Motive Records
The net label Matt Hryniuk, Ben Morris and Alex Preston founded in September 2018, out of a shared love of house music.
Releases mostly House, with Tech House as its other main strand. Releasing since the late 2010s; hundreds of artists have released on it. Closest by artists in common: Defected Records, Toolroom and Too Many Rules.
Measured from this edition's own records; the figures behind it are in the tables below.
335 releases from 173 artists, 2018 to 2026. Remixers on 9% of releases, against a 30% median. 46% of the 334 releases this edition holds come from artists with three or more, against 44%.
Catalogue totals are Beatport’s count for the label; release shares are computed over the releases this edition holds, usually the larger set. Medians across the 252 labels with a counted catalogue in this edition.
Who releases here1
The 173 artists with a release on this label in this edition, most first.
| Artist | Releases | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Truant | 11 | 2019–2026 |
| KPD | 10 | 2019–2025 |
| Austins Groove | 10 | 2019–2024 |
| Matonii | 10 | 2018–2024 |
| Mirko & Meex | 9 | 2020–2026 |
| Amorhouse | 7 | 2021–2024 |
| Trimtone | 6 | 2023–2026 |
| Paul Adam | 5 | 2023–2025 |
| Oggie | 5 | 2020–2023 |
| Alain Ducroix | 5 | 2020–2024 |
| Daniele Quatrini | 5 | 2020–2024 |
| Piem | 4 | 2019–2023 |
| Michelle Weeks | 4 | 2021–2024 |
| Teddy Black | 4 | 2020–2024 |
| Rozegarden | 4 | 2022–2023 |
| Sammy Deuce | 4 | 2019–2021 |
| Sweet LA | 4 | 2024–2026 |
| Tommy Glasses | 4 | 2021–2024 |
| Ludo Lacoste | 4 | 2023–2026 |
| PEZNT | 3 | 2018–2021 |
| Inaya Day | 3 | 2023–2024 |
| Domino DB | 3 | 2021–2022 |
| Sinner & James | 3 | 2021–2022 |
| Romy Black | 3 | 2021–2025 |
Show all 173 artists — 149 more
The shape of the catalogue4
Of 335 releases, 30 carry a remixer.
Median across the survey: 30%.
16 of 335 · median 7%.
257 artists are credited across the 335 releases.
Releases per year · peak 52 in 2024.
Medians are across the 252 labels with a counted catalogue in this edition. A label can sit above the median on one measure and below it on another; neither is a judgement of the label.
Also release on2
Other labels in this edition with artists in common.
And beyond the edition3
Labels outside this edition where the same artists turn up.
- King Street Sounds39
- Nervous Records35
- BEAT Music Fund21
- Great Stuff Recordings15
- Cr2 Records13
- Freakin9099
- Lapsus Music9
- Phoenix Music9
- Simma Black9
- Milk & Sugar Recordings8
- Armada Subjekt6
- Blockhead Recordings6