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ABOUT

What's the story?
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BeatBlocs was founded in 2007 in Bristol, UK by an independent collective consisting of Dan Berridge, Chris Berridge and Nick Wheeler.

It was initially seen as a reaction to the abundance of low quality, generic Sample CD's and online Sample resources. In our work, we could see that professional music producers and beginners alike needed access to the most creatively innovative beat samples available and that the old Sample CD paradigm didn't (and couldn't) provide this service.

With the BeatBlocs' collective roots in the European IDM music scene and love for creative digital culture, we decided to establish a marketplace and community which would empower users to generate the most cutting-edge site content in a truly dynamic way. The first music production library with full UGC (User Generated Content).

This is currently BeatBlocs beta. In the pipeline for the full site version are extended Control Panel functions and profile networking facilities which will enable our vision of BeatBlocs as a networking hub for creative beat production.

14/01/09
The team

Dan Berridge

A professional recording artist and composer who has released 3 albums, composed numerous award winning film scores and whose music has been used for numerous TV ad campaigns for international brands. He is a Capricorn.

Chris Berridge

Designer and joint head of interactive agency Block Interactive, who has had an interest in the world of beats and sampling since early experiments with an Atari ST, Quartet (a much underrated piece of kit) and an LFO album.

Nick Wheeler

Professional Java Developer and Bioinformaticist who has worked in Interactive TV. He began making music in 1989 sampling New Order records and fuzzy pirate radio. He has yet to complete a track.

What is BeatBlocs?

BeatBlocs is a user-generated sample library and community that offers the freshest beats out there. We do this by providing a place for producers of all kinds to sell their beats alongside the professionals. Buy and be inspired, get involved, learn the skills and submit your own beats to our regular competitions.

submit your beats to beatblocs

Enter our ongoing competition - you submit your beats, we judge the entries, and the winners get to be featured on BeatBlocs with their beats available for sale. Time to show people what you can do.

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