Kim Boekbinder is a Canadian-born musician who rose to prominence as one half of the "junk-store cabaret" duo, Vermillion Lies

Vermillion Lies

Vermillion Lies are a cabaret band from Oakland, California. The band consists of sisters Kim Boekbinder and Zoe Boekbinder. They are known for incorporating elements of circus and folk into their music...

. She has since embarked on a solo career, releasing her debut solo album The Impossible Girl in 2010.

A longtime proponent of direct-to-fan marketing and social media, Kim gained notoriety for her take on touring/show-booking via a Kickstarter

Kickstarter

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 campaign.

Boekbinder currently resides in New York City

New York City

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.

Solo career

Kim Boekbinder's first full length solo album The Impossible Girl was produced by legendary Boston producer, Sean Slade

Sean Slade

Sean Slade is a record producer, engineer, and mixer. He has worked with artists including Hole, Radiohead, Warren Zevon, Juliana Hatfield, Dinosaur Jr., Uncle Tupelo, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Boo Radleys, Sebadoh, Lush, the Go-Go's, and The Dictators among others. In 2005 he produced The...

, who discovered her when Vermillion Lies

Vermillion Lies

Vermillion Lies are a cabaret band from Oakland, California. The band consists of sisters Kim Boekbinder and Zoe Boekbinder. They are known for incorporating elements of circus and folk into their music...

 opened for Amanda Palmer

Amanda Palmer

Amanda MacKinnon Gaiman Palmer , sometimes known as Amanda Fucking Palmer, is an American performer who first rose to prominence as the lead singer, pianist, and lyricist/composer of the duo The Dresden Dolls...

. The album was funded by a successful pre-order campaign which raised $20,000 in early 2010. The album was recorded at Mad Oak Studios in Boston, MA with engineer, Benny Grotto.

In June, 2011, Kim pre-sold her first show in New York City. The idea for the pre-sold show received a good deal of attention after she wrote an impassioned post for English author, Warren Ellis

Warren Ellis

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. The idea was explained further during a radio interview with the BBC

BBC

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 News on June 28, 2011.

Other Recording Projects

• "Thirty One" (2009) - 31 songs written and recorded in 31 days. One song released each day for a month.
• "First the Bees" (2008) - 5 song EP

Guest Appearances

• "Say Hi To Your Neighborhood" (2009) by Jim Avignon
  Jim Avignon
  Jim Avignon is a contemporary German pop artist and representatives of the art modeste, designer and musician. A respected cult figure in the art and Techno subculture in Berlin, he currently lives and works both in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and in Berlin.Jim Avignon was born Christian Reisz...
  
  - Kim Boekbinder sings on "smalltalkworld"

With Vermillion Lies

• Separated by Birth (2006), Label: A Small Tribe Records, ASIN: B000HD1MZW
• Scream-Along EP (2007)
• What's in the Box? (2008), MP3, self-released, ASIN: B001BL2JFQ
• In New Orleans 7" vinyl (2008)

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