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Welcome!
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Welcome to Repetitive Beats, now celebrating its third year on the Internet! We are a stockist of secondhand vinyl, dedicated to finding you those tracks you've been after for ages, or the records that we think deserve to be heard.
When we originally launched in Spring of 2004, our focus was mainly on all forms of electronic dance music, from techno to trance, house to jungle, ambient to gabber. This still holds true, but we have now expanded our selection significantly to bring you even more cool stuff; from rare punk and indie records, to classic new wave, funk, and even disco too. In addition to a heavy focus on the 12" vinyl format, this year we will begin to stock 7" vinyl as well as CDs. So keep your eyes peeled!
We will be adding more tracks each and every week, plus providing label scans and sound clips to help with your decision. This process is slow and time-consuming, but please keep checking back. We have over 5000 items yet to be added, so if you don't see what you're looking for, or you have any questions about what's available, please don't hesitate to contact us, and we'll try to respond just as quick as we can.
About the name, "Repetitive Beats"; the term is taken from the text of the UK's Criminal Justice and Public Order Act of 1994, Section 63, Paragraph 1, Line B. This act in effect criminalizes any sort of rave in the United Kingdom; making it illegal to gather and dance to techno and other electronic music, which the bill defines as "sounds wholly or predominantly characterised by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats." Former US attorney general, John Ashcroft, wanted to pass similar laws in the United States, banning (amongst other things) any sort of large-scale gathering where dancing is involved. Thankfully, this never materialized.
DANCING TO MUSIC MUST NEVER BE ILLEGAL.
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Latest News:
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13 Mar 2006, 8:00 AM -
We've steadily been adding much more to our selection over the past several weeks. We've doubled the selection of UK hardcore, fleshed out the 45 section heavily, and added quite a bit of house and hard house. Plus, I've just changed the featured items in the upper right. There's still plenty more to list, so please do keep checking back each and every week!
- Chris Purity
1 Feb 2006, 10:00 AM -
All right, after much trial and error, I believe things are now in order. There should be scans, audio clips, and Discogs links on every item. If you come across any in the database that are without all of the above, please get in touch with me.
Hard to believe it's been a month since the start of the year already. They're not kidding; as you get older, time really does fly! I've spent most of the past week getting more stock up and ready. There have been additions to flesh out a wider selection of genres. We've now got the beginnings of selections in:
- gabber / euro hardcore
- goa / psytrance
- goth / industrial / darkwave
- hard house
- hard trance
- house
- indie rock
- progressive trance
- punk rock / hardcore
All in all, there's just over 90 new items added this week. And as always, I will be adding more and more as my time permits.
- Chris Purity
26 Jan 2006, 8:00 AM -
The path to a full, functional website with stock is a long and arduous one. Heh. It's been a task trying to get everything up and running, sure enough, but I'm pretty pleased with the progress that has been made. Just about every item currently for sale on the site has a sound clip, with exceptions of a few of the CDs. All drum and bass and UK hardcore vinyls have 600x600 label scans. And every item has a link back to Discogs for a full, extensive tracklisting. I'm going to try and polish off the remaining soundclips and label scans over the weekend, and by the beginning of the week I should have everything all set to go for weekly updates from here on out -- I'm gonna shoot for 50 to 100 new items every week.
My thanks go out to everyone who's already placed an order while the site's in its transition period here, and to all the customers that have supported this site over the past two years. I'm working hard to bring you the best in customer service, extended information, and stock selection!
- Chris Purity
16 Jan 2006, 8:35 AM -
Still working. You'll notice the bottom bar now has a GEMM search, so if you can't find what you're looking for here, be sure to check down there as well. It all goes into the same cart so don't worry about losing your orders from here. Also, just signed up for clip and image hosting through AudioClipArchive. Pictures and sounds for all of the items on the site should be coming later this week.
In the meantime, I've gone ahead and added 100 UK hardcore / oldskool rave tracks, plus a few CDs and CD singles as well. Check them out!
- Chris Purity
11 Jan 2006, 10:40 AM -
As the site's been sitting dormant for the past few months, I figured it was time to switch up the design a little bit. You like? I like. I'm probably going to be making a couple random tweaks here and there, but overall, I'm pretty pleased with the new layout. If you have any suggestions for improvements (that can be handled with my limited HTML and CSS skills), please get in touch, as I'd love to hear from you.
Currently waiting on the first update for the new catalogue to be processed. Starting it back up small again; 34 breaks records, 50 drum and bass records, and 39 synthpop / 80's records. Still working on cataloguing all the rest in conjunction with Discogs.com, whose URLs you'll notice on all of the listings; copy those into your browser and you'll be taken to a page with all the info on the record itself. They run a great service (albeit a bit slow sometimes), so check them out. Then on top of that, there's still the label scans and sound clips to come yet... yeesh. I'm amazed I have any free time at all.
- Chris Purity
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Highly Recommended!
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Here's what's currently featured on the site! Click "More Info" for tracklistings, larger scans, and audio clips.
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Ce Ce Rogers: Someday - Autographed Edition
An undeniable collector's item; this classic house track that has gone beyond legendary anthem status is in pristine condition, plus comes with a 8x10 promotional headshot of Ce Ce Rogers, and the inner sleeve is signed and personalized by Ce Ce himself! Don't miss out on this piece of house history.
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CJ Bolland: Camargue - Live At Universe
CJ's own excellent live update of this anthemic techno piece, backed up with the ever popular original mix and non-album track "Jungle Man". Picture sleeve.
