Warp stock destroyed in fire at PIAS/SONY London warehouse

From among all labels that were burnt on the PIAS/Sony warehouse, Warp is certainly my favorite and makes me very sad to know that some of their archived albums were burnt forever and some archived items are vanished from earth with no other copies out there.

All of Warp’s UK warehouse stock appears to have been lost in the fire. The Sony DADC warehouse also acted as our international distribution hub and so this has affected our ability to supply our overseas partners. Bleep’s current stash of Warp CD/LP stock remains unaffected of course.

Forthcoming albums – CANT’s ‘Dreams Come True’ (Sep 12th), Plaid’s ‘Scintilli’ (Sept 26th) and Rustie’s ‘Glass Swords’ (Oct 10th) – are currently being manufactured. We know PIAS are working hard to get alternative distribution in place and we are hopeful that the release dates of these albums will not be affected. Most UK copies of Battles’ new single ‘My Machines’ have been destroyed, although the single will still be released digitally on Monday – with some limited 12inch stock available at Bleep

The biggest challenge for us is replacing Warp’s extensive back catalogue spanning the last 21 years. We will replace as much of this as we can by creating new stock and replenishing where possible with stock from outside the UK. Unfortunately some releases may never be available physically again.

We will be closely supporting PIAS in their efforts to get the independent music community up and running as quickly as they can.

Not also counting the Sony stock, the XL Recordings, Ninja Tune, Domino … disaster.

From all stupidity involved in this #londonriots, this was certainly one of the most idiotic acts those looters did.

Source: http://warp.net/records/general/stock-destroyed-pias-sony-fire-london-riots