Please help me identify DnB labels

[Brass Pigeon]

Hello RDB/knowledgegodsofjungleslashdrum'nbass

 

I'm currently working on my master thesis which is (more or less) about Drum 'n Bass. Thijs is helping me out with the data but there's an important thing missing from the database: it doesn't say if a label is a drum 'n bass label or not.

 

Before I post a list with the labels that I'd like to see "identified" I have the following question that needs to be answered so we can start identifying once we know what to look for :

 

What do YOU think makes a label a Drum 'n Bass-label?

 

DnB only? at least 51% DnB? 1 DnB remix of a track?

Examples: Sony and Talkin Loud

[Logic]

An MA on RDB...that's interesting :laugh: What's your degree in? What's the goal of the thesis?

 

I guess my answer to your question would depend on what you're trying to do with the thesis. For example, it might make sense to start with labels that only do 100% dnb and, if that doesn't give you the sample you need (or whatever), you could expand your criteria from there

[The_Manipulator]

There's so much crossover stuff... take Production House, which has a single line of cat. numbers, but split over 3 'labels'. Or Bingo, which can't really make up it's mind...

 

A DnB/Jungle label for me is a label that has at least 1 DnB tune on each release. Which would officially mean that Bingo wouldn't be a DnB label.

 

I definitely don't see Sony/BMG, Talkin Loud, Against The Grain, etc as DnB labels.

 

The fact that you're putting a label on a label means it's a specialisation. And an allround label can never be specialised!

 

Hope this helps...

[Brass Pigeon]

Thanks for your advise, my thesis (for Human Geography) should reveal the role of place/space in Drum 'n Bass. Globalisation literature quite often indicate that place doesn't matter anymore (or matters less). So I'm using Drum 'n Bass as a case study I guess.

 

Once I know which labels are dnb-labels I can see how the dnb labels have "spread across the world" (or not). I'll try to explain why it happened that way. Not entirely sure though on the specifics.

 

I started out with about 4500 labels. After filtering out the labels with less than five releases (about 30% of the labels has had only 1 release!) about 1500 remain. So these 1500 need to be labeled (no pun) as being dnb or non-dnb.

 

A criterium of 100% dnb will rule out any label that has released a single non-dnb track/release. I'm not sure that's what I'm after and it would make identifying a though job since you'd have to know for each label exactly if any release/track is dnb or not. I think using 51% or more as a decent indicator, you'd be able to take a quick look at that labels releases and see if it's majority of releases are dnb or not. That's unless there's more than a few labels that would fit in that criterium but have a lot of other releases. What do you think? Is it actually relevant?

 

edit: how many of Bingo's releases are dnb? I already labeled it dnb but I didn't know it had any non-dnb... it's good I'm asking you it seems. :biggrin:

[haste]

The thing with Sony & Talkin Loud is that neither were set up release dnb.

 

Talkin Loud has always released a large amount of different music with dnb only being a small percetage of what they've put out. They chose to sign/licence the largest dnb acts when they were at their peak from release material on other labels. I'm not sure if there's anyone on their back catalogue who had their first release for that label

 

The Talkin Loud discog looks fairly extensive but you have to remember the listings we have for Sony must account for less than 1% of that label's total output. Sony's a huge major label releasing every genre under the sun.

 

To me a dnb label isn't one whose output is 100% music of that genre but whose artist roster put out dnb tunes as the bulk of their body of work. 51% I would have thought is quite a low amount of releases to consider a label to be known for mainly releasing dnb. If nearly half their output isn't dnb, especially if that's releases that are totally non-dnb then I think you would not associate that label with that one genre alone.

 

Does that all make sense?

 

Also, what counts as dnb? I'd say Ram is one of the biggest dnb labels out there but their early releases are not dnb in its strictest sense

[Brass Pigeon]

tricksy question you ask me

 

I guess you're mostly pointing at "the beginning" where it's hard to draw a line between jungle/dnb and the hardcore rave stuff. I was hoping making a distinction between these labels wouldn't be too hard.

 

Interview with Sarah 'Groove Connection' Sandy in All Crews by Belle-Fortune:

"People say I'm biased but the first DJ I heard playing Breakbeat was Fabio and it was early Reinforced and Kick Down Records, experimenting with breaks. [...]"

 

I'd definately count Ram as dnb. It's a bit the same with Reinforced as a DnB label don't you think?

Do you guys think you'd be able to consistently decide wether a label is a dnb label or is it hopeless?

 

I don't need exact figures like the 51%, I actually don't think it would be necessary. I just want all the dubstep and gabba labels gone from the list.

[Logic]

Wouldn't the release of dnb on major labels like Sony tell you something just as interesting about the migration and popularity of the music?

[Brass Pigeon]

Wouldn't the release of dnb on major labels like Sony tell you something just as interesting about the migration and popularity of the music?

 

yes, somewhat but not in a very physical way. It will tell you it's gone "big" and somewhat global. So I'll probably mention it but the spatial diffusion of the "real" dnb labels will hopefully tell me more than just "it went global".

*fingers crossed*

[Brass Pigeon]

Ok so will you help me giving it a try with the labels that start with a number (or dot :smile:) to see if this will work or not?

I've covered about 25% of the 1500 labels that I would like to see identified as being a dnb-label or not. Please let me know if I've already messed up any yes or no so far.

Any other suggestions/questions/remarks/etc are welcome of course.

 

Name DnB label?

.shadybrain Records yes

1 Man Army Records

100% Recordings no dubstep

100% Records

1210 Recordings yes

13 Music yes

2 Bob Sounds

2 Fresh

2000 Black

21 Records

21st Century

23rd Precinct Recordings no trance?

24 Karat

24 Seven Recordings

2FX Records

3 Stripe

3.5 Records

31 Records yes

380 Records

3D Mode Recordings yes

3rd Angle Productions

3rd Eye

3rd Party

4 The Floor

4th & Broadway

5HQ Recordings yes

679 Recordings

720 Degrees yes

777

786 Approved

80 Aum Records

[haste]

2000 Black - this is a techno label, isn't it?

 

24 Karat

3rd Eye

Tough call on these. They're labels from the mid-90s so could be called dnb on one level but they didn't release anything that would I would associate with current dnb tunes. Very different styles in both instances that go back to the question above about what you'd consider dnb to be.

