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unusual facts about Bleep.com


Bleep.com

Since its launch, the range of music offered by Bleep has grown and now provides music from independent labels including Rough Trade, Domino, Beggars Banquet, One Little Indian, XL Recordings, Ninja Tune, Stones Throw, Hyperdub, Planet Mu, Tempa, and many more.


Elizabeth Corday

During her first trauma surgery, she completely baffles the rest of the staff by using lots of British terms not used in America - for example, she asks them to "bleep Benton" (page Dr. Peter Benton), order an "FBC" (US term "CBC"), and perform a "tube thoracostomy" (US term "chest tube").

Itch-E and Scratch-E

They were initially focused on a techno sound which drew on early bleep techno as well as being influenced by fellow Sydneysiders Severed Heads (Tom Ellard from Severed Heads helped produce an album by Paul Mac's other band The Lab, that was never released).


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