HE.SHE.THEY. Announce Debut Compilation, Marking 100 Releases in Six Years

The compilation, due later this year, rounds up material that maps the label’s six-year arc. It spans high-energy house, peak-time techno, and UK-rooted club music, drawing 23 artists from the wider HE.SHE.THEY. universe. Catz ’n Dogz, Cakes da Killa, LSDXOXO, Maya Jane Coles, Radio Slave, and Nikki Nair appear alongside a wave of emerging talent. The project arrives as a deliberate statement of breadth, not a greatest-hits victory lap.

“This VA is a celebration of some of our favourite sonic moments from across the label’s first one hundred releases over the past six years,” the team says, explaining its mix of “achingly cool underground club tracks” and crossover records. They also point to earlier releases that lost momentum during the pandemic, giving those cuts a second chance at context.

The milestone is cemented by ‘Realise It’, the label’s 100th release, from SYREETA and Lucas Alexander. Built around a reimagined Skepta vocal sample, the track channels UK soundsystem pressure into a muscular, low-end-heavy house rhythm. It works as both a peak-time tool and a nod to the label’s roots in queer, Black, and underground dance culture.

HE.SHE.THEY. was founded by Sophia Kearney and Steven Braines to reconnect a new generation of ravers with those principles. Since then, it has grown from a club concept into a globally active event series and label, touring over 26 countries and 60 cities. This compilation, then, functions less as a summary than as a way of reinforcing a position: that inclusivity and sonic range need to be shown, not just claimed.