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Definitive Recordings
393 releases tracked from 1992 · 331 producers · latest oct 2026
Scene: Techno · also in Underground tech house
9 tracks · 13 charting artists · 27 days on genre charts per track, on average · on the charts since Jul 2026 · active
Definitive Recordings, a house-music label based in Berlin, Germany, has released tracks by artists including Robotman, Marshall Jefferson, Inner City, DJ Pierre, and Nick Holder.
◢ what the catalogue measures
sound
40% one genreTech House, then Techno (Peak Time / Driving) and House
40% of the 393 releases we can tag · 0 of the last 12 we could tag
tempo
±3 BPM126 BPM typical, 122–128 across four in five releases
391 of 393 releases carry a tempo reading
chart tier
tier 11.8 per record
22 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
16.9 yrs medianProducers here had a median 16.9 years of releases before their first record on the label
across 27 producers whose earlier history we can follow
first records
debuts
9 of 12
last debut
1 month ago
new here Mysterious Eastern Force (Oct) · Frits Wentink (Sep)
9 of the 12 releases in the last 12 months were an artist's debut on the label
format
63% solo/duoSolo and duo records alongside multi-artist releases
counting compilations too, 270 of 431 · 28 various-artists compilations
remixes
41% of releasesRemixes are a large part of the catalogue
158 of the 383 releases whose credits we can read · most credited: John Acquaviva, Olivier Giacomotto, Superskank
◢ how often the roster changes
11.5
new names a year
averaged over the last 24 months, counting producers whose earlier history we can trace
8 of 20
get a second record
producers who debuted here over a year ago
1.2
releases a month
29 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: 0 new entries · 0 top-20 placements
pathSnatch! Records, Armada Music +6 → Definitive Recordings → Bedrock Records, Glasgow Underground +68 before · 8 afterpath into
Definitive RecordingsSnatch! Records6Armada Music5Defected Records5Lapsus Music5Definitive RecordingsBedrock Records68 before · 8 after ↓◢ path into Definitive Recordingswhere Definitive Recordings artists released before and after
close ↑
01 · before · artists released here first
- Snatch! Recordstier 16 artists
- Armada Musictier 25 artists
- Defected Recordstier 15 artists
- Lapsus Musictier 25 artists
- Cr2 Recordstier 14 artists
- Aliens On Mushroomstier 13 artists
- Cocoon Recordingstier 13 artists
- Crosstown Rebelstier 13 artists
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02 · this label
Definitive Recordings
03 · after · released here next
- Bedrock Recordstier 16 artists
- Glasgow Undergroundtier 16 artists
- Systematic Recordingstier 36 artists
- Toolroom Traxtier 15 artists
- Blockhead Recordingstier 24 artists
- Club Sweattier 24 artists
- DIYNAMICtier 14 artists
- Factory 93 Recordstier 14 artists
show all 8 ↓show fewer ↑
each count = artists here who also released there, out of 59 traced
also releasing on (shared artists): RH2 (8), Variety Music (8), Get Physical Music (7), Toolroom (6), Club Session (5), Nervous Records (5), Deeperfect (4), Recovery Tech (4)
64 producers here have released on no other label we track, of 331
◢ who's on it
15 artists charted on this label in the last 8 weeks · 15 have pages here
charting now
sending a demo
- RH2 (8), Variety Music (8) and Get Physical Music (7) share producers with this roster in the same period.
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