 

3rd Party

786 Approved

21 Records

21st Century

380 Records

4 The Floor (guessing a little on this one)

80 Aum Records (don't knwo it but looks like hardcore to me)

I would categorise these as hardcore labels, not dnb

 

4th & Broadway - no, this is a major label that releases all sorts of tunes in many genres

 

3 Stripe - I don't know these releases but know the artists on there and would be very surprised if this was even early hardcore (releases are from late 80s/early 90s) so definitely not dnb

 

3.5 Records - dubstep?

 

679 Recordings - dunno, not dnb though

 

777 - possibly breaks and not dnb. Don't know though

 

Ones that definitely are dnb:-

1210 Recordings

24 Seven Recordings

31 Records

3D Mode Recordings

3rd Angle Productions

5HQ Recordings

720 Degrees

[Brass Pigeon]

ah ok let's see what we can do with the "tough calls".

Personally I have no idea what their releases sound like but that doesn't really matter (although I'm listening to your jump up mix which has one 24 Karat tune to see what we're talking about).

 

We'll have to work something out so we can file these "though calls" under a certain genre but first I need some clarifications.

 

I got into dnb somewhere in '97 I think so I don't know much about the preceding stuff. I've read All Crews so that's what I've got to work with. First of all there's the confusion about the term "hardcore". It's the house music of the rave days, out of which jungle/dnb evolved, right? It's got nothing (or not much) to do with the stuff we call hardcore over here in the Netherlands (which I've listed as "gabba").

 

I'm guessing the major trouble we face is making a distinction between that hardcore and early jungle/dnb.

 

Please correct me if & where I'm wrong.

 

How about: anything released before the '90s doesn't fit in, anything without breakbeats doesn't fit in, do we need to set a certain bpm? or a jungle/dnb feel?

 

something else: I use jungle and dnb as one and the same thing, I know you could make a distinction (or not) but I'd like to include as much as possible.

 

Gosh this is hard hehe, I'll wait to see what you guys got to say, I'm getting lost in this jungle (sry for that).

 

 

edit: Well that 24karat tune was dnb to me, as is this System X tune on 3rd Eye. Imho of course.

 

edit2: discogs has both of those listed as dnb btw, just sayin'... :smile:

 

edit3: Listening to one of your hardcore mixes haste, and I see it's even more complicated.

[haste]

I think you could say that jungle & dnb are the same. The 24 karat & 3rd Eye releases could be called dnb with no real problems. It was more whether you personally wanted to draw a distinction between the two which it seems you don't, so that's all cool.

 

Hardcore is more difficult cos I wouldn't really say it's the same as dnb, but that is just my personal opinion so it doesn't mean you should listen to me! You're right, I'm referring to hardcore in terms of what evolved from acid house not the gabba side of things. As I'm assuming you've heard from the hardcore mix those tunes are pretty different to what we call dnb now.

 

Before the 90s is definitely a good cut off point, I don't think you can sensibly group tunes made over 18 years ago in the same genre. In terms of jungle/dnb sound I don't think you had that much that really started to sound like today's music until around 1993. Tunes before that were definitely of a different flavour. Anyone agree/disagree? I don't think bpm comes into it as there were always tunes at the same bpm that sounded vastly different

 

Dunno if any of this is helping!

[The_Manipulator]

80 Aum Records - Belgian label, not DnB.

 

According to one popular belief, as voiced by some big name artists/DJ's, 'DnB' is basically a media name for jungle, since at first the media said jungle was wack, but when it went big they didn't want to say they were wrong, so they just put another label on it.

Though others say the ragga-inspired stuff is jungle, the darker stuff is DnB.

 

And to make it all worse: over here in Holland 'UK hardcore' was called 'breakbeat'.

And there's an overlap between UK happy hardcore and NL happy hardcore. Gabber is different from that and should be left out, otherwise you'd also need to include 80Aum, Stealth Records and acts like Praga Khan/Jade 4 U, etc. It was all around the same time, but specific to Holland/Belgium. It was probably also played in the UK, but don't make it more difficult than it needs to be...

 

Another point is that jungle/DnB itself changed a LOT over time. From hardcore and happy it went to jungle. Then the artists decided it became too overground and it went dark. And around 2000 it lightened up again. People like you that entered the scene at a later date usually don't know about the roots and aren't interested in them. People like Haste stopped around 97 (right?) and don't like the newer stuff. I started around 1991 up to now (though a lot less active the past year), though for some reason I'm not interested in the styles that are doing well in Holland. You can really hear it's done by people that came from gabber. I just don't like it.

 

At the start, cruising speed was around 125 BPM. Around 1992 it already went to around 140. 1995 around 165 and now I think around 170. But even around 1992 there were tunes at 170BPM (Assult N Battery, Deejay Recordings #2 comes to mind).

 

By the way: 'hardcore' is a weak name... about every music style (apart from classical I guess...) has a sub genre 'hardcore'. But that's irrelevant to the discussion.

 

If the idea is to show the 'spread' of DnB you can probably cut it off in 1995. There were hardly any non UK acts back then. And the fan base at least in Holland was very small! I know Dreazz made a 'magazine' called "Wicked Hardcore". My mate and I contributed to it (this was before he started Triple). Could ask my mate if he still has those lying around... I think there were only 3 or 4 issues done. But that was around the point it started getting bigger in Holland. With the first all-Jungle rave in Bubbles (Lelystad) where I even played! I guess this was in 1993 (as I think I played MA1 and later for the radio played SHADOW30R2).

 

(hmm... think I didn't help in clearing things up here :tongue:)

[Brass Pigeon]

well I wouldn't say "not helping", I wasn't exactly hoping someone would have the perfect answer.

 

I'm very much interested in those magazines by the way, if I have some time left I'll try to come over if you're ok with that.

 

Anyway, I think we have a decent cohorent look on what we can count as jungle/dnb and what not. We'll keep discussing the "grey areas".

