Editing Warp Records (section)

== Legacy ==

''Pitchfork'' said music released by Warp typically emphasises "shifts and melodies and complex rhythm structures over the more subtle builds and crescendos of repetitive dance", using "[[syncopated]] rhythms, wit and whimsy, and the blending [of] the abstract and the melodic".<ref name="Plagenhoef-2009" /> Warp is associated with the "cerebral" electronic music of acts such as Aphex Twin, Autechre and Boards of Canada.<ref name="Hadfield-2009" /> However, ''Resident Advisor'' wrote that it had shifted to encompass "all manner of experimental, progressive and left-of-centre sounds from across the musical spectrum".<ref name="Anniss-2019" /> In 2009, ''Pitchfork'' wrote that Warp was a trusted brand name that had succeeded by breaking with conventions of electronic music, "embracing artists with wit and charisma over the sometimes monochromatic communalism favoured by techno's more faceless producers".<ref name="Plagenhoef-2009" />

''DMY'' wrote that the fact that Warp had thrived while remaining independent, even when many major labels had disappeared, made them a role model for independent labels.<ref name="Jones-2009" /> Beckett said that, unlike other labels, Warp saw itself "at the service of the artist".<ref name="Red Bull Music Academy-2007" /> In 2007, ''[[The Independent]]'' described Warp as one of the most pioneering independent labels in history,<ref name="Birke-2007" /> and in 2009 ''[[The Guardian]]'' described it as one of the UK's greatest independent labels.<ref name="Simpson-2009" /> ''Resident Advisor'' wrote in 2019 that Warp was "one of the most influential and respected institutions in electronic music" and had "championed some of the most groundbreaking artists of its generation".<ref name="Anniss-2019" /> It wrote that its "outsider ethos" was rooted in Beckett and Mitchell's roots in [[Punk subculture|punk]], the [[English north-south divide]], and the radical politics of 1980s Sheffield.<ref name="Anniss-2019" /> The journalist Richard King described Warp as "the most creatively successful independent label" of the 1990s, ahead of the "perky ordinariness" of [[Britpop]].<ref name="King-2012" />

Warp Records found audiences beyond listeners of dance music, and influenced pop and rock music.<ref name="Plagenhoef-2009" /> Artists such as Aphex Twin and Autechre influenced [[Radiohead]]'s move into electronic music with their 2000 album ''[[Kid A]]''.<ref name="monsters">{{cite journal |last=Cavanagh |first=David |author-link=David Cavanagh |date=October 2000 |title=I can see the monsters |journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |pages=96–104}}</ref><ref name="ZORIC">{{cite news |last=Zoric |first=Lauren |date=22 September 2000 |title=I think I'm meant to be dead&nbsp;... |url=https://www.theguardian.com/friday_review/story/0,,371289,00.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102235438/http://www.theguardian.com/friday_review/story/0%2C%2C371289%2C00.html |archive-date=2 January 2014 |access-date=18 May 2007 |work=[[The Guardian]] }}</ref> The singer, [[Thom Yorke]], purchased copies of the entire Warp back catalogue.<ref>{{cite web |last= |date=31 August 2000 |title=Radioheading for rock bottom |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/radiohead-995-1390363 |access-date=17 April 2025 |website=[[NME]] }}</ref>