Saunders succeeds former Defected founder Simon Dunmore, who will stay on at the label as an A&R consultant. By Katie Bain Defected Records, one of the dance world’s leading labels, has a new CEO and ...

Defected Records is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a limited edition collector's book and vinyl boxset. The label’s first-ever hardback coffee table book, Defected: 25 Years In The House, has ...

Andy Daniell is rejoining Defected Records as director of music. Effective from this month, Daniell will report to CEO Wez Saunders, with a remit to oversee the label’s entire musical output. Daniell ...

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 ...

"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 ...

2024 is a big year for house music institution Defected. As well as marking 25 years in business, the independent company is looking ahead with its Defected 2.0 manifesto. CEO and owner Wez Saunders, ...

In celebration of their White Isle anniversaries, Defected and Glitterbox affiliates talk us through some of their favourite memories from the mainstay parties over the years, and how they're keeping ...

Senior North Korean diplomat Ri Il Kyu was in Cuba before he reportedly defected to South Korea with his family last year. He is the highest-ranking official known to have escaped to the South since ...