20 House Music Labels Accepting Demos (2026)

House Labels Accepting Demos in 2026

This list is mainroom and tech-house focused — vocal hooks, peak-time energy, dancefloor-ready production. For deeper, more melodic material see our deep house labels guide, for harder/darker work see techno, or browse the full electronic music list covering every genre.

If you make house music and want to get signed, the twenty labels on this list are actively listening. Defected Records, Hot Creations, Toolroom, Sola, Glitterbox, Glasgow Underground, MAW Records and thirteen more accept demos through growyour.music with a guaranteed 7-day feedback window — meaning you will hear back, every time, with real A&R notes on your track.

Unlike cold-emailing a general inbox and hoping for the best, submitting through a structured platform means your demo lands in front of the right person, tagged by genre, with a deadline attached.

How We Ranked These Labels

This list is based on a combination of Beatport and Traxsource chart performance, release frequency, and verified A&R activity on growyour.music. Labels that consistently chart, maintain active rosters, and have a history of signing new talent rank highest. We also factored in genre specificity — a label that releases pure house gets priority over one that dabbles across five genres.

The Labels

Defected Records

The biggest house label in the world, and they still sign new artists. Founded by Simon Dunmore in 1999, Defected has launched careers from Dennis Ferrer to Honey Dijon. Their A&R team looks for tracks with strong vocal hooks, dancefloor energy, and polished production. Think soulful house, vocal house, and classic four-to-the-floor grooves. If your track could work at Glitterbox, you are in the right territory.

Submit your demo to Defected Records →

Hot Creations

Jamie Jones's label has been a launchpad for tech house and house crossover acts since 2010. Hot Creations sits at the intersection of house and tech house — groovy, playful, and always DJ-friendly. A&R favours tracks with personality: unexpected samples, quirky vocals, and basslines that move a Paradise crowd. They are selective but genuinely listen to submissions.

Submit your demo to Hot Creations →

Toolroom Records

Mark Knight's Toolroom is one of the most artist-development-focused labels in house music. They run Toolroom Academy, release compilation series, and actively scout emerging talent. Their sweet spot is club-ready house and tech house — clean mixdowns, punchy drums, and tracks that work in a peak-time set. Toolroom is known for giving detailed feedback, making it one of the best labels for newer producers to approach.

Submit your demo to Toolroom Records →

Sola

Solardo's label has become one of the fastest-growing house imprints in the UK. Sola releases sit in the tech house to house corridor — driving percussion, filtered vocals, and that distinctly British warehouse energy. If your track sounds like it belongs at a Sola Records showcase at Printworks, send it. They are actively building their roster.

Submit your demo to Sola →

Repopulate Mars

Lee Foss launched Repopulate Mars as an outlet for the funkier, quirkier side of house music. Think leftfield house with personality — vocal chops, unusual textures, and productions that do not take themselves too seriously. The label has a strong identity, so listen to their back catalogue before submitting. If your track makes people smile while they dance, it is a fit.

Submit your demo to Repopulate Mars →

Crosstown Rebels

Damian Lazarus's Crosstown Rebels operates at the deeper, more artistic end of the house spectrum. Releases lean melodic, emotive, and cinematic — the kind of house music that works at sunrise sets and open-air festivals. A&R values originality above all else. If your production sounds like everyone else's, Crosstown is not the right fit. If it sounds like nothing else, it might be perfect.

Submit your demo to Crosstown Rebels →

Get Physical Music

Berlin-based Get Physical has been championing deep house and nu-disco since 2002. Founded by M.A.N.D.Y. and DJ T., the label bridges the gap between underground house and more accessible, groove-driven productions. They look for musicality — real chord progressions, interesting arrangements, and tracks that tell a story over eight minutes.

Submit your demo to Get Physical →

Knee Deep In Sound

Hot Since 82's imprint has carved out a distinctive space in the melodic house and tech house lane. Releases are polished, emotive, and built for big rooms — think Ibiza terrace energy with underground credibility. Production quality is non-negotiable here. If your mixdown is not pristine, it will not make the cut regardless of the idea.

Submit your demo to Knee Deep In Sound →

Soulful, Disco and Deep House Labels

Glitterbox Recordings

The disco-led sister label to Defected, born out of the Glitterbox Ibiza night and A&R'd by Seamus Haji. Where Defected is peak-time house, Glitterbox is glitter, strings, vocals and the whole disco lineage. If your record has a real hook and a live-sounding top end, this is the more distinctive of the two doors.