 

Let's try the labels starting with "a" through "c":

 

A & M Records - no, major label

A New Dawn yes (dutch)

A-KO yes

A.R.M.Y. Bullet Records no

A.R.M.Y. Records no

A.R.S. Productions no, belgian general dance

Absolute 2 yes

Abstract Inc Recordings yes

Abstrakt Recordings

Acetate Recordings yes

Active Records yes

Ad Noiseam

Adam & Eve no, think german general house

Adrenalin

Advance

Advanced Biosystems

Advanced Recordings yes

Advisory Records yes

Aesthetics yes

After Dark there are 2 after darks... I think the Charlseworth one is jungle.

Against The Grain Records no breaks? -> general dance

AK Records yes

AKA Bounce

Al's yes

Aladdin yes (aphrodite)

Algorythm Recordings yes

All Around The World no

All Good Vinyl yes

Allsorts yes

Almo Sounds I think officially a general dance sub-label from A&M

Alpha Projects

Alphabet yes

Alphabet Zoo no

Alphacut Records maybe

Ambush Records

Amex Records

Angel Atom

Aphex Recordings no

Aphrodite Mix yes

Aphrodite Recordings yes

Aphrodite Recuts yes

Arcane yes

Architecture Recordings yes

Archive

Argon Records no

Arista no, major

Armshouse yes

Ascendant Grooves yes

Ascension no

Asian Dawn Recordings no

Aspect Records yes

Assassin yes

Assimilate Records yes

Astralwerks yes -> NO (see www.astralwerks.com: Dance and Electronica label. Home of Fatboy Slim, Basement Jaxx, Chemical Brothers, and Joi.)

Asylum

ATM Magazine yes -> created for the CD's that came with the magazines, don't think it's officially a label...

Atomiq Records

Audio Blueprint Recordings yes

Audio Couture yes

Audio Freakz no

Audio Maze yes

Audio Zoo yes

Aural Carnage Recordings yes

Autoi yes

Avalanche Recordings yes

Avex yes

Awesome Records yes

Azuli no, general dance label from Black Market

B-Ware Records no

B9

Baby Blue Records

Babyboom Records no

Babyboom Special Edition no

Bacillus yes

Back 2 Back yes

Back 2 Basics Records yes

Bad Boy

Bad Company Recordings yes

Bananas

Bang-In Tunes yes

Barcode Recordings yes

Bare Dubs Records no

Barely Breaking Even Records no

Baron Incorporated yes

Based On Bass yes

Basement Records yes

Basic yes

Bass Box from the top of my head: no...

Bass Generator Records from the top of my head: no...

Bass Rejects yes

Bass Sphere

Bassbin Recordings yes

Bassrock Records no

Basswerk Records yes -> no, latest release is "Basswerk Files # 19 Italian Future Funk 3: Maztek" doesn't sound DnB

Battlemaster Records yes

BC Presents yes

BC Recordings yes

Bear Necessities yes

Beat Box International think I've got an old S/O/R on it, so not jungle.

Beatalistics Recordings yes

Beatfarm

Beats 24-7 yes?

Beatservice Records yes

Beatz yes

Bedlam no

Beechwood Music no, general dance

Beeswax Recordings yes

Berkane Sol Records no

Beta Recordings yes

Big Apple Records no

Big Beats

Big Buzz Records

Big Cat

Big City

Big Giant Music no, dance sublabel from a major

Big Life no, general dance

Big Noise

Big Noiz

Big Orange

Big Time International no

Bingo Beats yes

Biological Beats yes

Biology

Bionic Sound

Biotic yes

Bizarre

Black Acre no

Black Market International no, general dance

Black Sun Empire Recordings yes

Black Tambour

Black Widow yes

Black Widow Records yes

Blackjack yes (dutch, Dreazz's first label)

Blade Recordings yes

Blade Records

Blame Technology no?

Blapps!

Blatant Beats no

Blindside yes

Bliss Recordings

Blizzard Tracks no

Blockhouse

Blood

Bloody Fist Records no

Blu Saphir Recordings yes

Blue Angel

Blue Planet

Bluebox Music

BluePrint Recordings yes

BMG no, major (BMG/Ariola)

Bogwoppa

Boka Records no

Bomb Productions yes

Bonkers

Bonkerz no

Booby Trap Recordings

Boogie Beat Records erm... no? (I guess too much old stuff... Haste?)

Boogie Man Records

Boogie Times Records yes (SubBase)

Boom Tunes yes

Boombastic Plastic yes

Bootleg no (general label for bootlegs, should be discarded unless you want to use it)

Bootshake yes?

Booty Bounce yes

Botchit & Scarper no

Botchit Breaks no

Bounce

Bounce Records U.K. yes

Bouncy Techno no

Brain Progression

Brain Records

Brains Kan Recordings yes?

Brand Nu Recordings yes

Break The Limits

Breakbeat Culture yes

Breakbeat Kaos yes

Breakbeat Science Recordings yes

Breakdown Records yes

Breakin yes

Breakthrough

Brigand Music yes

Brooklyn Groove Productions

Brutal Records

BS1 Records yes

BTB Records

BTECH

Burn Out

Burning Bush Communications no

C.I.A. Limited yes

C.I.A. Records yes

Cadence Recordings yes

Calypso Muzak yes

Camel Records no

Camino Blue Recordings yes

Candidate Records

Canvas Recordings yes

Cargo Industries yes

Cartel Recordings yes

Cartel Records yes

Case Invaders yes

Cause 4 Concern yes

Cause 4 Concern Limited yes

Cell yes

Celluloid Records yes

Celsius Recordings yes

Central Intelligence yes

Certificate 18 yes

Champion no, UK general dance

Charge Recordings yes

Chemical Warfare yes

Chi Recordings no

Chill no, UK general dance

China Records

Chocolate Boy Recordings no

Chopstick Dubplate yes?

Chrome yes?

