As I'm sure we're all aware, Warp has been at the forefront of the the independent music scene for a very long time and in recent years the independent British film scene too...
The label was started at the height of the birth of rave and electronica music in 1989 ("the second summer of love") by Steve Beckett and Rob Mitchell who were at the time running a record shop in Sheffield. In short they were very fortunate to begin with thanks to their second release getting into the top 75 in the British charts. Beckett and Mitchell continued their success with a string of successful releases, with more chart entries. Their success seemed to be down to the way in which they marketed their acts; more like rockstars than electronica geeks thanks to magazine features and live tours. In 1999 Warp films was set up as a sister company and has now become one of the leading producers of British Independent Cinema with such titles as "Four Lions", "Happy go Lucky" and "This is England".
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