New Generation Records

296 releases tracked from 2010 · 154 producers · latest aug 2026

23 tracks · 20 charting artists · 13 days on genre charts per track, on average · on the charts since Jul 2026 · active

Founded in 1987 by Mike LaBirt, Larry LaBirt, Larry P.Rauson, Joe Ruvolo, Ricci, and Jerry Melillo, New Generation Records is based in New Jersey and describes itself as an Indie House Music label. The label started the DJ's On Vinyl Series, which sold thousands of copies. Kevin Oliphant joined the label at a later date. Its artists include Vangela Crowe, Ms. Yazz, ROAR, Rob Rhythm, and Corey Holmes.

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◢ what the catalogue measures

sound

79% one genre

Soulful House, then Afro House and Classic House

79% of the 296 releases we can tag · 10 of the last 12 we could tag

career stage

7.2 yrs median

Producers here had a median 7.2 years of releases before their first record on the label

across 29 producers whose earlier history we can follow

format

56% solo/duo

Solo and duo records alongside multi-artist releases

counting compilations too, 176 of 315 · 19 various-artists compilations

◢ how often the roster changes

3.5

new names a year

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

75%

get a second record

18 of the 24 producers who debuted here over a year ago released again

3.8

releases a month

91 records in 24 months

◢ first records here, by year

50releases · first-time signings02013 · 6 releases · 5 first-time signings20132014 · 10 releases · 9 first-time signings2015 · 6 releases · 5 first-time signings2016 · 2 releases · 6 first-time signings2017 · 12 releases · 9 first-time signings2018 · 12 releases · 6 first-time signings2019 · 6 releases · 6 first-time signings2020 · 17 releases · 13 first-time signings2021 · 25 releases · 12 first-time signings2022 · 23 releases · 7 first-time signings2023 · 39 releases · 9 first-time signings2024 · 50 releases · 14 first-time signings2025 · 42 releases · 24 first-time signings2026 · 37 releases · 12 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.

which labels sign new artists →

◢ on the charts, week by week

10chart placements / week0w/o 6 jul · 2 charting tracksw/o 13 jul · 7 charting tracksw/o 20 jul · 5 charting tracksw/o 27 jul · 6 charting tracks · 1 neww/o 3 aug · 5 charting tracksw/o 10 aug · 7 charting tracksw/o 17 aug · 8 charting tracks · 4 neww/o 24 aug · 10 charting tracks · 7 neww/o 31 aug · 8 charting tracks · 1 neww/o 7 sep · 8 charting tracks · 3 new8w/o 6 jul7 sep

new entries

week of 7 sep: 3 new entries · 3 top-20 placements · avg rank ▲ 3.8 places

◢ where the roster releases

came fromof 29 traced

labels this roster released on before their first record here

also releasing onof 154

labels sharing this roster in the same period

74 producers here have released on no other label we track, of 154

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