/Vm Test Records 2001
sick Love Will Tear Us Apart (7", Pur)   V/Vm Test Records 2001
Butchered Classics For Todays Dancefloor (7")   V/Vm Test Records 2002
Datamusik 13 (File, MP3)   Datamusik 2002
HelpAphexTwin/3.0 (LP)   V/Vm Test Records 2002
Sometimes, Good Things Happen (CD, Album, Sep)   V/Vm Test Records 2002
Sometimes, Good Things Happen (CD, Album, Blu)   V/Vm Test Records 2002
The Queen Mother Is Dead Boys (7", Ltd, Blu)   V/Vm Test Records 2002
Untitled (CDr)   Piehead Records 2002
Dimitri Shostakovich: The Missing Symphony (CD)   V/Vm Test Records 2003
HelpAphexTwin4.0 (CD)   V/Vm Test Records 2003
Anders / Whiny Houston (8", Ltd, Cle)   Goldcoast 2004
Stigma (CD)   V/Vm Test Records 2004
I Wanna Fuck Miss Nicky Trax (12")   V/Vm Test Records 2005
Maggie Twatcher (File, MP3, 192)   V/Vm Test Records 2005
$ELL (2 versions)   Hirntrust Grind Media 2006
Made In Belgium (12", Ltd)   WéMè Records 2006
Monday, January 2nd. (4xFile, MP3, 256)   V/Vm Test Records 2006
Rough Sex E.P. (File, MP3)   Vukzid 2006
Sabam (CD, Album)   V/Vm Test Records 2006
Sunday, January 1st. (2xFile, MP3, 192 + File, MOV)   V/Vm Test Records 2006
The Death Of Rave (Additional) (File, MP3, 256)   Vukzid 2006
The Death Of Rave (The Source) (File, MP3, 256)   Vukzid 2006
The Destelbergen Remixes (File, MP3)   Vukzid 2006
V/Vm 365 (File, MP3)   V/Vm Test Records 2006
White Death (9xFile, MP3, Album, 256)   Vukzid 2006
Radio Mix 2003 (32xFile, MP3, Mixed)   Vukzid 2007
There Was A Fish...In...The Percolator (3 versions)   V/Vm Test Records 2008
Remixes:
Root (CD) Untitled Lo Recordings 1998
Hate People Like Us (2xCD) You Want Some More ? Staalplaat 1999
Untitled (7", W/Lbl) Living In Vain (Remix) Not On Label 1999
E2 (7") Unemployed In Summerti... FatCat Records, One Little Indian 2000
Remixes (CD) Shifting (V/Vm Remix) Roisin Recordings 2001
Unbearable Candies (14+) (CD) Says To Uri Gellar: I ... Unbearable Recordings 2001
1993-2003: 1st Decade In The Machines (Album) (2 versions) The Descent Of Men Jester Records 2003
Hurts So Good - The Cock E.S.P. Remix CD (CD, Comp) Pacific Cock Highway (... V/Vm Test Records 2003
Zatsu Ongaku (CD) Whole Again (V/Vm CD:U... V/Vm Test Records 2004
Re:Mixed (CD, Album) Hack The Pentagon - V/... Angelmaker Records, My First Sonny Weissmuller Recordings 2007
The Album Collection (File, MP3) Bonus Track (V/Vm RMX) Vukzid 2007
Chicken Switch (CD, Album) She Chokes Her Dying B... Ipecac Recordings 2009
Production:
Stuffing (2 versions)   V/Vm Test Records 1998
Turkey (7", Ltd, Gre)   V/Vm Test Records 1998
Mix:
The Pride Of North American Noise (CD) King Of Pain Breathmint, Carbon Records, Ecstatic Peace!, Ignivomous, Sunship Records 2001
Appears On:
Chart Runners (LP, Ltd)   V/Vm Test Records 1998
Root (2 versions) Untitled Lo Recordings 1998
Structure Decay - Material From FatCat's Past, Present & Future (CD, Comp, Promo) Female Pig Herder FatCat Records 1998
Brain In The Wire - Disc A (CD, Comp) Cha-ha Meat Skran-r Th... Wire Magazine, Brainwashed Recordings 2000
Brain In The Wire (3xCD, Comp, Ltd) Cha-ha Meat Skran-r Th... Brainwashed Recordings 2002
Tracks Appear On:
0161 (CD, Comp) Asymetric Skam, V/Vm Test Records, Public (2) 1997
Mouldy Dough **the Official V/Vm Anthem** (7", Ltd, Whi) PIGEOn BiTS V/Vm Test Records 1997
