Off Pop belongs to the first generation of Traum artists, and we were thrilled when, after more than fifteen years of silence, he reached out again two years ago. His new piece “Like The Morning Sun” mirrors the simplicity and imaginative spirit of his early work for the label minimalistic yet expansive, and infused with the sensibility of a new techno generation seeking to move beyond established boundaries.

MAQ, also known as Ilya Truskovsky, is a Los Angeles based music producer and film composer whose career has long bridged the cinematic and electronic worlds. Having co-founded Deja Vu Records in 2002, he has been making electronic music ever since, releasing two award-winning albums along the way. For many years, he devoted himself to the world of film, collaborating with Hollywood giants such as Aaron Zigman and Christopher Young. In 2022, he returned to his electronic roots, bringing with him the depth and precision of a seasoned composer.

For Traum Schallplatten, he contributes “Beyond The Veil” a track that opens a window into his new electronic vision. It fuses cinematic passages with the pure timbre of synthesizers and the pulse of techno. The result is a composition in which contrasting elements converge naturally into one coherent whole, a reflection of his years of shaping emotion and atmosphere for the screen.

data.data, the new collaborative project by Stefan Hauke and Michel Dieling, known from Tagmond, introduce themselves with “patch me if you can”. The track feels like a spontaneous dialogue part jam session, part conversation between two minds. It’s playful, sometimes even a little nerdy, yet filled with moments of unexpected beauty. Its rhythmic interplay and machine-like pulse capture that rare, human spark that emerges when improvisation meets precision.

lux amor, a trio of musicians from Bremen, Germany, dive fearlessly into the slower spectrum of rhythm. Their track unfolds like a magician’s act sounds appear from nowhere, revealed suddenly as if pulled from thin air. There’s something enchanted about their music: a blend of minimalism and mystery that gives it quiet power. Even through a long, epic break, they sustain tension and elegance, showing how much can be achieved with very little.

Lightline returns to Traum after having contributed to earlier editions. His approach remains delightfully unpredictable. An unorthodox mix of sounds open to endless interpretation. There’s a sense of understatement woven into his work, appearing when you least expect it. At times, he flirts with elements of pop music, but always returns gracefully to the essential pulse of techno and house grounded, intuitive, and sincere.

Lazy love is a new artist from the United States who takes an unconventional path with “ Sun Behind The Cloud”. He works with raw, edgy indie textures, shaping sounds that sometimes clash and scrape against each other, yet never destructively. Instead, they merge at just the right moments to form dense, expressive walls of sound that rise into brief emotional peaks before dissolving again, leaving only shimmering traces of what once was.

Lackluster, with whom we’ve released a solo EP before, contributes a track that carries Sueno Latino in its DNA, light and dramatic at once, shimmering with that timeless, dreamlike quality.

Vellichor reveals a more introspective side with “Shadow”. This dreamy, purely electronic piece invites deep listening, sculpting sound with care and restraint, confirming once again his passion for shaping sonic forms that exist as much in imagination as in air.

MRKX delivers “Metanoia”, a deep and emotionally charged piece of house music, bittersweet, radiant, and evolving into captivating sonic shapes.

WUKAH returns to Traum Schallplatten after his previous EP with us. His new track “The Waves” embodies a sense of electronic wanderlust a journey that rises and falls in rhythmic motion. Staccato-like bursts of sound accelerate and decelerate, shaping a pulse that ebbs and flows like the tides themselves. It’s a composition built on motion, tension, and release true to its name, The Waves.