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Guesthouse
991 releases tracked from 2005 · 459 producers · latest oct 2026
Scene: Jackin house
37 tracks · 17 charting artists · 17 days on genre charts per track, on average · on the charts since Jul 2026 · high-volume
Founded in 2004, Guesthouse Music is an underground house label based in Oakland, California, run by producer/DJ Mes (Jason Sutton). It has released over 300 vinyl and digital records by more than 200 artists, blending old and new school sounds into chunky, funky, bass-heavy house tracks. Notable successes include Gramophonedzie's 'Why Don’t You,' which was licensed by Capitol Records and has sold 150,000 copies.
◢ what the catalogue measures
sound
89% one genreJackin House, then Dance / Pop and House
89% of the 991 releases we can tag · 12 of the last 12 we could tag
tempo
±3 BPM125 BPM typical, 122–128 across four in five releases
990 of 991 releases carry a tempo reading
chart tier
tier 13.4 per record
139 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
13.2 yrs medianProducers here had a median 13.2 years of releases before their first record on the label
across 18 producers whose earlier history we can follow
first records
debuts
7 of 41
last debut
3 months ago
new here Iban Montoro (Jul) · Carabetta (Jun)
7 of the 41 releases in the last 12 months were an artist's debut on the label
format
85% solo/duoSolo and duo records alongside multi-artist releases
counting compilations too, 942 of 1,109 · 67 various-artists compilations
remixes
15% of releasesRemixes appear regularly
131 of the 851 releases whose credits we can read · most credited: DJ Mes, J Paul Getto, Rescue
◢ how often the roster changes
5.5
new names a year
averaged over the last 24 months, counting producers whose earlier history we can trace
17 of 44
get a second record
producers who debuted here over a year ago
4.1
releases a month
98 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: 1 new entry · 0 top-20 placements · avg rank ▲ 13.4 places
pathOpen Bar Music, Funky Revival +6 → Guesthouse → Feel The Funk Records, Refuge Recordings +68 before · 8 afterpath into
GuesthouseOpen Bar Music8Funky Revival6Armada Music5Peppermint Jam Records5GuesthouseFeel The Funk Records108 before · 8 after ↓◢ path into Guesthousewhere Guesthouse artists released before and after
close ↑
01 · before · artists released here first
- Open Bar Musictier 18 artists
- Funky Revivaltier 26 artists
- Armada Musictier 25 artists
- Peppermint Jam Recordsno tier5 artists
- Ultra Recordstier 35 artists
- Yoshitoshi Recordingsno tier5 artists
- Bunny Clantier 34 artists
- CRMS Recordstier 24 artists
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02 · this label
Guesthouse
03 · after · released here next
- Feel The Funk Recordstier 210 artists
- Refuge Recordingsno tier10 artists
- Toolroom Traxtier 110 artists
- Moxy Muziktier 19 artists
- Club Sweattier 28 artists
- HouseUtier 27 artists
- Jackies Music Recordstier 17 artists
- Glitter Robotstier 26 artists
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each count = artists here who also released there, out of 115 traced
also releasing on (shared artists): RH2 (23), Blockhead Recordings (22), Fogbank (22), Club Session (21), Salted Music (17), Juiced Music (14), Spacedisco Records (14), Funk Mansion (12)
74 producers here have released on no other label we track, of 459
◢ who's on it
16 artists charted on this label in the last 8 weeks · 54 have pages here · showing 20, newest chart date first
charting now
- EL Guapo
- Party Pants
- Floodgate (Original Mix)
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- RH2 (23), Blockhead Recordings (22) and Fogbank (22) share producers with this roster in the same period.
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