Felsmann + Tiley, the project of German artists Dominik Felsmann and Patrick Tiley have shared new single “OPIOID” ft. Pet Deaths. The track arrives Ahead of their upcoming album Protomensch, available February 13th via Mute Records. “OPIOD” is accompanied by a video directed by Tim Hunkemöller and follows previous singles “Warnung,” “Warum”, “Open Fields (Ft. The Kite String Tangle)” and “Gabriel.”

Felsmann + Tiley on “OPIOD:”

We use and we abuse. We create and we destroy. Others and ourselves. Our medication is also our poison. We know it’s stupid, but we can’t help it. To clarify, It’s not just about drugs – it’s about every form of addictive self-soothing and self-destruction we engage in, from consumerism and work to digital validation.”

Director of the video, Tim Hunkemöller says: “The music video for Felsmann+Tiley’s “OPIOID” evokes a paranoid and hectic state mirroring the psychological turmoil of those seeking escape from the horrors of life and society. I aimed to create an interplay of perspectives shifting from outside world to inner world, merging abstract POV’s and hypnotic shapes that imitate lights hitting the retina behind closed eyelids, which ultimately culminates into a crescendo in which music and visual merge into an overflowing stream of information.”

Felsmann + Tiley formed in 2017. “We were having a conversation over the phone and said: Let’s mix what we like about dance music. Melancholy with reduced neoclassic bits focused on melodies and the film epicness,” they remember. What started off as a pitch deck full of big ideas and even bigger visions would take eight years to grow into an ambitious, all-out artistic vision involving immersive live experiences and a social commentary on the current state of the world.

Their track “October” a 21st century take on Vivaldi’s cyclical Four Seasons, was featured on the late Andrew Weatherall’s final radio show for NTS Radio and Michel Gaubert’s set for the Swedish fashion house Acne Studios.

Felsmann + Tiley
Protomensch
Track listing:
Mute Records

1. Open Fields (ft. The Kite String Tangle)
2. Memory
3. OPIOID (ft. Pet Deaths)
4. Reset
5. Always You (ft. Woodes0
6. Seeker
7. Warnung
8. Gabriel
9. Kind
10. God Is Lonelier (ft. Lais)
11. Warum
12. Neuzeit

Pre-order Protomensch by Felsman + Tilley HERE