Who we are
Bleep43 is Bea Brennan (aka Orphan), Dan Bean, Emile Facey (aka Plant43), Jo Johnson, Toby Frith, Ken Odeluga and Anya Stang. Some of us wanted to have a profile page and some of us either haven’t got it together yet or chose not to have one.
What we do
Parties
Bleep43 was founded in 2000 by Toby and Emile with the intention of providing information on electronic music via the internet, and with the birth of our parties in 2002, promoting local DJs and live acts in the London area.
For a number of years the latter have been the primary focus of our energies as we moved from a 75 capacity venue in Shoreditch to the spacious surroundings of Corsica Studios in Elephant & Castle, and have since 2006 been able to entertain international DJs and acts such as Surgeon, Pole, Dan Bell, I-F, Convextion, DJ Pete, Scorn, Annie Hall, Legowelt, DJ Stingray, Microthol and Newworldaquarium whilst continuing to provide support for the local scene, focusing on providing quality underground electronic dance music to an increasing audience of loyal, discerning music lovers.
If you are an agent looking to organise bookings, contact us.
Bleep43.com
With the relaunch of this website in August 2008, we are now turning our attention more evenly to matters such as interviews, features and reviews, which have been admittedly intermittent since our inception and were the original focus of the site’s purpose.
Interviews with the likes of Octave One, Monolake and Scape One and other content have been moved across to form part of our archive.
Reviews of some of the more notable releases in the field are now much more regular, as we cast a discerning eye over developments.
The site was designed by Emile Facey and configured by Jo Johnson with valuable input from Dan Bean. Content is provided by all Bleep43 members but it’s fair to say Toby does most of the work on this at the moment. Dan and Jo help keep the site architecture in shape while Emile continues to give the visual side his care and attention.
Bleep43 Podcast
The Bleep43 weekly podcast was originally broadcast on Wireless FM from 2005. We have produced more than 100 shows covering all manner of genres within the huge field of what we know as electronic music.
Special shows have focused on James Stinson and Gerald Donald, Popol Vuh, Alice Coltrane, Uwe Schmidt, Conny Plank and Brian Eno while other shows share live and DJ sets from our parties and other one-off sets.
The show is run by Toby with guest mixes and special shows by a range of contributors. Dan handles syndication.
You can subscribe to the podcast on this page (see top right).
If you would like to submit a mix or live recording for broadcast, contact us.
Bleep43 TV
In 2008, we published our first video interview - a few minutes with DJ Stingray aka Sherard Ingram when he played for Bleep43 in April. Ken asked the questions, Bea filmed the interview, and Emile edited it and designed the titles.
We are currently working on another film, this time an interview with Vienna’s Microthol - look out for this in the new year, along with footage of a some live sets from our past parties.
Bleep43 Recordings
Jo and Emile are slowly putting the pieces in place for Bleep43’s first vinyl release - a four track EP with Convextion, Plant43 and more - with the help of Dan and Ken and advice and support from Sam Tinley (Open Mind), Jason Smith (Ai) and Doug Adamson (Jacen Solo, Lifeworks compiler). Expect this in 2009.
October 2008 updated December 2008 by Jo