Nervous

980 releases tracked from 1992 · 1,036 producers · latest aug 2026

70 tracks · 62 charting artists · 17 days on genre charts per track, on average · on the charts since Jul 2026 · high-volume

Nervous Records, one of the longest standing independent record labels in the US, has built its reputation through a willingness to take chances on new sounds and new producers.

siteNew York, New York

◢ what the catalogue measures

sound

36% one genre

House, then Tech House and Classic House

36% of the 980 releases we can tag · 2 of the last 12 we could tag

tempo

±4 BPM

125 BPM typical, 121–129 across four in five releases

446 of 980 releases carry a tempo reading

career stage

6.7 yrs median

Producers here had a median 6.7 years of releases before their first record on the label

across 384 producers whose earlier history we can follow

format

64% solo/duo

Solo and duo records alongside multi-artist releases

counting compilations too, 694 of 1,077 · 97 various-artists compilations

remixes

50% of releases

Remixes are a large part of the catalogue

223 of the 446 releases whose credits we can read · most credited: Louie Vega, The Cube Guys, Chus & Ceballos

◢ how often the roster changes

new names a year

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

50%

get a second record

162 of the 327 producers who debuted here over a year ago released again

5.5

releases a month

133 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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