| Dependent Records | |
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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 (stylized as dependent) 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).
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.