Odd Future have announced that they're releasing a book, titled Golf Wang. It's a collection of their own images, writing, and design, like an Odd Future Tumblr in physical format. Golf Wang is edited by photographer Michael Schmelling (author of Atlanta: Hip Hop And The South and Wire contributor) and TV producer Nick Weidenfeld, but is credited as being entirely the work of the group themselves.

Tyler is quoted as saying: "Some might look at these pictures as just… pictures. But to us these mean something. Great times we’ll never get back. Moments of history that made us... We take a bunch of fucking photos and said fuck it, we like books, lets make one that we like, with the stupid pictures of us that we like."

The Odd Future book is published by Picturebox, and will be released in paperback on 15 November this year. The first 500 pre-orders will receive a photo print signed by Tyler, The Creator.

Sun Araw's Sun Ark label has announced two new cassette releases: Righteous Acid (aka Alex Sarad) and Leeds based Hookworms, adding to the current cassette revival. But what comes after a cassette revival? A VHS revival, that's what.

With one on the way from Not Not Fun, Sun Ark is releasing a video in an edition of 50, described as "analogue video synthesis" by Miko Revereza. It uses material from (and is named after) Livephreaxxx!!!!, Sun Araw's cassette collaboration with Matthewdavid, released at the beginning of this year. Watch an excerpt below.

LIVEPHREAXXX! ! ! ! Analog Video Synthesis by Miko Revereza from sunaraw on Vimeo.

The central UK warehouse for SonyDADC, used by independent UK distributor PIAS, went up in flames last night. PIAS distributes stock on behalf of over 100 independent labels including Big Dada, Border Community, Domino, Drag City, FatCat, Kompakt, Ninja Tune, Mute, Soul Jazz, Touch And Go, Warp and supplies record shops like Norman Records.

The Enfield warehouse was shown ablaze across news channels last night (video below). As yet the extent of the damage is not clear, but the size of the fire has left labels affected without much hope that stock will have survived. For a full list of labels distributed by PIAS, head here.

PIAS released a statement, which says: "There was a fire last night at the SonyDADC warehouse which services the physical distribution for PIAS in the UK and Ireland. PIAS is working closely with SonyDADC who are implementing their emergency plans. PIAS‘s UK offices in London and all other areas of our business are unaffected. More information will be communicated shortly to all our labels and partners."

That statement has since been updated (as of Tuesday evening, 9 August). PIAS now state: "SonyDADC have actioned their Business Continuity Plan and are back up and running from a new control room in Enfield... SonyDADC have identified a temporary distribution partner and it is envisaged that they will be in a position to pick, pack and ship orders in the course of next week." Kenny Gates, CEO and founder of PIAS, has made a statement here.

Also affected was legendary independent record shop Dub Vendor in Clapham. The shop next door to Dub Vendor was set on fire on Monday night, but Dub Vendor appears to have survived intact. The record shop has tweeted that all staff are safe, but that the area around the shop is cordoned off so they don't know how bad the damage is yet. UPDATE: Dub Vendor reporting via Twitter that all is well, and online services have resumed.

Andy Votel has said via Twitter that Finders Keepers, Twisted Nerve and Bird have lost an estimated 90% of their stock. Beggars Group chairman Martin Mills has told Music Week that his group had stock at the warehouse, but larger labels would be able to weather the loss better than smaller labels as they held stock in other places.

Boomkat has created a page bringing together downloads available from all the labels affected, and are encouraging people to support those that have lost stock by buying a digital album through them or preferably, direct from the labels. See Boomkat's page here.

Merok Records said Wednesday morning: "We've been told that the warehouse is still on fire and likely will destroy 100% of stock. Besides a limited number of copies at the office we do not have stock elsewhere, so all our physical stock will be destroyed."

Merok said that smaller labels could suffer the most, as they could lose all their stock. They said: "Remanufacturing vinyl would take at least a month, maybe longer considering the number of labels looking to quickly remanufacture. CDs will take three weeks or so under normal circumstances, but again, with the volume of remanufacturing likely to need to take place urgently, this could take longer too.

"We've lost a lot of stock, and have to get it back. It's still unclear if through Sony we can claim insurance back for the sale price or just the cost price of records. If it's sale price, we would financially be okay... if it's cost, we would lose potentially two to three months of sales."

Beggars Group have said that while they have lost 750,000 units in the fire they have stock elsewhere. Forthcoming Throwing Muses and This Mortal Coil box sets were in transit and are unaffected.

As of Wednesday 10 August, a campaign has been set up to support labels affected. Label Love plan to hold fundraisers in the coming months. Holding page here, with more info coming in the next few days.

Kompakt has stated that it has come out relatively unscathed, and said in a statement: "Kompakt distributes over 100 different labels worldwide. We worked with PIAS in the UK until about 18 months ago with a number of these labels. We have stock from a number of our exclusive labels still with PIAS that we can assume was lost in this horrendous fire. Compared to what so many labels are going through at this time, it's a minor setback."