Chrome Yellow Communications

Chronic Records yes

Circle Recordings yes

Circuit Recordings yes

Citrus Recordings yes

City Beat no, dance sublabel from major

City Rollaz Inc

City Sounds

Clandestine Cultivations no

Clash Records

Class A Records yes

Clean Up Records

Climate Recordings yes

Close 2 Death Recordings yes

CLSM no

Co-Lab Recordings yes

Coalition Recordings

CODE-001

Codex Recordings yes

Cold Steel yes

Collective yes?

Collusion Records yes

Columbia no, major

Combat Recordings no

Combat Wax no

Combination Records no

Commercial Suicide yes

Compost Records

Congo Natty Records yes

Conqueror yes

Conquest Records

Contagious Recordings no

Contagious Records (2)

Cookin' yes

Cool & Deadly no

Cool Tempo no, dance sublabel from major (Chrysalis if I'm right)

Core Productions

Corrosion

Corrosive Recordings

Cosmic Breaks Recordings

Cosmic Flux Musiq

Cosmic Web yes

Counter Intelligence yes

Courbes Elliptiques

Cover Up

Covert Operations yes

Crammed Discs no

Creation Records no

Creative Rhythm Records no

Creative Source Records yes

Creative Wax yes

Crimescene

Criminal Communications yes

Criminal Syndicate Records yes

Crisis Recordings yes

Crisp Biscuit no

Critical Recordings yes

Crossfire Recordings yes

Crunch Recordings yes

Crunk Vinyl yes

Cuadra

Cubik Music yes

Cue Records

Cup Of Tea Records no, general dance

Cut & Run Records no

Cutterz Choice yes

Cutting Edge yes

Cyanide Recordings yes

Cyba Space for what has been released on the label: yes (most original versions seem to originate from the US but haven't been released apart from the LP/CD)

CyberFunk Recordings no

Cybotron yes

Cyclotron no?

Cylon Recordings yes

Cymbalism Limited yes

Cymbalism Recordings yes

[The_Manipulator]

Quickly updated the list a bit...

[Brass Pigeon]

Basswerk Records yes -> no, latest release is "Basswerk Files # 19 Italian Future Funk 3: Maztek" doesn't sound DnB

 

Basswerk Files

Basswerk Limited

Basswerk Records

 

About Basswerk (English)

 

Basswerk is a Drum & BassLabel & Club Project based on the Junglegrowers-Project founded in 1994 by Green Man and Cheetah. Ever since then, Basswerk became one of the leading German Drum & Bass Labels. and was voted Label of the Year several times by the biggest german D&B Community Future-Music.net.

 

Our Sub-Label Basswerk Files is another Platform for selected good drum & bass and electronic music that isn't on vinyl so far - or won't be ever - such as different versions.

 

So Basswerk Records would be a dnb label while Basswerk Files isn't, anyway Basswerk Files is DD only which I'm not using at all. Basswerk Limited only has one release, no idea what it is though.

 

edit: forgot to delete the "bootleg" label, same goes for "white".

[Brass Pigeon]

Labels from "D" through "F"

 

D'lux Dropz

D'Vinyl

D-Style Recordings yes

D-Zone Records no (think it's a general UK dance label)

D.H.S.S.

Da Hood yes

Da Lick yes

Daddy Armshouse yes

Damage

Damaged Mindz

Dance Bass

Dance Club International no

Dance Concept no

Dance Ecstasy 2001

Dance Floor Studio

Dance Paradox

Dance Rock Records

Danse City Records

Dark Horse

Dark Sounds Foundation Recordings

Dat Pressure Records

Data Recordings yes

Data Records no, either german or english general house label

De Underground yes

Dead Dead Good no

Dead Metropolis

Deadly Records

Death Becomes Me

Death$ucker

Debut

Decadance

Decadance Music

Deconstruction no

Dee Jay Recordings yes

Deep & Dark Recordings

Deep Jungle

Deep Kut Records

Deep Medi Musik

Deep Red

Deep Rooted

Deep Seven

Deep Soul Music

Deep Space Recordings

Deep Structure

Deepest Cut

Def:Ltd

Default Records

Defcom Records yes

Defected Records no

Definitive Dance

Defunked yes

Deja Vu Recordings

Delirious Recordings

Demonic

Desert Storm

Desire Records

Destructive Recordings

DFM Records

Diagram yes

Digidub

Digital Beats

Digital Beatz

Digital Soundboy Recordings yes

Digital U.K.

Dimension 4

Dimensions Records

Direct Recordings

Discrete Recordings

Disorient Recordings

Dispatch Recordings yes

Disturbed Recordings yes

Diverse

Diverse Beats

Diverse Products

DMC Publishing no

DMZ

DNAudio yes

Do Or Die no (not sure what style, but afaik it isn't jungle)

Dollar Records yes

Dom & Roland Productions yes

Don Q Records

Dope Ammo Records yes

Dope Dragon yes

Dope On Plastic yes

Dope Wax

Dorado no

Double Zero yes

Dove

Downbeat Productions

Downsall Plastics

Dread Recordings yes

Drop On Request

Droppin' Science yes

Dross:tik Records

Drum & Bass Records would be tempted to say yes here :laugh: but I don't know

DSCI4 Records yes

Dub Assembly

Dub Dimension

Dub Police

Dub Rock Records

Dub Steppers Recordings

Dub Tingz

Dubplate Sessions

Dubwize Records

Dump Valve Recordings

Dune Recordings

Dwarf Records no gabba

Dynamix no

Dyne

DZR yes

E.L.P Collective yes

E3

E4 Sound

Ear Storm yes

Earth Project

Earth Recordings

Earth Records

Earwax Recordings

East West no

Eastside Records yes

Easy Records yes

Ebony Records yes

Echo Drop

Edge Records

Elation Recordings

Electric Aura

Electro Lab Factory

Electrofly Records

Electrolysis

Electronic

Electronica Exposed

Electroplates

Elektra no, major

Elicit

Ellis Dee Project

Emcee Recordings yes

Emocean

Emotif Recordings yes

Enormous Mouse Records

Entity Records

Epic no, major

Epidemic Recordings

Erotic City Communications

Eruption

Esoteric

Espionage Records

Essential Platinum

Eternal Bass

Evil

Evol Intent yes

Evolution Gold

Evolution Plus

Evolution Records

Evolution Records Universal Language Productions

Evolved

Exceptional Records

Executive Records

Exit Records yes

Exodus

Explicit Recordings

Exploding Plastic

Explosive Vinyl

F Project

F-111 no, US general house

F-Jams yes

F.B.D. Project yes

F.F.R.R. yes --> NO, UK general dance!

