Booking updates
upcoming label showcase and new artists
We are delighted to have been invited to the Spectaculare Festival in Prague and to be able to present our live sets there in March 2026 as part of an Affin showcase. It is particularly exciting that Markus Guentner will be performing live again for the first time after a long break. Together with Joachim Spieth, who will also be performing his own set, we look forward to creating a musical evening that offers space for ambient layers and depth.
Over the past few months, we have realigned our booking to more accurately reflect the core of our growing catalog and to more clearly communicate our musical focus, which is on live performances of ambient and experimental music. Today, we welcome Arovane, Yui Onodera, and Pepo Galán to our booking roster - artists whose work we actively seek to promote.
Arovane (Uwe Zahn) entered the electronic music scene with Atol Scrap (DIN, 2000) and the influential Tides (City Centre Offices, 2000), quickly earning recognition for his emotive IDM sound, intricate textures, and subtle rhythms—often mentioned alongside Boards of Canada and Autechre. His style grew from late-80s experiments with cut-up beats, pads, and samples, evolving into the breakbeat/glitch aesthetics of the ’90s.
After the 2004 album Lilies, Zahn stepped away for nearly a decade, dedicating himself to sound design and creating patches and sample libraries. He returned in 2013 with Ve Palor (n5MD), beginning a new era of collaborations with artists such as Porya Hatami, Hior Chronik, and Darren McClure.
With dozens of releases across albums, EPs, and compilations, Zahn continues to bridge composition and sound design, maintaining a singular, emotionally resonant voice within contemporary electronic music.
Yui Onodera is a Tokyo-based composer and sound artist whose background in architectural acoustics shapes his approach to music. He blends field recordings, instrumental elements, and digital processing into spatial, minimalist works that explore the relationship between nature, structure, and perception.
Since the mid-2000s, Onodera has released numerous albums on international labels such as Room40, KOMPAKT, and Anjunachill, including notable works like Suisei, Ray, and 1982. Recognized as a key voice bridging Japanese ambient traditions and contemporary sound art, he has collaborated with artists including Francisco López, Stephen Vitiello, Robert Lippok, Scanner, and Takashi Kokubo.
Alongside installations and site-specific works presented worldwide, Onodera has taught sound art at Rikkyo University and Musashino Art University since 2017. His recent project Kiso Three Rivers (Field Records) examines landscape and infrastructure through sound and was first presented at Expo 2025 in Osaka. He is also a co-founder of the interdisciplinary collective nor.
Pepo Galán is a Málaga-born composer whose work spans electronic, ambient, and acoustic experimentation. Beginning as a self-taught multi-instrumentalist in the 1990s, he moved through punk, metal, and experimental projects before immersing himself in electronic music—first as a DJ and later through techno and trip-hop explorations that shaped his evolving sonic identity.
Since the late 2010s, Galán has established himself within contemporary ambient music with albums such as Human Values Disappear and For Victoria, alongside contributions to Pop Ambient and collaborations with artists including Max Würden, Isaac Helsen, Benoît Pioulard, Rafael Anton Irisarri, Warmth, Suso Saiz, Markus Guentner, and Joachim Spieth. He is also part of the projects Dear Sailor (with Lee Yi) and Stranded (with Gärtner).
Galán’s music balances electronic and acoustic elements, digital and analog textures, and a subtle pop sensibility—often centered around piano—resulting in intimate, emotional ambient works that blend memory, atmosphere, and cinematic depth.