Warp Records

Warp Records was founded by Steve Beckett and Rob Mitchell in 1989 in Sheffield who had original experience working at a record store. They produce music for Drum and Bass, Electronic, Indie Rock, IDM and Hip Hop.

Artists on their label are:

Born Ruffians

Alexander's Annexe

Chris Clarke

Jamie Lidell

Maximo Park and many more!

The first release was by Forgemasters which was financed by an enterprise allowance and distributed in a foreign car. Their follow up was Nightmare on 'Waxes Dextrous' which sold over 30 000 copies even though there was limited promotion.

In 1992 they where called Artificial Intelligence and released singles by Aphex Twin and B12. Since then the label has evolved and in 1999 released a remix compilation spanning 6 discs featuring Acid house and Techno which helped influence the label and artists.

Then in 2000 the company moved to London to expand their buisness.

In 2004 the launched an online store known as bleep which avoids all digital rights management features in downloadable tracks. They also now have a music video compilation known as Warpvision.

Warp has now been going for 20 years