AEI builds enduring music brands alongside artists and founders. We grow audiences first, then put the people, infrastructure and commercial models behind them to last.
Artists building careers on their own terms, looking for a partner who can help grow their audience, release their music and build long-term value without diminishing their identity.
Independent labels and managers looking for distribution, marketing, rights and release support that fits what they are already building.
Founders who have built an authentic music community and want to scale it without losing the identity and culture that made it matter.
Everything starts with people who care about the music. We listen to them, build places for them to belong and grow from there.
We'd be glad to hear from you.
The full spectrum of drum and bass since 1996.
What began in 1996 as a home for drum and bass fans has grown into an enduring global brand spanning music, editorial, podcasts, awards and events. AEI’s first community, and the foundation for everything that followed.
The home of bass music.
Founded by Luke Hood as a way to share the music he loved, UKF has grown from a YouTube channel into one of the world’s most recognised bass music brands—connecting artists with millions of fans across media, records and live events.
The world's largest drum and bass festival.
Founded by Suki in the Czech Republic and grown into the biggest drum and bass festival in the world, still run by the people who started it. We came in as partners rather than owners, and the model holds—several global events a year, built around a crowd that will travel a long way to stand in the same field.
The pulse of the underground.
Started as a home for the house records the clubs were breaking before radio caught up, and grown into a label the scene treats as an early signal. Across house, tech house and deep house, SubSoul finds emerging sounds and gives the artists behind them the platform to reach an audience.
A testing ground for talent.
Set up as a proving ground for artists before the wider industry noticed them, Pilot. has pioneered early releases from the likes of Fox Stevenson and Diamond Eyes. An EDM label built to develop new talent and connect it with the audience that carries it forward.
Some artists release through our labels. Others build independently with AEI behind them.
Powered by AEI gives artists, labels and their teams access to our people, distribution, funding, marketing, rights expertise and label management—without giving up their identity, creative direction or relationship with their audience.
Our home in Haggerston—and a home for independent music.
The Halley brings artists, founders and independent music companies together to work, create and build what comes next. Through workspace, studios, events and shared experiences, it is the physical expression of AEI’s belief in community.
