Category 1 Music
73 releases tracked from 2023 · 61 producers · latest aug 2026
2 tracks · 2 charting artists · 8 days on genre charts per track, on average · on the charts since Jul 2026 · active
A part of Category 1 Music, LLC, the label has operated for over 40 years in the dance music industry, focusing exclusively on soulful, vocal house.
◢ what the catalogue measures
sound
53% one genreSoulful House, then House and Garage
53% of the 73 releases we can tag · 6 of the last 12 we could tag
tempo
±3 BPM124 BPM typical, 121–127 across four in five releases
18 of 73 releases carry a tempo reading
career stage
16.6 yrs medianProducers here had a median 16.6 years of releases before their first record on the label
across 19 producers whose earlier history we can follow
format
48% solo/duoSolo and duo records alongside multi-artist releases
counting compilations too, 36 of 75 · 2 various-artists compilations
remixes
100% of releasesRemixes are a large part of the catalogue
18 of the 18 releases whose credits we can read · most credited: Marc Cotterell, Demarkus Lewis
◢ how often the roster changes
5.5
new names a year
averaged over the last 24 months, counting producers whose earlier history we can trace
75%
get a second record
12 of the 16 producers who debuted here over a year ago released again
2.1
releases a month
51 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.
◢ where the roster releases
labels this roster released on before their first record here
- Quantize Recordings12 shared
- unquantize8 shared
- Large Music6 shared
- Nervous Records6 shared
- Club Session4 shared
- House 4 Life4 shared
- Open Bar Music4 shared
- Peppermint Jam Records4 shared
labels sharing this roster in the same period
- Groove Culture3 shared
- Merecumbe Recordings3 shared
14 producers here have released on no other label we track, of 61
◢ who's on it
2 artists charted on this label in the last 8 weeks · 13 have pages here
- The Sound (DJ Fella Original Mix)
- Wait 4 U (Richard Earnshaw Extended Rework)
sending a demo
- 01Groove Culture (3) and Merecumbe Recordings (3) share producers with this roster in the same period.
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