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here's an article from pitchforkmedia.com Ryan Schreiber reports: Rob Mitchell, the founder of the UK's leading electronic label, Warp Records, has died. According to a spokesperson for the label, Mitchell had been diagnosed with cancer earlier this year, but it was unfortunately caught too late to be easily treated. He passed away Monday. Warp released this statement concerning Mitchell's death on their website yesterday: "It feels strange posting this news on our website but we want to stop any unnecessary speculation. Co-founder of Warp Records Rob Mitchell passed away on Monday morning 8th October after a hard-fought battle with cancer. This is obviously a very sad time for us and all who knew Rob. Everyone here at Warp will continue to build on what Rob has given us." Warp Records initially began as a record store in Sheffield, England in 1987. Two years later, owners Mitchell and Steve Beckett decided to start the record label of the same name. Since then, Warp has grown into England's most creative and prestigious electronic imprint, with a roster boasting ranging from the IDM elite (Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Autechre, Boards of Canada) to glitch-hop pioneers like Prefuse 73, Anti-Pop Consortium, Nightmares on Wax and Red Snapper. |
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as i've been doing a huge essay on the history of warp, i felt really sad to read this.....i'd already knew, but as i dug deeper and deeper into warp's history, i cant help but feel a little sadder. |
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ross was cool, used to chat with him on ICQ sometimes like 2 years ago. he was from canada., vancouver or the vancouver island im sure of it. |
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well, at least we still have Kim Mitchell! |
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I can't believe nobody answer this post back then. |
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n0. |
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oh my god, i never knew about this......im stunned |
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there was another (probably a few) post about it - I remember signing that. |
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oh wait, I wasn't here at that time. it must've been on the then still vibrant warpcomm - I distinctly remember signing a condolences-thread. |
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There are record labels? What do they do? |
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They label records... |
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they record labels! |
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I'm surprised they haven't put out a record specifically in his honour. |
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