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Stay True Sounds
669 releases tracked from 2013 · 251 producers · latest sep 2026
Scene: South African deep house · also in Afro house, Soulful house
8 tracks · 8 charting artists · 5 days on genre charts per track, on average · on the charts since Jul 2026 · active
Stay True Sounds was founded by Kid Fonque. The label is based in South Africa. Its catalogue includes Hypaphonik, Thabo Tonick, and KVRVBO. It became a sublabel of Defected in January 2023. The label runs sublabels including STY TRU BTS.
◢ what the catalogue measures
sound
42% one genreDeep House, then House and Afro House
42% of the 669 releases we can tag · 3 of the last 12 we could tag
tempo
±6 BPM118 BPM typical, 110–122 across four in five releases
669 of 669 releases carry a tempo reading
chart tier
tier 30.1 per record
2 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
7.1 yrs medianProducers here had a median 7.1 years of releases before their first record on the label
across 24 producers whose earlier history we can follow
first records
debuts
10 of 23
last debut
2 months ago
new here KING DASHNOTE (Aug) · Tiyani (Jul)
10 of the 23 releases in the last 12 months were an artist's debut on the label
format
70% solo/duoSolo and duo records alongside multi-artist releases
counting compilations too, 508 of 729 · 44 various-artists compilations
remixes
14% of releasesRemixes appear regularly
74 of the 523 releases whose credits we can read · most credited: China Charmeleon, Jazzuelle, Atmos Blaq
◢ how often the roster changes
6.5
new names a year
averaged over the last 24 months, counting producers whose earlier history we can trace
42 of 62
get a second record
producers who debuted here over a year ago
2.2
releases a month
52 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.
pathMoBlack Records, Vibe Boutique Records +6 → Stay True Sounds → Klub Record Music LTD, Madorasindahouse Records8 before · 2 afterpath into
Stay True SoundsMoBlack Records6Vibe Boutique Records6Lazy Days Recordings5Open Bar Music5Stay True SoundsKlub Record Music LTD48 before · 2 after ↓◢ path into Stay True Soundswhere Stay True Sounds artists released before and after
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01 · before · artists released here first
- MoBlack Recordstier 16 artists
- Vibe Boutique Recordstier 16 artists
- Lazy Days Recordingsno tier5 artists
- Open Bar Musictier 15 artists
- Theko Pricetier 25 artists
- Sonar Kollektivtier 24 artists
- Innervisionsno tier3 artists
- Pasqua Recordstier 13 artists
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02 · this label
Stay True Sounds
03 · after · released here next
- Klub Record Music LTDtier 14 artists
- Madorasindahouse Recordstier 23 artists
each count = artists here who also released there, out of 49 traced
also releasing on (shared artists): Atjazz Record Company (11), Groove On Recordings (10), Sondela Recordings Ltd (10), Aluku Records (8), Get Physical Music (7), Freerange Records (6), LW Recordings (6), IMPLSV (5)
68 producers here have released on no other label we track, of 251
◢ who's on it
11 artists charted on this label in the last 8 weeks · 8 have pages here
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- Atjazz Record Company (11), Groove On Recordings (10) and Sondela Recordings Ltd (10) share producers with this roster in the same period.
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