Defected Records demo submission

An independent SIGNR guide to where and how this label takes music, built from sources you can check yourself.

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Route checked 2026-09-13. This goes to the label, not to SIGNR.
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How do I submit a demo to Defected Records?

Use the official route above. We list only what the label itself publishes. Anything we could not verify is left out rather than guessed.

This label publishes more than one route. Both are listed under Sources with the date we last opened them.

What music does Defected Records release?

Released genres: House, Soulful House, Deep House, Vocal House, UK House. Recent releases sit roughly between 120 and 128 BPM.

These describe what the label has released. They are not acceptance requirements, and a track outside that range is not automatically a mismatch.

Who runs Defected Records?

Wez Saunders (CEO); founded by Simon Dunmore

Sources

Each fact above carries the date we checked it. A rebuild does not change those dates; only a new check does. How we source and verify this.

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