Watch video of the
blaze, below.
By Fred Mills
Venerable British indie Rough Trade put out the following
tweet early this morning:
@RoughTradeShop Our
largest INDEPENDENT supplier Pias got burnt 2 the ground last night, best to
all staff,labels that lost stock. no injuries @ least
Indeed, as Pitchfork and other media outlets are reporting,
the riots in England – now three nights and counting – have claimed a
significant commercial victim in the way of a 200,000-square foot North London
SonyDADC distribution warehouse which included “the entire inventory of PIAS UK,
the primary distribution hub for more than 150 independent labels,” among them
Sub Pop, Drag City, Thrill Jockey, Warp, 4AD, Domino, Mute and the Secretly
Canadian family. See the full list, below.
In years past we’ve grown accustomed to distributors going bankrupt,
leaving labels unpaid and in some cases sans inventory, but no other incident like this one comes to mind. A report in Britain’s Guardian quoted industry analyst Paul Scaife as saying, “Physical retail is still absolutely
crucial to many in the independent sector and if – as seems quite likely
– several smaller labels aren’t covered by insurers, this could be the
difference between survival and going out of business.”
A short while ago PIAS issued the following statement:
“There was a fire last night at the SonyDADC warehouse which services
the physical distribution for PIAS in the UK and Ireland. PIAS is
working closely with SonyDADC who are implementing their emergency
plans. PIAS’s UK offices in London and all other areas of our business
are unaffected. More information will be communicated shortly to all our
labels and partners”
Labels potentially affected by the fire:
1234
2020 Vision
Accidental
Ad Altiora
Adventures Close to home
Alberts
All City
Alt Delete
Ambush Reality
Angular
Ark
ATC
Atic
Atlantic Jaxx
Azuli
B Unique
Backyard
Bad Sneakers
Bandstock
Banquet
Beggars
Big Chill
Big Dada
Big Life / Nul / Sindy Stroker
Boombox
Border Community
Boysnoize
Brille
Bronzerat
Brownswood
Buzzin Fly
Can You Feel It
Catskills
ChannelFly
Chemikal Underground
City Rockers
Counter
D Cypher
Dance To The Radio
Deceptive
Def Jux
Dirtee Stank
Divine Comedy
Domino
Drag City
Drive Thru
Drowned in Sound
Duophonic
Eat Sleep / Sorepoint
Electric Toaster
Emfire
F. Comm
Fabric
Faith And Hope
Fantastic Plastic
Fargo
FatCat
Feraltone
Finders Keepers / Twisted Nerve
Fingerlickin’
Flock
Free Range
From The Basement
Full Time Hobby
Goldsoul
Gronland
Groove Attack
Halftime
Hassle
Heron
Hum&Haw
Independiente
Info UK
Join Us
Kartel
Kensaltown
Kitsune
Kompakt
Laughing Stock
Leftroom
Lex
Lo Max
Loose
Love Box
Lowlife
Lucky Number
Marquis Cha Cha
Memphis Industry
Merok
Metroline
Mute
Naïve
Nation
Navigator
New World
Ninja Tune
Nuclear Blast
One Little Indian
Output / People in the Sky / Process
Pale Blue
Palm
Peacefrog
PIAS Recordings
PIP 555 Productions
Play To Work
Powerhouse (T2)
Propaganda / Ho Hum
Raw Canvas
Red Grape
Red Telephone Box
Rekids
Renaissance
Respect Productions (PES digital)
Reveal Records
RMG
Rock Action
Roots
Rough Trade
Rough Trade Comps
Rubyworks
Ruffa Lane
Search And Destroy
Secret Sundaze
Secretly Canadian / Jagjaguwar / Dead Oceans
Sell Yourself
Setanta
Shatterproof
Sideone Dummy
Slam Dunk
Smalltown
Soma
Something In Construction
Sonar Kollectiv
Soul Jazz
Southern Fried
Stranded Soldier
Subliminal
Sunday Best
TARGO
Taste
Ten Worlds
Thrill Jockey
Total Fitness
Touch And Go
Track And Field
TriTone
Trouble
Try Harder
Turk
Turnstile
Twenty 20
Underworld
Union Square
Urban Torque
Vagrant
Vice
Victory
Wagram
Wall Of Sound
Warp
Wi45
Wonky Atlas
Word And Sound
Xtra Mile
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