Iconic Defected Information Label Acquired by Former Managing Director and CEO
Defected Information has been bought to its former CEO for an undisclosed sum.
Wez Saunders has acquired the transformative home music label, which is dwelling to most of the style’s most commemorated artists, like Jamie Jones, The Martinez Brothers, CamelPhat and Calvin Harris’ Love Regenerator, amongst others. In keeping with documents filed within the UK’s Corporations Home, the deal closed on July twenty ninth.
“I’m grateful to Simon Dunmore for his ongoing mentorship and for trusting us to proceed his legacy, evolving the subsequent era of Defected,” Saunders mentioned in a press release. Dunmore will stay within the firm as a guide to the A&R workforce.
Defected Information launched in 1999. All through the course of the label’s 23-year historical past below Dunmore’s management, the label turned a world success story, releasing 650 tracks that achieved silver, gold and platinum certifications. Defected additionally held residences in Ibiza and launched festivals in London and Croatia.
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The label’s publishing arm, Defected Music, has been celebrating its huge success with Elton John and Dua Lipa’s “Chilly Coronary heart” and songs from Beyoncé’s record-breaking Renaissance album.
Dunmore took to Instagram to announce the acquisition, including that the journey has been “an unimaginable experience.”
“Few get the privilege of engaged on unimaginable music, with inspirational artists and devoted workers…there are far too many to say however I thank every one in every of them,” writes Dunmore. “My instinct has guided me effectively and I’ve determined that for the corporate to proceed it is progressive journey that it wants a brand new strategy, contemporary vitality.”