Bleep.com
Bleep was launched initially on January 14, 2004 for the distribution of Warp Records’ discography and other electronic and rock music. The website quickly expanded its catalog, gaining enough popularity to receive nomination for a Webby Award in the music category on May 7, 2004 alongside iTunes, BeatPort, Live365 and musicplasma. Bleep’s mp3s are DRM-free files, encoded in LAME using the “–alt-preset standard” (--aps) variable bit rate command line. LAME’s --aps encoding method is generally believed to be the best mp3 encoding option, offering the best possible quality-to-size ratio available for the standard thus far.

Entire tracks and albums can be previewed prior to purchase. The previews play 30 second segments at a time, encoded at 90kbs.

While not yet a standard at Bleep, lossless FLAC encoded files were also offered for Autechre’s Untilted album, at an increased price on April 18, 2005. Ring tone downloads are also available for select albums.The site was built and designed by long standing Warp associates, The Designers Republic and Kleber.

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