Top Labels

Wack - Wack! Records take the best of funk, Motown, hip-hop, jazz and Northern Soul, throw it into the pot, add more than a dash of B Boy attitude with the results being seven inches and EPs charted by the likes of Z Trip, Ursula 1000 and Boca 45. Wack! have every ingredient for an impromptu bloc party - up tempo breaks bombs? Check! Cheeky mashups of The Cure and D'Angelo? Check! Bass heavy hip-hop relicks? Check! Home to veteran DJ/Producer SMOV, Wack! have also put out tracks by established producers such as Krash Slaughta, the Breakbeat Junkie and Pulp Fusion.

Warp - From humble beginnings as a record shop in Sheffield run by Steve Beckett and the late Rob Mitchell, Warp went on to define a generate of forward thinking British electronic music, releasing music by Squarepusher, Aphex Twin, Two Lone Swordsmen and Autechre among others. Despite its long history, the label maintains a vital importance in the contemporary music scene with diverse new acts like Flying Lotus, Hudson Mohawke and !!! joining the label's stalwarts. In recent times the label has branched out into film production, thus ensuring that the Warp empire continues to thrive.

Wichita - If Wichita can claim one thing then it's the honour of unleashing the spiked noise of Yeah Yeah Yeahs on an unsuspecting but wholly appreciative audience back in 2002. Annoyingly, there's so much more to celebrate about the East London imprint, which has recently surpassed a decade of putting out excellent music. Indie disco classics such as the distinct shuffle of Peter Bjorn and John's "Young Folks" sit next to the whimsical profferings of bands such as Bright Eyes and Sky Larkin, whilst the distinctive noise of bands like Les Savy Fav and Bloc Party are complemented by the classy electronics of Simian Mobile Disco.