Best Dubstep Labels
Discover 31 Dubstep record labels accepting demo drops. Browse their roster, check rankings, and submit your tracks.
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growyour.music tracks 31 active Dubstep labels, of which 26 publish a demo contact and accept submissions. As of 11 November 2026.
Dubstep is 140 BPM built around a half-time drum feel, so the drums read at roughly 70 while the sub-bass moves at full tempo. The space that opens between those two clocks is the entire genre. It came out of Croydon in the early 2000s through DMZ, Big Apple and the Deep Medi Musik lineage, then split: a UK strand that stayed deep, dubby and system-oriented, and a heavier, sound-design-led strand that grew out of the US festival circuit. 29 active dubstep labels sit in this directory and both strands are represented, from Deep Medi Musik and Hotflush Recordings through Disciple Recordings, SMOG and Monstercat.
What Dubstep Labels Look For
Dubstep A&Rs listen to the low end before anything else, and they listen on a system. Your sub has to be clean, mono-compatible and genuinely present below 60Hz without swamping the mix. A bass patch that sounds enormous on headphones and disappears on a rig is the single most common rejection in the genre. On the heavier side, the bass design itself is the composition: the growls, the modulation, the way the timbre changes bar to bar. On the deeper side, restraint is the skill: space, dub delay, and a sub that carries weight through pitch rather than distortion. Either way, the drop has to land with intent and the drums have to hit hard enough to hold the half-time feel together.
Submission Tips
Reference your mix on a real system, or at least on a sub, before you send anything. More dubstep demos are rejected for low-end problems that never surfaced on the producer's monitors than for weak ideas. Then pick your strand honestly. The deep, dubwise imprints and the heavy sound-design imprints in this directory are effectively two different markets sharing a BPM, and A&Rs at both can tell within ten seconds which one you were writing for. Name a recent release when you pitch; it is the fastest way to prove you know which one you are talking to.
Monstercat
Empowering a creative and passionate community through innovation. One of the most recognizable brands in electronic music.
Moshi Moshi
UK-based label featuring House and Dubstep releases.
Hybrid Trap
The future of trap music.
Hemlock Recordings
Untold's influential bass music label
Ghosts & Skulls
We support good music. Ghosts & Skulls
Impossible Records
Impossible Records, founded by KJ Sawka is a label set forth to give the people of the earth the best music with a twist of the 'Impossible'.
Heavy Artillery Recordings
Heavy Artillery Recordings is a Los Angeles electronic dance music record label founded in 2006 by Faust and Shortee aka Urban Assault.
Hotflush Recordings
Hotflush is a record label launched by Paul Rose aka Scuba in 2003. Its early period was spent as a central part of London's Bass Music scene which exploded in the mid 2000s, although the label has always been difficult to pigeonhole musically and recent output has focused on Techno and House.
Symmetry Recordings
Long hours in the studio have lead to releases on Ram, Metalheadz, Shogun, Exit, Critical, Soul:R, Quarantine, Subtitles and a host of others; cementing Break’s reputation as one of drum & bass’ hottest talents. His trusted skills have been reigned in to remix seminal drum & bass classics including Shy FX’s ‘Bambaata’, Die’s ‘Clear Skyz’, Commix’s ‘Talk to Frank’ and Ram Trilogy’s ‘Gridlock’ as well as Bloc Party’s UK top-5 hit ‘The Prayer’. E...
Den Haku Records
Den Haku Records is an independent record label based in Tokyo, Japan, created in 2012 by Naeleck: pioneer of the electro trash scene. He created Den Haku in order to promote this underground music style and help Asian artists get more visibility in the west.
VXII
VXII Records is an independent electronic and dance music record label based in Bordeaux, France.
Music High Court
Electronic music Record Label, Tastemaker and Live Experience brand pushing and showcasing emerging sounds & artists to help people discover fresh music worth their attention. Stream all our releases here: open.spotify.com/playlist/4CeFLCI04v3BLmWpQiayjw
Polydor Records
Polydor Records is home to some of the biggest names in music. From the 60s 'beat boom' onwards, through the eras of progressive rock, disco and punk, the label has been at the front of every big new musical development, while today the likes of the Lady Gaga, Scissor Sisters and The Black Eyed Peas maintain Polydor's cutting-edge reputation.
DemSix Records
Alternative Bass Music Record Label. Specializing in Heavy Dubstep, Bass House & Electro House.
