GOGO Music

43 releases tracked · 47 producers · latest sep 2025

2 tracks · 2 charting artists · 10 days on genre charts per track, on average · on the charts since Jul 2026 · active

Ralf Gum, described as a soulful house pioneer, founded GOGO Music in 2001. The label releases soulful house music rooted in deep house, prioritizing timeless, well-written songs over trends, and its roster has included artists such as Ursula Rucker, Inaya Day, Black Coffee, Monique Bingham, and Hugh Masekela.

◢ what the catalogue measures

sound

70% one genre

Soulful House, then Deep House and House

70% of the 43 releases we can tag · 10 of the last 12 we could tag

career stage

10.2 yrs median

Producers here had a median 10.2 years of releases before their first record on the label

across 15 producers whose earlier history we can follow

format

39% solo/duo

Solo and duo records alongside multi-artist releases

counting compilations too, 17 of 44 · 1 various-artists compilation

◢ how often the roster changes

47%

get a second record

7 of the 15 producers who debuted here over a year ago released again

0.5

releases a year

1 record in 24 months

◢ first records here, by year

7releases · first-time signings02010 · 4 releases · 5 first-time signings20102011 · 1 release · 2 first-time signings2012 · 6 releases · 0 first-time signings2013 · 4 releases · 7 first-time signings2014 · 2 releases · 1 first-time signing2015 · 2 releases · 2 first-time signings2016 · 3 releases · 1 first-time signing2017 · 3 releases · 2 first-time signings2019 · 4 releases · 3 first-time signings2020 · 1 release · 1 first-time signing2024 · 1 release · 0 first-time signings2025 · 1 release · 0 first-time signings2025

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 15 traced

labels this roster released on before their first record here

went on toof 15 traced

labels the same producers released on afterwards

also releasing onof 47

labels sharing this roster in the same period

12 producers here have released on no other label we track, of 47

◢ who's on it

2 artists charted on this label in the last 8 weeks · 8 have pages here

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