Defected

405 releases in the archive

British dance music label founded by Simon Dunmore.
Former Cooltempo and AM:PM A&R Dunmore incorporated parent company Defected Records Ltd. in September 1998 and launched Defected, with funding from Ministry Of Sound, on 1 January 1999, when A&M’s owner PolyGram formally merged with Universal Music Group.
Janet Bell, Dunmore’s promotions partner at AM:PM, with whom he launched the label, departed in December 2001 to run Big Love.
A&R manager from 2004 to 2019: Andy Daniell.
Former MD Wez Saunders acquired the label and its subsidiaries via a management buyout in July 2022 and became the company’s CEO.
Head of A&R from 2023: Allan Nicoll aka Kid Fonque.
Director of Music from 2024: Andy Daniell.
The label marked its 25th anniversary in 2024 with a special logo designed by Trevor Jackson.
Defected has various sublabels with separate A&Rs and musical identities and owns the catalogues of a number of heritage house labels from the 1990s.

[u]Current sublabels[/u]
Glitterbox Recordings (label: Glitterbox) (A&R: Seamus Haji / Director of music: Melvo Baptiste)
Classic Music Company (2010-) (label: Classic) (A&R: Luke Solomon)
DFTD
D4 D4NCE
Faith (18) (A&R: Terry Farley, Stuart Patterson and Dave Jarvis)
Bad Decisions (A&R: Wez Saunders)
Big Love Music (label: Big Love) (A&R: Seamus Haji)
D-Vine Sounds (A&R: Sam Divine)
The Remedy Project (A&R: Melvo Baptiste)
Mahaba (A&R: Kitty Amor)
Stay True Sounds (A&R: Allan Nicoll)
One People (2) (A&R: Allan Nicoll)
4 To The Floor Records (label: 4 To The Floor (2))
Faya Combo
Nu Groove Records
Soulfuric Recordings (A&R: Seamus Haji)
Slip’N’Slide Records (label: Slip ‘N’ Slide)
Yoruba Records
Fourth Floor Records aka 4th Floor Records
K4B Records
Movin’ Records
Sub-Urban

[u]Former sublabels[/u]
ITH Records
Soul Heaven Records
Bargrooves
Cyphon
Fluential Records (label: Fluential)
M (4)
Spectrum Records
The Sound Of Defected
Code Red Recordings
Strictly Rhythm
Sondela Recordings

[u]Series[/u]
House Masters
Most Rated
In The House
For The Love Of House
Isolation Nation
Sampler EP
Sessions (5) (with Ministry Of Sound)
Together (3)
Connected (4)
Deep Down & Defected
Defected Accapellas
Defected Clubland Adventures
Defected D-Fused
Defected D-Fused & Digital
Defected In The House
Defected Presents

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