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 digipack. With Ousia, Joachim Spieth presents the third long player on his
I’m happy to find my recent album “Terrain” in The Wire Magazine.
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 owner found the time to submit the musical input for a strictly
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 produced on CD. This album is the beginning of a series of
2022 was probably the busiest year ever for me. Numerous vinyl projects planned and executed for the anniversary of my label Affin, my album Terrain, selection of remixers for the Reshape album, scholarships, the creation of my ambient live set, collaborations, a new Sound Library, and in parallel numerous projects
I am very grateful to be able to present a selection of my musical work on The Memoir at the end of this year. It has been curated by the Swedish Hypnus label since 2014. The track listing is mainly composed of material that has been created since 2015 and
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 and can present with alva noto, ASC, bvdub, zakè, Markus Guentner, Simone
A little over 20 years ago, we first brought the Pop Ambient compilation series to light. My piece “You Don’t Fool Me“, which was subsequently licensed for The Orb‘s “Back To Mine” (on DMC World), stood alongside gems by Markus Guentner, Ulf Lohmann and Gustavo Lamas in a row with
A few weeks ago I recorded a podcast for Radio Raheem, which was streamed last Friday evening. Now it is available for listening to those who missed it. The mix is opened by an Alva Noto remix for me. This one will be released in December. It’s part of a
A few weeks ago I received a request from XLR8R, concerning the 15 year label birthday of Affin to make a podcast. so I took another look at the so far published.Accompanying the podcast we had a conversation about the beginnings, what is currently happening and an outlook on what
This sound library is the third part of my “Textures” series, which was created in the first half of 2022.
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.
Exclusive tracks to celebrate Affin’s 15 years anniversary from MTRL, Joachim Spieth & Cauê, Reggy Van Oers & Svarog.
British-born, U.S.-based artist James Clements, better known to most as ASC, has been musically active for more than 2 decades. With more than 20 albums and collaborations with labels such as Auxiliary (of which he is the operator), Silent Season, Horo, Semantica (…) it needs practically no further words to
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 forest.
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.
Pop Ambient is a compilation series curated by Wolfgang Voigt, of which I was a part from the very beginning. The upcoming one for 2022 contains two collaborations I produced with Markus Guentner and Pepo Galán.
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…
Variance is a cooperation between Toki Fuko and Joachim Spieth, appearing on the spanish Semantica label.
“Textures” is a sound library that I’ve created during Winter 2021. It is a carefully selected collection of cinematic and evolving sounds.
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.
I’m happy to see “Libration”, a collaboration with Spanish artist Pepo Galán, released on the next Pop Ambient compilation. This series is curated by Wolfgang Voigt, who is one of the founders of the Cologne-based Kompakt label and has been releasing groundbreaking works with his project Gas for more than 20 years.
“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.
After more than a decade I return to the Cologne-based Kompakt label for the anniversary Pop Ambient compilation, celebrating its 20th compilation
Talking with the Lviv-based DJ & producer about his upcoming debut vinyl on Affin
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.
One of the most influential persons I got in touch in the last years. Gio from Artefacts Mastering shaped my thoughts about how to produce music like no other and with this interview he reveals some facts about mastering and mixdown.
Joachim Spieth 