Kim Abrams

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| name = Kim Abrams

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| instrument = drums

| genre = Progressive rock

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| current_member_of = PAK

| past_member_of = Time of Orchids

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Kim Abrams is an electronic artist and rock drummer (formerly Keith Abrams), known mostly for her work with Time of Orchids{{Cite web |url=http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=2774744&blogId=537902347 |title=Invalid Friend ID |access-date=2010-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207065936/http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view |archive-date=2009-02-07 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.synapsecompound.com/6.html |title=Discography - A Nice Place for Noise |access-date=2010-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830194609/http://www.synapsecompound.com/6.html |archive-date=2010-08-30 |url-status=dead }} and PAK.{{Cite web|url=http://www.generaterecords.net/freddys.htm|title=On the Way Out|website=Generaterecords.net|access-date=7 June 2022}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.thestonenyc.com/calendar.php?month=-31|title = The Stone Calendar|website=Thestonenyc.com}} She was a frequent collaborator both with Ron Anderson and Jesse Krakow.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thestonenyc.com/calendar.php?month=-12|title = The Stone Calendar|website=Thestonenyc.com}}

Abrams was recruited, along with Jesse Krakow, into Time of Orchids in 1999.{{cite web |url=http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/press/TimeOfOrchids_NamesakePressRelease.doc |format=DOC |title=Bio information: TIME OF ORCHIDS : Title: NAMESAKE CAUTION (Cuneiform Rune 257) |website= |access-date=2022-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193452/http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/press/TimeOfOrchids_NamesakePressRelease.doc |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/press/TimeOfOrchids_NamesakePressRelease.doc |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-10-26 |archive-date=2010-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120183021/http://cuneiformrecords.com/press/TimeOfOrchids_NamesakePressRelease.doc |url-status=dead }} In 2003, PAK's bassist Krakow asked band leader Ron Anderson to audition Abrams for PAK - Abrams impressed Anderson with her ability to play a difficult passage, without warming up, much faster than its regular tempo, and so she was admitted to the band.{{cite web |url=http://www.ronanderson-molecules.com/PAK.htm |title=New Page 1 |access-date=2010-10-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715201433/http://www.ronanderson-molecules.com/PAK.htm |archive-date=2011-07-15 }} Most recently she has joined fellow PAK member Tim Byrnes in Kayo Dot.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/news.php?newsid=15996|title = Kayo Dot North American tour |website=Sputnikmusic.com}} Following 2016's release Plastic House on Base of Sky they left the band and drumming and began to release minimal techno music made almost completely with analog equipment and minimal editing/overdubs.