Synth-composer duo Felsmann + Tiley are set to release their debut album, ‘Tempora’, on December 6, via Rare Ware Co. The new album follows on from the release of three singles from ‘Tempora’ – ‘October’, ‘April’ and ‘August’ – and is self-composed and produced by Felsmann + Tiley in its entirety. Rare Ware Co. is the pair’s own imprint, a label designed to promote artists who use the synthesizer as their instrument of choice.

Made up of German-born composers Patrick Tiley and Dominik Felsmann, Felsmann + Tiley share a passion for film scores, contemporary piano compositions and innovative electronic music. However, the two critique that, “film scores often do not stand up on their own when removed from their visual experience, classical music sticks to its centuries old instrumentation and electronic music is largely dominated by kick drums and percussions”. With their Felsmann + Tiley project, the duo are attempting to break this mould, using only synthesizers to experiment with the creation of an infinite range of sounds, new ways of modulating and expressing music and live performance opportunities that have never before been realised.

Taking influence from innovative genre-blending contemporary electronic musicians such as Nils Frahm, Deadmau5, Stephan Bodzin, Olafur Arnalds and Stranger Things soundtrack composers Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein, Felsmann + Tiley are also inspired by the classical symphonic music genre and its sound design, dubbing their unique and immersive sound similar to composers Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow (Ex Machina, Annihilation) and Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water) for their ability to contrast between digital and analogue structures and texture.