Fabric no

Fabulous Music

Face yes

Fallen Angels 21 yes

Fantastic 3

Fantazia

Far Out Recordings

Fat Beats

Fat! Records

Faze 2 no

Faze Freak

FBI Music

FBI Recordings

FDN

Federation yes

Ffrreedom no, FFRR sister label

Fierce Beatz

Filter

Finn People Productions

Fire

Fireclown Records yes

First Cask Records

First Contact

Fist 2 Fist yes

Fix yes

Flavour Vinyl

Flex Records yes

Flexible Future

Flexible Records

Flight

Flo

Fluid Records

Flying no, itialian dance label

Flying Fish

Flyte

Fokus Recordings

Fokus U.K.

Fokuz Limited yes

Fokuz Recordings yes

Force Inc

Force Recordings

Force Ten yes

Forestry Service Records

Forever Forward Records

Form & Function yes

Form Recordings

Formation City Series yes

Formation Colour Series yes

Formation Country Series yes

Formation Month Series yes

Formation Records yes

Formula Music yes

Fortress

Foul Play Recordings yes

Foundation

Foundation Music

Fourbeat

Fragments Recordings

Freak Recordings yes

Freeburning

Freeflow

Freeform Recordings yes

Freerange Records

Frequency Recordings yes

Fresh 86 yes

Fresh Kutt yes

Frontline Records yes

Fruittree Records

Full Cycle Records yes

Full Effect Recordings

Full Force Recordings yes

Function Records yes

Funk 21

Funky Junky Records

Furious Recordings

Furious Records

Fused Up

Fusion

Future Dance

Future Retro Records

Future Talk

Future Thinkin' Records

Future Vinyl yes

Fuze Records yes

FX yes

Edited December 1, 2008 by The_Manipulator

[Brass Pigeon]

Labels from "G" through "J"

 

G-Core

G-Spot Records yes

G2 Recordings yes

Gain Recordings yes

Galactic Disco

Gamma Ray Music

Ganja Records yes

Ganja-Tek Recordings yes

Gasm Recordings

Gee Street no

Generations

Genetic Stress

Ghetto Safari

Ghost

Global Dance Music

Global Thang yes

Go Mental

Go Mental Dark

Go Mental Gold

Go Mental Platinum

Goldseal Records

Good Fortune Sound

Good Looking Records yes

Grand Larceny yes

Grand Theft Audio

Great Asset no, record label from UK distributor

Great British Techno

Green Label

Greensleeves Records no

Grid Recordings yes

Groove Attack no, german distributor

Groove Chronicles

Gyration Records

Gyroscope

Habit Recordings yes

Halflife Recordings

Halo Beats

Hamster Records

Happy Jack Productions

Happy Trax no

Happy Tunes Records

Happy Vibes

Hard & Fast

Hard & Pure

Hard Beats Inc

Hard Disk

Hard:Edged yes

Hardcore Collections

Hardcore Projektz

Hardcore Urban Music

Hardcore Vinyl

Hardleaders yes

Hardline Rekordingz

Hardliner

Harthouse no

Harthouse U.K. no

Havana Records

Have-A-Break Recordings

Head To Toe Records

Heavenly

Heavy Artillery SWB

Heavy Rotation

Hectic

Hectic Rewinds

Hecttech Records

Herbn'

Hessle Audio

Hi Pois'n Recordings yes

High Lite Recordings yes

High Octane

Higher Education no

Higher Ground no

Higher Limits

Highly Blessed Recordings

Hilltribe

HNR

Home Entertainment

Homegrown

Homegrown Records

Horizons Music

Hospital Classic Symptoms

Hospital Records yes

Hostile Recordings yes

Hot Cakes

Hot Flush Recordings

Hot Steppers yes

Hotpoint

Human Imprint yes

Humble Recordings

Hustlin Beats

Hydrogen Dukebox

Hyper Records

Hyperdub Records

Ibiza

Ice Minus

Ignition

II Exodus

Ill.Skillz Recordings yes

Immerse Records

Impact Records

In Touch

In-Flight Entertainment

Incident

Independent Dealers Records

Indiscriminate

Industry Recordings yes

Inertia

Infinity Recordings

Inflicted

Influential

Infracom! Records

Infrared Records yes

Inner City Dance

Inner Rhythm

InnerActive Music yes

InnerGround Records yes

Inperspective Records yes

Inside

Inspirit

Instinct Records

Intalektive Records yes

Intalex Productions yes

IntaSound

Integral

Integral Records

Integrated Digital Music

Intelligent Recordings

Intense

Intercom Recordings yes

Internal U.K.

International Breakbeat Inc

Interphase Recordings

Intransigent Recordings

Intrinsic Recordings yes

Invader yes

Invaderz Transmissions yes

Inverion

IQ yes

Irma

Island Blue no

ISM Records

J4M Records

Jak Audio yes

Jarring Effects

Jazz Fudge

JCR

Jedi

Jekyll & Hyde yes

Jerona Fruits

Jet Star no

Jive

Joker yes

JSA 40 Records

Juice Box yes

Juice Records yes

Jump For Joy

Jumpin' & Pumpin' no

Jungle Fashion Records yes, jungle sublabel of Fashion

Jungle Mania Records

Jungle Rebel

Jungle Riddim Records

Jungle Royale

Jungle Sky

Jungle Splash Productions

Jungle Therapy

Jungle Voodoo Recordings

Jungletek Movement

JungleXpeditions

Junior Boy's Own no

Junk

Junkie Vinyl

Just 4 U

Just Another Bootleg

Just Another Label

Just Another Label Premium

Just Noyze

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Labels from "K" through "N"

 

