Title: All The Bleeps
Artist: V/A
Label: Fun In The Murky
Cat Number: 500
Genre: Techno
A1: Sane – Anger
A2: Jerome Hill – League Against Jazz
B1: Johan Platt – Forged Jack
B2: Ben Pest – Tilt Lock
C1: Norman Muller – Bamm Im Mond
C2: Luke’s Anger – Sloth Father
D1: Tobias Schmidt – Le Interrupteur
E1: Neil Landstrumm – Cleo Satan
E2: TSR, Kosmonaut J – Can’t Stop Thinking
F1: Joe Farr – To See Her
F2: Paul Birken – Perpendicular Provider
G1: Sugar Experiment Station – Dumbiedykes
G2: Tobias Schmidt – Speak
H1: Joseph Garber – We Not The Wack Yeah
H2: World News – Black Cat
So, having considered myself an electronic music afficianado for such a long time, and having also chaired a radio show myself for a while, I’m ashamed to say that this is the first time I’ve ever come across Bleep Radio and it’s host Trevor Wilkes. This huge compilation is a product of his show. So I’m going to be lazy now and cut and paste the accompanying press:
To coincide with the 500th episode of Bleep Radio, Canadian radio host and dedicated vinyl collector Trevor Wilkes has compiled a 15 track compilation in respect of the artists who feed his inspiration to broadcast weekly and relentlessly for the last 17 years.
“This release isn't just a milestone, it’s an open love letter to all of you whose music I play and will continue to play and support.” - Trevor Wilkes
Since 2003 Trevor Wilkes has been committedly streaming weekly from his techno bunker in Canada - connecting with the European techno scene through mixing his collection of gritty four four. Taking lead from the school of techno set out by Cristian Vogel, Neil Landstrumm and their peers Bleep Radio has been a foundational stronghold for supporting and celebrating wonky techno and it’s diverging parts, with a clear focus on off-kilter, ruff around the edges and hard hitting records. His support for this sound has brought him over to the UK frequently appearing on line ups for Jerome Hill’s institutional Don’t parties.
A self-confessed data geek - since starting the show he has trended his tracklists for some years and used this as the formula to curate this compilation release. Accurately representing the most played throughout the lifespan of Bleep Radio - Bleep500 brings together some of the most accomplished figures in his sound.
Sane, Jerome Hill, Johan Platt, Ben Pest, Norman Müller, Luke’s Anger, Tobias Schmidt, Neil Landstrumm, TSR Feat. Kosmonaut J, JoeFarr, Paul Birken, SES, Tobias Schmidt, Joseph Garber and World News all form the line up for this release sharing previously unreleased tracks.
All The Bleeps will be released as a quad pack 12” vinyl distributed by Vinyl Future. It will also have a limited release sold exclusively by Isope. Limited to 50 this edition will also contain a cassette tape with Bleep 500 tracks mixed by Nox and Cedex, a sticker sheet of graphic artist Ed Twist’s artwork in addition to the vinyl package.
It’s unsung heroes like Trevor, for whom playing this music and curating a show is a massive labour of love, who now need our support more than ever. I’m sure he would welcome this, but I’m also positive that whether he gets it or not, it won’t stop him doing his show and playing the music he loves. This huge compilation has been expertly selected with each track being wonderfully representative of the genre, and speaking as someone who has wanted to get back into the radio game for a while now, it’s inspiring to come across little pockets of resistance like this. I think resistance is an appropriate description because we’ve recently seen with the demise of Trim Sweeney’s ‘Beats In Space’ that specialised stations are fair game for homogenisation and onrushing blandness. There can never be too many stations playing specialist music, and irrespective of the size of their audiences, they all matter.
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