Metrohm Records
Toulon, France · since 2015 · 44 records

The label

A French techno label run by one man. Steve Destailleur, who records as Tevatron, started it in 2015 and has never handed the keys to anyone. Forty-four records later, that has not changed.

One man, but not alone. Vincent Vega handles the community side and, more to the point, is the one who brings the artists in — he knows them, they are his friends, and several signings started as a message from him. He also produces: with Fabien Storm he is The DisTylers, the acid end of the catalogue.

How it started

A producer who got tired of waiting

Tevatron started DJing in Lille at the end of the 1980s, one of the first in the north of France and Belgium to mix electro funk, acid house and techno in the same set. His first 12" landed in 1994 on Peek-A-Boo Records. Twenty EPs followed, under Steve D, Kosmik Nation, Brain Attack, OSC and Dr Noise, on Intec, Recycled Loops, Turbo, Eskimo Recordings and Re-load. Ivan Smagghe picked Monochromatik for his Death Disco compilation. He played the Rex Club, Fuse, I Love Techno, Kozzmozz.

Then he stopped. A break through the 2000s, other people's labels, other people's timing.

In 2015 he stopped asking. The idea was simple and slightly stubborn: put out the Detroit-rooted techno he grew up on, when it is ready, in the order he hears it, with the people he actually rates. The first records were his own, because that is what he had. Then Chris Honorat, P-Ben, Clement Naglik, Jules Wells. Then the compilations, which turned a solo project into a roster.

Ten years on, the catalogue holds forty-four records and the roster runs from Lille to Linz, Amsterdam to Hartford, Toulouse to Australia. Nobody planned that. It happened one demo at a time.

The label works out of Toulon now, on the Mediterranean. Laurent Garnier put it his own way on air — an artist based in the South of France making techno that comes out of Detroit.

The sound

Detroit, but from here

The reference is Detroit. Atkins, May, Underground Resistance, and the idea underneath all of it: that a machine can carry soul rather than just keep time. Metrohm does not copy that, which would be pointless and slightly embarrassing. What comes out instead is warm melancholic melodies laid over cold sequences, basslines that sit low, rhythms with nothing spare on them.

It is music for dark rooms and sound systems that have been paid for properly. For the hour when a set stops being a set and becomes something else. Deep techno, melodic techno, electro, the occasional acid detour when someone insists. No drops engineered for a phone screen, no filler tracks to pad a release out to six.

“Un immense merci à tous les artistes qui ont contribué à cette compilation. Chacun a apporté sa vision, son groove, sa sensibilité. Volume 6 est le reflet d'un travail collectif, sincère, sans concessions. Fier de porter ce projet, et de continuer à défendre une musique électronique exigeante, humaine et habitée.”Tevatron, on The Sound Of Metrohm Vol. 6
The compilation series

The Sound Of Metrohm

Six volumes since 2020, and the clearest statement of what the label is. Each one is selected and sequenced by Tevatron, mixing the cornerstones (Tevatron, Phil Hent, City To City) with rising names (Loloman, Trecci, Aqual, Petit Beurre, Studyman) and signatures that bend the rules (Maxx-T, LutchamaK, Sektion106).

Volume 6, June 2025, twelve producers, pressed in one hundred numbered copies. It scored 8.39 out of 10 across 69 DJ responses, the best result in the label's history. Volume 5, June 2024, ran to twenty tracks and drew a 10 out of 10 from LTJ Bukem.

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2026

The machine gets a voice

In March 2026 the label released Jazz in the Machine, a Tevatron EP built around Ana Chron, an AI agent singer created by Metrohm. Fragmented, filtered, sometimes barely there, her voice drifts through the techno like a signal through circuits.

It is not a gimmick and it is not a manifesto. It is the label pushing at a question it has circled since the beginning: where the organic ends and the machine begins. Laurent Garnier put the EP straight on his USB keys.

