Defected Records

Defected Records is a British independent record label specialising in house music recordings, events, artist booking and management.

Established in 1998 by former AM:PM and Cooltempo A&R man Simon Dunmore and initially funded by London nightclub and label Ministry of Sound, Defected's first release was Soulsearcher's "I Can't Get Enough", which reached No. 5 in the UK singles chart. This early success was followed up with Roger Sanchez's "Another Chance", which hit No. 1 in the UK singles chart in 2001. To date, Defected has released more than 300 singles from artists such as Bob Sinclar, Kings of Tomorrow, MURK, Inner City, Dennis Ferrer, Marc Kinchen (MK), Copyright and Yousef.

In addition to the 2001 No.1 one from Sanchez, Defected has released a number of records that have had a significant impact on the house scene. Kings of Tomorrow's "Finally" was voted the 31st best track of 2000–2010 by leading electronic dance music portal Resident Advisor, and is still a regular feature of DJ sets to this day. Bob Sinclar's 2005 track "Love Generation" reached No.12 in the UK singles chart and was a massive hit all over Europe and in Australia, achieving one of the longest runs of all time in the German singles charts and going on to sell over 1 million copies worldwide.The Irish Duo Fish go deep also had success with their hit "Cure and the Cause" which stayed in the Beatport top 100 for almost a year.

More recently, Defected have found success with underground hits like Dennis Ferrer's "Hey Hey". In addition, they have released a number of underground hits from both seminal recordings artists and up and coming DJs and producers, including Inner City 'Future', Intruder feat. Jai 'Amame', Flashmob 'Need In Me', Pirupa 'Party Non Stop' Candi Staton 'Hallelujah Anyway', Noir & Haze 'Around', FCL 'It’s You', Kings of Tomorrow feat. April 'Fall For You', Rachel Row 'Follow The Step' and Storm Queen 'Look Right Through', many of which have won awards or gone on to be some of the biggest club records of the year.

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