music record distribution industry music founded 1993 as vital headquarters london united kingdom parent pias entertainment group subsidiaries pias digital distribution integral website pias uk distribution pias uk distribution is the distribution arm of the pias entertainment group 1 and is the united kingdom s largest independent sales marketing and distribution company . 2 founded in 1993 as vital distribution ltd. and renamed in 2005 pias uk represents over 100 record labels from around the world . 3 with offices in london and dublin ireland pias uk has played a significant role in the european and worldwide successes of some of the most well known independent artists including oasis the white stripes the strokes moby and others . to aid in the distribution and management of various smaller labels pias uk created two distinct units . established in 2004 as vital pias digital the pias digital unit manages over 200 labels from the u.k. through widespread digital distribution . 4 in 2006 pias uk developed and launched integral a label development company that provides the marketing structure and backing for smaller labels and rights holders to introduce establish and promote acts on their own . 5 6 labels edit beggars group xl recordings big brother recordings brownswood recordings defected records domino records ninja tune records wall of sound warp records references edit pias uk at pias entertainment group musictank.co.uk profile of peter thompson pias uk managing director pias uk distribution official site pias digital official site integral official site brandle lars 2006 01 06 . pias vital launch integral in the u.k. . billboardbiz ; reprinted online at allbusiness.com . retrieved 2009 01 28 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pias uk distribution & oldid 647097091 categories british record labelsrecord label distributorsrecord labels established in 1993hidden categories use dmy dates from september 2013use british english from september 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 13 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view