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Warp & UK Bleep

Sheffield's record-shop label that became the most influential electronic imprint of the 90s. Bleep techno, then IDM, then everything that didn't fit a genre.

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Warp Records
Sheffield, UK·1989—
  1. 1990LFOLFO
  2. 1990Tricky DiscoTricky Disco
  3. 1990Aftermath / I'm For RealNightmares On Wax
  4. 1991FrequenciesLFO
  5. 1991We Are Back / NurtureLFO
  6. 1991A Word Of Science (The 1st & Final Chapter)Nightmares On Wax
  7. 1991Pioneers Of The Hypnotic GrooveVarious
  8. 1992What Is House EPLFO
  9. 1992Artificial IntelligenceVarious
  10. 1992FranceTHK
  11. 1992The Evolution Of The GrooveVarious
  12. 1992MiamiDSR
  13. 1992NightmareKid Unknown
  14. 1993Surfing On Sine WavesPolygon Window
  15. 1993QuothPolygon Window
  16. 1993Electro-SomaB12
  17. 1993BytesBlack Dog Productions
  18. 1993SlumberlandSolitaire Gee
  19. 1993IncunabulaAutechre
  20. 1994Selected Ambient Works Volume IIAphex Twin
  21. 1994AmberAutechre
  22. 1994Artificial Intelligence IIVarious
  23. 1994Haunted DancehallThe Sabres Of Paradise
  24. 1994AzimuthKenny Larkin
  25. 1994PepperSpeedy J
352 releases · +327 more
Network Records
  1. 1991Activ 8 (Come With Me)Altern 8
  2. 1991The Vertigo EPAltern 8
  3. 1991Retro Techno / Detroit Definitive - Emotions ElectricVarious
  4. 1991Nu Groove - 25 West 38th - A CompilationVarious
  5. 1991This Time BabyPandella
  6. 1992The True Techno EPModel 500
  7. 1992Brutal-8-E (Orange Edition)Altern 8
  8. 1992Full On ·· Mask HysteriaAltern 8
  9. 1992E*Vapor*8 / ArmageddonAltern 8
  10. 1992Hypnotic St-8Altern 8
  11. 1992Revolution For ChangeUnderground Resistance
  12. 1992The Love Evolution EPLove Revolution
  13. 1992The Rave DiggerMC Lethal
  14. 1992Hold Back The NightK.W.S.
  15. 1992Please Don't GoK.W.S.
  16. 1992KWSK.W.S.
  17. 1992Rock Your BabyK.W.S.
  18. 1992I BelieveThe Reese Project
  19. 1992The Colour Of LoveThe Reese Project
  20. 1992Walking On SunshineKrush
  21. 1992Secret Codes (Nu Groove - A Second Compilation)Various
  22. 1993Faith Hope & Clarity RemixedThe Reese Project
  23. 1993So DeepThe Reese Project
  24. 1995Take You ThereRonni Simon
  25. 1996Gonna Take TimeThe Trinity (2)
70 releases · +45 more
Outer Rhythm
  1. 1989Man MachineMan Machine
  2. 1989Djum Djum BeatDjum Djum
  3. 1990Not ForgottenLeftfield
  4. 1990DifferenceDjum Djum
  5. 1990Lift The NationHow II House
  6. 1991Rolling ThunderDave Angel
  7. 1991Animal / ShoutMan Machine
  8. 1991Step Into TimeMan Machine
  9. 1991More Than I Know And Not Forgotten (Hard Hands Mix)LeftField
  10. 1992One DayItal Rockers
10 releases
Rham!adjacent
  1. 1989Hot LemonadeA Guy Called Gerald
  2. 1989Hot LemonadeA Guy Called Gerald
  3. 1989If I Knew Then (What I Knew Now)Chapter And The Verse
  4. 1990PsychePeter 'Doggy' Duggal
  5. 1990I BelieveSensomilla
  6. 1990LabyrintheDemonik
  7. 1991Great Western StreetChapter And The Verse
  8. 1991In Another World / StealthChapter And The Verse
  9. 1991So Special / GeneratorIcon (5)
  10. 1991Fire, Water, AirEverything
13 releases · +3 more
Chilladjacent
  1. 1991The TerminatorN.R.G.
  2. 1991Horrors!The Bogey Man
  3. 1991Horrors! (Part II)The Bogey Man
  4. 1991Purely RhythmRotor
  5. 1991FreaksDr. Caligari
  6. 1991Rockin' Down The HouseMI 7
  7. 1991Get Funky!Return Of The Living Acid
  8. 1991KaleidoscopeRotor
  9. 1991Murderin' M.C. / Death RowBlame & Justice
  10. 1991ViolenceTerra Incognita
  11. 1992Feel The Fury E.P.N.R.G.
  12. 1992He Never Lost His HardcoreN.R.G.
  13. 1992The Great Leap Sideways EPMI 7
  14. 1992Big DipperReturn Of The Living Acid
  15. 1992The Conception EPBlack 'Ash
  16. 1992Can You Feel It?Return Of The Living Acid
  17. 1993People Of The RhythmSonic Food
  18. 1993The SirenThe In-Q-Bus
  19. 1993I Need Your Love / He Never Lost His HardcoreN.R.G.
19 releases

Bridges

→soundUK Bleep
uk-london-house

Warp's first 12-inches were UK bleep — the half-beat, sparse aesthetic that bridged London hardcore and Sheffield techno.

←soundIDM
frankfurt-idm

Mille Plateaux and Warp ran the IDM/glitch axis in parallel — Frankfurt and Sheffield as the two coastal cities of the form.