XUL ZOLAR RELEASE CO-PRODUCED SINGLE

15.05.2013

Check out the new single "Hex" by Xul Zolar that was produced by Jochen Naaf, Sven Ludwig and our very own Julian. Out on May 31st.

House of deer - official video

04.02.2013

"Cologne's VIMES is about to conquer the world" is what Noisey had to say about us when they premiered our 'House Of Deer' video this weekend. The single is out on February 22nd. Here's the clip on Youtube:

SXSW 2013

13.01.2013

Back from the Netherlands with some great news: We were invited to this year's SXSW festival in Austin, Texas! Really looking forward to our U.S debut and are currently working on other dates there as well.

VIMES @ EUROSONIC NOOrderslag 2013

12.01.2013

Intro Magazin made a nice documentary at this year's Eurosonic Noorderslag, featuring German acts stabil elite, SEA + AIR and us!

EUROSONIC NOOrderslag 2013

11.01.2013

Thank you Groningen! We had a great time at Eurosonic Noorderslag with many inspiring artists, a great crew and an enthusiastic audience! Ps: We do appreciate the nice mention @ Rolling Stone Magazin.

VIMES are heading to canada!

04.12.2012

We will be playing at the Canadian Music Week 2013. Stay tuned for more news and check out our spotlight page!

DIGITAL RELEASE OF 'UPSTAIRS'

02.11.2012

Dear friends, you can buy 'UpStairs' + remix as a digital single on iTunes, Amazon and pretty much everywhere...or you can head over to our Soundcloud page and grab it for free. Anyway, spread the love and do listen to Touchy Mob's smooth remix.

the guardian et all recommend 'Upstairs'

22.10.2012

The Guardian and other bloggers in the Music Alliance Pact (MAP) chose their favourite tracks from around the world and we're happy to represent Germany with 'UpStairs':

"It's getting cold really fast these days so let's turn to some music which may give us comfort. Cologne newcomers VIMES is a duo with a penchant for vibrant electronic music. The voice of Azhar Syed gives the electronics of Julian Stetter a melancholic and yearning touch, thereby making VIMES recognisable. Live they are accompanied by VJ Till Beutling for a complete audiovisual experience. They are currently recording their debut album."

You can watch the video on YOUTUBE and listen to the song (and even download it for free) on SOUNDCLOUD.

DEBUT SINGLE "UpSTAIRS" & VIDEO

It's happening! We will be releasing our very first single "UpStairs" on November 2nd via Humming Records/Rough Trade. The song was produced by Georg Conrad of COMA and co-produced by the great Jochen Naaf (Polarkreis 18) who also mixed the song.

You can watch the video on YOUTUBE and listen to the song (and even download it for free) on SOUNDCLOUD.

Stay tuned for upcoming tour dates!

BACK FROM MEXICO!

We are back from Mexico! An unbelievable experience. We spent a few days in Mexico City, met many interesting people and saw only a fraction of an exciting country. We played some great shows in Cholula and in Guadalajara (by the way, Hot Chip were GREAT!). We shot a lot of footage and are planning to edit it all into something hopefully interesting soon. In the meantime, you can head over to the Images section and check out a few pictures shot in Mexico.

VIMES are heading to MEXICO!

Great news! We will be playing with Hot Chip in Puebla (20th Sept @ Piramide de Cholula) and Guadalajara (21st Sept @ Foro Alterno).

We are really looking forward to our first gigs outside Europe, As they say: ¡Qué suerte!

THE NEXT BIG THING @ DEUTSCHE WELLE

We were invited to appear on a radio show called PULSE  at DEUTSCHE WELLE. We really had a great time talking about our influences, how we started making music together and the way we fit into the famous "Sound of Cologne".

You can listen to the show right here.

VIMES & GUARDIAN.CO:UK

The Guardian recently covered the current German music scene in a quite neat article called "German music now: from Berghain to Mannheim" and we were extraordinarily delighted to read our name in the midst of many great artists from Germany. 

NEW SONG & VIDEO

Hello friends, we recently reinterpreted one of our favourite songs ever, a classic named "Take My Breath Away" of the band BERLIN. You can listen to our take on the song and watch the video on YOUTUBE or VIMEO.

We hope you'll like it!

Ps: Head over to the "Images" section and check out our new photos by Volker Conradus.

everything is just Borrowed

Do artists nowadays really need home pages? After all, there are quite a few options out there to connect and to share. Maybe even only one significant site. However, as Mike Skinner aka. The Streets once said:

I came to this world with nothing
and I leave with nothing but love
everything else is just borrowed

Even if we use them, we still think this applies rather well to every single Social Media Network. After all, everything is just borrowed.