Exile (artist)

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Exile performing live in Leeds, 2004.

Exile is the recording alias of Tim Shaw, a producer and performer of electronic music roughly halfway between drum and bass and IDM.

[edit] History

A classically trained violinist, he began experimenting with electronic music aged 12, and gained his first drum and bass release in 1999. In the following years he released mostly for the legendary Moving Shadow imprint, and John B's Beta Recordings, having met John B at Durham University. After the completion of his philosophy degree, he went on to study an MA in electroacoustic composition at Durham. Perhaps unsurprisingly, his drum and bass grew increasingly experimental, and his debut LP (Pro Agonist, 2005) was released by Mike Paradinas' Planet Mu label, more commonly associated with the IDM scene.

Unsatisfied with the possibilities of conventional DJing, and inspired by creations like the 'Squarepusherizer', Exile programmed his own performance tools (using Reaktor) to allow improvisational live sets, which led to official work for Native Instruments.