Music · 02 April 2025
Butch returns to Defected alongside songwriter and vocalist Life On Planets with ‘Get High With You’. His 2023 release ‘I Want You’ with Nic Fanciulli was apparently one of Defected’s most celebrated, and in 2025 he returned to the London label, remixing Duck Sauce’s ‘Fallin In Love’ which charted in the Beatport top 10 and was supported by Danny Howard, Arielle Free and Sarah Story on BBC Radio 1.
Music · 22 March 2025
Blackchild lands on Defected with his latest track ‘Nothing Better Than Music’. The Italian producer’s sonic often blends his jazz-training with electronic style, delivering cross-genre productions aimed at the underground and leading to collaborations with St Germain and Nicole Moudaber.
Music · 06 March 2025
DJ/producer Butch remixes production duo Duck Sauce on Defected with a disco-flecked take on ‘Fallin In Love.’ The original track rounded off a stream of club-ready singles from the GRAMMY-nominated duo in 2024, earning support from the likes of Jamie Jones, Coco & Breezy, and Purple Disco Machine, plus a host of others.
Music · 22 November 2024
Italian producer Marco Lys remixes a track from Deetron, ‘Starblazer’ on Defected. A track apparently regarded as one of the key tracks of 2010’s house resurgence, it remains a staple for many DJs from Sam Divine to Hot Since 82.
Music · 08 November 2024
New Jersey artist Harry Romero returns to DFTD with a pair of club tracks, ‘Together / The Beat Goes On’. Harry brought his sound this year to Bronze Beach in Amsterdam with Defected, plus the label’s Australasian Tour across Bali, Sydney, and Melbourne.
Music · 06 September 2024
Huxley makes his DFTD debut with ‘House It Up’, a sampled outing of vocal house with a club groove. Over the course of 10 years, his sound has seen him grow from possible rising star to international DJ.
Music · 28 June 2024
Italian duo Supernova return to DFTD with ‘AlonE’, featuring vocals from SLM. The duo’s DJ sets apparently appeal to both new house fans and heads in the know, often performing on global stages, including Elrow Barcelona and Ibiza, Ministry Of Sound London, Space Miami and Ibiza and Tenax Italy.
16 May 2024
Following last August’s announcement of a long-term deal with Defected, Groove Armada recently revealed the first music with the ‘Free Jam’ EP on Defected’s sub-label DFTD. After club and festival appearances for Defected and Glitterbox, the group will continue to headline the label's international roster of events while releasing new music that spans house and disco.
Music · 29 January 2024
Deeper Purpose & GUZ make their DFTD debut with a collaborative release, ‘That Sound’, featuring Canadian rapper and songwriter Dope Earth Alien. Deeper Purpose’s experience on the London underground scene has translated to US success with releases on John Summit's Expert’s Only and Fisher's Catch and Release imprints.
Music · 14 November 2023
Leeds grown DJ duo Audiojack return to DFTD with ‘Mover’, a two-track package that showcases their club sound. Having met in Ibiza in the noughties, the northern house DJs and Gruuv label bosses apparently ‘established themselves with a string of chart-topping releases and industry accolades’ in the years that followed.