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Deep Root Records
100 releases tracked from 2017 · 95 producers · latest sep 2026
Scene: Afro house · also in Festival & crossover house
3 tracks · 3 charting artists · 13 days on genre charts per track, on average · on the charts since Jul 2026 · active
Deep Root Records is an independent record label and event company. It was founded by music producer Francis Mercier and entrepreneur Ajamu Kambon. It is based in New York City. The label offers artist management, music exploitation, and event production. It has a sublabel named WYN Records. The label's roster includes artists such as Francis Mercier, Nitefreak, and MoBlack. It has gained support from DJs including Erick Morillo, Pete Tong, David Guetta, Diplo, Tiësto, and Black Coffee on radio stations BBC Radio 1, Sirius XM, Radio FG, and Radio 538. The label's guiding principle is that music is to be felt.
◢ what the catalogue measures
sound
49% one genreHouse, then Tech House and Dance / Pop
49% of the 100 releases we can tag · 8 of the last 12 we could tag
tempo
±3 BPM124 BPM typical, 122–128 across four in five releases
100 of 100 releases carry a tempo reading
chart tier
tier 30.2 per record
4 chart entries since July · rate = entries per record over that window; 3 bars = most; no tier = no charts or under 10 records/yr
career stage
2.7 yrs medianProducers here had a median 2.7 years of releases before their first record on the label
across 23 producers whose earlier history we can follow
first records
debuts
12 of 23
last debut
1 month ago
new here atsou (Sep) · DOVnROBS (Sep)
12 of the 23 releases in the last 12 months were an artist's debut on the label
format
78% solo/duoSolo and duo records alongside multi-artist releases
counting compilations too, 84 of 108 · 6 various-artists compilations
remixes
4% of releasesRemixes are rare here
3 of the 69 releases whose credits we can read
◢ how often the roster changes
9
new names a year
averaged over the last 24 months, counting producers whose earlier history we can trace
10 of 20
get a second record
producers who debuted here over a year ago
1.3
releases a month
30 records in 24 months
◢ first records here, by year
Grey counts releases that year. Full colour counts producers whose first record on this label falls in that year — including producers with no traceable earlier history, a wider population than the per-year rate above.
pathNervous Records, MoBlack Records +6 → Deep Root Records → LW Recordings, Adesso Music +48 before · 6 afterpath into
Deep Root RecordsNervous Records9MoBlack Records7Club Session6Cr2 Records6Deep Root RecordsLW Recordings58 before · 6 after ↓◢ path into Deep Root Recordswhere Deep Root Records artists released before and after
close ↑
01 · before · artists released here first
- Nervous Recordstier 19 artists
- MoBlack Recordstier 17 artists
- Club Sessionno tier6 artists
- Cr2 Recordstier 16 artists
- RH2tier 36 artists
- Toolroomtier 16 artists
- Deep Root Tribetier 35 artists
- Ultra Recordstier 34 artists
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02 · this label
Deep Root Records
03 · after · released here next
- LW Recordingstier 35 artists
- Adesso Musictier 24 artists
- Helix Recordstier 24 artists
- Armada Musictier 23 artists
- Club Sweattier 23 artists
- Jackies Music Recordstier 13 artists
show all 6 ↓show fewer ↑
each count = artists here who also released there, out of 32 traced
10 producers here have released on no other label we track, of 95
◢ who's on it
3 artists charted on this label in the last 8 weeks · 7 have pages here
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