Yoshitoshi Recordings

140 releases tracked from 1995 · 145 producers · latest apr 2026

5 tracks · 6 charting artists · 15 days on genre charts per track, on average · on the charts since Jul 2026 · active

Founded in 1994 by Deep Dish, Yoshitoshi Recordings is a Washington, D.C. based label.

◢ what the catalogue measures

sound

29% one genre

House, then Tech House and Classic House

29% of the 140 releases we can tag · 3 of the last 12 we could tag

tempo

±4 BPM

125 BPM typical, 120–128 across four in five releases

56 of 140 releases carry a tempo reading

career stage

4.5 yrs median

Producers here had a median 4.5 years of releases before their first record on the label

across 47 producers whose earlier history we can follow

format

57% solo/duo

Solo and duo records alongside multi-artist releases

counting compilations too, 85 of 149 · 9 various-artists compilations

remixes

79% of releases

Remixes are a large part of the catalogue

44 of the 56 releases whose credits we can read · most credited: Nicole Moudaber, Andhim, Enamour

◢ 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

70%

get a second record

31 of the 44 producers who debuted here over a year ago released again

1.5

releases a year

3 records in 24 months

◢ first records here, by year

11releases · first-time signings02011 · 5 releases · 3 first-time signings20112012 · 4 releases · 9 first-time signings2013 · 4 releases · 4 first-time signings2014 · 6 releases · 5 first-time signings2015 · 9 releases · 7 first-time signings2016 · 10 releases · 9 first-time signings2017 · 5 releases · 4 first-time signings2018 · 8 releases · 5 first-time signings2019 · 11 releases · 6 first-time signings2020 · 8 releases · 6 first-time signings2022 · 4 releases · 2 first-time signings2023 · 1 release · 1 first-time signing2024 · 6 releases · 3 first-time signings2026 · 3 releases · 4 first-time signings2026

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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◢ where the roster releases

came fromof 47 traced

labels this roster released on before their first record here

went on toof 47 traced

labels the same producers released on afterwards

also releasing onof 145

labels sharing this roster in the same period

33 producers here have released on no other label we track, of 145

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