Lifestyle · 26 November 2020
Defected launches its first ever four-part thought leadership series We Talk As One from tomorrow, Friday 27 November to Friday 18 December, bringing together over 20 people to discuss the present and future of the music and digital media industries, in a free-to-access virtual roundtable format.
Music · 07 November 2020
Defected Records welcomes Chicago’s Mike Dunn into their list of House Masters with this compilation. Charting Mike’s career that spans over three decades, this 40-track collection features tracks from Mike’s catalogue alongside newer productions from the Windy City native, while exploring the aliases that made him part of the underground like MD X-Spress, MD III and The Jass Man.
Music · 28 September 2020
After releasing Louie Vega and The Martinez Brothers’ ‘Let It Go’ earlier this summer, Defected now deliver a remix from Australian DJ and producer Dom Dolla. The original record, a homage to NYC’s rich Latin American dance culture, was a soulful and groove-filled production from two generations of the city’s DJ/producers.
Music · 22 September 2020
Coming as the follow up to ‘Pump It Up’, Endor returns to Defected with his latest offering ‘Fur’. With accolades that include playlisting on Radio 1, Kiss and Capital FM, reaching #8 in the UK Singles chart and #1 on the USA Billboard Dance, and amassing over 218M streams, ‘Fur’ now sees Endor return to his club roots with a bumpy, driving dose of house.
Lifestyle · 31 August 2020
Defected recently announced the relaunch of the Faith fanzine with its Autumn 2020 issue, in collaboration with its creators Terry Farley, Stuart Patterson and Dave Jarvis. A free fanzine for those into music, fashion and culture, Faith existed as a print mag for seven years from 1999, apparently gathering a fierce cult following and spawning an online forum that set “the agenda for the next decade of the Internet,” before relaunching in 2020.
Music · 05 August 2020
With Dennis Ferrer’s return to Defected with ‘Sunny Days’, he aims to balance joy, soul and reflection with his latest track.
Festivals · 31 July 2020
Defected Croatia will be back at The Garden, Tisno from Thursday 5th – Tuesday 10th August 2021.
Clubbing · 02 July 2020
After two multi-room events using Twitch’s ‘Squad Stream’ technology, the Defected WWWorldwide series will come to a close tomorrow, reflecting the house music label’s summer of club events in Ibiza that have been postponed due to the global pandemic.
Clubbing · 16 June 2020
The new Defected WWWorldwide series will see three weekly events from Friday 19 June – 3 July, reflecting the label’s summer of club events that have been postponed due to the global pandemic.
Music · 30 May 2020
Calvin Harris will be making his Defected Records debut with the release of ‘Live Without Your Love’ on 11 June 2020.