The independent record label Affiliated was established in 2018 as a merger between Home Studio Productions and Idyllic Entertainment. The company was created by former directors Manus Bell, Alexander Engel and Benjamin Winberg, all of whom are active musicians acknowledged for their impact on the Danish Hip Hop scene.
With a new team, a new studio and a common vision of reaching the top on their own terms, Affiliated is ready to contribute to the international music scene with personal and uncompromised music.
We are motivated by doing things our own way and believe that artistic freedom and personal expression are the essence of making good music. With the management’s experience as performing artists, we aim for an independent and uncompromising approach to creating and publishing music.
We in Affiliated wish to contribute to the music industry with a renewed approach. Three factors particularly distinguish Affiliated from the music industry we know today.
The artist’s own musical vision is in focus.
The artist can freely collaborate with anyone at his or her own discretion.
The artist is not bound to the label.
Affiliated provides the right tools and guidance for artists to improve their artistic expression in accordance with their own goals and aspirations.
Affiliated signs artists across styles, genres and languages. Where some artists are characterized by deep, rhythmic Hip Hop elements, a melodic RnB and Neo-Soul universe inspires others. We strive to re-think and innovate in our music with electronic elements and acoustic live instruments, including brass, drums, and strings. We take great pride in encouraging our artists to pursue their own sound and it is important to us that we, as a label, motivate our artists to experiment by using new techniques and collaborating with each other and others in the industry. Read more about our artists and their soundscape.
Affiliated has a professional music studio with excellent facilities for producing, recording, mixing and mastering. The studio includes a control room, a live-recording room and a vocal box. This provides the perfect environment for creativity to unfold in multiple processes at once - by facilitating electronic productions as well as live recordings with a full band set-up. The Affiliated studio is located in Copenhagen.We strive to maintain the highest technical levels in our music and constantly experiment with new and innovative ways to improve the studio’s character and potential. We develop and upgrade the studio regularly in line with the latest developments in the industry.
Affiliated’s office is located in Nørrebro, which we view as the heart of Copenhagen. Many of our artists reside in the area, and we all have a close relation to the district. The area represents much of what we stand for in Affiliated, namely diversity, innovation and curiosity, all of which are concepts that we as a label try to implement in our way of doing business.
In Affiliated, we are proud of being an independent record label. Therefore, we emphasize being skilled in all aspects of the publishing process. During the production phase, we offer competencies and technical equipment for everything from composing and song writing to recording, mixing and mastering. At the actual release, we publish, distribute, market and promote all of our music through our own channels and networks.