Whine And Missingtoe (2 versions) Erald Hark Angel V/Vm Test Records 1997
Blip, Bleep (Soundtracks To Imaginary Videogames) (CD) The Swedish Model With... Lucky Kitchen 1998
Mission Two: Connecting Electronix Network (Comp) (3 versions) Sent Into Exile For Tr... Nature Records 1998
Obsessive Eye Vol. 3 (7", W/Lbl) Zone X: Punished By Re... Obsessive Eye 1998
Psychogeographic Y (7") If In Doubt, Ask The Kids Diskono 1998
Root (2 versions) Untitled Lo Recordings 1998
Structure Decay - Material From FatCat's Past, Present & Future (CD, Comp, Promo) Female Pig Herder FatCat Records 1998
Stuffing (2 versions) Christmas Stuffing Fan... V/Vm Test Records 1998
Turkey (2 versions) Christmas Turkey Fanfa... V/Vm Test Records 1998
AuralOffalWaffleTenPintsOfBitterAndABagOfPorkScratchings (2xCD, Comp) A Song For Europe, Mac... V/Vm Test Records 1999
Passageways (CD) Disfigurement - Wrecked FatCat Records 1999
Penguin Mechanics Volume III (CD, Comp) Mechanical Force Resis... Kracfive 1999
Ricci's Pieces (CD) One For Tricky Ricci Mindfield Records 1999
Split Series 1 - 8 (CD) Female Pig Herder FatCat Records 1999
blueCubism (CD) 3 Studies Into The Rel... Digital Narcis Corporation,. Ltd. 1999
Attitude (2 versions) Straight Outta Edgeley Tigerbeat6 2000
Brain In The Wire - Disc A (CD, Comp) Cha-ha Meat Skran-r Th... Wire Magazine, Brainwashed Recordings 2000
Cataract Beats (CD) Valence Ville (Strange... Pitchcadet, Aii 2000
El Formato Is The Challenge (CDr) Scanner, Wire Magazine... Alku 2000
Falco Tribute (2x7", Ltd) Rock Me (H)amadeus (Ed... V/Vm Test Records 2000
InvalidObject (24xCD, Ltd, 100) InvalidObject Series (If) Fällt 2000
Su Pollard Deconstruction Compilation (CDr) Starting Together - Th... NCR 2000
The V/VM Christmas Cracker (7") Last Christmas I Gave ... V/Vm Test Records 2000
The V/VM Christmas Pudding (CD, Comp) Auld Lang Synewave V/Vm Test Records 2000
Go And Do Likewise! (2xCD) Pig-A-No !ooT,eviLnaCskcuD 2001
Naked And Alone On The Celebrity Circuit (CD, Comp) String Up Your Wife Diskono 2001
Rewriting The Book (2 versions) Proverbs Ch.11 V.22 Elsie & Jack Recordings 2001
Sound Collector * Number 6 (CD, Comp, Enh) Say Nothing At All Sound Collector 2001
V/VM - Hate You (LP) Karl Cocks, Hate You (... V/Vm Test Records 2001
V/VM - Hate You (CD) Karl Cocks, Hate You (... V/Vm Test Records 2001
rkk13cd (CD) 2m24 Reckankreuzungsklankewerkzeuge 2001
Brain In The Wire (3xCD, Comp, Ltd) Cha-ha Meat Skran-r Th... Brainwashed Recordings 2002
Mind The Gap Volume 41 (CD, Comp) Rolling Like Thunder U... Gonzo Circus 2002
Not Too Glitch (CDr) Root 015, The Owls Are... Bruits De Fond 2002
Save Your Fork, There's Pie! (CDr) Untitled Piehead Records 2002
Try Again (CDr, Comp) Try Again Tsunami-Addiction 2002
)toon)4 Passepartout-CD (CDr, Album) I Have To Leave Before... Not On Label 2003
1993-2003: 1st Decade In The Machines (CD) The Descent Of Men Jester Records 2003
Belfast Songs (CDr + Box) Deep Inside My Soul Fi... Factotum 2003
It's Fan-Dabi-Dozi! (2 versions) The One Armed Drummer ... V/Vm Test Records 2003
My Malady (CD) Gingivitis Mental Monkey Records 2003
No Tribute - Music Of The Nihilist Spasm Band (CD) Kiss The Duck Carbon Records 2003
Politronics (CD, Comp) Things Can Only Get Be... Onitor 2003
System Corrupt Volume Two (CD) Angry Sings While Kyli... System Corrupt 2004