Quantize Recordings

DJ Spen's label, and one of the most consistent homes for soulful and gospel-inflected house anywhere. Distributed by MN2S, with a catalogue built on rhythm, real vocals and musicianship. Send a record with soul in it, not a loop with a vocal on top.

Soulfuric Deep

A sub-label of Soulfuric Recordings, founded in 1996 by Brian Tappert and Marc Pomeroy — the pair behind Jazz-N-Groove, Soulsearcher and the creation of Traxsource itself. Deep, soulful, underground house with a very long memory. Real pedigree, and still open.

MAW Records

Masters At Work — Louie Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez — with Steve Rosen, launched in New Jersey in 1995 and relaunched in 2021. Latin, soul, jazz and the deepest end of New York house. One of the few labels where a genuinely musical record beats a functional one.

Z Records

Dave Lee's label, running since 1990 as the successor to Republic. Disco, soul and house treated as one continuous tradition. Highly curated and vinyl-rooted — a serious target if your production has warmth and groove rather than gloss.

Life And Death

The Italian imprint that has spent a decade in the deep, hypnotic, slightly melancholy corner of house and electronica. Built around a genuine crew rather than a chart strategy, which is exactly what it signs for. Bring atmosphere and patience.

Underground and Club House Labels

Glasgow Underground

Set up in 1997 by Kevin McKay, who started by releasing his own records and those of the Glasgow scene around him (Omid 16b, Harri, DJ Q). Nearly three decades on it is one of the most prolific house desks in the UK — and one of the most reliable at signing producers with no name yet.

Rekids

Founded in 2006 by James Masters and Matt Edwards (Radio Slave), Rekids became one of the most respected underground electronic labels of its generation — house, techno and minimal, all of it built to work off the dancefloor as well as on it. High bar, clear identity.

CircoLoco Records

The recording arm of the Ibiza institution — house and techno with the DC-10 lineage behind it. The party is the A&R filter: records that work in that room, at that hour. Aim precisely and it carries real weight.

Cecille

Launched by Nick Curly and Marc Scholl in 2008, Cécille defined what became known as the "Mannheim sound" — house and techno that chose warmth, depth and flow over minimal austerity. Alongside Oslo and 8Bit it built its reputation on new artists.

Jackies Music Records

The label arm of Jackies, the Barcelona brand Guillem Marimon started as a rooftop party in 2017 and grew into Ibiza and Tulum residencies. Self-funded and explicitly artist-first, which shows in who it signs. One of the most approachable desks on this list.

Cr2 Records

Set up in 2004 by Mark Brown, formerly of Credence and one half of MYNC. Two decades of chart-facing house with a long record of breaking new producers into a wider audience. A commercial-leaning target that still reads demos.

How to Submit Your House Demo

1. Find the label in the growyour.music directory — filter by house music to see all active labels
2. Upload your track — WAV or high-quality MP3, properly mastered
3. Write a short message referencing a specific release from the label you admire
4. Submit — your demo is routed to the right A&R with a 7-day feedback guarantee
5. Get real feedback — ratings on production, originality, and marketability plus written notes

The submission costs €2, which ensures only serious demos reach A&R desks. That filter works in your favour — labels on growyour.music review every submission because they know the quality bar is maintained.

FAQ

Do house labels charge for demo feedback?

On growyour.music, artists pay €2 per submission. Labels and curators earn €1 per review. This creates a quality filter — only committed artists submit, and every demo gets genuine attention. If a label misses the 7-day feedback deadline, you get an automatic credit refund.

How long does it take to hear back from a house label?

Through growyour.music, the maximum wait is 7 days — guaranteed. Most labels respond within 2-3 days. Compare that to cold emails, where the average response rate is 2-5% and you might wait months for a reply that never comes.

What production quality do house labels expect?

Your track should be release-ready. That means a clean mixdown with proper gain staging, a master that translates across systems, and an arrangement that works in a DJ set. Most house labels expect tracks between 6-8 minutes with clear intro/outro sections for mixing. Do not send works in progress — labels want to hear finished music.

Should I submit the same demo to multiple house labels?

Yes, but be strategic. Submit to 3-5 labels whose sound genuinely matches your track. Personalise each submission message. If one label passes, their feedback will help you improve before submitting elsewhere. The worst approach is blasting the same track to every label simultaneously with a generic message.