Fool's Gold Records

119 releases tracked from 2009 · 173 producers · latest jun 2026

2 tracks · 2 charting artists · 11 days on genre charts per track, on average · on the charts since Jul 2026 · emerging

◢ what the catalogue measures

sound

34% one genre

Electronica, then House and R&B / Hip Hop

34% of the 119 releases we can tag · 0 of the last 12 we could tag

tempo

±10 BPM

126 BPM typical, 121–140 across four in five releases

45 of 119 releases carry a tempo reading

career stage

12.3 yrs median

Producers here had a median 12.3 years of releases before their first record on the label

across 39 producers whose earlier history we can follow

format

48% solo/duo

Solo and duo records alongside multi-artist releases

counting compilations too, 62 of 129 · 10 various-artists compilations

remixes

38% of releases

Remixes are a large part of the catalogue

17 of the 45 releases whose credits we can read

◢ how often the roster changes

2.5

new names a year

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

49%

get a second record

18 of the 37 producers who debuted here over a year ago released again

1

releases a month

25 records in 24 months

◢ first records here, by year

22releases · first-time signings02013 · 3 releases · 8 first-time signings20132014 · 4 releases · 9 first-time signings2015 · 7 releases · 13 first-time signings2016 · 7 releases · 11 first-time signings2017 · 8 releases · 16 first-time signings2018 · 4 releases · 8 first-time signings2019 · 3 releases · 5 first-time signings2020 · 2 releases · 6 first-time signings2021 · 8 releases · 4 first-time signings2022 · 17 releases · 22 first-time signings2023 · 10 releases · 10 first-time signings2024 · 10 releases · 10 first-time signings2025 · 16 releases · 11 first-time signings2026 · 4 releases · 3 first-time signings2026

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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◢ where the roster releases

came fromof 39 traced

labels this roster released on before their first record here

went on toof 39 traced

labels the same producers released on afterwards

also releasing onof 173

labels sharing this roster in the same period

74 producers here have released on no other label we track, of 173

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