WHO WE ARE
The Association For Electronic Music has over 270 company members across 29 countries.
Our Operational Team work to ensure that AFEM operates in a way which reflects, promotes and preserves the best of electronic music culture and brings members together as a community to solve issues and develop commercial opportunities.
Our Executive Board is the key governing body of AFEM, responsible for operational decision making and direction. Democratically elected by the membership to represent the interests of their respective industry sectors.
WHY JOIN AFEM…
Here we will have a list of the reason people and organisations should become AFEM members, the USPs, the Benefits of membership, the impacts it has on the industry.
AFEM is dedicated to enabling a thriving business and cultural environment for its members.
Joining AFEM provides your business with the opportunity to make new connections across industry sectors and territories, enable change through involvement in our working groups, stay informed and enjoy exclusive discounts.
Membership is open to businesses and independent professionals operating within the electronic music industry.
RECENT NEWS
AFEM Industry Insider: After the Algorithm
Long‑form content is becoming a more sustainable way to build audiences in a post‑social era. This episode shares what’s working now: formats that retain attention, platforms that reward depth, and the tools and metrics that actually move the needle.
Members Voices: Frances Shillito – Zero Tolerance Is Not A Safeguarding Strategy
Frances Shillito spent her career in artist management and venue relations. She now trains the music industry in safeguarding, and she argues the appetite for change has finally outpaced the infrastructure available to deliver it.
In this Members Voices she sets out what the research shows, what changed when The Standard ran its first Safer Spaces session, and what good safeguarding practice actually looks like inside a label, an agency or a festival production office.
AFEM LinkedIn Live: Your Back Catalogue Is an Asset. Are You Treating It Like One?
Join AFEM for a practical conversation on how electronic music catalogues are valued, the groundwork required before speaking to investors, and what rights holders can do now to build long-term value.
How LATAM’s Local Scenes Are Reshaping Global Dance Music
In the first part of AFEM’s 20-year celebration series with Symphonic, Randi Zimmerman looks at how LATAM’s local scenes are reshaping global dance music.