Black Book Records does not publish a simple permanent roster that makes every release artist a “signed artist.” The clearest documented artist-development relationships include Cloonee, HoneyLuv, Mochakk and Miane; the wider catalog has recurring relationships with producers such as Chris Lorenzo, Noizu and Walker & Royce, while established artists including Green Velvet, Armand Van Helden, Prok & Fitch and many others have released or collaborated through the label.
That distinction is essential to understanding the label. A producer can release one single on Black Book, appear on a compilation, receive a remix, collaborate with Chris Lake or build a multi-release relationship with the team. Those are not identical contractual relationships. This guide therefore describes what the public record actually supports rather than inventing an exclusive roster.
THE BEST-DOCUMENTED DEVELOPMENT RELATIONSHIPS
Black Book’s official history names Cloonee, HoneyLuv and Mochakk as emerging artists whose development the label has helped propel. That language is stronger than simply pointing to a release credit because the label itself is explicitly describing an artist-development role.
Chris Lake has also named Cloonee and Miane when asked directly about artists on the Black Book roster. In a 2023 MusicRadar interview, he explained that his involvement can include musical guidance, touring-career advice and the less visible problems that come with moving from a bedroom producer into a working artist.
DJ Mag’s 2023 profile similarly identifies Miane, Wade and HoneyLuv as rising acts associated with Black Book and quotes Lake describing the goal as helping artists move “from point A to point B,” often from bedroom to stage.
CLOONEE: MULTIPLE RELEASES, REMIXES AND A LONGER RELATIONSHIP
Cloonee is one of the easiest Black Book relationships to document over time. The official catalog includes “Let’s Rave,” “What Ya Want,” “Holla” and “To The Beat,” plus his 2022 remix of Chris Lake and Alexis Roberts’ “Turn Off the Lights.”
The significance is not one successful single. The repeated releases and remix work show a relationship extending across multiple years, while Black Book’s own history names Cloonee as an artist the label helped develop. That combination supports describing him as part of Black Book’s development story without speculating about current exclusivity or contract terms.
MIANE: A RECURRING CATALOG AND MENTORSHIP EXAMPLE
Miane also appears repeatedly in Lake’s discussions of the label and across its catalog. Black Book released “Who Are You?” and Lake’s remix of it, followed by records including “Don’t Wanna Lie,” “Broken,” “For One Night” and “Place To Be.”
Lake named Miane alongside Cloonee when MusicRadar asked for roster recommendations. DJ Mag also used her as an example of Black Book’s role as a springboard for developing acts. That evidence supports a deeper relationship than a one-off release, while still avoiding claims about present-day exclusivity that are not publicly documented.
HONEYLUV: DEVELOPMENT, ORIGINALS AND REMIX CULTURE
HoneyLuv’s Black Book history includes “365 (Thr33 6ix 5ive)” and a later Harry Romero remix. The label’s official About page explicitly cites HoneyLuv among the emerging artists whose rise it has helped propel, and DJ Mag included her among the label’s developing acts.
Her case also illustrates the way a Black Book release can move through the label’s larger ecosystem. An original can establish the record; an established producer can reinterpret it; live events and DJ support can extend its life beyond the release date.
MOCHAKK: DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT REQUIRE A LARGE BLACK BOOK DISCOGRAPHY
Mochakk is useful because he exposes the flaw in defining label relationships only by counting releases. Black Book’s catalog includes “False Need,” but the official label history also names Mochakk specifically as an artist whose development it helped propel.
That makes the relationship important even without a long Black Book discography comparable to Miane’s. Artist development can involve exposure, curation, events, advice and career infrastructure in addition to releasing a stack of records.
CHRIS LORENZO: A RECURRING CREATIVE RELATIONSHIP, NOT A SIMPLE ROSTER LABEL
Chris Lorenzo’s connection to Lake predates Black Book and includes the duo project Anti Up. On Black Book, Lorenzo appears through releases including “Ectomorph,” “California Dreamin’,” later remixes, “Break The House Down” with Laidback Luke and 2025 records such as “London’s On Fire” and “BaBaBa (Hangover).”