Zatsu Ongaku (CD) Eclectic Is Another Wo... V/Vm Test Records 2004
Can Buy Me Love (CD, Comp) Who The Fuck Is Mr Buc... Couch Fort Records 2005
Go-To-Cat-Man-Do (CD) Untitled Monotype Records 2005
Homenaje (2xCD) Jesús Ramirez Rackham Records 2005
New Beat Take 0 (File, MP3, Mixed) Destelbergen V/Vm Test Records 2005
The Gutter Techno Experience - A Tribute To The Gods Of Hardcore: Scooter (CD, Comp) Can't Fight This Feeling Smerk ;^), A Klass Records 2005
The Ottoman Empire (CD) Wherehouse Couch Fort Records 2005
Top 40 Suicide / Hypodraulics (2xCDr, Mixed) Straight Outta Edgeley Vulgar 2005
Whatever (CD) I Predict A Rot Wrong Music 2005
Brainwaves (3xCD, Ltd, Comp) Engulfer Brainwashed Recordings 2006
Can Buy Me Love 3 (CD) Goddag Dum Digital Vomit 2006
New Beat Take 69 (File, MP3, Comp, Mixed) Anal Acid V/Vm Test Records 2006
The Rolf Harris Mashup CD (Comp) (2 versions) You Lovely Beast Wrong Music ... 2006
Tough Titties (CD, Comp) Fucking Big In Japan Goulburn Poultry Fanciers Society 2006
Viva Negativa! - A Tribute To The New Blockaders Volume I (2 versions) What A Way To Go Shakey Vinyl-on-demand 2006
Britney Jean Spears, An All American Slave (CDr, Comp, Ltd) Britney Spears Doggy S... Vatican Analog 2007
Miscellaneous Deviations (File, MP3) Acid House, Anal Acid ... Digital Vomit 2007
Verweisung (Pigdog Recordings) (File, MP3) We Shall March Through... Vukzid 2008
La Bamba (LP, Comp, Ltd) La Bamba Ultra Eczema 2009
Chooselife. (CDr, P/Mixed) Untitled System Corrupt  
Unofficial Releases:
I'm Out Of My Mind And Bacon Rind / Groovemeat (Why Does It Feel So Sick?) (7") I'm Out Of My Mind And... V/Vm Test Records 2000
Twenty Five (CDr, Mixed) Machine Components Vol. 4 Bruits De Fond 2001
Relax: From Dry To Moist (4 versions) Relax (Original Sex Mi... V/Vm Test Records 2003
Thirty Six Illegal Inches (File, MP3, Ltd) Truth And Lies (Megamix) Vukzid 2007
Themes From William Blake's The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell / Ulver 1993-2003: 1st Decade In The Machines (2xCD, Album, RM) The Descent Of Men Agat Company Ltd.  
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Review by MadMusicBox Aug 09, 2008
You have to hand it to him: If nothing else, V/vm is quite the daredevil. First, he creates his own label with Janskynoise, deals in artists nobody else will, runs it off his own money, then he writes music which screws around with the ears, the mind, and, of course, copyright laws, and then he gives away 1000+ downloads, both through it and Vuzkid, a subdivision. But he's not just another artist worth ignoring altogether, no he is not. My best description of his specialty? Turning everything we all remember into things we want to forget. From "Rock n' Roll Christmas" to "Take my breath away, to his original works like "Sabam" "Sometimes Good Things Happen" and the Machine Components series, this man will leave you confused, in shock, begging for more, or in some cases, he messes with your mind so much that all you can do is laugh. Check him out. Maybe you'll like him, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll want to punch his pig-masked face in, maybe you'll want to shake his hand. It's all subjective, just give him a try.

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