Definitive Recordings
98 releases tracked from 1993 · 87 producers · latest jul 2026
7 tracks · 11 charting artists · 19 days on genre charts per track, on average · on the charts since Jul 2026 · active
Definitive Recordings, a house-music label based in Berlin, Germany, has released tracks by artists including Robotman, Marshall Jefferson, Inner City, DJ Pierre, and Nick Holder.
◢ what the catalogue measures
sound
27% one genreTech House, then Techno (Peak Time / Driving) and House
27% of the 98 releases we can tag · 0 of the last 12 we could tag
tempo
±4 BPM126 BPM typical, 121–128 across four in five releases
54 of 98 releases carry a tempo reading
career stage
6 yrs medianProducers here had a median 6 years of releases before their first record on the label
across 32 producers whose earlier history we can follow
format
51% solo/duoSolo and duo records alongside multi-artist releases
counting compilations too, 51 of 100 · 2 various-artists compilations
remixes
72% of releasesRemixes are a large part of the catalogue
39 of the 54 releases whose credits we can read · most credited: Kiko, Nihil Young, Olivier Giacomotto
◢ how often the roster changes
4.5
new names a year
averaged over the last 24 months, counting producers whose earlier history we can trace
46%
get a second record
12 of the 26 producers who debuted here over a year ago released again
8
releases a year
16 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.
◢ on the charts, week by week
new entries
week of 7 sep: 0 new entries · 2 top-20 placements · avg rank ▲ 31.5 places
◢ where the roster releases
labels this roster released on before their first record here
- Lapsus Music5 shared
- Nervous Records5 shared
- Cr2 Records4 shared
- Defected Records4 shared
- Get Physical Music4 shared
- Armada Music3 shared
labels the same producers released on afterwards
- Club Session12 shared
- Bedrock Records4 shared
- Factory 93 Records4 shared
- Snatch! Records4 shared
- Toolroom Trax4 shared
- Blockhead Recordings3 shared
- Deeperfect3 shared
- DIYNAMIC3 shared
labels sharing this roster in the same period
- Recovery Tech4 shared
- RH23 shared
- Toolroom3 shared
16 producers here have released on no other label we track, of 87
◢ who's on it
15 artists charted on this label in the last 8 weeks · 15 have pages here
sending a demo
- 01Recovery Tech (4), RH2 (3) and Toolroom (3) share producers with this roster in the same period.
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