[PIAS] & AIM launch fund for affected labels

PIAS

 

The Association Of Independent Music and [PIAS] have launched a fund to help support labels affected by the Sony DADC warehouse fire earlier this week.
Click this link to give generously to the affected labels.

http://www.pias.com/uk/pias-and-aim-establish-fund-for-labels/

Listen to a playlist of PIAS label acts here: http://sharemyplaylists.com/members/pias/playlists

You can also help them out by downloading affected labels mp3s and records. There’s a spotify playlist of potential artists/labels affected by the fire that you could support!

[PIAS]

LABEL NAME SPOTIFY LINK
   
[PIAS] Recordings http://open.spotify.com/search/label:pias
4AD http://open.spotify.com/search/label:4ad
Absynthe Minded http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Absynthe-Minded
Accidental http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Accidental
Air Recordings http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Air-Recordings
ALC Music http://open.spotify.com/search/label:ALC-Music
Alsation http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Alsation
Ambush Reality http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Ambush-Reality
Angular Recording Corporation http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Angular-Recording-Corporation
Arcady Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Arcady-Records
Ark Recordings http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Ark-Recordings
Atlantic Jaxx Recordings http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Atlantic-Jaxx-Recordings
Bad Magic http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Bad-Magic
Balling The Jack http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Balling-The-Jack
Banquet Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Banquet-Records
Battered Ornaments Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Battered-Ornaments-Records
Beggars Banquet http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Beggars-Banquet
Best Before http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Best-Before
Big Brother http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Big-Brother
Big Dada http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Big-Dada
Bird Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Bird-Records
blackmaps http://open.spotify.com/search/label:blackmaps
Bloody Chamber http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Bloody-Chamber
Blowout Music http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Blowout-Music
Border Community http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Border-Community
Borstal Beats http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Borstal-Beats
Boysnoize Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Boysnoize-Records
BPM http://open.spotify.com/search/label:BPM
Brainfeeder http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Brainfeeder
Bright Star Recordings http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Bright-Star-Recordings
Brille http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Brille
Broken Sound Music http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Broken-Sound-Music
Bronzerat http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Bronzerat
Brothers and Sisters http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Brothers-and-Sisters
Brownswood Recordings http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Brownswood-Recordings
Buzzin’ Fly http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Buzzin’-Fly
Cache Cache http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Cache-Cache
Cadenza Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Cadenza-Records
Celluloid Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Celluloid-Records
Chalkmark / IE http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Chalkmark-/-IE
Chemikal Underground Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Chemikal-Underground-Records
Cocoon http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Cocoon
Control Tower http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Control-Tower
Counter Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Counter-Records
Dance To The Radio http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Dance-To-The-Radio
Dead Oceans http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Dead-Oceans
Deceptive http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Deceptive
Dessous http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Dessous
Different http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Different
Dirtee Stank http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Dirtee-Stank
Divine Comedy Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Divine-Comedy-Records
Domino Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Domino-Records
Double Six Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Double-Six-Records
Dreambrother http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Dreambrother
Drive Thru Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Drive-Thru-Records
Drowned In Sound http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Drowned-In-Sound
Dummy Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Dummy-Records
Duophonic http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Duophonic
Eat Sleep Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Eat-Sleep-Records
Fabric Worldwide http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Fabric-Worldwide
FantasyTrashcan http://open.spotify.com/search/label:FantasyTrashcan
Fatcat Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Fatcat-Records
Fence http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Fence
Feraltone http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Feraltone
Finders Keepers Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Finders-Keepers-Records
Flock Music http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Flock-Music
Flying Circus http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Flying-Circus
Freerange Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Freerange-Records
Friends Vs Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Friends-Vs-Records
Full Time Hobby http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Full-Time-Hobby
Gang Of Four Recordings http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Gang-Of-Four-Recordings
Geographic http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Geographic
Ghost Ship http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Ghost-Ship
Glaze Recordings http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Glaze-Recordings
Groenland Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Groenland-Records
G-Unit http://open.spotify.com/search/label:G-Unit
Hardly Art http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Hardly-Art
Hassle Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Hassle-Records
Hem Hem Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Hem-Hem-Records
Immune http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Immune
Independiente http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Independiente
Infant http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Infant
Infectious http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Infectious
Jagjaguwar http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Jagjaguwar
Kartel http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Kartel
Kitchenware http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Kitchenware
Kitsune http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Kitsune
KMS Records / Fabric http://open.spotify.com/search/label:KMS-Records-/-Fabric
Laughing Stock http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Laughing-Stock
Lex Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Lex-Records
Lipservice http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Lipservice
Little Sister Recordings http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Little-Sister-Recordings
LO-MAX Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:LO-MAX-Records
Loose Music http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Loose-Music
Lovepump United http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Lovepump-United
Low Life Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Low-Life-Records
Lucky Number Music http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Lucky-Number-Music
Lucky Seven Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Lucky-Seven-Records
Mantra http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Mantra
Matador http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Matador
Memphis Industries http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Memphis-Industries
Merok http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Merok
Metric Music International http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Metric-Music-International
Metroline Limited http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Metroline-Limited
Model Citizen http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Model-Citizen
Motion Audio http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Motion-Audio
MyMajorLabel Ltd http://open.spotify.com/search/label:MyMajorLabel-Ltd
Nation http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Nation
Ninja Tune http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Ninja-Tune
No Quarter http://open.spotify.com/search/label:No-Quarter
Nusic Sounds http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Nusic-Sounds
One Four Seven Records Ltd http://open.spotify.com/search/label:One-Four-Seven-Records-Ltd
One Little Indian http://open.spotify.com/search/label:One-Little-Indian
Organs http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Organs
Outcaste http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Outcaste
OVNI http://open.spotify.com/search/label:OVNI
P.I.L. http://open.spotify.com/search/label:P.I.L.
Peartree Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Peartree-Records
PeMa http://open.spotify.com/search/label:PeMa
People In The Sky http://open.spotify.com/search/label:People-In-The-Sky
People Tree http://open.spotify.com/search/label:People-Tree
Pirates Blend Records Inc http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Pirates-Blend-Records-Inc
Planet Function http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Planet-Function
Play It Again Sam http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Play-It-Again-Sam
Polyvinyl Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Polyvinyl-Records
Poseidon Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Poseidon-Records
Pschent http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Pschent
Raw Canvas http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Raw-Canvas
Red Cord Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Red-Cord-Records
REK’D http://open.spotify.com/search/label:REK’D
Rekids http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Rekids
Rekords Rekords http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Rekords-Rekords
Renaissance http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Renaissance
Reveal Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Reveal-Records
Riverman Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Riverman-Records
Rock Action Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Rock-Action-Records
Roots Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Roots-Records
Rough Trade Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Rough-Trade-Records
Rubyworks http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Rubyworks
Search and Destroy http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Search-and-Destroy
Secretly Canadian http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Secretly-Canadian
Setanta http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Setanta
Shape http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Shape
SideOneDummy Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:SideOneDummy-Records
Silva Screen http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Silva-Screen
Slam Dunk Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Slam-Dunk-Records
Smekkleysa http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Smekkleysa
Soma http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Soma
Sonic Cathedral http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Sonic-Cathedral
South Paw http://open.spotify.com/search/label:South-Paw
Southern Fried Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Southern-Fried-Records
Stereo Bang Media http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Stereo-Bang-Media
Stolen Recordings http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Stolen-Recordings
Stranger Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Stranger-Records
Streamline http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Streamline
Sub Pop http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Sub-Pop
Sunday Best http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Sunday-Best
Thrill Jockey http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Thrill-Jockey
Tirk http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Tirk
Too Pure http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Too-Pure
Torque Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Torque-Records
Touch & Go Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Touch-and-Go
Transmission Recordings http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Transmission-Recordings
Tri Tone http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Tri-Tone
Trouble Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Trouble-Records
True Panther http://open.spotify.com/search/label:True-Panther
Try Harder http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Try-Harder
Turnstile http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Turnstile
Twisted Nerve Recordings http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Twisted-Nerve-Recordings
Universal Sound http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Universal-Sound
Victory Records http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Victory-Records
Wagram http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Wagram
Wall of Sound http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Wall of Sound
Warp http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Warp
Watergate http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Watergate
We Love You http://open.spotify.com/search/label:We-Love-You
Wiiija http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Wiiija
Willkommen Records Ltd http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Willkommen-Records-Ltd
Wonderfulsound http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Wonderfulsound
XL http://open.spotify.com/search/label:XL
Xtra Mile Recordings http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Xtra-Mile-Recordings
Young Turks http://open.spotify.com/search/label:Young-Turks

