The Anyma and MRAK Afterlife split has moved from years of speculation into a documented corporate dispute. Carmine Conte, better known as MRAK and one half of Tale Of Us, has been removed as managing director of Karmat Music GmbH, the company connected to the Afterlife label and event brand. The change adds a dramatic new chapter to the story of one of electronic music’s most recognizable partnerships.
The decision was made at a shareholder meeting on August 6, 2026, with the resulting change formally recorded on August 17. Matteo Milleri, known professionally as Anyma, remains involved in the company’s management alongside co-founder Aurelia Ortiz, while Conte’s position as managing director has ended.
Yet the situation is more complicated than a simple breakup. Conte’s removal concerns his management role, while ownership of the company is a separate matter. That distinction matters as the future of Afterlife, Tale Of Us and the artists’ respective careers comes into sharper focus.
What Happened Between Anyma And MRAK?
For much of the past decade, Anyma and MRAK were closely associated with Tale Of Us and the rise of Afterlife. The duo helped establish a distinctive intersection of melodic techno, immersive visuals and large-scale electronic music events.
Afterlife was launched in 2016 and eventually developed into far more than a record label. Its futuristic visual identity and cinematic stage productions became a defining part of the brand, while Tale Of Us helped bring the sound to an increasingly global audience.
That partnership, however, had been changing for some time.
Anyma’s solo career grew rapidly, particularly as his audiovisual performances became major attractions in their own right. Meanwhile, MRAK continued developing his own musical identity. Their joint appearances as Tale Of Us became increasingly uncommon, leaving fans to wonder whether the duo’s collaborative era was gradually coming to an end.
The latest corporate developments now provide a much clearer indication of how far that separation has progressed.
MRAK Was Removed From Management, But Ownership Is A Separate Question
According to the available company records, Karmat Music shareholders voted on August 6 to remove Conte from his managing director position. Conte was reportedly absent from the meeting and did not appoint legal representation. The resulting changes to the company’s structure were confirmed on August 17.
Importantly, being removed as a managing director does not automatically mean that Conte has lost his ownership interest.
Public reporting indicates that Conte remains a shareholder in the company. The reported structure includes Milleri with a 30% stake, Conte with 30%, Aurelia Ortiz with 30% and SIPAL S.p.A. with the remaining 10%.
That means headlines describing MRAK as completely removed from the company can obscure an important legal distinction. His management role has ended, but the available information does not establish that he has surrendered his equity.
Why Is Karmat Music Involved In A Legal Dispute?
The corporate change is linked to a separate dispute involving Karmat Music and minority shareholder SIPAL S.p.A.
According to documents described in recent reports, Karmat Music alleges that Conte accessed and downloaded confidential company documents and subsequently shared them with SIPAL while the two companies were engaged in litigation.
The company further alleges that Conte worked against Karmat’s interests during that dispute, including through legal action involving SIPAL’s claims. Reports state that SIPAL ultimately obtained a court decision against Karmat in May 2026.
These points should be treated as allegations made by Karmat Music, rather than established findings against Conte. Public reporting also indicates that Conte has not publicly responded to the accusations.
That distinction is particularly important in a story involving corporate governance and ongoing legal conflict. The documents help establish what the company alleges and what corporate changes occurred, but they do not by themselves resolve every disputed claim between the parties.
Anyma’s New ÆDEN Records Label Adds Another Layer
The timing of Anyma’s next move has also attracted attention.
On August 11, just days after the shareholder meeting, Milleri launched ÆDEN Records, a new label designed as an additional platform for artists and creative projects. The label’s arrival gives Anyma another dedicated outlet for his growing solo operation.
The launch does not, by itself, prove that ÆDEN was created because of the dispute. Still, its arrival provides important context. Anyma has spent years building an independent artistic identity alongside his work with Afterlife, and ÆDEN gives that identity another dedicated platform.
His solo career has already grown into a major global operation, with large-scale audiovisual performances and international touring becoming central to his artistic identity.
For Afterlife, however, the question is what role Milleri will play going forward.
What Happens To Afterlife Now?
The future of Afterlife remains one of the biggest unanswered questions.
The brand has become deeply associated with the creative partnership between Anyma and MRAK. Its identity was built during the same period in which Tale Of Us evolved from a respected electronic duo into a globally recognized act.
Yet brands can outlive the partnerships that created them.
Current corporate information indicates that Milleri and Ortiz remain in management of Karmat Music, suggesting that Afterlife continues under a leadership structure that no longer includes Conte in management.
At the same time, MRAK’s continued musical activity shows that his career is not simply ending with his departure from management. Most notably, his debut studio album, We Don’t Follow, was released through Afterlife on October 2.
That release creates an unusual situation in which an artist involved in a major corporate dispute could still have a significant project associated with the label.
It also highlights how difficult it may be to immediately separate the creative history of MRAK from the Afterlife brand. Whatever the long-term relationship between Conte and the company becomes, the musical legacy of the partnership continues to appear in Afterlife’s catalog.
A Defining Moment For Tale Of Us And Afterlife
For fans, the latest developments represent more than an internal company reshuffle.
Tale Of Us and Afterlife helped shape a particular era of melodic techno, combining club music with ambitious visual storytelling and large-scale production. Their influence reached well beyond individual releases, helping redefine what an electronic music label and event series could look like.
Now, that era is entering a fundamentally different phase.
The corporate records establish that MRAK is no longer a managing director of Karmat Music. The legal allegations explain why the change has become contentious, while Anyma’s independent ÆDEN project demonstrates that Milleri is simultaneously building beyond the partnership that helped establish his career.
What remains uncertain is whether Afterlife will continue as a shared legacy, evolve under new leadership, or eventually become something substantially different from the project fans first encountered in 2016.
For now, one thing is clear: the Anyma and MRAK Afterlife split is no longer merely a matter of fan speculation. It has become a documented corporate separation, with legal questions and creative consequences that could shape the next chapter of electronic music’s Afterlife era.