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bloik

My Art Keeps Me Sane

About Me

Born and bred in Nottingham UK, Bloik was introduced to the piano at an early age. He didn't take it that far but it gave him an 'Ear for Sound'.
At 17, Bloik picked up bass guitar and taught himself to play. Early influences started with Punk Rock and Dub, and followed with 60's psyche, Funk, Drum & Bass, Triphop and Electronica. Bloik still plays in bands to this current day.
In 1994 he began his journey into sample based music, it took him a few years to find his production feet but he thrived on the challenge. Bloik has produced music in many styles, initially concentrating on Triphop and Breakbeat then moving on through Drum & Bass into Dub. In 2004 Bloik had a track included on FABRICLIVE 17:AIM! this was a highpoint!. At about the same time he was working on his first Dub offering; "Excursions in Echo". The EP is a four track journey through Dub and features some great session players, it has a very live feel throughout and was great fun to produce. Bloik sees his work not so much as conventional music but more like 'Audio works of art'.
You can find all of the Bloik back catalogue and much more at; www.dubmole.com.
BLOIK-EXCURSIONS IN ECHO.A four track journey into DUB.
BLOIK-LOUNGIN'. Mint Source Recordings.
Due to its availability on vinyl , a copy fell into the hands of AIM-GRAND CENTRAL RECORDS. In 2004 AIM included the track on his FABRICLIVE 17 Mix!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/28/2006
Band Website: dubmole.com
Band Members: The Gargantuan Drum Machine

Using an EMU-E64 Sampler the Gargantuan Drum Machine consists of 440+ samples. The samples are hand picked from 126 different machines and include:- 85 Kick drums, 40 Snares, 35 Rims Glitches and Pops, 15 Timbali's, 73 Closed Hats, 32 Open Hats, 37 Long Hats/Cymbals, 32 Handclaps, 63 Percussion Hits and 28 Sound FX.

The Arp Odyssey

The Arp is a very creative synth. It makes a wide range of sounds from authentic 70's lead meets early Doctor Who through Acid and beyond. Hands on!
Influences: Everything around me/good and bad!

Sounds Like: ??????????????? u tell me...
Record Label: Mint Source-Fabric-CCT RECORDS
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Bloik(IT'S ON ME) Agoon-agoon,Transmision Vol.1

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Posted by bloik on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 03:22:00 PST

Bloik"Excursions in Echo" out soon on CCT.

BLOIK "Excursions in Echo" soon to be availiable on the 'Up and Coming' CCT RECORDS SITE, as well as all the usual digital outlets.
Posted by bloik on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 04:51:00 PST