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Get Yer Bleepin' Music Here, Folks! Yesterday while on the air I mentioned some new releases made available through EMusic and Apple's iTunes Music Service. Today I present Bleep, Warp Record's new digital music store, which offers the independent recording label's entire music catalog for download. After browsing the store, I find it to be a welcome addition to the current online music stores; however, a few usability issues need to be worked out. For example, at first glance it appears that Warp is only offering a few CDs from its catalog. There is a Search field visitors can use to find their favorite Warp artists, which is useful if you're familiar with Warp Records. But visitors unfamiliar with Warp won't find searching the catalog too helpful, and the Browse link, which allows visitors to peruse the entire catalog, isn't quite as eye-catching as it should be. Many visitors may miss the Browse link and move on to another site that's more accessible to users. Once you've figured out how to find the site's music, however, you'll find it's offerings attractive. Although currently priced higher than Apple's or Napster's stores, you may find the artists offered here worth the extra change (especially if you're a VoyagerRadio listener). And like other digital music stores, Bleep offers exclusives only available at this particular site, such as a few tracks from one of Squarepusher's forthcoming singles (which will only be made available on vinyl elsewhere). This alone makes the downloads worth the price.
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