Today my rework of Reset by @felsmanntiley is out! I am truly honored to have been able to reinterpret one of my favorite songs in this album (and artists!)… a true pinch me moment for me !!! I remember exactly where I was when I got the request and I was so happy because their music has been with me since I discovered their first album…
It was really difficult to choose a track to rework but when I listened to Reset I was pulled into it’s magnetic energy right away… I spent the long winter nights working on it, experimenting with different versions and recordings in my friend Erol’s studio…who very kindly lent me his piano then. And as soon as I knew it I had I reached this version. After, I went into the studio with my good friend and collaborator @mmurrietav who helped me shape it and bring this vision to life!!!
It is always interesting to me to see where the music will take me, and in this case I was experimenting with a new synth and diving a bit more into piano processing and recording. Sometimes it felt a bit daunting because I truly enjoy their music and artistry, but I am very happy with the result!!
Me and @felsmanntiley haven’t met yet but I hope one day it will happen… for now I really hope you can enjoy this version of these two worlds colliding together :)
Out now in all streaming platforms via the link in my bio 🤍
Recorded in Berlin
Produced by me and @mmurrietav
Mixed by @mmurrietav
Mastered by @makebalone
If you haven’t seen the music video for “Neuzeit” yet, head to our YouTube channel and dive in. Here’s what @tschlnstdt had to say about creating the video for the track:
“Neuzeit presents fragments of a world on the verge of disruption. No one knows exactly what is happening, yet the sense that something is about to occur is unmistakable. It is the strange silence before everything becomes loud. The last deep breath within a place we still understand as home.
The video explores the dynamics of a moment that has already passed its tipping point. A shift that now feels inevitable. Different protagonists inhabit this moment simultaneously, each experiencing it in their own way. For a brief instant, we pause with them.
I deliberately chose to create this story using AI. In this process I am both the wave and the one being consumed by it.”
PROTOMENSCH Album Track x Track:
12. Neuzeit
In 2026 it feels like we’re rushing towards utopia and dystopia on the same timeline. Renaissance or Apocalypse, Neuzeit or Endzeit. We’re writing the script while the building is on fire.
Video directed by @tschlnstdt
PROTOMENSCH Album Track x Track:
11. Warum
“Warum” is German for “why.” It’s one of the first questions we learn to ask as children and one of the last things we whisper on our deathbeds. Asking why is the engine that drove our species this far. And yet, not asking it often enough, or asking the wrong versions of it, may be what pushes us over the edge. Absurd. And beautiful.
PROTOMENSCH Album Track x Track:
10. God Is Lonelier (ft. @iamlaius )
We play God by day. We manifest, optimise, visualise. We win awards and update LinkedIn profiles. But at night, who’s listening? Tell me king - after your third consecutive regional car salesman of the year trophy, who do you pray to now?
PROTOMENSCH Album Track x Track:
08. Gabriel
There are more messengers than messages. Who do you trust when everyone has a megaphone? Once, a prophet could shout from a mountain and be believed. Today, in an infinity of data, some of us believe everything we read online, some, nothing at all: “The Virgin Mary is pregnant.” Source: @gabriel_1BC . It’s the human impulse: not to know, but to believe. Facts are verifiable, but faith is faster.
PROTOMENSCH Album Track x Track:
07. Warnung
In this episode the Protomensch transforms from builder to breaker, creator turned annihilator. Nietzsche nailed it 140 years ago: “If a temple is to be erected, a temple must be destroyed: that is the law.” And if we look around us, he’s still correct with this statement today. Can we ever reach escape velocity to break this pattern, or are we doomed as poop-flinging, raging chimps in a fancy designer turtleneck?
This one has been brewing for a little while and here it finally is: @lisamausbach ‘s music video for our track ‘Seeker’.
We absolutely love it and hope you do too!
Here’s what Lisa envisioned in a nutshell:
‘“Seeker” explores the moment when a person realizes their autonomy has been taken from them – and the violent, transformative process of reclaiming it.”’
Go check out the full version :)
CREDITS
production: zvei studios GmbH @zvei_studios
producer: Philip Schürk @philipschuerk
cast: Laura Louise van Meurs @laura_louise_vm
director: Lisa Mausbach @lisamausbach
dop: Max Riemer @mriemer.jpg
1st AC: Leon Mainz @leonmanitz
grip: Marcus Brux @marcus_brx
gaffer: Lukas Vogt @_lukasvogt
best girl: Ruxi Stefan ruxistefan
styling: Marina Stefan @mari.na.stef.an
hair + make-up: Aljona Diordiew @aljona_mua
runner: Cenk Karan @cc_cenk
edit: Philip Schürk @philipschuerk
color grading: Christoph Hanisch @christoph_hanisch
supported by: ARRI rental, sold out studio
PROTOMENSCH Album Track x Track:
05. Always You ft. @woodesmusic
“Sometimes we have ideas. And sometimes we don’t. That’s okay. The idea was always you. We keep telling each other to grow, to evolve, to be better, do better. But maybe self-optimisation is overrated, because it’s mostly superficial.”
PROTOMENSCH Album Track x Track:
04. Reset
Machines revert with a click, but we need to reset in quieter ways. A night of sleep, a deep breath, an honest apology; each one clears enough space for a new start. Scars are features, not bugs. We carry yesterday’s lessons, not yesterday’s errors, and that lack of a hard-reset button is what lets every new choice matter.
PROTOMENSCH Album Track x Track:
03. OPIOID ft. @petdeaths
“We must use and we must abuse. We reach for comfort with one hand and destruction with the other. Salvation and sedation - sometimes the pill is the prayer. We’re built to chase highs, even when the crash is inevitable. The cure is also always a curse. We are the cure and the curse.”
