When Marginalia released Liminal MX's debut album Save Me in December 2024, it was the label's 16th release and its first ever album. Neither the label nor the artist knew quite what they were opening the door to. It was the beginning of something neither side had mapped out.
A young artist from Guadalajara, barely 18 years old, with one independent release behind him, had been sending demos to ELIF that were impossible to ignore. Not one or two standout tracks, every piece of music he sent had something special. ELIF heard it immediately and said yes to an album before most labels would have said yes to an EP.
It was not a follower count, monthly stream number or a hype cycle. It was the music itself. ELIF, who founded Marginalia in 2023 and has built the label's A&R entirely on instinct and taste, heard something in the full body of work that could not be reduced to one or two tracks and she committed.
That decision turned out to be one of the label's defining ones.
Two years on, Save Me gets its own remix album on the same label which opened its doors to a very promising artist, Liminal MX, which he now calls ‘home’.
Seven tracks, seven outstanding artists from different backgrounds and genres, each one chosen with intention. The album was built not just around calibre, but around proximity. Every artist on this project has a real relationship with Marginalia, with ELIF, or with Liminal MX himself.
Mustafa Ismaeel opens the Remix album with his take on the intro track "Hold Forever." With a discography spanning Bedrock and Crosstown Rebels, Ismaeel brings his signature groove to "Hold Forever," letting the original's live vocals breathe while pushing the track into warmer, more club-ready territory, a different entry point into the album, and a reminder of how wide Marginalia's sonic range actually runs.
Mehill's version of "Save Me" came before the remix album was even an idea. The Mexican producer has been one of Liminal MX's first supporters since long before Save Me existed, and he made his own version to support him. With releases on Innervisions, Exit Strategy and Renaissance under his belt, his take is stripped back and reshaped in his own image. It is the work of someone who understands the original from the inside.
The Venezuelan-born, Barcelona-based producer behind Øddity Records, Fur Coat takes "Remember" into dancefloor-oriented melodic house territory. With a catalogue spanning across Crosstown Rebels, Watergate, Balance and more over a decade, he said yes without hesitation when asked. That is not a small thing for an artist his caliber. Fur Coat is as known for his generosity, humility and ease as he is for his music, and his presence on this album reflects the kind of relationships Marginalia has been quietly building. He also joined the lineup at Marginalia's Off Week showcase in Barcelona this June, spoke at the panel about artistic integrity, as well as collaborating on some original material with ELIF, further reinforcing his involvement within the Marginalia family.
JAMIIE has been part of the Marginalia inner circle since the label's earliest days, showing up at events and supporting the project before most people knew what it was. A remix collaboration had been in the works before but circumstances got in the way, and she came back without missing a beat when the time was right, with zero ego. Her rework of "Feel Me" is a slow-burning build, Afro and melodic house woven together in the way only JAMIIE does it. With recent releases through VOD and Crosstown Rebels alongside Ape Drums charting consistently, she is one of the most exciting names in the space right now.
"Fast Line" finds Marginalia's own ELIF stepping in as a remixer. She was so in love with all of the tracks that she decided not to choose which one to remix, gave priority to her colleagues and worked with the last remaining one. Giving a rework treatment to Fast Line as label founder and Liminal MX's manager and mentor, ELIF is an artist with releases on respected labels such as Anjunadeep, Get Physical and Frau Blau, just to name a few, and with upcoming music on Keinemusik's VOD, LP Giobbi's Yes Yes Yes, Damian Lazarus's Crosstown Rebels and Sasha's Last Night On Earth, and performances spanning Tomorrowland to Hi Ibiza and Coachella to Fabric London. ELIF remixes a lot, but remixing music she already loves and plays is never straightforward and always a big challenge, which would have been the case with any of the tracks on this album. She kept the melancholic vocals as intact as possible, while adding the glitchy textures she has been drawn to lately, and arrived somewhere deep yet more dancefloor-ready than the original.
derderwandert has been a fan first before joining our roster, traveling to Marginalia events since the very beginning in cities like Berlin and Barcelona, showing up consistently and staying loyal through the earliest stages of the label’s growth, something we value a lot. With diverse releases on Bedrock, Selador, Multinotes, Renaissance and Non Merci Music, he is an artist steadily building a unique path of his own. While Marginalia had never quite found the right moment to release one of his originals until now, the fastest way to bring him into the roster became a remix for an artist he really likes and supports, the one who enchanted him in our Berlin Showcase in Kater. And fast it was! His rework of “With Me,” delivered in just one day after receiving the stems, does something unique. Over the original female vocal, he layers his own spoken word, a signature he has been developing across his recent remixes. His voice enters a conversation the song was already having, creating something unmistakably his own. This one has already been supported by John Digweed who’s been championing his music a lot lately. As a reflection of Marginalia’s loyalty to its supporters and its intention to grow alongside the artists releasing on the label, derderwandert also earned his rightful invitation to join the label’s Off Week lineup this June.
Last but not least, known for his unique style and collaborations with the label founder ELIF and Liminal MX himself, Predex closes the album with "Complicated." The Berlin-based producer with releases on Kinetika, Frau Blau and upcoming music on Keinemusik’s VOD & LP Giobbi’s Yes yes Yes, mixed and mastered much of Marginalia's catalogue in the last year. His remix is sophisticated and precise, the kind of work that reveals itself slowly, showcasing his production talents as much as the emotional depth in his music.
As for Liminal MX himself, in the two years since Save Me, he warmed up a sold-out Marginalia showcase in Mexico City with his father and brother watching from the crowd, played so well that MNRoy began booking him regularly, built his name in Guadalajara, released music on labels such as Borders of Light and Kiosk ID, with upcoming music on Echonomist's Flying Hearts, performed at key venues and events including Métrica in Malaga, Marginalia x Kater Berlin, MNRoy, LooLoo, Bar Américas and Polifónico, taught production under the Marginalia banner, took on A&R and premiere responsibilities at the label, and is now in the process of moving to Barcelona. He is 20 years old. A hardworking introverted genius with the hearth of gold and you’ll be hearing his name a lot! ELIF gave him a platform when he had almost nothing behind him. What he has done with it since is entirely his own.
Save Me Remix Album is out June 24th on Marginalia. The release also marks the label's third visual chapter: Marginalia's artwork language has evolved since the label launched, and this project introduces a new aesthetic direction while staying unmistakably Marginalia, unmistakably itself.
