Open Bar Music
365 releases tracked from 2006 · 389 producers · latest aug 2026
21 tracks · 16 charting artists · 13 days on genre charts per track, on average · on the charts since Jul 2026 · active
Open Bar Music, a New York-based label, was founded in 2006 by Oscar Poche, also known as Oscar P.
◢ what the catalogue measures
sound
58% one genreAfro House, then House and Deep House
58% of the 365 releases we can tag · 11 of the last 12 we could tag
tempo
±2 BPM122 BPM typical, 120–124 across four in five releases
104 of 365 releases carry a tempo reading
career stage
5.9 yrs medianProducers here had a median 5.9 years of releases before their first record on the label
across 105 producers whose earlier history we can follow
format
56% solo/duoSolo and duo records alongside multi-artist releases
counting compilations too, 225 of 403 · 38 various-artists compilations
remixes
70% of releasesRemixes are a large part of the catalogue
73 of the 104 releases whose credits we can read · most credited: Oscar P, FNX OMAR, Atjazz
◢ how often the roster changes
7.5
new names a year
averaged over the last 24 months, counting producers whose earlier history we can trace
52%
get a second record
51 of the 98 producers who debuted here over a year ago released again
2.6
releases a month
63 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 · 0 top-20 placements · avg rank ▲ 2.1 places
◢ where the roster releases
labels this roster released on before their first record here
- Defected Records9 shared
- Salted Music6 shared
- Blockhead Recordings5 shared
- Groovy Riddim Records5 shared
- Large Music5 shared
- Wired5 shared
- Get Physical Music4 shared
- Moiss Music Black4 shared
labels the same producers released on afterwards
- Manuscript Records Ukraine10 shared
- Adesso Music8 shared
- Rise Records8 shared
- Sondela Recordings Ltd7 shared
- Guesthouse5 shared
- Heattraxx5 shared
- Poker Flat Recordings5 shared
- We're Here5 shared
labels sharing this roster in the same period
- Kolour Recordings13 shared
- Quantize Recordings11 shared
- Nervous Records10 shared
- Merecumbe Recordings9 shared
- Seres Producoes9 shared
- Recovery Tech8 shared
- unquantize8 shared
- Club Session7 shared
82 producers here have released on no other label we track, of 389
◢ who's on it
11 artists charted on this label in the last 8 weeks · 60 have pages here · showing 20, newest chart date first
- One For Me (Oscar P Rework)
- Love Omega Supreme Supreme (Oscar P Deep Edit)
- Till Cows Come Home
sending a demo
- 01Kolour Recordings (13), Quantize Recordings (11) and Nervous Records (10) share producers with this roster in the same period.
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