Dependent (record label)
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| Parent company | Mindbase Strategic Consulting |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Founder | Stefan Herwig, Eskil Simonsson, Johan Van Roy, Bryan Erickson, Ronan Harris |
| Distributor(s) | Alive Vertrieb und Marketing in der Entertainmentbranche AG |
| Genre | Industrial, electro-industrial, futurepop, aggrotech |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Location | Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Official website | www |
Dependent Records is a German independent record label that mainly focuses on aggrotech, electro-industrial and futurepop music. The label was founded in January 1999 after the demise of the Off Beat label by former Off Beat A&R manager Stefan Herwig along with Eskil Simonsson (Covenant), Johan Van Roy (Suicide Commando), Bryan Erickson (Velvet Acid Christ) and Ronan Harris (VNV Nation).
Stefan Herwig has been quoted as saying that "The strategy of mass release campaigns of most of the companies around, hurt the market significantly, and created a confusing flood of mediocre products" and that "Dependent considers the artists to be an integral part of the label, consulting them on some of the most basic and fundamental issues" and that Dependent would have a philosophy of "quality before quantity".
Artists that have released music through Dependent Records include Velvet Acid Christ, Suicide Commando, VNV Nation, Covenant, Klinik, Seabound, Apoptygma Berzerk, Dismantled, Ivory Frequency, Pride & Fall, mind.in.a.box, Rotersand, Flesh Field, Fractured, Auto Aggression, Girls Under Glass, and Iris.
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