Sonar festival is looming on the horizon and Bleep is limbering up for a weekend to enjoy what is one of the best lineups of the year. Showcases from some of our favourite labels plus…

Orbital, Animal Collective, Mujava, RRIICCEE feat. Vincent Gallo, Richie Hawtin, James Murphy & Pat Mahoney, Jeff Mills, Moderat, La Roux, Carl Craig, Joker, Luomo, Martyn, Alva Noto, Agoria, Heartbreak, Busy P., The Gaslamp Killer, Mike Slott, Rustie, Bullion, James Pants… and loads more

The good people at Sonar have kindly offered us 2 pairs of tickets to this year’s festival. To win, we would simply like you to join the company of Thom Yorke, Four Tet, Mr Oizo, Martyn, Luke Vibert and and others to pick your Top 5 “Best of Bleep” chart.

Browse through the Bleep site and pick your 5 favourite albums. Either e-mail us personally at info@bleep.com or publicly submit on the wall of our facebook group with your answers, your name and location. We will post our favourite picks on the blog. One competition winner will be picked from entries we receive via email, the other from entries to our facebook.

Thanks to everyone that came down to the Cite de la Musique for the Warp 20 Paris show. The Bleep stall went amazing and it was a genuine pleasure to meet some of our customers face-to-face… roll on the next show!

Check out this video of Herbie Hancock and Quincy Jones playing with the Fairlight CMI in 1983… leading the way for a lot of the electronic producers that Bleep know and love today!