Physical

Vinyl, in small numbers

Every Metrohm record can be pressed on vinyl, one copy at a time, through Elastic Stage. Vinyl on demand: you order, it gets cut, it ships. No warehouse, no minimum run, nothing sitting in a box in a garage.

Alongside that, some titles get short numbered editions of one hundred copies. My Origins Pt. 2 came out on 12" in 2018. Vol. 6 and Jazz in the Machine both got limited pressings. Digital lives on Bandcamp, Beatport, Traxsource and Traxsource, and everything we put online is on the label's SoundCloud.

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Distribution and promo run through Ampsuite, part of the Beatport Group. That is how the feedback on this site gets collected: around four thousand promos per release, and whatever comes back.

Demos

How to get signed

A private link to metrohm.records@gmail.com. SoundCloud, Dropbox, WeTransfer, whatever you use, as long as it is not a fifty megabyte attachment. Two to four tracks. Three lines about who you are, not a biography.

Everything gets listened to, properly, on speakers. Not everything gets an answer, and that is not personal, it is arithmetic. Several people on this roster arrived exactly this way and stayed for three or four records.

Straight answers

Frequently asked

Who founded Metrohm Records?

Metrohm Records was founded in 2015 by Tevatron, the stage name of French producer Steve Destailleur. He is also the label manager and artistic director: he signs the artists, selects the tracks and sequences every compilation.

What kind of music does Metrohm Records release?

Detroit-inspired techno above all, plus deep techno, melodic techno and electro. The house style is warm melancholic melodies, hypnotic analog sequences and rhythms stripped to the bone, cut for dark clubs and long sets rather than festival peaks.

Where is Metrohm Records based?

Toulon, on the French Mediterranean coast. Tevatron started the label further north — he was DJing in Lille from the end of the 1980s — and it moved south with him. The roster never was local: artists from France, the Netherlands, Austria, Japan, Australia and the United States.

How many records has Metrohm released?

44 releases. The catalogue references run from 2008 to 2026, because a few earlier Tevatron and Steve-D titles were brought into the catalogue after the fact. The label itself started in 2015.

Which DJs play Metrohm Records?

Verified promo feedback includes Laurent Garnier, LTJ Bukem, Richie Hawtin, Ben Sims, Colin Dale, Marco Carola, Cristian Varela, Titonton Duvante, Ian O'Donovan, Michel de Hey, Remy Unger, Paul Nazca and Satoshi Fumi. Across every promo campaign still on file the label collected 555 written responses with an average rating of 8.3 out of 10.

What is The Sound Of Metrohm?

It is the label's compilation series, six volumes since 2020. Each one is sequenced by Tevatron and brings together the label's cornerstones, rising names and fresh signatures. Volume 6, released in June 2025, gathered twelve producers and scored 8.39 out of 10 in promo feedback, the label's best.

Who is Ana Chron?

Ana Chron is an AI agent singer created by Metrohm Records. She first appeared in March 2026 on Tevatron's Jazz in the Machine EP, on the track Soul Frequency. Her voice is fragmented and filtered, moving through the techno like a signal through circuits.

Does Metrohm Records press vinyl?

Yes, two ways. Any Metrohm record can be pressed on demand, one copy at a time, through Elastic Stage at elasticstage.com/metrohm. And some titles get short numbered editions of one hundred copies, like Jazz in the Machine and The Sound Of Metrohm Vol. 6. Digital is on Bandcamp, Beatport, Traxsource, Apple Music and Deezer.

How do I send a demo to Metrohm Records?

Write to metrohm.records@gmail.com with a private streaming link, SoundCloud, Dropbox or WeTransfer. Two to four tracks is plenty, and three lines about who you are. Everything gets listened to.

Where can I buy Metrohm Records releases?

Bandcamp is where the label sells directly, including the limited vinyl. Vinyl on demand is pressed through Elastic Stage at elasticstage.com/metrohm. Releases are also on Beatport, Traxsource Download and Traxsource, and stream on the label's SoundCloud.