Defected Records has signed dance collective Yours.
The new project features Irish vocalist and songwriter Maverick Sabre and producer New Machine (Jorja Smith, Kano, Aitch, Bakar).
Sondela Recordings has become independent from parent company Defected Records.
The label, which launched in January 2021, will now be managed solely by founder and A&R Louie Dunmore (pictured) ...
Defected has appointed Sarah Crane as its director of marketing and operations.
Crane will oversee recorded music marketing for the label, with the marketing, streaming, design and production teams under ...
Defected Records has made two key new hires for 2023.
Following CEO Wez Saunders’ acquisition of Defected in August last year, the label group continues to evolve its music ...
Defected Records has hired Allan Nicoll, aka Kid Fonque, as head of A&R, Music Week can reveal.
The appointment is part of the ongoing evolution of the label group’s music team ...
In July this year, Wez Saunders acquired Defected Records via a management buyout, moving up from MD to CEO in the process. Now at the helm of one of the ...
When Lewis Capaldi came back with Forget Me in September, its success instantly made a mockery of the idea that the Scottish singer might slip from public consciousness.
Now, Music ...
Dance music is on a roll right now.
Singles classified as dance by the Official Charts Company have been at No.1 for 11 out of the last 16 weeks. Top ...
Dance music execs have spoken to Music Week about their ambitions to build on the streaming boom.
Exclusive analysis of Official Charts Company data has revealed the growing power of ...
It’s a time of change at Defected Records, and the indie’s latest move is a plan to “set a new industry” standard for royalty rates.
Wez Saunders, who was recently ...
