Five nights. Four days. Three stages. A whole lot of house music. Last weekend, Defected Records brought a lineup of world-class DJs, producers, and performers to celebrate its eighth edition of the ...

In celebration of their White Isle anniversaries, Defected and Glitterbox affiliates talk us through some of their favourite memories from the mainstay parties over the years, and how they're keeping ...

This year’s festival season is already well on its way to becoming one for the books — as festival organizers set up for bigger and better programming on all fronts to make up for lost time during the ...

Defected has launched Afro-house label One People. The first release from the imprint will be Peperuke by Parisian DJ Alex Wann featuring singer-songwriter Nes Mburu. One People aims to “orchestrate a ...

2024 is a big year for house music institution Defected. As well as marking 25 years in business, the independent company is looking ahead with its Defected 2.0 manifesto. CEO and owner Wez Saunders, ...

Generally speaking, Defected seem to drive people crazy. “Defected is unlike any other music [brand] I’ve ever partied to,” says Adam, a self-professed Defected nut. “I’m here with two mates I met at ...

"I want to continue the work that made me a fan of Defected," says Saunders, who acquired ownership of the venerable U.K. house label in August. By Krystal Rodriguez On a late summer morning in London ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The past 12 months haven’t been kind to dance music. On the weekend of March 14 2020, the final club nights ...

Saunders succeeds former Defected founder Simon Dunmore, who will stay on at the label as an A&R consultant. By Katie Bain Defected Records, one of the dance world’s leading labels, has a new CEO and ...

From humble beginnings as a record shop employee to a key player for one of house music's most respected labels; Sam Divine's success story is the stuff that DJs dream of. Her progression in one of ...

The night-time economy was the fifth biggest industry in the UK in 2019 according to the Night Time Industries Association, driven in no small part by clubbers getting hot and sweaty on packed dance ...