A HUGE THANK YOU to the following for making Independents Day 08 happen:

(in no particular order)

The names:

Nick Aldridge, Ria Fleming, Jeff Young, Leena Bhatti and Blue Walker, Kat Kennedy, Eric Gazin, Geoff Travis, Ruth Patterson, James Sandom, Richard Russell, Jo Bagenal, Martin Goldschmidt, Mark Jones, Hugo Turquet, Chris Blackwell, Malcolm Gerrie, Sil Mcilveen, David Pakman, Mark Bowen, Katherine Braddick, Keith Armstrong, Andy Wood, Roger Quail, Jane Powell, Jackie Conn, Emma Perona-Wright, Martin Mills, James Fern, Stephen Budd, Stefano Anselmetti, Billy Duffy, Rob Da Bank, Jennifer Bentley, Nathan Curren, Mike Champion, Sir Harry Cowell, Alex Hardee, Yvonne Zimmerling, Chris Morrison, Serena Wilson, Feargal Sharkey, Dave Goulding, Henry Semmence, Alison Wenham, Peter Gordon, Marie Henley, David Steele, Laura Colquhoun, Ellie Mules, Sam Shemtob, Michael Fuller, Nick Taylor, Steve Tandy, Dylan White, Mike Walsh, Steve Wild, Ian Compton, Andy Gill, Adrian Pope, Pete Thompson, Michel Lambot, Patrick Zelnik, Philippe Gondouin, Javier Lopez, Stu Watters, Guy Holmes, Rob Partridge, Tony Linkin, Polly Roe, Stacy Scurfield, Bigsy, Chris Bennett, Rob Crane, Denis Summers, Kwesi Hagan

The companies: 

EDC, Senol, 3DD, GIO, Mission Fish, Auction Cause, Masterpiece Group Ltd, Name, Nile-on PR, Rubyworks Ltd, Tough Cookie, Whizz Kid Entertainment, Plan B, Media Sourcing, 7digital, Rechord, Record Store, Coalition, Supervision, Fusion, Big Life Management, Gut Intermedia, Embryonic Music,  PIAS, Beggars Group, Prolifica, XL, Wall of Sound, Echo Label, Warp,  Alan McGee Management, Wichita, Peacefrog, Big Life Management, Kitchenware Records, Rubyworks, Midem, Rough Trade, Cooking Vinyl, Big Brother, Dance to the Radio, One Little Indian, Record-Producers.com, Stephen Budd Management, PIAS, WIN, AIM, AIR, A2IM, IMNZ, ILCJ, UFI, UPFI, MBF, CALM, WRK,