Blast First

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Blast First
Parent company	Mute Records
Founded	1984
Founder	Paul Smith
Distributor(s)	Alternative Distribution Alliance (Back catalogue) Caroline Distribution, PIAS (New catalogue)
Genre	Alternative rock, indie rock, noise rock
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Location	London

Blast First is a sub label of one-time independent record label Mute Records, founded in approximately 1985. It was named after a phrase taken from the first number of the radical Vorticist journal Blast, published by Wyndham Lewis in 1914. Lewis's "Manifesto" begins with the words "BLAST First (from politeness) ENGLAND".