Simon Dunmore
Iconic Defected Records Label Acquired by Former Managing Director and CEO
Defected Records has been sold to its former CEO for an undisclosed sum. Wez Saunders has acquired the transformative house music label, which is home to many of the genre’s most venerated artists, like Jamie Jones, The Martinez Brothers, CamelPhat and Calvin Harris’ Love Regenerator, among others. According to documents filed in the UK’s Companies House, the deal closed on July 29th. “I am grateful to Simon Dunmore for his ongoing mentorship and for trusting us to continue his legacy, evolving the next generation of Defected,” Saunders said in a statement. Dunmore will remain in the company as a consultant to the A&R team. Defected Records launched in 1999. Throughout the course of the label’s 23-year history under Dunmore’s leaders...
