Those bastard rioters burnt down the PIAS distribution centre in Enfield earlier this week. This is the warehouse used by a large number of Britain's indie labels as storage. The knock-on effect is seismic (if that's the right word). To put a few figures to this, my favourite local music shop Resident Records estimate that 40% of their stock comes from here. It's the independent record labels, record shops and of course the artists that will suffer. A website has been set up here and here where you can show support, offer help and read about what others are doing to rally the music industry. You can also see what's going on in Twitterland by searching for the #labellove tag (I think that's right. I'm still not entirely au fait with Twitter).
In the meantime, this song is dedicated to the memories of Haroon Jahan, Shazad Ali and Abdul Musavir who died protecting their community from rioters.
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