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V/Vm Test records is a record label based in Stockport, England and was started by James Kirby (V/Vm) and Andrew Macgregor (Jansky Noise, Animal) in 1996.

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 to Pigs 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, 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.

• List of record labels

• V/Vm Test Records
• V/Vm Test Records at discogs.com
• V/Vm at allmusic.com
• V/Vm Vukzid Free Audio Downloads
• The V/Vm Test 365 project - free V/Vm downloads for the whole of 2006
• The Caretaker Microsite
• The Freenoise Archives
• Belgian New-Beat Microsite
• The Goodiepal Microsite