Experts Only Records

Music without limits

John Summit started Experts Only so he would never have to pick one sound. The label puts out whatever moves a dance floor, and throws one-of-a-kind parties in places worth the trip.

Experts Only Records seal

Experts Only

Music without limits#1 on Beatport 202430+ artists50+ shows worldwideEO Fest NYC
Experts Only crowd in front of the booth, arms up under red light

The label

  • #1Record label on Beatport, 2024
  • 30+Artists on the label and counting
  • 50+Shows around the world
  • 60,000+Through the gates at EO Fest 2026

The label in dates

From the first sleeve to Randall’s Island

30+ artists, 50+ shows around the world and platinum records.

  1. 2022The label startsJohn Summit launches Experts Only for the freedom to release anything.
  2. 2024#1 on BeatportThe #1 record label on Beatport in 2024.
  3. Dec 2024Miami Art BaselJohn Summit plays Experts Only Miami during Art Basel.
  4. Jan 2025Zamna TulumGorgon City b2b DJ Tennis, Layton Giordani and Max Styler play Experts Only at Zamna.
  5. Sept 2025EO Fest, year one50,000 over two days on Randall’s Island.
  6. Oct 2025Loveland at ADEInnellea plays the Experts Only night at Loveland, Amsterdam.
  7. Sept 2026EO Fest, year two60,000+ through the gates, three stages, Sept 19 and 20.
  8. NowUtopiaWalker & Royce and FENIK, the newest sleeve on the label.
The Experts Only crew together on stage at EO Fest 2026, the crowd behind them
“best team in the game”John Summit, the week after EO Fest 2026
The double diamond sculpture at the EO Fest 2025 gates, the crowd under it
EO Fest 2025

The festival

The label threw New York a festival

Randall’s Island, every September

50,000 came in year one. Year two brought GRiZ, Subtronics, Adam Ten and Max Styler and more than 60,000 people over two days. The festival’s own poster calls it NYC’s largest dance music festival.

On the label

112 names on the catalogue

Every artist credited on an Experts Only release.

  • John Summit
  • Julia Church
  • HAYLA
  • Layton Giordani
  • Sub Focus
  • CLOVES
  • Devault
  • Disco Lines
  • Kaskade
  • Absolutely
  • Adam Sellouk
  • Alt Control
  • Cassian
  • DANNY AVILA
  • G-POL
  • Jackie Hollander
  • Kyle Watson
  • Linney
  • Max Styler
  • No/Me
  • Odd Mob
  • Paige Cavell
  • Roddy Lima
  • Rohaan
  • Sarah de Warren
  • SIDEPIECE
  • venbee
  • Westend
  • Adam Ten
  • Alok
  • Alterboy
  • America Foster
  • Anabel Englund
  • AR/CO
  • Aurelia Ray
  • AYYBO
  • B/AN/K
  • Broken Hill
  • BYOR
  • CAMELPHAT
  • CID
  • Clüb De Combat
  • DAMEN
  • Dansyn
  • Delerium
  • Dennett
  • Dinu
  • Discip
  • Dodi
  • Doriann
  • EdiP
  • Elderbrook
  • Emily Nash
  • Enamour
  • Fallon
  • Feid
  • FENIK
  • GiGi Grombacher
  • Glowal
  • Gorgon City
  • Green Velvet
  • GREG 99
  • Gus Koza
  • Guz
  • HILLS
  • HNTR
  • HOSANNA
  • HUMAN404
  • Ilsey
  • Innellea
  • Inéz
  • Julia Wolf
  • JØRD
  • Kamino
  • Karsten Sollors
  • Kasablanca
  • Kieran San Jose
  • KILIMANJARO
  • KOATES
  • LAVINIA
  • Lizzy Land
  • Maesic
  • Matt Sassari
  • MEDUZA
  • Mentum
  • Millero
  • Nija
  • NO STATIC
  • Of The Trees
  • Olivia Sebastianelli
  • Rafael Cerato
  • Return Of The Jaded
  • rhys from the sticks
  • Rome Fortune
  • Sam Collins
  • Sam WOLFE
  • Samson
  • Sarah McLachlan
  • SCRIPT
  • Ship Wrek
  • Silvertone (US)
  • Slow Motion
  • SOFI TUKKER
  • Taylr Renee
  • The Chainsmokers
  • Tini Gessler
  • Walker & Royce
  • Walter Phillips
  • Wave Wave
  • Weska
  • Wilkinson
  • YDG
The Experts Only double diamond in green glass

A&R desk

Send us your record

Demos go straight to the Experts Only A&R team through Trackstack. The next Utopia could already be sitting in your drafts.