NEWS   Affinke will be included in 2009’s Merengue Urbano Compilation Album in which this album highlights the best in the industry including artist Omega “El Fuerte” and Watatah. Affinke has been honored to make the top five songs on the compilation as track #2 with their single “Rapido y Furioso”.

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Affinke - Bronx, N.Y. based, is an Urban Latino Group; this band is a 3 piece collaborative effort that performs all original material, along with a few popular covers remixed into an urban Latino trend setting sound that offers listeners a combination of musical genres such as Hip/Hop and R&B fused with Merengue and other popular genres of Latin Tropical Music Today. The all original sound is driven by their highly skilled production and song writing abilities. Their music is catchy, interesting, and is very rhythm oriented.
The group’s sound has been described as a new generation in a class of itself.
Why this name?
Collaborated Effort
Do you play live?
yes! Most Enjoyfull Moments are when interactive in live performances with Fans of our movement.
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
It allow independent artist to continously provide our fan base with a constant flow of new material with out depending on a label to control our artistic measures.
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
Yes
Band History:
Currently Affinke is working on contributing productions for the following:

1) Master Source 2) Universal Music Group 3) MTV 4) MTV3 5) Mundos

Affinke (K-Xilo & Tori Papi) also has contributing productions in many well known Television shows and Movies; listed below are their cultivated productions for 2008.

1. Viva Hollywood
2. Love Marriage
3. Missing Pieces
4. Hogan Knows Best
5. Mi TRL
6. America’s Next Top Model
7. Best Week Ever
8. Gene Simmons Family Jewel’s
9. Top Twenty Count Down
10. Breaking Bad
11. Room Raiders
12. Pimp My Ride
13. Laguna Beach
14. Mi Gente Latina
15. E Entertainment
16. Married Away
17. Six Degrees Pilot
18. Pool Party
19. Seaside Ceremonies
20. Chocolate Therapy
21. Prison Break
22. Sex In The City (The Movie)
23. Cane


Affinke (K-Xilo & Tori Papi) has produced, arraigned and engineered many successful artist currently established in the Latin Tropical Market; below is a list of all their contributions.

1. Toby Love
2. De La Ghetto
3. Ricky Castro y “Soberbia”
4. Christian Skala
5. Ramon Orlando
6. Kalimete
7 Julio Voltio.
8. Hector El Father
9. Tito “El Bambino”
10.Nick Diddy aka Talentino

Dre of Affinke is also credited for his innovative song writing abilities; below is an updated list of Credits.

Sony/BMG Recording artist Toby Love “Love Is Back” Album

1. Track #13 Titled “Shame Girl”
2. Track #16 Titled “Dimelo”
3. Nena Perfecta from Toby Love’s Upcoming R&B Album.


Your influences?
Ramon Orlando (Merengue), Luis Vargas (Bachata), Don Miguelo (Reggaeton)
50 Cent (Rap), R-Kelly (R&B), Kanye West.

Affinke can be envisioned as a blend of all urban genres from American to Latin fused with Latin Tropical Sounds of Merengue.

Imagine Latin Urban Artist such as Toby Love and Omega with the progressive productions of Kanye West and the Neptune’s, that’s Affinke’s unique sound.

Affinke is living and breathing the creation of their unique sound led by their combined cultivated song writing and solid production abilities.

Together, Affinke offers their listeners combined musical talents from different genres. Their music is always catchy - sometimes going on a journey of love - always interesting, and always packing a new trend setting sound that is sure to captivate a listener to an overnight fan.
Favorite spot?
No Favs Yet!
Equipment used:
To Many To List
Anything else...?
With the release of their upcoming studio project Titled “Culturama”, which is a combination of different cultures and genres of music. Culturama was based off a cartoon series called Futurama in which that concept has been adapted to Affinke’s structure due to the fact that musically they are from another planet. Affinke has an important marketing vehicle to begin and continue working with the following goals in mind.

•Write, produce, distribute, and perform their unique trendsetting sound combined with their ability to captivate a broad multi-diverse fan base.

•Open for future regional, national and international touring.


Mission statement

Affinke has a mission statement which they promote and embrace. The mission is to provide second and third generation Latino’s in America a fusion of their up bringing by combining urban hip/hop and R&B with traditional Latin Tropical sound and a twist of their Bronx urban NY style for their target audience to embrace and relate to.
Affinke’s Scheduled completion of their first studio Album titled “Culturama” is due to be released in late 2009. The album will include an array of styles all mainly influenced by their urban upbringing fused with many different genres of music such as Bachata, Merengue, Salsa, Reggae; Hip hop and R&B.
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