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Defected
1,027 releases tracked from 1995 · 1,120 producers · latest oct 2026
Scene: Festival & crossover house · also in Soulful house
61 tracks · 74 charting artists · 35 days on genre charts per track, on average · on the charts since Jul 2026 · high-volume
Defected Records is an independent British record label specializing in house music. It was established in 1999. The label has evolved into a music media group with the label at its core. Wez Saunders serves as CEO of Defected. The label is multi-award-winning.
◢ what the catalogue measures
sound
62% one genreHouse, then Deep House and Tech House
62% of the 1,027 releases we can tag · 3 of the last 12 we could tag
tempo
±4 BPM125 BPM typical, 120–128 across four in five releases
1,025 of 1,027 releases carry a tempo reading
chart tier
tier 19.4 per record
470 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
9 yrs medianProducers here had a median 9 years of releases before their first record on the label
across 136 producers whose earlier history we can follow
first records
debuts
35 of 50
last debut
24 days ago
new here Jackie Hollander (Oct) · Prince Fatty (Oct)
35 of the 50 releases in the last 12 months were an artist's debut on the label
format
57% solo/duoSolo and duo records alongside multi-artist releases
counting compilations too, 668 of 1,181 · 127 various-artists compilations
remixes
46% of releasesRemixes are a large part of the catalogue
416 of the 896 releases whose credits we can read · most credited: David Penn, Copyright, DJ Spen
◢ how often the roster changes
41
new names a year
averaged over the last 24 months, counting producers whose earlier history we can trace
63 of 187
get a second record
producers who debuted here over a year ago
4
releases a month
96 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.
◢ on the charts, week by week
new entries
week of 19 oct: 3 new entries · 6 top-20 placements · avg rank ▼ 6.1 places
pathSafe Ltd., tszr +6 → Defected → PRONTO, Moulton Music +68 before · 8 afterpath into
DefectedSafe Ltd.8tszr7Afterlife Records6Blacksoul Music6DefectedPRONTO108 before · 8 after ↓◢ path into Defectedwhere Defected artists released before and after
close ↑
01 · before · artists released here first
- Safe Ltd.tier 18 artists
- tszrtier 17 artists
- Afterlife Recordsno tier6 artists
- Blacksoul Musicno tier6 artists
- Experts Onlytier 26 artists
- Armada Electronic Elementstier 35 artists
- Dansu Discstier 25 artists
- Frau Blautier 25 artists
show all 8 ↓show fewer ↑
02 · this label
Defected
03 · after · released here next
- PRONTOno tier10 artists
- Moulton Musictier 29 artists
- Heattraxxtier 18 artists
- Make The Girls Dance Recordstier 18 artists
- A-Trak & Friendstier 27 artists
- Body'N Deepno tier6 artists
- DAYS like NIGHTStier 36 artists
- Groovebom Recordstier 16 artists
show all 8 ↓show fewer ↑
each count = artists here who also released there, out of 383 traced
also releasing on (shared artists): Toolroom (45), Ultra Records (41), DFTD (40), Nervous Records (40), Armada Music (39), Variety Music (39), Crosstown Rebels (33), Glitterbox Recordings (30)
124 producers here have released on no other label we track, of 1120
◢ who's on it
92 artists charted on this label in the last 8 weeks · 263 have pages here · showing 20, newest chart date first
charting now
sending a demo
- 01email
- 02submission form
- Toolroom (45), Ultra Records (41) and DFTD (40) share producers with this roster in the same period.
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