U.K Indie Labels Affected By London Riots

The London riots have been splashed across our screens for three straight days now and just when we thought we couldn’t possibly feel anymore sympathy and worry, a new blow came last night.  A Sony DADC/PIAS distribution warehouse was burnt to the ground destroying all of its stock.  PIAS is the largest distributer of independent music labels in the UK and as a result dozens of labels, both large and small have suffered a significant loss.

Many labels have kicked into action and began manufacturing more stock; there will be obvious delays in the release of a lot of CDs and vinyl.  Other companies weren’t so lucky, Sonic Cathedral owner Nathaniel Cramp estimates that he's lost "anything up to 5,000 copies" of CDs and vinyl, telling NME:

"Nothing's going to be sold for months, and I don't know what will happen. There's no way of distributing records. My back catalogues are all gone. I can't afford to get another run done for older releases. Everyone's going to have to think about the next few months. It's a reminder of how on a knife edge these things are – some labels and shops are going to be really affected by it. It just shows how precarious the indie thing is”

The Association Of Independent MusicUKhave called on fans to help rebuild the industry:

“It WILL help enormously if this week, any records you were planning on buying, from the independent labels affected by the fire and destruction of their stock, you go online and make your purchases there. It will bring in some desperately needed funds to help those companies re-manufacture the destroyed stock. Thank you.”

On a personal note, this writer here cries at the end of The Boat

That Rocked every time without fail, not because it’s a touching story of friendship and determination but because of all the beautiful music that is destroyed.  While we are all so thankful that no one was hurt in the incident, this is still heartbreaking.

PIAS LABELS:

[PIAS] Recordings

[PIAS] Recordings Belgium

4AD

A Camp

Absynthe Minded

Accidental

AEI Music

Air Recordings

ALC Music

Alsation

Ambush Reality

Ancient & Modern

Angular Recording Corporation

Arcady Records

Ark Recordings

Asthmatic Kitty Records

Atlantic Jaxx Recordings

Bad Magic

Balling The Jack

Banquet Records

Battered Ornaments Records

Beggars Banquet

Best Before

Big Brother

Big Dada

Bird Records

blackmaps

Bloody Chamber

Blowout Music

Blue Chopsticks

Border Community

Borstal Beats

Boysnoize Records

BPM

Brainfeeder

Brassland

Bright Star Recordings

Brille

Broken Sound Music

Bronzerat

Brothers and Sisters

Brownswood Recordings

Buzzin' Fly

Cache Cache

Cadenza Records

Celluloid Records

Chalkmark / IE

Chemikal Underground Records

Cocoon

Control Tower

Counter Records

Dance To The Radio

Dead Oceans

Deceptive

Defenders Ent UK

DESOLAT

Dessous

Different

Dirtee Stank

Divine Comedy Records

Domino Records

Double Six Records

Drag City

Dreambrother

Drive Thru Records

Drowned In Sound

Dummy Records

Duophonic

Eat Sleep Records

Fabric Worldwide

Fake Diamonds

FantasyTrashcan

Fatcat Records

Fence

Feraltone

Finders Keepers Records

Flock Music

Flying Circus

Freerange Records

Friends Vs Records

Full Pupp

Full Time Hobby

Gang Of Four Recordings

Geographic

Ghost Ship

Glaze Recordings

Groenland Records

G-Unit

Hardly Art

Hassle Records

Helpless

Hem Hem Records

HFN Music

Immune

Independiente

Infant

Infectious

Jagjaguwar

Kartel

Kitchenware

Kitsune

KMS Records / Fabric

Laughing Stock

Lex Records

Lipservice

Little Sister Recordings

LO-MAX Records

Loose Music

Lovepump United

Low Life Records

Lucky Number Music

Lucky Seven Records

Mantra

Matador

Memphis Industries

Merok

Metric Music International

Metroline Limited

Model Citizen

Moikai

Motion Audio

MyMajorLabel Ltd

Nation

Ninja Tune

No Quarter

NovaMute

Nusic Sounds

One Four Seven Records Ltd

One Little Indian

Organs

Outcaste

OVNI

P.I.L.

Peartree Records

PeMa

People In The Sky

People Tree

Pirates Blend Records Inc

Planet Function

Play It Again Sam

Playlouder

Poker Flat

Polyvinyl Records

Poseidon Records

Post Present

Pschent

Raw Canvas

Red Cord Records

REK'D

Rekids

Rekords Rekords

Renaissance

Reveal Records

Riverman Records

Rock Action Records

Roots Records

Rough Trade Records

Rubyworks

Sea Note

Search and Destroy

Secretly Canadian

Setanta

Shape

SideOneDummy Records

Silva Screen

Slam Dunk Records

Smekkleysa

Soma

Sonic Cathedral

Soul Jazz Records

South Paw

Southern Fried Records

Stereo Bang Media

Stolen Recordings

Stranger Records

Streamline

Sub Pop

Suicide Squeeze

Sunday Best

Thrill Jockey

Tirk

Too Pure

Torque Records

Touch & Go Records

Transmission Recordings

Tri Tone

Trouble Records

True Panther

Try Harder

Turnstile

Twisted Nerve Recordings

Universal Sound

Victory Records

Wagram

Wall of Sound

Warp

Watergate

We Love You

Wiiija

Willkommen Records Ltd

Wonderfulsound

XL

Xtra Mile Recordings

Yaala Yaala

Young Turks