Ionium Records was founded 2004 by Sandra Knorr and Thomas Teehaa to publish works of the dark culture’s drawing card T.H. Industry. During the following years, Ionium Records inspirited the dark-electro-scene and the dancefloor with self-contained electro-tunes. The unification with XenoBiotic Records enhance the back-catalogue by further exceptional artists, such as e:o:nity, Neon Insect or Decence.

Henceforth, Ionium Records founder Thomas Teehaa and Falk Merten, the founder of afmusic, will be responsible for A&R, promotion and the artist’s support service. Disributions as well as arrangements of Ionium Records will be managed by afmusic. Thus, a long-lasting cooperation becomes a commercial partnership and Germany’s most innovative subcultural record labels will be unified under one umbrella of Danse Macabre Records. afmusic remains Germany’s leading address for newcomer’s net-releases regarding the music genres Wave, Gothic and Independent.

Ionium Records offers a wide and increasing range of EBM, Industrial, Ambient and Synthpop. Together, both record labels use the advantages of the World Wide Web, which bands as well as fans can benefit from: bands have the chance to promote and distribute their music professionally and contemporary – fans have the free choice between a wide range of more than 50 releases and are able to listen to all offered songs in complete length for free.

From 1st September 2009, the entire back-catalogue can be found on the new Ionium Records website. Moreover, a lot of new releases foreshadow the dark culture. The upcoming releases are already quite promising. In addition to the reissue of the successful debut “Strangled Voices” by In Vein (side-project of Gothminister’s keyboarder Tom Kalstad) and a new album from EGOamp published by Ionium Records, 3 single-releases of Halo Effect at once are in their starting blocks. By this year’s end, numerous new releases will be available on both labels. The net-labels of the Danse Macabre Group offer new bands and fresh sounds via home delivery. It is worth throwing a glance at and bookmark: www.ionium-records.info