Bedfunk

58 releases tracked from 2013 · 40 producers · latest aug 2026

3 tracks · 3 charting artists · 18 days on genre charts per track, on average · on the charts since Jul 2026 · active

An independent label, Bedfunk focuses on Soulful House and Deep House while also releasing a fusion of soulful house, deep house, tech, and tribal sounds. Founded by Pat Bedeau, who also serves as its A&R, it has a stated long-term goal of being a socially aware label that uses music to educate on black music history and social issues.

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◢ what the catalogue measures

sound

88% one genre

Soulful House, then House and Broken Beat / Nu-Jazz

88% of the 58 releases we can tag · 11 of the last 12 we could tag

career stage

13.8 yrs median

Producers here had a median 13.8 years of releases before their first record on the label

across 12 producers whose earlier history we can follow

format

68% solo/duo

Solo and duo records alongside multi-artist releases

counting compilations too, 41 of 60 · 2 various-artists compilations

◢ how often the roster changes

3.5

new names a year

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

75%

get a second record

6 of the 8 producers who debuted here over a year ago released again

1

releases a month

25 records in 24 months

◢ first records here, by year

12releases · first-time signings02013 · 1 release · 3 first-time signings20132016 · 3 releases · 1 first-time signing2017 · 2 releases · 1 first-time signing2018 · 1 release · 1 first-time signing2019 · 2 releases · 6 first-time signings2021 · 2 releases · 1 first-time signing2022 · 6 releases · 5 first-time signings2023 · 7 releases · 2 first-time signings2024 · 12 releases · 4 first-time signings2025 · 12 releases · 8 first-time signings2026 · 10 releases · 8 first-time signings2026

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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◢ where the roster releases

came fromof 12 traced

labels this roster released on before their first record here

also releasing onof 40

labels sharing this roster in the same period

10 producers here have released on no other label we track, of 40

◢ who's on it

4 artists charted on this label in the last 8 weeks · 6 have pages here

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