A list of labels lost in the London riots

The UK's independent music scene needs your help...

When arsonists targeted the Sony Distribution Centre in Enfield, London on the night of August 8, they ended up putting many independent music labels in jeopardy. The warehouse was used by [PIAS], the UK's largest independent music distributor, and some 1.5 million discs from around 200 different labels and sub-labels were destroyed. A comprehensive list of the labels that suffered is printed below, with links to their official websites included wherever possible. While some will be covered by insurance, others won't, and the loss of a huge chunk of their physical stock could represent a fatal blow.

[PIAS] has already joined forces with the Association for Independent Music to establish a fund to support the labels affected, but music fans can also do their bit. The most direct way of helping, of course, is to buy some of the labels' music – preferably as digital downloads direct from the labels themselves, though buying through other online stores or snapping up CDs that are already available in the shops will also help.

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[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
Best Before
Big Brother
Big Dada
Bird Records
Blackmaps
Bloody Chamber Music
Blowout Music
Blue Chopsticks
Border Community
Borstal Beat Records
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
Desolat
Dessou
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
Fake Diamond Records
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 Recordings
Independiente
Infant
Infectious
Jagjaguwar
Kartel
Kitchenware Records
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 Recordings
Matador Records
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 Recordings
Polyvinyl Records
Poseidon Records
Post Present Medium
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 Records
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 Records
Sunday Best
Thrill Jockey
Tirk
Too Pure
Torque Records
Touch and Go
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
Wonderfulsound
XL Recordings
Xtra Mile Recordings
Yaala Yaala
Young Turks

By Jon Wilks
Please note: All information is correct at the time of writing but is subject to change without notice.

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