DFTD
125 releases tracked from 2013 · 160 producers · latest jul 2026
8 tracks · 9 charting artists · 25 days on genre charts per track, on average · on the charts since Jul 2026 · active
DFTD, a breakout sublabel of Defected Records, focuses on new and undiscovered talent from around the globe.
◢ what the catalogue measures
sound
41% one genreHouse, then Tech House and Deep House
41% of the 125 releases we can tag · 5 of the last 12 we could tag
tempo
±4 BPM125 BPM typical, 123–130 across four in five releases
84 of 125 releases carry a tempo reading
career stage
8.6 yrs medianProducers here had a median 8.6 years of releases before their first record on the label
across 88 producers whose earlier history we can follow
format
79% solo/duoSolo and duo records alongside multi-artist releases
counting compilations too, 104 of 132 · 7 various-artists compilations
remixes
23% of releasesRemixes are a large part of the catalogue
19 of the 84 releases whose credits we can read · most credited: Nathan Barato
◢ how often the roster changes
8
new names a year
averaged over the last 24 months, counting producers whose earlier history we can trace
51%
get a second record
39 of the 77 producers who debuted here over a year ago released again
10
releases a year
20 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: 1 new entry · 1 top-20 placement
◢ where the roster releases
labels this roster released on before their first record here
- Sola10 shared
- SPINNIN' DEEP9 shared
- Ultra Records9 shared
- Kling Klong Music8 shared
- Glitterbox Recordings6 shared
- Go Deeva Records6 shared
- Blockhead Recordings5 shared
- Robsoul Recordings5 shared
labels the same producers released on afterwards
- Factory 93 Records8 shared
- Club Bad Records5 shared
- NO ART5 shared
- Sweat It Out5 shared
- tszr5 shared
- Deepalma4 shared
- Heattraxx4 shared
labels sharing this roster in the same period
- Recovery Tech14 shared
- Defected Records13 shared
- Snatch! Records10 shared
- Toolroom9 shared
- Glasgow Underground8 shared
- Lapsus Music8 shared
- Moon Harbour8 shared
- Cr2 Records6 shared
11 producers here have released on no other label we track, of 160
◢ who's on it
13 artists charted on this label in the last 8 weeks · 68 have pages here · showing 20, newest chart date first
sending a demo
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- 02Recovery Tech (14), Defected Records (13) and Snatch! Records (10) share producers with this roster in the same period.
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