Pleased As Punch
20 releases tracked from 2023 · 14 producers · latest jul 2026
7 tracks · 8 charting artists · 28 days on genre charts per track, on average · on the charts since Jul 2026 · active
Pleased As Punch is a venture between The Shapeshifters and Saison, based in London, UK. The label focuses on dance music rooted in house and disco, with a focus on quality over quantity.
◢ what the catalogue measures
sound
80% one genreHouse, then Deep House and Nu Disco / Indie Dance
80% of the 20 releases we can tag · 11 of the last 12 we could tag
tempo
±2 BPM125 BPM typical, 123–127 across four in five releases
14 of 20 releases carry a tempo reading
career stage
12.7 yrs medianProducers here had a median 12.7 years of releases before their first record on the label
across 12 producers whose earlier history we can follow
format
100% solo/duoSolo or duo originals — a single or a two-tracker
counting compilations too, 20 of 20
remixes
7% of releasesRemixes appear regularly
1 of the 14 releases whose credits we can read
◢ how often the roster changes
4.5
new names a year
averaged over the last 24 months, counting producers whose earlier history we can trace
50%
get a second record
4 of the 8 producers who debuted here over a year ago released again
7
releases a year
14 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: 0 new entries · 0 top-20 placements
◢ where the roster releases
labels this roster released on before their first record here
- RH25 shared
- Nervous Records4 shared
- Club Session3 shared
- Defected Records3 shared
- Groove Culture3 shared
- Tinted Records3 shared
3 producers here have released on no other label we track, of 14
◢ who's on it
6 artists charted on this label in the last 8 weeks · 9 have pages here
who's signing what, tracked daily.
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