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With his debut album, Calluna, Strathy opens a new chapter in his sonic journey. Across ten tracks, he ventures far beyond the club floor, weaving together an intricate narrative that explores the emotional and physical architecture of urban life.
From comforting, abstract soundscapes to raw, demanding drum patterns, Strathy paints the portrait of a city in decline – one caught between seasons, transforming from autumn to winter. Streetlights shimmer in oil-black puddles; the cold creeps up the body. Yet beneath the concrete melancholy, faint pulses of warmth and connection emerge. Moments of hope glimmer in the cracks, revealing the beauty of persistence and community in dark times.
Tracklist: 01. Open Fields [feat. The Kite String Tangle]
02. Memory
03. Opioid [feat. Pet Deaths]
04. Reset
05. Always You [feat. Woodes]
06. Seeker
07. Warnung
08. Gabriel
09. Kind
10. God Is Lonelier [feat. Laius]
11. Warum
12. Neuzeit
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Mute welcomes German synthesizer and producer duo Felsmann + Tiley to the roster with the release of their new album Protomensch. Out February 13, 2026 on limited edition black vinyl packaged in a special gatefold sleeve featuring a mirror foil lamination on the inner panel revealing a ‘self-portrait of the protomensch.’
On Protomensch (German for “proto-human”), Felsmann + Tiley blend shimmering synthwave, pounding trance, and introspective IDM with synth-pop-infused tracks featuring guest vocalists including London’s Pet Deaths and Australian artists The Kite String Tangle, Woodes, and Laius.
This juxtaposition between sentient beings and machines permeates the whole album – right from the duo’s manifesto introducing us the highly intelligent yet irrevocably shortsighted and downright tragic character of Protomensch – the cover artwork featuring turtleneck wearing chimpanzee, futuristic music videos, and stark social media aesthetics to seated, next-level live-shows involving collaboration with dozens of visual artists.
Despite their online ubiquity, sparked in part by their viral reinterpretation of label-mate M83’s “Solitude,” which has been used over 1 million times on TikTok and high-profile syncs on shows including Young Royals (season two), the BAFTA-winning crime thriller Top Boy (season three), and Amazon’s The Better Sister, Felsmann + Tiley have lingered largely on the periphery, their origins cloaked in quiet anonymity, until now. With the release of Protomensch, Felsmann + Tiley present their fully realized artistic vision and step into the spotlight.
