Kim Moyes

Kimberley "Kim" Isaac Moyes is an Australian musician, producer and one half of the Sydney-based electronica duo, The Presets (with Julian Hamilton).^[1] Moyes provides synthesizers and drums, as well as engineering, production and songwriting (with Hamilton). The Presets have released two EPs and three full-length albums (Beams, Apocalypso and Pacifica). Moyes also records and performs as a solo artist under the aliases K.I.M. and KIM.

Career

Born 15 September 1976 in Sydney, Moyes attended the Conservatorium High School for his final school years 11 and 12, before going on to a Bachelor of Music at the Conservatorium proper (majoring in classical percussion), during which time he met Julian Hamilton.^[2] Directly after university they performed and recorded as members of Prop, they released one full-length album and a remix compilation.^[2]

As a member of The Presets Moyes has enjoyed considerable success: 12 ARIA Nominations (of which they have won 7),^[3][4] APRA's Songwriters of The Year 2012, as well as many other awards for Best Live Band, Band of The Year and Album of the Year.^[5]

Outside of The Presets, Moyes has released many recordings of his own. Through Cutters records he released "System Breakdown" in 2005, followed by the 12-inch single "B.T.T.T.T.R.Y" through Bang Gang in 2006.^[6] In 2007 and 2008 he released a consecutive series of 12-inch records through Modular Recordings: "Wet'N'Wild", "Party Machini" and "Fistogram". Many of these tracks were to be featured on Selected Jerks 2001–2009, a double-disc album of original recordings and remixes throughout 8 years.^[7] Selected Jerks was preceded by a Japanese only mini-album, System Breakdown, released in 2006 via Rallye Records.^[8]

Throughout his time as The Presets, Moyes has remixed many artists, both as The Presets and under his K.I.M. or (KIM) moniker, including acts such as Kings of Leon, Sarah Blasko and Architecture in Helsinki.^[9][10][11] He has also worked extensively as a session musician and as a producer. His production credits include albums for Kirin J Callinan, Jack Ladder and Beni.^[12][13]

Awards and nominations

APRA Award

• 2009 Songwriters of the Year (shared with Julian Hamilton)^[14]

Discography

Albums

• Selected Jerks 2001–2009 (2009)

Mini-albums

• System Breakdown (Japan only, 2006)

Singles and EPs

• "System Breakdown" (2005)
• "B.T.T.T.T.R.Y." (2006)
• "Wet 'N Wiild" (2007)
• "Party Machini" (2008)
• "Fistogram" (2008)
• "Kloser EP" (2014)

Remixes

• Cagedbaby – "Hello There" (The Presets Remix, 2006)
• Tomboy – "Flamingo" (2007)
• Cassius – "Rock Number One" (2007)
• The Presets – "This Boy's in Love" (2008)
• KIM – "No Imagination"
• Midnight Juggernauts – "Vital Signs" (2009)
• Bag Raiders - "Turbo Love" (2009)
• Tiga – "What You Need" (2009)
• Dinamics – "Music More Than a Passion, a Drug" (2009)
• Via Tania- "Fields" (2009)
• Kings of Leon - "Closer" (The Presets Remix, 2009)
• AKA JK – "Someone Out There" (2010)
• Charge Group – "Run" (2011)
• Toni Toni Lee – "Body Heat" (2011)
• Australia – "Techno Music 2013" (2013)
• Flash & The Pan - "Midnight Man" (forthcoming)

Production, writing and musician credits

• Powderfinger – "The Metre" (2001) [marimba]
• Prop – Small Craft, Rough Sea (2001) [co-producer, co-writer, vibraphone and percussion]
• Coda – There Is a Way to Fly (2003) [vibraphone, percussion, writer]
• The Presets – Blow Up EP (2003) [co-producer]
• PNAU – "Lovers" (2003) [co-writer]
• The Dissociatives - "The Dissociatives" (2004) [additional production]
• The Presets – Girl and the Sea EP (2004) [co-producer]
• Siena – "Sway" (2004) [producer and co-writer]
• Decoder Ring – Somersault (OMS) (2004) [vibraphone]
• The Valentinos/Lost Valentinos – The Valentinos EP (2005) [producer]
• The Presets – Beams (2005) [co-producer/co-writer]
• Love Tattoo – "Tuff Love" (2005) [producer/writer]
• Riot in Belgium – "The Acid Never Lies" (2006) [co-writer, mixing and additional production]
• PNAU – "No More Violence" (2007) [co-writer]
• Riot in Belgium – "La Musique" (2007) [co-writer, mixing and additional production]
• Lost Valentinos – Miles from Nowhere EP (2007) [producer on tracks A1, A2]
• Digitalism – "Pogo" (2007) [co-writer]
• The Presets – Apocalypso (2008) [co-producer/co-writer]
• Beni – "Maximus" (2009) [producer]
• Beni – "House of Beni" (2011) [co-producer/co-writer]
• The Presets - Pacifica (2012) [co-producer/co-writer]
• Forces – "Overland (In My Mind)" (2012) [mixing]
• Kirin J Callinan – "Embracism" (2013) [producer/co-writer]
• Beni – Love on the Run/Summer's Gone EP (2013) [writer/producer]
• Beni – Protect/I Can't Hide EP (2014) [writer/producer]
• Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders "Playmates" (2014) [producer/co-writer]

Touring

• 'Selected Jerks 2001–2009' National Launch Tour (October–November 2009) [supported by Beni]
• National Winter DJ Tour (June–July 2013) [co-headline with Beni]

Other appearances

• A Bag Raiders Remix of "B.T.T.T.T.R.Y." was featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV.

References

External links

• K.I.M at Modular Recordings