Quantize Recordings
441 releases tracked from 2012 · 482 producers · latest aug 2026
23 tracks · 22 charting artists · 21 days on genre charts per track, on average · on the charts since Jul 2026 · active
Founded in 2012, Quantize Recordings is the label of DJ Spen, who runs it alongside his wife Kelly Tribble Spencer and Thomas Davis. Candice McKenzie serves as the label's A&R, and its releases—described as music for the mind, body, and soul—come out on vinyl through Prime Direct Distribution. The label succeeds Code Red Recordings.
◢ what the catalogue measures
sound
61% one genreSoulful House, then House and Afro House
61% of the 441 releases we can tag · 11 of the last 12 we could tag
tempo
±3 BPM123 BPM typical, 120–126 across four in five releases
91 of 441 releases carry a tempo reading
career stage
11.4 yrs medianProducers here had a median 11.4 years of releases before their first record on the label
across 119 producers whose earlier history we can follow
format
20% solo/duoSolo and duo records alongside multi-artist releases
counting compilations too, 104 of 528 · 90 various-artists compilations
remixes
82% of releasesRemixes are a large part of the catalogue
75 of the 91 releases whose credits we can read · most credited: DJ Spen, Mike Dunn, Reelsoul
◢ how often the roster changes
5.5
new names a year
averaged over the last 24 months, counting producers whose earlier history we can trace
66%
get a second record
77 of the 117 producers who debuted here over a year ago released again
3.3
releases a month
80 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: 2 new entries · 1 top-20 placement · avg rank ▼ 7.9 places
◢ where the roster releases
labels this roster released on before their first record here
- Offering Recordings8 shared
- Toolroom8 shared
- Atal7 shared
- Fogbank7 shared
- GOGO Music7 shared
- Ultra Records7 shared
- Kolour Recordings6 shared
- Altra Moda5 shared
labels the same producers released on afterwards
- Mood Funk Records7 shared
- Decade Records6 shared
- Groove Culture Deep5 shared
- Paharas Musica5 shared
- City Soul Recordings4 shared
- DFTD4 shared
- Feel The Funk Records4 shared
- Jackies Music Records4 shared
labels sharing this roster in the same period
- unquantize50 shared
- Nervous Records33 shared
- POJI Records20 shared
- RH213 shared
- Moulton Music12 shared
- Open Bar Music12 shared
- Club Session11 shared
- DIRIDIM10 shared
119 producers here have released on no other label we track, of 482
◢ who's on it
21 artists charted on this label in the last 8 weeks · 71 have pages here · showing 20, newest chart date first
- Grace Of God (DJ Spen & DJ Fella Remix)
- Miss My Love (DJ Spen Remix)
- Total Praise
sending a demo
- 01unquantize (50), Nervous Records (33) and POJI Records (20) share producers with this roster in the same period.
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