Tom Brown started Lex as an offshoot of Warp Records, where he was then working. By 2005 Lex was a full-sized indie label with a roster including Danger Mouse, Boom Bip, Fog and Subtle. Early in 2005 Warp bosses Steve Beckett and Kev Fleming agreed to sell the company to Tom allowing Lex to become fully independent, though they remain on good terms (Lex is still distributed by Warp). These days, though it is still mainly a hip hop label, they have stretched the definition of what that means to incorporate Dan Le Sac v Scroobius Pip as well as Gruff Rhys’ side project Neon Neon.