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Xpressed Records
153 releases tracked from 2017 · 185 producers · latest sep 2026
Scene: Afro house
5 tracks · 5 charting artists · 4 days on genre charts per track, on average · on the charts since Jul 2026 · active
Xpressed Records is a South African record label based in Johannesburg. Its catalogue includes releases from artists such as Eyama, DarkFace, The Siege DJ, David Ramano, and House Villains. The label also released 'Best of Xpressed Records 2025, Vol. 1', a compilation curated and mixed by Harriet Bella.
◢ what the catalogue measures
sound
81% one genreAfro House, then Dance / Pop and Deep House
81% of the 153 releases we can tag · 11 of the last 12 we could tag
tempo
±3 BPM120 BPM typical, 118–123 across four in five releases
153 of 153 releases carry a tempo reading
chart tier
tier 30.1 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
1.8 yrs medianProducers here had a median 1.8 years of releases before their first record on the label
across 40 producers whose earlier history we can follow
first records
debuts
21 of 33
last debut
1 month ago
new here Chopstar (Sep) · Kali Mija (Sep)
21 of the 33 releases in the last 12 months were an artist's debut on the label
format
64% solo/duoSolo and duo records alongside multi-artist releases
counting compilations too, 102 of 160 · 5 various-artists compilations
remixes
14% of releasesRemixes appear regularly
21 of the 151 releases whose credits we can read · most credited: Nelo HD, Kreative Nativez
◢ how often the roster changes
19
new names a year
averaged over the last 24 months, counting producers whose earlier history we can trace
25 of 77
get a second record
producers who debuted here over a year ago
2.8
releases a month
68 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, Klub Record Music LTD +2 → Xpressed Records → Pasqua Records, We're Here +34 before · 5 afterpath into
Xpressed RecordsMoBlack Records6Klub Record Music LTD3Sondela Recordings Ltd3TRANSA RECORDS3Xpressed RecordsPasqua Records44 before · 5 after ↓◢ path into Xpressed Recordswhere Xpressed Records artists released before and after
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01 · before · artists released here first
- MoBlack Recordstier 16 artists
- Klub Record Music LTDtier 13 artists
- Sondela Recordings Ltdtier 13 artists
- TRANSA RECORDStier 33 artists
02 · this label
Xpressed Records
03 · after · released here next
- Pasqua Recordstier 14 artists
- We're Heretier 24 artists
- Madorasindahouse Recordstier 23 artists
- RH2tier 33 artists
- Rise Recordstier 33 artists
show all 5 ↓show fewer ↑
each count = artists here who also released there, out of 53 traced
also releasing on (shared artists): All Shades of The Drum Recordings (6), UNION RECORDS (IT) (6), Cabeau Music (5), Seres Producoes (5), Arawakan (4), Afrosteria (3), Altersoul Music (3), Aluku Records (3)
34 producers here have released on no other label we track, of 185
◢ who's on it
7 artists charted on this label in the last 8 weeks
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- All Shades of The Drum Recordings (6), UNION RECORDS (IT) (6) and Cabeau Music (5) share producers with this roster in the same period.
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