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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Tim Exile
| image = Tim Exile Campus Party Mexico 2011.jpg
| caption = Exile performing live at [[Campus Party]] Mexico, 2011
| birth_name = Timothy Charles Shaw<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/323546598 |title=BAD DUST |website=ASCAP |publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |access-date=February 25, 2024}}</ref>
| image_size =
| background = non_performing_personnel
| origin = [[United Kingdom]]
| genre = [[Electronic music|Electronic]]
| occupation = [[Music producer]], [[DJ]]
| years_active = 1999–present
| label = [[Planet Mu]], [[Beta Recordings]], [[Warp (record label)|Warp]]
| associated_acts =
| website =
}}

'''Tim Exile''' (or '''Exile''') is the recording alias of Timothy Charles Shaw, a producer and performer of electronic music spanning [[drum and bass]], [[intelligent dance music|IDM]], [[breakcore]] and [[gabber]].

==Early life==
Exile was educated at [[Rendcomb College]] from 1990 to 1997 and studied philosophy at [[Durham University]], where he wrote his dissertation on the difference between music and noise. He then completed a [[Master of Arts]] within the [[Durham University Department of Music]], graduating in 2002.<ref name="white">{{cite journal |editor1-last=White |editor1-first=W.J.D. |title=Old Rendcombian News |journal=Old Rendcombian Society Newsletter |date=2004 |issue=30 |pages=24–25 |url=https://www.oldrendcombian.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/2004.pdf}}</ref>

==History==

A classically trained [[violin]]ist, he began experimenting with electronic music aged 12, and gained his first drum and bass release in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rolldabeats.com/artist/exile/tracks/sort_by_year/asc|title=Exile vinyl, CD & digital download track discography at RollDaBeats|website=www.rolldabeats.com|date=3 December 2023 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclicdefrost.com/blog/2009/09/03/tim-exile-by-peter-hollo/|title=Marmite Pop: Tim Exile interview by Peter Hollo|date=2 September 2009|publisher=}}</ref> 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 [[intelligent dance music|IDM]] scene.

Unsatisfied with the possibilities of conventional [[DJ]]ing, Exile programmed his own performance tools (at first using [[Pure Data]] and running into difficulties, he then switched to [[Reaktor]]) to allow improvisational live sets, which led to official work for [[Native Instruments]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockthedub.com/2006/08/rock-dub-interview-tim-exile.html|title=[rock the dub Interview]: Tim Exile|website=www.rockthedub.com|date=31 August 2006 }}</ref>

In 2009 he contributed a cover of a [[Jamie Lidell]] song to the ''[[Warp20 (Recreated)]]'' compilation. He also toured the US in late 2009 supporting and collaborating live with [[Imogen Heap]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://warp.net/records/tim-exile/touring-north-america-with-imogen-heap|title=WARP - News - Touring North America with Imogen Heap|website=WARP - News - Touring North America with Imogen Heap}}</ref>

In 2012, at Sonar Festival in Barcelona, he teamed up with [[Jamie Lidell]], [[DJ Shiftee]], Mr. Jimmy and Jeremy Ellis to form Mostly Robot, a new collaborative project.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sonar.es/en/2012/prg/ar/mostly-robot_124 |title=Sónar 14.15.16 June :: Mostly Robot |access-date=2014-07-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140721015930/http://sonar.es/en/2012/prg/ar/mostly-robot_124 |archive-date=21 July 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

In 2016, he launched Endlesss, a collaborative music-making app inspired by his Flow Machine,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2018/07/12/tim-exile-endlesss-early-access/|title = Tim Exile teases Endlesss, "a new platform for making music in the moment"|date = 12 July 2018}}</ref> which he had previously used in live performances. A desktop version of Endlesss was released in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/endlesss-studio-desktop-160021875.html|title=Endlesss brings its socially distant music collaboration to the desktop|date=16 December 2020 }}</ref>

In July of 2023, it was discovered that he had developed a tumor in relation to an unspecified bladder cancer that would then be removed in August of the same year; however, the tumor was apparently larger than expected when removed. The surgery was completed with no complications, though more treatment was expected to occur throughout 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Wild Rollercoaster |url=https://us5.campaign-archive.com/?u=94eb34cf9fe0bb7f96bf9321f&id=55d102bd9d |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=us5.campaign-archive.com}}</ref>

==Discography==
*''Hanzo Steel Cuts EP'' (Mosquito, 2004)
*''Pro Agonist'' ([[Planet Mu]], 2005) (as Exile)
*''Tim Exile's Nuisance Gabbaret Lounge'' ([[Planet Mu]], 2006)
*''Listening Tree'' ([[Warp Records|Warp]], 2009)<ref>Ranta, Alan (19 March 2009). "[http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/71624-tim-exile-listening-tree/ Tim Exile: Listening Tree review]". [[PopMatters]]. Retrieved on 14 June 2010.</ref>
*''Harmuni EP'' (Leisure System, 2013)

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Tim Exile}}
* [http://www.timexile.com Official site]
* {{Discogs artist}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109205552/http://www.planet-mu.com/artists/TimExile Planet Mu: Tim Exile]
* {{rolldabeats artist|artist=exile|name=Exile}}
* [http://www.dogsonacid.com/showthread.php?threadid=316256 Public Q&A] at dogsonacid.com
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080414013338/http://remixmag.com/dj_and_performance/remix_nerd_gone_wild/ Remix interview (2006)]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onemusic/exposed/exile532p01.shtml BBC interview (2005)]
* [https://endlesss.fm Endlesss]

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