When Billboard Dance catches up with Simon Dunmore, the Defected Records founder is in Ibiza, where he's preparing for the label's closing party later that week following a summer-long residency 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 ...

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 ...

Over the past 17 years, Defected has reached several milestones that not many independent labels get to achieve. Having accomplished number one albums, global hit records and a mammoth 17 years within ...

U.K. house music label Defected Records has been strategically dancing its way across the pond for nearly five years now, programming stateside events and releases in major club scene destinations ...

Five nights. Four days. Three stages. A whole lot of house music. Set upon Tisno’s breathtaking Adriatic coast, Defected Croatia gathered a global set of 5,000 house heads into an inclusive atmosphere ...

Defected has announced a new partnership with UK charity Shelter. Kicking off this month, the year-long campaign will involve a range of fundraising activities, with Defected’s dance music community ...

Defected Records has announced details of a new 24/7 channel, with the label set to stream radio shows and live events around the clock. The dance label, which was shortlisted in the Live Music ...

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 ...