Affin

About us

Affin is an independent music label that was founded in 2007 by Joachim Spieth. Since then, it has made a name for itself internationally with numerous publications ranging between deep hypnotic techno and ambient. Born out of the idea of building a space away from the conventions of the commercial music industry, Affin has developed into a platform that is able to inspire and stands for authenticity, far away from tailor-made marketing concepts.

In 2022, the label will celebrate its 15th anniversary with a series of releases as well as some surprises that will be announced during the year.

Releases

Ousia CD

Ousia CD

Today sees the release of Ousia, my third album reissued as a CD (originally released in 2021 as a vinyl double 12″). Just like the previously released albums “Irradiance” and “Tides”, the album now comes in a 6-panel…

Tides CD

Tides CD

The album “Tides”, first released in 2020, is now available on CD. After it was quickly sold out in the vinyl first edition I decided to have a limited edition of it produced on CD. This album is…

Alone Album

Alone Album

“Alone” is the third longplayer from Italian sound artist Simone Giudice, following his 2021 album “Materia” released on the Spanish Semantica label. The album brings together seven parts that impress with compositional diversity and confidence, merging into a…

Texture 40.1 (Claudio PRC Variations)

Texture 40.1 (Claudio PRC Variations)

After contributing a timeless track “Limnic” to the first part of the “Affinity” 12″ series in 2015, we are pleased to announce Claudio PRC once again as part of the Affin label. The Berlin-based DJ, producer and label…

Irradiance CD

Irradiance CD

The album “Irradiance”, first released in 2017, is now available on CD. After it was quickly sold out in the vinyl first edition as well as the following repress I decided to have a limited edition of it…

Umbral

Umbral

London-based DJ and producer Cauê hits the spot again with Umbral. The tracks skillfully play with depth, space and detailed percussive elements, and once again demonstrate the rapid development of a talented musician who knows how to put…

Reshape Album

Reshape Album

Today my new album Reshape is released. At the end of last year I invited some artists if they wanted to reinterpret a piece of music of mine. Fortunately, I got all the commitments I had hoped for…

World Enough Album

World Enough Album

The trip to the sea was already a few days ago… arriving in the city, looking for orientation, the time of seclusion henceforth gave way to a melange of voices. a polyphonic mixture, meanings faded away in the…

Terrain album

Terrain album

Whenever a new album comes out, it’s a letting go, a period that comes to an end. Terrain has taken its time, preserved many dark and light moments, created doubts and certainties… With the moment of publishing a…

XV | 2

XV | 2

With the project XV | 2 Affin leaves 15 years of its existence behind and looks expectantly and full of optimism into the future. The Alchemical Theory starts with “Voyager” a deep trip into the pleasures of broken…

Narration

Narration

Toki Fuko’s return and a great follow-up 12″ to Astatine. 4 versatile tracks, some of them in over-length.

Textures [Sound Library 3]

Textures [Sound Library 3]

This sound library is the third part of my “Textures” series, which was created in the first half of 2022.

Decades On Divided Stars Album

Decades On Divided Stars Album

This is the first album by Brock Van Wey aka bvdub on Affin. It will be released in July…

Flow

Flow

The Flow Of Water – The Flow Of Music is the result of a grant that I worked on in the first half of 2022. Thematically, the work deals with the translation of water sounds.

XV | 1

XV | 1

Exclusive tracks to celebrate Affin’s 15 years anniversary from MTRL, Joachim Spieth & Cauê, Reggy Van Oers & Svarog.

Seasons

Seasons

Seasons is the result of a grant I worked on in the second half of 2021. Thematically, the EP deals with the translation of nature sounds and sensory impressions that I collected in countless walks in a nearby…

Crystal Castle Album

Crystal Castle Album

To mark its tenth anniversary, the album “Crystal Castle” by Regensburg-based artist Markus Guentner is now being released for the first time as a physical recording in limited quantities.

15 Years Affin

15 Years Affin

15 years is a long time in electronic music. I associate an incredible amount of emotions, thoughts, designs, conversations, projects, contacts and travels with this time.

Textures [Sound Library 2]

Textures [Sound Library 2]

I recently completed the second sound library in my “Textures” series. This one acts as an acoustic canvas and prepares an interesting sound rich base to design different acoustic projections…

Tense

Tense

Hierarchy is a Berlin based project former known as A Sacred Geometry.On his first Affin EP entitled “Tense” he creates a magical mixture of rhythmic-hypnotic set pieces that melt with distant clouds of sound and create spatial depth.…

Levitation

Levitation

With Levitation, we celebrate a half-decade long collaboration with Ukrainian artist Svarog. music | Svarogdesign | Joachim Spiethmastering | artefactsmastering.com Catalogue

Textures [Sound Library 1]

Textures [Sound Library 1]

“Textures” is a sound library that I’ve created during Winter 2021. It is a carefully selected collection of cinematic and evolving sounds.

Ousia album

Ousia album

With Ousia, Joachim Spieth presents the third long player on his label Affin. The follow-up album to “Tides” creates imaginary spaces, translates ephemeral impressions and condenses them into cinematic soundscapes.

Astatine

Astatine

After working with the Russian artist Toki Fuko for a long time, “Astatine” is his first own 12 “on Affin. Our 51st vinyl ep contains a colorful bouquet of hypnotic techno, broken beats and his style-defining metallic sounding…

Tides album

Tides album

“Tides” is Joachim Spieth’s second longplayer which will be released on his own Affin imprint. The album is divided into 8 tracks, built by seemingly endless, sensitively interwoven surfaces.

Archives

Archives

The compilation “Archives” outlines some of the musical highlights of the artist Reggy Van Oers in the period 2012 to 2016. His independent and assertive music have had a strong stylistic impact on Affin and have given the…

Irradiance album

Irradiance album

Irradiance is Joachim Spieth’s first full length album, to be released on his own imprint Affin. It reflects a cycle of realignment in a carefully realized emotional journey.