Gravitas Recordings
Gravitas Music is an Austin, TX based record label and creative collective that serves as a platform for international artists to showcase their work. The mantra of the multi-genre electronic music label, "doing good with good music", has become a way of life.
DEAD LINK
record label & family, pushing the sounds we love.
Substruk Records
Electro, Breaks & Dubstep pushing label from Salt Lake City, USA. Founder and owner: Corey Bramwell aka Mixotic. Manager: Dave Sweeten aka CheM daWg
Rinse
Rinse is at the centre of a vast musical community. As genres, artists and scenes evolve and fragment, so Rinse remains locked to the pulse of the underground. Inspiring and nurturing people to create the music that they want to hear, the results speak for themselves. Label since 2006. Radio since 1994.
Matrix Music Records
Matrix Music Records is an independent Swiss Record Label for Newcomer and talented Artists. We accept all genres of Electronic Music. Feel Free to send us your demos. We will listen them all!
Simplify Recordings
Record Label specializing in Future Bass Sounds / Launched in 2009 by Aaron Simpson.
SMOG
Launched in 2006, SMOG is one of the founding brands in the North American Dubstep movement. Originally an event production company based in Los Angeles, SMOG has expanded into a record label and beyond. With frontman 12th Planet and artists such as Flinch, Antiserum, SPL, Noah D, Kelly Dean and DLX at the helm of the label, they’ve released collaborations with some of the genre’s biggest names such as Skrillex, Kill The Noise, Datsik, Doctor. P,...
Disciple Recordings
Founded in 2013 by Rob from Dodge & Fuski and Rossy from Astronaut, Disciple Recordings has rapidly grown to be a prominent force in bass music, and arguably the fastest growing label in the bass music scene.
Hessle Audio
UK-based dance music record label
Full Flex Audio
Full Flex Audio is an independent record label, based in the United Kingdom. Established in 2015, the main goal of FFA is to drive the underground sound of dubstep and many other genres, onto the major platforms and give up and coming artists a chance to shine.
HIJINXX
HIJINXX is a record label created by Nia Archives, who champions the DIY spirit. The label operates with members including Cellienne, Uju, Virgo (leader), Jess, and Becca.
Betamorph Recordings
2009 was the birth year for interdimensional label Betamorph Recordings. To our friends in China it may have been the year of the Ox, but in the Dubstep calendar it was the year of the ALIEN. Growing from the bass heavy fruit of veteran DJ’s and producers Dylan James (aka Deej) & Chris McCahill (aka Megatron), Betamorph has been pummeling the scene with a twisted series of epic soundscapes and dirty symphonies. Nominated in the Best New Label cat...
Barong Family
Amsterdam based record label by Yellow Claw.
Hyperdub
UK based label run by the artist Kode9. Founded in 2004.
After Mess Recs
Digital Bass Label
Deep Medi Musik
Releasing Sound System Musik since 2006. Thank you for supporting independent labels and artists.
Buygore Records
Asaf Borger founder of Buygore Records.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which dubstep labels accept demos?
Deep Medi Musik, Hotflush Recordings, Disciple Recordings, Monstercat, Rinse, Hemlock Recordings, SMOG, Buygore Records, Barong Family, Symmetry Recordings, Gravitas Recordings, Heavy Artillery Recordings, Full Flex Audio, Betamorph Recordings, Simplify Recordings and Den Haku Records all accept demos and are listed in the growyour.music directory: 26 of the 29 active dubstep labels listed here are open to submissions. Hyperdub and Hessle Audio are in the directory for research but carry no open submission channel. Submitting through growyour.music sends your demo to the label's public demo inbox with a 14-day reply window. Labels are not obliged to answer, and if one doesn't, your credits come back automatically.
What BPM is dubstep and why does it feel slower?
Dubstep is written at 140 BPM, but the kick and snare are placed on a half-time grid (the snare lands on beat 3 rather than 2 and 4) so the groove reads at about 70 BPM while the hi-hats, sub movement and modulation run at the full 140. That double clock is what gives the genre its weight and space, and it is also why a dubstep record mixes cleanly with drum and bass at 140 and with house-tempo material at half speed.
What is the difference between deep dubstep and riddim or brostep?
Deep or dubwise dubstep keeps the Croydon and Deep Medi lineage: sparse arrangements, long dub delays, a sub that carries the record through pitch and weight rather than distortion, and a lot of silence. Riddim and brostep sit at the same tempo but put the bass design in the foreground: heavily modulated growls, aggressive mid-range, a drop built to be a spectacle. Labels specialise sharply along this line, so it is the first thing to get right before you submit.
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