K-Power Recordings

K.L.P. Records

Kaktai Records

Kamtar

Kaos Recordings

Kaotik Records

Kartoonz

Kemet

Keynote

Keysound Recordings

KFA

Kickin Records

Kickin' Underground Sound

Kikman Records

Killing Sheep Records yes

Kinetic Recordings

Kinetix Recordings

King Of The Jungle

Klangkrieg Produktionen

KMS

Knite Breed

Kniteforce

Knowledge & Wisdom yes

Knowledge Magazine yes

Kosmos Control

Krafty Records

Kraken Recordings

Krush Grooves

Kultbox

Kurva Records

L Plates yes

Lab Logic

Label In Red

Labello Blanco Recordings yes

Labello Dance no

Labworks

Lacerba

Language

Leaf

Leet Recordings yes

Legend

Levitated Recordings yes

Life

Life4Land

Lifted Music yes

Liftin' Spirit Records yes

Lightless Recordings

Limited Edition

Lion Dubs Records

Liq-Weed Ganja Recordings yes

Liquid

Liquid Asset

Liquid Records

Liquid V yes

Liquid Wax Recordings

Little Giant Music

Little Rollers

Live Recordings

Lloydie Crucial Productions

Load Recordings

Lobster Licks

Lockdown Recordings

London Records

London Republic

London Some'ting Records

LondonBreakz

Looking Good Records

Looney Toonz

Lost Soul Recordings

Love Recordings yes

Love Records

Low Down Deep Recordings

Low Key

Low Price Music

Low Profile

Lower East Side

Lucky Devil

Lucky Spin Recordings yes

Luxa-flex Records

M*A*S*H yes

M-Atome Records

M.M.R. Productions

M.O.S.

Mac II Recordings

Machine Funk

Made On Earth

Madhouse

Magic Vinyl

Mainframe Recordings

Majestic 12

Malice

Mamasan Records

Man From Uncle Records

Mango

Marine Parade

Mashed Up U.S.A.

Mashit

Master Wax

Mastermind

Maverick

Maximum Ammo

Maximum Boost Recordings

Maximum Impact

MCA Records

Mecca Recordings

Mechanoise Records

Med School

Media Recordings

Melting Pot Records

Menace Corporation

Mendoza Records

Mercury Records

Mert Wax

Metalheadz yes

Metalheadz Platinum yes

Metamorphosis Records

Metaphor Recordings

Metrik yes

Metro yes

Microcosm

Midnight Sun Recordings

Millennium Records

Mindrush Recordings

MindSaw Recordings

Ministry Of Sound

Mirex Records

Mister Men

Mix N Blen yes

Mixmag

Mo'Wax

Mob Handed

Mode Recordings

Modern Moves

Modern Urban Jazz

Modified Motion

Modulate Recordings

Moist Records

Moksha Recordings

Mole Listening Pearls

Molten Vinyl Recordings

Monitor

Moonshine

More Protein

More Rockers

Most Wanted

Movement

Moving Shadow yes

Mr. L yes

Multiply Records

Music 4 Ever

Music Hertz

Music Madness

Music Man Records

Mutant

Mutant Sound System

Mute

Muzica

Muzik

Mystic Moods

N Tone

N.E.C. Live

N2

Name

Narco.Hz

Narcotix

Naughty Naughty

Nemesis Recordings

Nerve Breaks

Nerve Recordings yes

Network Records

New Deal

New Era

New Essential Platinum

New Identity Recordings

New Sensation

New Skool Blazers

New Vibe

New Vision Recordings

Next Generation Records

Nexus Records

Nice + Smooth

Nightwalker Recordings

Nine 2 Five Recordings

NINEBARecords

Ninja Tune

Nitrous Oxide Entertainment

No Bones

No Limit

No Mercy

No Noise Recordings

No Smoking

No U-Turn Records yes

No Zession

Nocturnal

NOIR

North West Side Records

Novamute

Nu Black

Nu Directions

Nu Electro yes

Nu Energy

Nu Energy Limited

Nu Urban Music yes

Nude Recordings

Nuffin' But Noize

Nukleuz

Nunatak Records

Nuphonic

NX Beat

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Labels from "O" through "Q"

 

O2 Records

Obliterati

Oblivion Recordings

Obscene Recordings yes

Obsessions yes

Octopus

Oddball

Odysee

Offkey Recordings yes

Offshore Recordings yes

Ohm Resistance yes

Omniverse Records

On Point Music

On-Line Recordings

One Eye

One Little Indian

One Nation Records

One Touch Recordings

Op Art

Optimism

Oracabessa Records

Orbital Records

Orgone Recordings yes

Original Gangster

Osiris Music U.K.

Out Of Orbit

Out Of Romford Records

Outbreak Limited yes

Outbreak Records yes

Outcaste Records

Outer Rhythm

Outsider

Outstanding Productions

Ovum Recordings

Oxygen Music Works

Oxygen Records

Ozone Recordings

Palette Recordings

Palm Pictures

Pandemic Records

Panic Project

Paradise

Paradox Music yes

Paragon

Parallel

Parliament

Parousia

Partisan Recordings

Partners Inc

Passenger

Pathfinder Recordings

Penetration

Penny Black

Perce Oreille

Perception

Perfecto

Peroxide Records

Perspective

Phantom Audio

Pharaoh Records

Phat Trax

Philly Blunt Records

Photek Productions yes

Photek Records

Phunckateck

Phunkfiction Recordings

Phuturistic Bluez

Phuturo yes

Phuzion Records yes

Pi Recordings

Picasso

Pik N Mix

Pimp

Piranha yes

Pirate

Piruh yes

Pitch Black

Pivotal Records

Planet Dog Records

Planet Earth Records

Planet Funk Recordings

Planet Mu Records

Planet Recordings

Plastic Raygun

Plastic Surgery

Play:Musik

Playaz

Playside

Pleroma Inc

Pneuma

Poetic Justice

Poets Club

Poison

Polydor

Portica Recordings

Position Chrome

Positiva

Possible

Power Station Recordings

Precious Materials

Precision Breakbeat Research

Predator

Press Up Records

Primavera Recordings

Pro-One Records

Product

Production House

Profile

Progress

Prohibition

Project 51 Records yes

Promethean Records

Promo

Propaganda Recordings

Proper Talent

Protocol

Protogen Records yes

Prototype Recordings yes

PRSPCT Recordings yes

Psychomat Records

Public Demand

Pulse-8 Records

Punch Drunk Records

Pure Adrenalin

Pure Bass Records

Pure Bhoomie

Pure Dance

Pure Phunk Recordings

Purified Audio

Pursuit Records

Pushin' Wax

PWL International

Pyraplastic Records

Pyrotech Records

Q-Dup Records

Quadraphonic

Quarantine Recordings yes

Quayside Records

Quench Recordings

Quest

Question Mark

Quosh Limited

Quosh Records

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Labels from "R" through "S"

