Cr2 Records

371 releases tracked from 2004 · 327 producers · latest jul 2026

10 tracks · 10 charting artists · 37 days on genre charts per track, on average · on the charts since Jul 2026 · active

Cr2 Records is an independent UK house label founded by Mark Brown. He launched it after the closure of Credence, where he had previously worked at Credence/Parlophone. The label focuses on electronic/dance music and also offers sample packs and tools under its Sample Tools by Cr2 brand.

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◢ what the catalogue measures

sound

50% one genre

House, then Tech House and Dance / Pop

50% of the 371 releases we can tag · 1 of the last 12 we could tag

tempo

±3 BPM

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

201 of 371 releases carry a tempo reading

career stage

6.2 yrs median

Producers here had a median 6.2 years of releases before their first record on the label

across 127 producers whose earlier history we can follow

format

59% solo/duo

Solo and duo records alongside multi-artist releases

counting compilations too, 242 of 412 · 41 various-artists compilations

remixes

35% of releases

Remixes are a large part of the catalogue

71 of the 201 releases whose credits we can read · most credited: Matt Sassari, Dale Howard, Illyus Barrientos

◢ how often the roster changes

6.5

new names a year

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

63%

get a second record

75 of the 120 producers who debuted here over a year ago released again

1.5

releases a month

35 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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