The best deep house labels

I often get asked what deep house labels people should be checking out. In an every shifting landscape that’s something that changes week on week for me - perhaps it’s less about the labels these days but more about the producers - and given most appear on a host of labels these days do we follow labels, like we used to, or the artist these days? As Spotify and streaming grows it’s dominance of the scene following the artist is what I do more I think - infact Defected are the only label I can think of that has a ‘profile’ on Spotify - maybe I should ask someone in Spotify HQ how to go about that - the Artists application doesn’t seem to allow for it!

So who are the best deep house labels?*

Older deep house fans, who developed their love of the music in the 90’s scene would have been vinyl buyers and in my view we were very loyal to a label. I faithfully bought labels like Paper Recordings, Toko, Shaboom, Slip n Slide, Nuphonic, Junior Boys Own, Solemusic, Groove On, Classic, F Communications, Roule, Naked Music… the list goes on.

Times change, many labels have been and gone, even over the last decade. She, very, very few labels have kept going - Jeff Craven’s Large Music, iRecords, Strictly Rhythm, King Street and the likes spring to mind.

Then there’s labels that haven’t gone, but have gone quiet - the likes of What Happens, Savoir Faire and others I can’t think of right now. Which just leaves who’s doing what right now and catching the ear? First problem here was actually finding much info on some of these labels - amazing how few have a website.

Moiss Music

https://soundcloud.com/moissmusic

Prolific new label Moiss Music, founded by Alex Moiss sprang into life in 2018 and has been firing through releases ever since - a regular on the UM Deep House Mixes packed with funky, disco, swaggering deepness and the odd surprise. The Russia based label lists Igor Gonya as its A&R man, meaning the links to his Lisztomania label and Sundries is tight - making them a serious source of quality deep house releases.

DeepWit Recordings

http://deepwitrecordings.com/

Denmark’s very own Deepwit Recordings, run by one of the real gents of the scene, Alvaro Hylander and his wife Sierra has consistently delivered for years. They describe themesleves as - “Dedicated to quality and consistency in the realm of all things deep and soul tingling in electronic music. Deep Wit Recordings caters towards noncommercial, resonant, innovative and intelligent deep sound. Bringing together talented producers from around the world who with their music will inspire your soul. The label was born out of a passion and love of all things deep and needing to share that passion with other like minded individuals.”

Salted Music

http://miguelmigs.com/salted-music/

Started in 2004, Miguel Mig’s the idea behind Salted is for Miguel to have a creative outlet for releasing forward thinking; soul based electronic music that is not limited in tempo. Not just instituted for Migs’ own creations, Salted is a vehicle for upcoming and well-known artists who come across his path and catch his ear.

"I wanted to start something new to keep things fresh, interesting, and exciting for me. I want to build my own catalog of material,” said Migs. “While on the road I always get demos from artists I’m into. I want to be able to release some of this material and help get it out there, push new artists with interesting, quality material of any style: funky, tech-y, soulful, vocal, instrumental.”

Salted is also the home for booking the voice of many of Miguel migs’ releases and that Naked Music sound that brought him to fame - Lisa Shaw - she’s one of those voices that gets me everytime! Other names of note that have featured on Salted Music are Julius Papp, Sebb Junior, Soledrifer, Jay West, Dutchman Soul and loads more. It’s frequent release schedule , events and of course the profile of Migs himself keep Salted in the charts, featured spots and a regular on the UM Deep house mixes.

Muzik & Friendz

https://muzikandfriendz.bandcamp.com/

Founded in 2015 by Pat Lezizmo, Muzik & Friendz Records is a Belgian Vinyl and Digital label, providing an exciting new addition to the underground electronic music scene, with a focus to bring together friends and like-minded artists creating a family to release limited vinyls all packaged in eco-friendly sleeves and materials.

Be Adult Music

https://beadultmusic.com/

The Ibiza based label has zero online to shed any light on the label. Owned by Rayco and supported by Ibiza Global Radio the catalogue boasts names such as Evren Furtuna, Gurham, Tibor Dragan, Vasily Umanets and a killer album from Sonophone that just was amazing. Mysterious as they are, well worth dedicating some time to hearing their catalogue.

Also well worth checking out… Gartenhaus, Batavia, Lisztomania, Sundries, Oh! Records Stockholm, Colour & Pitch, Ready Mix Recordsm Oh So Coy, and Ready Mix Records.

