8bit Records

284 releases tracked from 2006 · 126 producers · latest aug 2026

34 tracks · 20 charting artists · 23 days on genre charts per track, on average · on the charts since Jul 2026 · active

Founded in 2006, 8Bit — operating as 8Bit Records GmbH — is based in Mannheim, Germany. Established by Nick Curly and Gorge, the label releases music categorized as Tech House.

◢ what the catalogue measures

sound

38% one genre

Tech House, then Deep House and House

38% of the 284 releases we can tag · 0 of the last 12 we could tag

tempo

±3 BPM

125 BPM typical, 123–128 across four in five releases

145 of 284 releases carry a tempo reading

career stage

9.7 yrs median

Producers here had a median 9.7 years of releases before their first record on the label

across 58 producers whose earlier history we can follow

format

88% solo/duo

Solo or duo originals — a single or a two-tracker

counting compilations too, 253 of 286 · 2 various-artists compilations

remixes

21% of releases

Remixes are a large part of the catalogue

30 of the 145 releases whose credits we can read · most credited: Nick Curly, Gorge

◢ how often the roster changes

new names a year

averaged over the last 24 months, counting producers whose earlier history we can trace

67%

get a second record

33 of the 49 producers who debuted here over a year ago released again

2.5

releases a month

61 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.

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