Because Music

69 releases tracked · 28 producers · latest jul 2026

5 tracks · 5 charting artists · 20 days on genre charts per track, on average · on the charts since Jul 2026 · emerging

Because Music is an independent music company founded in November 2004 in Paris by Emmanuel de Buretel. It opened a London office in 2005. It has a long-standing partnership with Ed Banger Records. A Los Angeles office opened in 2019.

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◢ what the catalogue measures

sound

29% one genre

Electronica, then Pop and House

29% of the 69 releases we can tag · 3 of the last 12 we could tag

tempo

±22 BPM

120 BPM typical, 94–138 across four in five releases

69 of 69 releases carry a tempo reading

career stage

29 yrs median

Producers here had a median 29 years of releases before their first record on the label

across 9 producers whose earlier history we can follow

format

81% solo/duo

Solo and duo records alongside multi-artist releases

counting compilations too, 57 of 70 · 1 various-artists compilation

remixes

41% of releases

Remixes are a large part of the catalogue

28 of the 69 releases whose credits we can read · most credited: k

◢ how often the roster changes

new names a year

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

releases a year

6 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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