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Electribe 101: Tell Me When The Fever Ended - US Mixes
Classic deep house from the late 80s featuring the vocal talents of Billie Ray Martin, and featuring a remix from Larry Heard. Picture sleeve.
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The Muffs: Big Mouth / Do The Robot
More indie rock from Kim Shattuck and friends. The B-side "Do The Robot" has quite possibly the longest, most hilariously over-blown outro ever. Picture sleeve.
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Nebula II: Hardcorps
Eight tracks of no-nonsense, straight up, hard banging techno from Nebula II. Picture sleeve.
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Noise Factory: Urban Music
Also known as "That goddamned Phil Collins hardcore tune", this would be the inescapable In The Air Tonight ripoff track from the summer of '92. What could be considered cheesy actually is fucking BLINDING, due to Noise Factory's impeccable programming that turns into a whirling dervish of a monster track halfway through. White label on one side.
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Psychotropic: Hard Time - Freefall Remix
Hard hands in the air breakbeats and basslines from the label that brought you "Hypnosis" and "Set Me Free".
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Siouxsie & The Banshees: Cities In Dust / An Execution
Excellent gothic-tinged new wave from Siouxsie Sioux. Limited edition UK release packaged in a 6-panel fold-out poster.
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Subsequence: Subsequence 4
Pete Namlook teaming up with Atom Heart to bring you these three acidic techno experiments on the electro tip. Limited to 500 copies, from the golden days of FAX.
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Various: History Of Our World
4 excellent breakbeat hardcore tracks from Omni Trio, 4 Hero, The House Crew, and Phuture Assassins pressed on a spiffy 2x10" translucent red and blue vinyl package.
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Categories in depth:
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BREAKS:
Funky breaks, trip-hop, nu-skool breaks, and more. From 1995
to today. Labels like Bassbin Twins, Botchit Breaks, City Of Angels,
Tricked Out.
DISCO / FUNK:
Dancey booty shaking beats, primarily from the 70s. Also: DISCO / FUNK 7"
DRUM N BASS:
Intelligent DNB, ragga jungle, jump-up style, and
everything in between. 1994 on. Labels like Hospital, Infrared, Legend,
Moving Shadow.
ELECTRONIC:
Stuff that doesn't quite fit into any other category. Whether it's
ambient listening music, experimental IDM, glitchcore, or anything
else, you'll probably find it here.
GABBER / EURO HARDCORE:
Fast, bouncy, slamming, and distorted is the
name of the game. Labels like Industrial Strength,
Mokum, Rotterdam.
GOA / PSYTRANCE:
Tripped out psychedelic stuff. Labels like Blue
Room, Krembo, Symbiosis.
GOTH/INDUSTRIAL:
Ooh, spooky. This category focuses on the dark, hard,
and weird stuff for all the people that dress in black.
Labels such as Merciful Release, Wax Trax, and other
lesser known ones.
HARD HOUSE:
Bouncy, banging beats at 140+ BPM. 1998 to today.
Labels like Aztec, Kaktai, Red, Tripoli Trax.
HARD TRANCE:
In your face German styled trance. 1993-1998 (with
some exceptions). Labels like Eye Q, Harthouse, Noom, Time Unlimited.
HOUSE:
Funky ass-shaking beats, frequently with divas. Labels like Moonshine,
Positiva, Strictly Rhythm.
INDIE ROCK:
Quality guitar-based music without the interference of major label
fiddling. Labels like Eyeball, Jade Tree, Sympathy For The Record
Industry, and a host of lesser known one-offs. Also: INDIE ROCK 7"
OLDIES:
Tons of great music was made over 40 years ago that still holds up
today. Check here for random stuff from the turn of the 20th century
to the end of the 60s. Also: OLDIES 7"
PROG TRANCE:
Uplifting progressive vibes, favorites of DJs like
Nick Warren and John Digweed. 1995 onwards. Labels like Concept,
Jackpot, Platipus, Rampant.
PUNK ROCK / HARDCORE:
Not just a style of music, it's a way of life. Loads of random
stuff from the late 70s through the modern day. Also: PUNK ROCK / HARDCORE 7"
REGGAE / DUB:
Heavy Jamaican vibes, from the roots sound to the dancehall smashers,
and everything in between. Also: REGGAE / DUB 7"
ROCK N ROLL:
More of an emphasis on the popular tunes here; the stadium anthems,
the radio standards, the crowd pleasers. Also: ROCK N ROLL 7"
SPEED GARAGE / UK GARAGE:
Big DNB basslines meet sped-up house beats, which has metamorphosed into a
more urban RNB influenced 2-step sound, to the newest grime and dubstep
styles as well.
SYNTHPOP / ELECTRO / FREESTYLE / 80'S:
Yeah, that's more than a mouthful. As diverse as these styles may
seem, they have a lot in common; as they're what we were all jamming
to in the 80s. From quirky new wave to proto-Miami-bass tunes, you'll
find it in here. Also: SYNTHPOP ETC 7"
TECHNO:
Relentless pounding beats, with a touch of intelligence.
Labels like Missile, Pounding Grooves, Primate, Smitten.
UK HARDCORE:
Sped-up breakbeats, rave stabs, and hands-in-the-air
pianos. Mostly 1989-1993 (with some exceptions made for happy hardcore).
Labels like Basement, Formation, Ibiza, Kniteforce, Strictly Underground.
There are bound to be some crossovers from one section to another, so if you
can't find what you're looking for in one area, be sure to check the others or
do a global search.
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