Defected

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. Current sublabels 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 Former sublabels 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 Series 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