LabelLove raising money for indie labels who lost stock in London riots blaze that destroyed Pias distribution centre
A campaign is underway to raise money for independent labels affected by a fire that destroyed the Pias distribution centre in Enfield on Monday night.
The blaze, which started during the London riots, destroyed the Sony warehouse holding the Pias inventory. The warehouse contained records from almost 200 indpendent labels, as well as singles and albums set for release by more established artists such as Arctic Monkeys and Charlie Simpson.
Now a campaign has been launched to help labels affected, with the LabelLove website set up to allows music fans to donate money to the cause. People can also email labellovebenefit@gmail.com to find out about other ways to help out. Dan Salter, one of the campaign organisers, said: "We've been amazingly inundated with offers of help and support on this idea, and we are going to concentrate on trying to organise a series of live events to help this cause. Based on the offers we've had already, this is looking likely."
The Twitter account @_label_love_ has been set up to keep followers updated with the latest news while the hashtag #labellove is being used by music fans to voice support. Musician Dan Le Sac used it to tweet: "I'd sell a kidney for independent music, without passionate people doing it for love, I would still be behind the counter of HMV. #labellove"
Sean Adams, who founded the website Drowned in Sound, has compiled a spreadsheet of the artists distributed by Pias. He aims to open this up to hackers in the hope they can build tools using the data to encourage fans to buy music on the labels affected. Adams said: "I imagine there are some life-changing labels, who've bravely put out records that have shaped our music scene, who may struggle over the coming weeks and months. The idea [to compile the spreadsheet] came because I couldn't find one place with links to all the labels' websites and I thought it'd be cool to look at all those amazing labels' catalogues, and perhaps link it with Last.fm to see which acts it recommends or to create a video jukebox or do something amazing with SoundCloud players."
guardian.co.uk/music will be posting updates on the situation and how it affects labels and artists over the coming days.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/aug/10/sony-warehouse-fire-pias-labelove
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