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. 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. Former MD Wez Saunders acquired the label and its subsidiaries via a management buyout in July 2022 and became the company's CEO in the process. Dunmore continues to work for the label as A&R Consultant. [u]Current sublabels[/u] Glitterbox Recordings (label: Glitterbox) (A&R: Seamus Haji) Classic Music Company (2010-) (label: Classic) (A&R: Luke Solomon) DFTD D4 D4NCE Faith (18) (A&R: Terry Farley, Stuart Patterson and Dave Jarvis) Big Love Music (label: Big Love) (A&R: Seamus Haji) D-Vine Sounds (A&R: Sam Divine) Sondela Recordings (A&R: Sef Kombo and Louie Dunmore) The Remedy Project (A&R: Melvo Baptiste) Stay True Sounds (A&R: Kid Fonque) 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 [u]Former sublabels[/u] ITH Records Soul Heaven Records Bargrooves Cyphon Fluential Records (label: Fluential) M (4) Spectrum Records The Sound Of Defected Code Red Recordings Strictly Rhythm [u]Series[/u] House Masters Most Rated For The Love Of House Isolation Nation Sampler EP Sessions (5) (with Ministry Of Sound) Connected (4) Defected Accapellas Defected Clubland Adventures Defected D-Fused Defected D-Fused & Digital Defected In The House Defected Presents