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You are currently viewing information and resources related to the electronic musician Vim aka Keith Baylis, who has been making sounds with various manky computers since 1991, where he discovered the splendour of the 'chip' sound.

Keith loves the sound of old computers, and finds the serious sound and technical limitations a real challenge, whilst enjoying the crisp, abstract tones and crunchy drums - that's his excuse anyway.

2-Oct-2003

Hello, yes, I've not updated this page in a very long time, but not a lot has happened really, but here we go with the latest:

A new Vim CD-R is ready to go. Titled 'A Random Collection Of Consonants', the 58-minute CD-R features 16 tracks of Vim-style electronic music. Should be available from here in a week or so.

Cheers to VJ Moto for using my Machine Drum remix in a bit of video. You can check it out here.

20-Mar-2003

Added some reviews of Linden here.

Actual Released Music

Various - Yr Agog (Oggum, 2000)
   09 - Vim - Quality Coats

Charity compilation featuring Longstone, Stylus, Flying Saucer Attack, and a host of others. My track was played by John Peel, no less. Wrongly-billed as Vom, my fault.

Various - Surgery Initial Release (Surgery, 2001)
   CD2 01 - Vim - Thin Strips Of You
   CD2 13 - Vim - Jackie Batey

Australian compilation, 2CD thing.

Vim - Linden, Home Of The Hits (Surgery, 2001)
   01 - Art Of Spelling It Rite
   02 - Winging It
   03 - You Know Laura
   04 - The Snow Set
   05 - Shut Down and Sit Up
   06 - Hot Darts Action
   07 - Just Some Pings
   08 - How We Wrote Promotional Video
   09 - Hot Rum and Lemon, Gannet
   10 - Exists In Bad Sectors
   11 - Leopold 45
   12 - Jackie Batey
   13 - Better Known As Craprak
   14 - Having A Tinkle
   15 - Safety Blitz
   16 - Angel Delight Saved Me
   17 - Thin Strips Of You
   18 - Something About Winter

My first proper album, essentially a compilation of tracks created between 1998 and 2000. Bit of a mixed bag really, rather too diverse, actually, but still, not bad, if I do say so myself.

Machine Drum - Half The Battle (Merck 2002)
   12 - Machine Drum (One More Record To Bits And Pieces Mix)

I enjoyed doing this remix, good fun. There's a different remix on the Japanese version of this compilation, if you can find it.

Stuff To Download

MP3 files
Vim - 4-bit Xmas (1999) ::: 4-bit Xmas ::: Wakey-Wakey Wales, It's Christmas
Vim - Fit At The Front (2000) ::: Fit At The Front
Vim - Timecrunch (2000) ::: Thin Strips Of You ::: Jackie Batey ::: Angel Delight Saved Me
Vom - Untitled000 (2000) ::: untitled000
Vim - 8-bitten Break Smitten (2000) ::: 8-bitten Break Smitten
AY88 - Console-Related Depression (2001) ::: V01 ::: V02 ::: V03
Vim - _ (2002) ::: _00 ::: _01 ::: _02
Vim - Time For The Squares (2002) ::: Time For The Squares

Tracker modules - play them with Oldsk00l plugin for Winamp or XMPlay 2.6
170+ Vim tracker modules (1993-2000) ::: download
Vim - Minibus Assessment (2001) ::: download
Vim - You Were Supposed To Bring The Danger (2001) ::: download

The stunning debut album by Vim is available to buy from:
Boomkat (UK) - Smallfish (UK) - The Surgery Shop (Australia)
Bent Crayon (US) - Sub:Strata (Australia) - Chunky (UK)