A campaign has been launched to offer support to labels affected, called Label Love, and activities being coordinated here. Adrian Mules is planning to release a compilation of artists and labels affected by the fire. Full story here.

Reports Thursday morning state that three teenagers (aged 17 and 18) have been arrested over the fire at the Sony distribution centre. One is out on bail, with the other two suspects still detained.

We'll be updating this story as we receive more information. If you're a label or artist affected by the riots or the PIAS fire, contact jennifer [at] thewire.co.uk.

Kluster, Tangerine Dream and Eruption member Conrad Schnitzler passed away last week from stomach cancer. His final work, 00/830, was made four days before he passed away.

Schnitzler was born in 1937 in Düsseldorf. He began making sound art at Düsseldorf Staatliche Kunstakademie, where he spent time studying with artist Joseph Beuys in 1961, when the latter was professor of 'monumental sculpture'.

Schnitzler's early performances took the form of art actions, including a specially constructed motorbike helmet with built in loudspeaker, so that the police could not move him on as he played his music in the city. He sold cassettes of what he was playing from a knapsack on his back, and spoke to people in a robot voice if he was approached.

Schnitzler became a steward of the Berlin Zodiak Free Arts Lab, which he founded in 1968. He became a member of Tangerine Dream through being a part of the improvisational group Geräusche. Schnitzler's role in Tangerine Dream he described as being "to break the rock music, to make it kaput", but as with most of his group projects, he found he didn't enjoy the group dynamics, and only appeared on the Tangerine Dream debut, 1970's Electronic Meditation. Following the album's release he left the group and formed Kluster with Moebius and Roedelius, and the group recorded three albums. After he left Kluster, the band softened their K to a C to become Cluster, and Schnitzler worked on solo material.

Under his own name Schnitzler released many records (there are 92 solo albums currently listed on Discogs), some self released, and also collaborated with a raft of other musicians including Michael Thomas Roe, Wolfgang Seidel, Borngräber & Strüver and others. He also composed for player pianos, starting in the 1990s.

Hype Williams's Inga Copeland has released a self titled white label EP on Rush Hour records, following rumours, a denial and then a confirmation in recent months. The 12" EP contains four tracks: "Trample", "Damaged", "Notitle", and "U Gotta Respect Yrself Before I Can". "Trample" cropped up briefly on Soundcloud before being removed. You can still listen to it here.

Roll the Dice have released a short film by photographer Frode Fjerdingstad ahead of the release of their second album In Dust. The voiceover is the sound of Paul Bolderson, and titles are drawn by Gustaf von Arbin.

In Dust will be released by Leaf in September. Roll The Dice have also recently joined Twitter, at @RollTheDiceStm. Watch In Dust below.

Roll The Dice - In Dust from Roll The Dice on Vimeo.

Honest Jon's have announced a second Chop Up! event for later this year. The line up brings together Damon Albarn, Tony Allen, Red Hot Chilli Peppers bass player Flea, Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara, the eight piece group Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, and Theo Parrish onto the same bill, with more to be added in the coming months. London Barbican, 29 October, 8pm, £17–£25.

Ahead of the forthcoming release of Glenn Jones's next album on Thrill Jockey, the label have released a video for the track "Of Its Own Kind". It's directed by Jesse Sheppard, who also directed the film Jack Rose & Glenn Jones: The Things We Used To Do, released on DVD last year.

Jones's album The Wanting will be released on 13 September, on double LP (with download code) and CD, and includes a collaboration with drummer Chris Corsano, titled "The Orca Grande Cement Factory At Victorville" (in homage to the John Fahey track "The Portland Cement Factory At Monolith, California"). For more info on Glenn Jones head here.

Glenn Jones - Of Its Own Kind from Thrill Jockey Records on Vimeo.

Ex-Coil duo Cyclobe (Stephen Thrower and Ossian Brown) have soundtracked Anna Thew’s film Autumn Rush For Kurt Kren And Winter And Spring And Summer, the Autumn phase of a four piece series of Super-8 films based on the seasons. Cyclobe’s track for the film is titled “Ayin Acla (How Acla Disappeared From Earth)”, based on a piece from the album Wounded Galaxies Tap At The Window.

Watch Autumn Rush For Kurt Kren And Winter And Spring And Summer with Cyclobe’s soundtrack below:

Cyclobe - How Acla Disappeared From Earth from Phantomcode on Vimeo.

Brian Shimkovitz, aka Awesome Tapes From Africa, is launching a record label. The Awesome Tapes From Africa label will release some of the obscure recordings Shimkovitz has featured on his blog in the five years since its inception.

Shimkovitz is working in collaboration with the artists who will receive a 50% cut of profits once expenses are covered. Records will be released on vinyl, CD and MP3, starting with Malian singer Nâ Hawa Doumbia’s 1982 album, La Grande Cantatrice Malienne Vol 3, scheduled for release 18 October. To join the Awesome Tapes From Africa mailing list head here.