In the spring of 1992 three DJ's, John Acquaviva, Richard Hawtin, And Karl Kowalski founded a label that would embody their idea of house music. John and Rich were no strangers to the dance music scene, having founded Plus 8 and Probe over the previous two years. As music went, John, Rich and Karl loved all sorts but preferred it best when they were able to play house music that was not too hard and not too soft. They were fully aware of the various house scenes, but felt there was no particular label that had their sound in mind.

Since 1992, Definitive has put out more than 40 releases for the house community. They have had such anthems as the Blunted Dummies' "House For All", and Robotmans' "Dodadoo" with its numerous mixes notably the Plastikman mix. They have also had a number of dj/artists emerge to become notable figures in the scene.

By the turn of that decade it had released a number of seminal tracks HOUSE 4 ALL , GET HOUSE, DOO DA DOO to name but a few from a considerable catalogue, all the while keeping it fun on the dancefloors and setting the tone for production standards and styles.

After a brief hiatus definitive has reemerged again under John Acquaviva the past couple of years and has come back in full force launching and featuring a new generation of producers and sounds from around the world. with the most recent smash club hit VOLTA by ROBOT NEEDS OIL featuring remixes by Oivier Giacomotto, all eyes and ears are now converged on what john and his gang will come up with next...