Warp
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Founded by Steve Beckett and the late Rob Mitchell from their experiences working at the FON record store, alongside producer Robert Gordon, The label (whose name was chosen because the original name, ‘Warped Records’ was difficult to distinguish over the telephone) soon became home to artists who would be highly influential in electronic music.
The first release (WAP1) was by Forgemasters (produced by Robert Gordon), whose limited 500 copy pressing of “Track With No Name” was financed by an Enterprise Allowance grant and distributed in a borrowed car. It set a trend for the early releases both in terms of sound and the use of purple sleeves (designed by The Designers Republic). The follow up was Nightmares on Wax’s “Dextrous”, which charted, selling 30,000 copies despite a lack of promotion. This led to greater commercial success; by its fifth release the label had its first top-twenty chart entry with LFO and their eponymous single, “LFO”, which sold 130,000 copies and peaked at #12 in the UK chart in July 1990; by coincidence, that same month another Warp act, Tricky Disco, reached #14 in the UK chart with another eponymous single, “Tricky Disco”.
The first album released was Sweet Exorcist’s C.C.E.P. in 1991. In the same year Robert Gordon left Warp acrimoniously.
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Mirrored
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Festival Crossover 2012
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Recent Activity
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Bluekool8 connected Warp to the group Pikes Meadow. last month
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Lars_ollo wrote about Warp in "Unkonventional" - Extended Playlist 260312 - www.2ser.com 107.3FM. March 2012
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Lars_ollo wrote about Warp in "Spotlight Cocteau Twins" - Extended Playlist 300112 - www.2ser.com 107.3FM. March 2012
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roxamaria wrote about Warp in Cast the Dice - Mixtape #24. March 2012
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cjkisaragi connected Warp to the group The Irreleavantgarde Movement. February 2012
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