The best deep house labels

I often get asked what deep house labels people should be checking out. In an every shifting landscape that’s something that changes week on week for me - perhaps it’s less about the labels these days but more about the producers - and given most appear on a host of labels these days do we follow labels, like we used to, or the artist these days? As Spotify and streaming grows it’s dominance of the scene following the artist is what I do more I think - infact Defected are the only label I can think of that has a ‘profile’ on Spotify - maybe I should ask someone in Spotify HQ how to go about that - the Artists application doesn’t seem to allow for it!

So who are the best deep house labels?*

Older deep house fans, who developed their love of the music in the 90’s scene would have been vinyl buyers and in my view we were very loyal to a label. I faithfully bought labels like Paper Recordings, Toko, Shaboom, Slip n Slide, Nuphonic, Junior Boys Own, Solemusic, Groove On, Classic, F Communications, Roule, Naked Music… the list goes on.

Times change, many labels have been and gone, even over the last decade. She, very, very few labels have kept going - Jeff Craven’s Large Music, iRecords, Strictly Rhythm, King Street and the likes spring to mind.

Then there’s labels that haven’t gone, but have gone quiet - the likes of What Happens, Savoir Faire and others I can’t think of right now. Which just leaves who’s doing what right now and catching the ear? First problem here was actually finding much info on some of these labels - amazing how few have a website.

Moiss Music

https://soundcloud.com/moissmusic

Prolific new label Moiss Music, founded by Alex Moiss sprang into life in 2018 and has been firing through releases ever since - a regular on the UM Deep House Mixes packed with funky, disco, swaggering deepness and the odd surprise. The Russia based label lists Igor Gonya as its A&R man, meaning the links to his Lisztomania label and Sundries is tight - making them a serious source of quality deep house releases.

DeepWit Recordings

http://deepwitrecordings.com/

Denmark’s very own Deepwit Recordings, run by one of the real gents of the scene, Alvaro Hylander and his wife Sierra has consistently delivered for years. They describe themesleves as - “Dedicated to quality and consistency in the realm of all things deep and soul tingling in electronic music. Deep Wit Recordings caters towards noncommercial, resonant, innovative and intelligent deep sound. Bringing together talented producers from around the world who with their music will inspire your soul. The label was born out of a passion and love of all things deep and needing to share that passion with other like minded individuals.”

Salted Music

http://miguelmigs.com/salted-music/

Started in 2004, Miguel Mig’s the idea behind Salted is for Miguel to have a creative outlet for releasing forward thinking; soul based electronic music that is not limited in tempo. Not just instituted for Migs’ own creations, Salted is a vehicle for upcoming and well-known artists who come across his path and catch his ear.

"I wanted to start something new to keep things fresh, interesting, and exciting for me. I want to build my own catalog of material,” said Migs. “While on the road I always get demos from artists I’m into. I want to be able to release some of this material and help get it out there, push new artists with interesting, quality material of any style: funky, tech-y, soulful, vocal, instrumental.”

Salted is also the home for booking the voice of many of Miguel migs’ releases and that Naked Music sound that brought him to fame - Lisa Shaw - she’s one of those voices that gets me everytime! Other names of note that have featured on Salted Music are Julius Papp, Sebb Junior, Soledrifer, Jay West, Dutchman Soul and loads more. It’s frequent release schedule , events and of course the profile of Migs himself keep Salted in the charts, featured spots and a regular on the UM Deep house mixes.

Muzik & Friendz

https://muzikandfriendz.bandcamp.com/

Founded in 2015 by Pat Lezizmo, Muzik & Friendz Records is a Belgian Vinyl and Digital label, providing an exciting new addition to the underground electronic music scene, with a focus to bring together friends and like-minded artists creating a family to release limited vinyls all packaged in eco-friendly sleeves and materials.

Be Adult Music

https://beadultmusic.com/

The Ibiza based label has zero online to shed any light on the label. Owned by Rayco and supported by Ibiza Global Radio the catalogue boasts names such as Evren Furtuna, Gurham, Tibor Dragan, Vasily Umanets and a killer album from Sonophone that just was amazing. Mysterious as they are, well worth dedicating some time to hearing their catalogue.

Also well worth checking out… Gartenhaus, Batavia, Lisztomania, Sundries, Oh! Records Stockholm, Colour & Pitch, Ready Mix Recordsm Oh So Coy, and Ready Mix Records.