Black Book’s official history cites Chris Lorenzo among the artists behind major records in its catalog. The safer description is a recurring label and creative relationship. Calling Lorenzo simply a “signed Black Book artist” would flatten years of independent solo work, Anti Up and releases across multiple labels into a contractual claim the public sources do not establish.
NOIZU AND WALKER & ROYCE: REPEATED RELEASE RELATIONSHIPS
Noizu appears repeatedly in the catalog through “Dance,” “Inside My Head” with Eli Brown, “Mi Corazón,” “Hands Up” with Martin Ikin and Fast Eddie, the Noizu remix of Lake and Solardo’s “Free Your Body,” and “Get Rockin’” with Joshwa.
Walker & Royce similarly have a long Black Book connection: their Close Your Eyes EP with Lake dates to the early label period, followed by “All For the Gram” and “Not About You” with Nala, among other intersections.
These are meaningful recurring label relationships. They demonstrate how Black Book can act as a repeated home for records without requiring the article to infer exclusive artist agreements.
GREEN VELVET AND OTHER ESTABLISHED CONTRIBUTORS
Some of Black Book’s most recognizable names are better understood as collaborators and contributors than developing roster artists. Green Velvet’s “Deceiver” collaboration with Lake became one of the label’s defining early records; he later returned with Lake and Bontan on “Percolator.”
Armand Van Helden appears with Lake on “The Answer” and with Brittles and Ango Tamarin on “NEMO.” Prok & Fitch appear both on the Black Book IDs series and as release artists. Kevin Saunderson, Harry Romero, Laidback Luke, HUGEL, AMÉMÉ, Martin Ikin, Mau P and other established producers appear across the catalog.
Those releases strengthen Black Book’s position as a label that can host both developing and established artists. They do not automatically turn every contributor into a member of one fixed roster.
BLACK BOOK IDS CREATED A SECOND DISCOVERY PIPELINE
The label’s Black Book IDs compilation series broadens the picture further. Black Book’s own history says the series mixes established names such as Green Velvet, Riva Starr and Prok & Fitch with rising producers including Marco Strous, Hank and TOBEHONEST.
That format gives the label a way to surface records and producers without forcing every appearance into a long-term artist narrative. The dedicated Black Book history explains how the series fits the label institutionally; the next article in this editorial series focuses specifically on what “IDs” mean and how those compilations operate.
THE CURRENT CATALOG KEEPS CHANGING
Black Book’s official music page shows how quickly the label’s release community evolves. Recent 2025–26 entries include music from MPH, Æ, Jay de Lys, Mau P, Narasimha, Will Clarke, Coppola, Marco Strous, TOBEHONEST, Roxe, Kyle Watson, Jesús Fernández, NenaHalena, Volkoder and others, alongside new Chris Lake collaborations and established artists.
Those names are evidence of current release activity, not proof of exclusive signings. That is the right level of precision for a label whose discovery model depends on bringing new producers into the catalog continuously.
WHAT CHRIS LAKE SAYS HE LOOKS FOR
Lake’s stated philosophy is less about fitting a Black Book template than identifying what makes an artist recognizable. In DJ Mag, he described the distinctive quality that makes someone stand out as the thing worth protecting and developing. That is consistent with his advice elsewhere to avoid trying to sound like everyone else.
The philosophy helps explain why the catalog can include stripped house, tech house, UK-influenced records, vocal tracks, established legends and emerging producers without becoming sonically random. The common thread is not a single preset. It is curation around records the team believes have enough identity to survive outside a trend cycle.
THE ACCURATE WAY TO DESCRIBE THE BLACK BOOK ROSTER
If “Black Book Records roster” is used casually to mean artists strongly associated with the label, names such as Chris Lake, Cloonee, Miane, HoneyLuv, Mochakk, Chris Lorenzo, Noizu and Walker & Royce are all relevant to the story. But the underlying relationships are not identical.
The stronger description is layered: Chris Lake is the founder and central artist; Cloonee, HoneyLuv, Mochakk and Miane are among the clearest publicly documented development relationships; Lorenzo, Noizu and Walker & Royce represent recurring release relationships; Green Velvet and other major producers represent important collaborations and catalog contributions; and a constantly changing group of newer producers enters through standalone releases and the IDs series.
That structure is more accurate than a static roster list—and more faithful to how Black Book Records actually developed.