 

CMU report:

As previously reported, the warehouse was a key storage facility for the [PIAS] distribution company. Over 150 UK indies lost CDs and vinyl product in the fire, caused during the London riots. Some smaller labels – without the cash flow to order quick replacement stock, and possibly without the watertight insurance to pay for lost product – fear the fire could put their businesses in a very difficult position.

Together, [PIAS] and AIM yesterdayday revealed that they have been working to negotiate preferential rates with suppliers and digital retailers for labels affected by the fire while they recover, as well as negotiating reduced fees in other areas. The distributor and trade organisation have also set up a fund, which companies and organisers of fundraising events can pay into.

In a statement yesterday, [PIAS] said: “The last 48 hours has seen a genuine outpouring of support for the principle of independent labels, artists and repertoire. [PIAS] and our labels have received offers of support from both some of the largest names in the business to individuals, all of which simply want to do all they can to support the continued vibrancy and creativity associated with independent music”.

It continued: “In addition to the efforts to reduce actual costs through negotiation, and in response to the numerous offers of support, benefits, fundraising initiatives etc, [PIAS] have worked in conjunction with AIM to create a fund that companies and organisers of initiatives can contribute to. In this way, we have created a vehicle for enabling those involved to do so safe in the knowledge that such monies will be distributed fairly amongst the most needy labels with the sanction of both [PIAS] and AIM”.

[PIAS] CEO Kenny Gates added: “The fund that is being put together in a matter of hours by [PIAS] and AIM demonstrates once again the strength and solidarity in the independent music community. [PIAS] will carry on engaging, helping and supporting its labels and artists in every way possible. I am very confident that our combined efforts will result in the smallest interruption to our collective business. Again the compassion of our recording artists, our labels and the industry wide support is amazing”.

The total funds initially available are £250,000, which labels can apply to receive as a one year interest free loan.
In other Sony DADC news, three people have been arrested in relation to the fire which destroyed the building and its contents, all of whom are aged seventeen or eighteen. All are accused of violent disorder and arson.

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