Tronic

120 releases tracked from 2010 · 62 producers · latest aug 2026

3 tracks · 3 charting artists · 6 days on genre charts per track, on average · on the charts since Jul 2026 · active

Founded in 1994 by Swedish DJ and producer Christian Smith as a hobby while he was a student in Washington, DC, the label has been run by Smith himself ever since.

◢ what the catalogue measures

sound

38% one genre

Techno, then Techno (Peak Time / Driving) and Tech House

38% of the 120 releases we can tag · 1 of the last 12 we could tag

tempo

±5 BPM

126 BPM typical, 124–134 across four in five releases

59 of 120 releases carry a tempo reading

career stage

8.6 yrs median

Producers here had a median 8.6 years of releases before their first record on the label

across 33 producers whose earlier history we can follow

format

78% solo/duo

Solo and duo records alongside multi-artist releases

counting compilations too, 98 of 126 · 6 various-artists compilations

remixes

41% of releases

Remixes are a large part of the catalogue

24 of the 59 releases whose credits we can read · most credited: Matt Sassari, Oscar L, Rodriguez Jr.

◢ how often the roster changes

1.5

new names a year

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

59%

get a second record

19 of the 32 producers who debuted here over a year ago released again

7

releases a year

14 records in 24 months

◢ first records here, by year

16releases · first-time signings02012 · 7 releases · 5 first-time signings20122013 · 5 releases · 4 first-time signings2014 · 16 releases · 14 first-time signings2015 · 8 releases · 2 first-time signings2016 · 11 releases · 7 first-time signings2017 · 7 releases · 4 first-time signings2018 · 7 releases · 3 first-time signings2019 · 11 releases · 7 first-time signings2020 · 12 releases · 2 first-time signings2021 · 12 releases · 3 first-time signings2023 · 4 releases · 1 first-time signing2024 · 3 releases · 1 first-time signing2025 · 7 releases · 4 first-time signings2026 · 7 releases · 1 first-time signing2026

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 →

◢ where the roster releases

came fromof 33 traced

labels this roster released on before their first record here

went on toof 33 traced

labels the same producers released on afterwards

also releasing onof 62

labels sharing this roster in the same period

7 producers here have released on no other label we track, of 62

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