Bleep Competition

Jamie Woon - Night Air (Blue Daisy Mixture)

Commix - Be True (Burial Remix)

Oneohtrix Point Never - Describing Bodies

Brandy - Angel In Disguise (Fantastic Mr Fox Remix)

Pariah - Crossed Out

Untold - Mass Dreams Of The Future

Lukid - Spiller

The Acorn - Restoration (Four Tet Remix)

The Advisory Circle - And The Cuckoo Comes

Steve Reich - II. Slow 6:43 (Performed By Eighth Blackbird)

Bleep Competition by Paul Riley on Mixcloud

Warp Records

I have written a little about my love of Warp records before here, but I think in this digital day and age of all music being available from anywhere at any time on the internet, I just want to write a few words about how they are still pushing things forward through their bleep store.

Firstly, on a more general point, a few weeks ago they announced that any Warp vinyl release bought through their site would receive the mp3s for free, making the choice of vinyl or digital no choice at all.

I have also found them to give other very generous offers. I have just received this email about some bonus Flying Lotus prints for pre-ordering the album. Ok, I had already ordered it before knowing about this, so they didn't need to mention it to people like me. It was just a pleasant surprise.

On a personal note, last year when I ordered a record that went out of stock, they not only gave me my money back, but sent a limited edition Boards of Canada 12" in it's place. I was kind of stunned, to say the least!

I just think that in these tough times, when other bigger labels seem to be struggling to find their place with digital media, Warp should be held up as an example to follow. That's not even mentioning their exploits in film and clothing merchandise.

Download: Flying Lotus & Thom Yorke – “… And The World Laughs With You" 

Warp-ed

I've been listening to a lot of the old Warp records recently on the back of the recent 20th anniversary box set. I especially love all the early bleep techno ones - LFO, Nightmares on Wax, Sweet Exorcist etc and the series of "Intelligent Techno" albums of Aphex Twin, Speedy J and Autechre.

The later stuff, such as from the 00's, I can dip in and out of, it's not always my kind of thing whether its because it just went too noisy and untuneful or its just not what I expect Warp to sound like and the shock actually takes away from the music, such as with Maximo Park.

The track I have chosen, I first heard through one of those Mixmag Live! compilations mixed by Slam and on the Sasha and Digweed Renaissance mix. It took me a while to track down (although it isn't particularly rare) but I finally got hold of the classic Warp compilation "Tequila Slammers And The Jump Jump Groove Generation". I must have realised I'd got a bargain because I have left the price sticker on it from Oxfam - 99p!

Download: Jaco - Show Some Love http://www.mediafire.com/?wkykjymfbhz