 

R & S Records no, Belgian general house

R & S U.K. no, UK version of above

R-Sound Recordings

R.C.A. no, major

Rabbit City Records

Radical Beats Records

Radioactive Kids yes

Radius Recordings yes

Rag & Bone Records

Ram Records yes

Random Recordings

Rat Records

Ratio yes

Ratpack

Rave N Beats

Rave Records

Raver Baby

Ravers Choice Records

Ravin' Mad

Raw

Raw Bass Records

Raw Canvas

Raw Elements

Rawkus no, US rap label

Rawkus Primitive no

Rawkuts no

Razor's Edge

Re-Animate

Re-Bound

Reachin

React Records no, major

Reapa Records

Recordings Of Substance

Red Light

Red Light Records yes

Red Mist Recordings yes

Red Volume Records

Redskins

Reduced Phat

Reel 2 Reel

Reformed Recordings

Regal Recordings

Rehab yes

Reinforced Records yes

Related

Relentless Vinyl

Remix

Remix Records happy?

Remix Reloaded

Renegade Hardware yes

Renegade Recordings yes

Renk yes

Repeat Offender Records

Rephlex

Replicant Audio

Resident Magazine

Residual Recordings

Resist Music

Resistance Music yes

Respect Family Records yes

Restless Natives Records yes

Reverb Records yes

Revolution Recordings yes

Revolve:R yes

Rewind Records

RFU Recordingz

Rhythm Section

Riddim Track

Ringo Records

Rinse Out

Riot Beats

Rising High no

Road

Robert Maxwell

Rogue

Rogue Trooper yes

Rotterdam Records no

Rough Tone Recordings

Rough Trade Records no

RSR

Rubik Records yes

Ruby Red

Rude

Rude & Deadly Records yes

Rude Boy

Rude Bwoy Plastic yes

Ruff no dubstep?

Ruff & Ready Records

Ruff Diamond

Ruff Element

Ruff Groove

Ruff Guidance yes

Ruff Kut! Records yes

Ruff Quality

Ruff Tuff & Wicked Stuff

Ruff-Teck yes

Ruff-Teck Limited yes

Ruffneck Records no

Ruffneck Ting yes

Rugged Vinyl yes

Rumour Records no diverse? no, dance sublabel of major I think...

Runninz yes

Russian Roulette Recordings

S.O.U.R. yes

S12 no diverse?

Saigon yes

SambaLoco yes

Santorin yes

Sapho no, Rising High sister

Satin Storm

Sativa Records

Saxon no

Scale Records yes

Science yes

Science Fiction Records yes

Scientific Wax yes

Screwdriver no

Scuba Recordings no dubstep?

Second City Records yes

Second Movement yes

Second Skin Records

Secret History

Secret Operations yes

Section 5 yes

Selector

Semiconscious Media

Sensor Recordings yes

Seperator

Series 500

Serious

SGN:LTD yes

Shadow Cryptic no breaks

Shadow Law Recordings yes

Shadow Records yes

Shake Up yes

Shakedown yes

Shark Fin Records no

Shitkatapult no

Shoebox Records yes

Shogun Audio yes

Shout Recordings yes

Shure Recordings yes

Shut Up And Dance Records no

Sidechain-Music yes

SighCo Recordings yes

Signal Recordings yes

Signature Records yes

Signs Of The Zodiac yes

Silent Poetry

Sinister Recordings no

Sinuous Records yes

Sirkus

Skanna

Skeleton Recordings

Skimrock Recordings yes

Skin Deep

Skull Disco Records no dubstep

Skunkrock Productions yes

Skynet Recordings yes

Slam!

Slammin' Vinyl

Slammin' Wrecx

Slimzos Recordings

Slip Records

Slow Motion Recordings yes

Slut Smalls

Sm:)e Communications no, US general dance/house

SMB Records

SMD

Smokers Inc yes

Smokin' Drum

Smooth Recordings

Soapbar Records yes

Social Circles

Social Studies Music yes

Socio

Solid Ground Recordings

Solid Vinyl

Soma no

Sonic Fortress

Sonica

Soniq

Sonix Records yes

Sony no

Sony Japan no

Sony Music Entertainment Japan no

Soothsayer Recordings yes

Sophisticated Underground Sounds

Sophonic yes

Soul Jazz Records

Soul Surfin' Music yes

Soul:R yes

Soulja no

Souljah Recordings yes

Sound Clash

Sound Entity

Sound Gizmo Audio

Sound Sphere yes

Soundman I think yes, don't know of any non-jungle tunes...

