Defected

693 releases tracked from 1995 · 678 producers · latest aug 2026

44 tracks · 50 charting artists · 29 days on genre charts per track, on average · on the charts since Jul 2026 · active

Defected Records is an independent British record label specializing in house music. It was established in 1999. The label has evolved into a music media group with the label at its core. Wez Saunders serves as CEO of Defected. The label is multi-award-winning.

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◢ what the catalogue measures

sound

65% one genre

House, then Deep House and Tech House

65% of the 693 releases we can tag · 6 of the last 12 we could tag

tempo

±4 BPM

125 BPM typical, 120–128 across four in five releases

436 of 693 releases carry a tempo reading

career stage

7.8 yrs median

Producers here had a median 7.8 years of releases before their first record on the label

across 241 producers whose earlier history we can follow

format

53% solo/duo

Solo and duo records alongside multi-artist releases

counting compilations too, 436 of 815 · 122 various-artists compilations

remixes

50% of releases

Remixes are a large part of the catalogue

217 of the 437 releases whose credits we can read · most credited: Franky Rizardo, Purple Disco Machine, Riva Starr

◢ how often the roster changes

new names a year

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

62%

get a second record

136 of the 219 producers who debuted here over a year ago released again

5.2

releases a month

124 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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