V/Vm Test Records

V/Vm Test Records was an English record label set up in 1996 by James Leyland Kirby, aka V/Vm. Originally the label released electronic music, but around 1997 it began releasing music which would best be described as plunderphonics. This practice would occasionally get the label into trouble with record labels and artists for copyright infringement. V/Vm Test moved its focus back to electronic around 2005 with the release of several New Beat compilations on it and its sublabel Vukzid, which offered free audio downloads under a Creative Commons license, allowing the work to be reposted and remixed free of charge. The label shut down on December 31, 2008, its last release being Bleaklow by the Stranger. It was replaced the next day (January 1, 2009) by History Always Favours The Winners. However, it was briefly revived in 2016 as a vanity label for the release of Between Nothingness & Eternity and The Christmess Stocking.

Notable artists to release music on the label (other than V/Vm) include Boards of Canada, Kid606, Goodiepal, Cock E.S.P., Shitmat, Jega, and Stock, Hausen & Walkman.