Soundsdevious Productions yes

Soundtrax Records yes

Source Direct yes

Source Records yes

South Based Productions

Southern Sessions yes

Southside Dubstars no dubstep

Sozialistischer Plattenbau no dubstep

Space yes

Spare Beat

Spearhead Records yes

Speedlincs yes

Spektrum Audio yes

Spik & Span Recordings

Spin Recordings yes

Splash Recordings yes

Sponge Records

Spotlight yes, Basement new artist sublabel

Sprengstoff no diverse

Square One yes

State Of The Art yes

Stealth yes

Stealth Sonic no

Step Express Recordings yes

Steppasoundz Recordings yes

Stereotype Recordings yes

Stompin Choonz no gabba

Stooge Productions

Storming Productions no dubstep

Stormtrooper

Straight Ahead Recordings no diverse

Straight From The Bedroom yes

Strange Room

Strategic Dance Initiative

Strategy

Street Tuff

Streetbeats yes

Strictly Hardcore

Strictly Underground

Strong

Strong Island Records

Stronghold Records

STU yes, lucky spin promo label

Studio K7 no, general dance

Sub Assertive Sounds

Sub Rosa

Sub/Version

Sublight Records

Subplate Recordings

Subtitles Music yes

Subtle Audio Recordings yes

Subtronix Recordings yes

Suburban Base Records yes

Suburban Base U.S.A. yes

Subversive Recordings

Subvert Central Recordings yes

Subway Records no dubstep

Sudden Def Recordings yes

Superior Ready Mix Recordings

Supreme Music

Svek

Switch

Switched On

Symphony Sound

Syncopix yes

Syndrome Audio yes

Synthetic yes

Synthetic Hardcore Phonography

Synthetix no gabba

System

System Shock Recordings yes

Systematic Records

Edited December 1, 2008 by The_Manipulator

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Labels from "T" through "V"

 

T.M.R. Inc

Taciturn Records

Talkin' Loud no

Tam Tam no

Tangent Recordings yes

Target Records

Task Series yes

Teach Yourself Techno no trance

Tearin Vinyl yes

Tech Itch Records yes

Technical Freaks yes

Technique Recordings yes

Technorganic Recordings yes

Tectonic Recordings no dubstep

TEKDBZ yes

Tekhed

Teknologikal

Telluric Recordings yes

Telstar no dubstep

Tempa no dubstep

Temple Music

Ten Pound Sound

Ten Records no, virgin dance sublabel

Terminal Dusk no dubstep

Terraformat

Terrorhythm Records no dubstep

Test yes

Test Press yes

Testflight Recordings yes

Texture Records no dubstep

The Living Dream

The One After D

The World Of Obsession

The World Of Obsession Limited

Therapy Records no house?

Thermal Recordings yes

Thin N Crispy Recordings no gabba

Third Eye Records

Thirsty Ear

Three Lions Records yes

Thumbs Up

Thunder

Tic Tac Toe

Tilt Recordings yes

Timeless Recordings yes

Times Two

Tom & Jerry yes

Tommy Boy no

Tone Def Records yes

Too Strong

Too'z Up yes

Top Ranking Records yes

Tornado Records no breakcore?

Torso no, dutch Boudisque dance sublabel

Total Advance Music Records

Total Music Records

Touchin' Down Productions yes

Toxic Records no dubstep

Track

Trade 2

Transmute Recordings yes

Transparent yes

Tribal Bass

Tribe Recordings yes

Trickdisc Recordings

Triffik Toons

Triple Helix

Trouble On Vinyl yes

True Intent Recordings yes

True Playaz yes

Trust In Music yes

Tuff Gang Records

Turbulent Recordings

Turmoil

Twisted Funk Records

Twisted Vinyl

U No Dat

U.F.O. yes

U.K. Dance no

U3R Music yes

UK44 Records no

ULR One

Ultimate Dilemma

Ultra yes

Ultra Violet yes

Unatural Light

Under Construction yes

Under Pressure Records yes

Underdog Recordings yes

Underfire yes

Underground

Underground Level Recordings

Undiluted Records yes

Union City

United Dance

United Music

Unity Records

Universal

Universal Project Recordings yes

Universal Records no diverse

Unkut Recordings yes

Unstable Label no breaks?

Up Yours yes

Up-Roar

Upfront Recordings

Uphoria

Uprising Recordings no gabba?

Uprising Records yes

Uptight

Urban Beat

Urban Culture Recordings

Urban Flavour

Urban Gorilla yes

Urban Graffiti no

Urban Projectz yes

Urban Shakedown yes

Urban Takeover yes

Urbanthology yes

Utopia Music

V Recordings yes

V2 Music no diverse?

Valve Recordings yes

Vampire Records yes

Vehicle no dubstep

Vendome Records

Verbal Combat

Vertical Sound no breaks

Vibe'z Recordings yes

Vicious Pumping Plastic

Vicious Vinyl

Vinyl Connection

Vinyl Rhythm

Vinyl Solution

Vinyl Syndicate yes

Violence Recordings yes

Viper Recordings yes

Virgin no diverse

Virus Recordings yes

Vision yes

Vital Element

Vital Elements Recordings yes

Vizion Sounds

Void

Volume

Voodoo yes

Vortex yes?

Edited December 1, 2008 by The_Manipulator

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Labels from "W" through "Z"

 

W10 Records no diverse?

Wall Of Sound no diverse?

Warehouse Wax no diverse?

Warm Communications yes

Warner no diverse

Warner Music U.K. no diverse

Warner Strategic Marketing U.K. no diverse

Warp Records no

Warped Science no gabba

Warrior Records

Warriors Dance

Wax Factory Productions

Well Dodgy

Werk no dubstep

Westbay Recordings yes

White Breaks Frankfurt

Whitehouse Records yes

Who Done It?

Wicked Soundz

Wicked Wax

Wide Open Music yes?

Wideload

Wikkid Records no diverse

Wild Bunch no breaks

Wildlife

Wildstyle Recordings yes

Within no house?

Wonka Beats no

Woody Stuff

Wordplay Records no diverse

World Of Drum & Bass yes

Worldwide Audio Recordings yes

Worldwide Ultimatum

Wow

X Project

X-13 Recordings

X-86 Records

XL Recordings no diverse

Xpressive yes?

Xray Recordings

XS Records yes

Xtinction Agenda yes

XVX

XXX yes

XY2 no techno?

Yaw Records yes

Yo! Yo!

Z-Audio

Zen yes?

Zero Three Recordings

Zeropoint Recordings

Zest no breaks?

Zip Dog Records

Zodiac yes

Zombie Recordings yes

ZTT Records no

ZYX Records no diverse?

Edited December 1, 2008 by The_Manipulator

[Brass Pigeon]

Topic on DOA

[The_Manipulator]

Did a quick run through and updated the lists... (hmm... on this page... will do the others as well... check back regularly...)

 

The joy of being an admin... able to edit other people's posts! :tongue: