Yoruba Records

66 releases tracked from 2007 · 65 producers · latest mar 2026

4 tracks · 4 charting artists · 4 days on genre charts per track, on average · on the charts since Jul 2026 · emerging

Yoruba Records was founded in 1999. The label is based in Greece. It is operated by artist and producer Osunlade. Yoruba Records releases house music ranging from deep house to soulful jazz, and has expanded into jazz, soul, and alternative electronic. The label runs a sublabel named Yoruba Soul and is itself a sublabel of Defected. It has released more than 300 records. The label was founded on the ideals of the beliefs of Ifa. Colin Boardway manages the label.

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◢ what the catalogue measures

sound

71% one genre

Deep House, then House and Afro House

71% of the 66 releases we can tag · 6 of the last 12 we could tag

tempo

±3 BPM

120 BPM typical, 120–125 across four in five releases

14 of 66 releases carry a tempo reading

career stage

14.5 yrs median

Producers here had a median 14.5 years of releases before their first record on the label

across 27 producers whose earlier history we can follow

format

54% solo/duo

Solo and duo records alongside multi-artist releases

counting compilations too, 36 of 67 · 1 various-artists compilation

remixes

86% of releases

Remixes are a large part of the catalogue

12 of the 14 releases whose credits we can read · most credited: Atjazz, Kiko Navarro

◢ 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

63%

get a second record

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

8.5

releases a year

17 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.

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