[5] In 1999 he released music on his own labels Consumer Recreation and Recycled Loops,[citation needed] the former of which he co-runs with Valentino Kanzyani.
In 2007 he did another video supported project with a Croatian singer and lyrics writer Anđa Marić Carbon Occasions, and also released music on the label 1605 Records.
He also teamed up with former Slovenian president Danilo Türk to appeal to high-school graduates not to drink alcohol on their prom dance.
[9] And in March of the same year he released his second authorial album and first on his label 1605 - "Responding To Dynamic",[10] which acquired much attention in the world of techno music.
He decided to return to his roots of darker techno sounds, accompanied by the revival of his old electro moniker Zeta Reticula.
[4] In 2016 Umek co-founded a new music start-up company Viberate,[15] which analyzes musicians and ranks them by their popularity and which already moved from his home city of Ljubljana to Silicon Valley.
On December 21, 2018, Umek celebrated 25 years of making music at the sold-out event in Ljubljana, receiving congratulations from British techno DJ and producer Carl Cox and the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Borut Pahor, among others.