Dekmantel is the Label Of The Year

Record labels are ten a penny. Any bedroom wannabe can start one, but most fail to get out of single digits. Not Dekmantel. The label and promotion outfit formed back in 2007, but the last 12 months have seen it really come of age. Now boasting two festivals in Amsterdam, a new festival in Croatia and more than 60 releases, its latest venture is a festival in São Paolo, set for the start of 2017.

The thing about this operation, though, is that it’s run with love by a group of professional hobbyists who came together as young rave buddies and still share endless enthusiasm for the dance. It is that reason that the brand is so well loved by clubbing aficionados, and the reason it’s grown so naturally and organically.