low key, low pressure

First Part is out! 2+3 coming soon 💕🎶

Back in their familiar DOG home, as ever, there's warmth and musicality running through it all, blending dusty house, broken beat and a touch of downtempo haze. ....plenty of live instrumentation, a few carefully chosen samples, and the sense that these are producers still having fun, even after all these years in the game. (Juno records 2025)

Sidequests Chapter I

Remixes

Listen To Your Heart LP out now! - 3x12"(+poster+cd) and digital
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Thanks for your support :)

Buy at Juno

Listen To Your Heart - Album

Session Victim mixing & jamming

Our favorite record store was throwing a party and we had so much fun playing a rather ecstatic set for them. One for the books🎶💥

Oye Records

Live At Oye Night - Paloma Berlin - Oct 2nd 2021

Session Victim and Erobique join forces once again for a beautiful cover version of Mark- Almond's "The City",starring Jamie Lloyd's enticing vocals and featuring Linnart Ebel on rhythm guitar.

Ever since Hauke Freer stumbled over Mark- Almond's final studio album Other People's Rooms at Montreal record store Death Of Vinyl a few years ago, the pair would regularily finish DJ nights with this 1978 recording of their hit single "The City" - and since then, the idea of recording their own rendition had been tossed around frequently. Carsten "Erobique" Meyer was not the first but really the duo's only choice to see this through and well, just listen to the impeccable Rhodes/Clavinet combination he came up with.

However, it is Sydney's Jamie Lloyd who steals the show and takes the song into his realm, putting his very own stamp and character on this certified classic. Long time collaborator Linnart Ebel completes the band with his ever subtle rhythm guitar. The two, three, four, five man house, not house band branches out for all the right reasons and this is the result.

Buy at Bandcamp

Session Victim & Erobique w/ Jamie Lloyd - The City

This is the first tune from our Basic Instinct EP on Rhythm Section, wich will be released on May 27th. 
Find the full track here:

https://rhythmsection.lnk.to/BasicInstinct

Basic Instinct

A1. Trying To Make It Home (Snippet)

our Basic Instinct EP is out!

Massive thanks to the RS crew for making this record happen – it means a lot to us! Huge shout outs to everyone not chasing that money and fame, but caring for each other’s well being, creating, building and bringing people together. Particular you record shop owners, beat makers, party promoters, dancers and music lovers. This record is for you!

„There is something special about the drums, that enables you to set up a foundation, a rhythmic foundation, for other people to play on. It’s a responsibility that you have to do, it’s a joy that you have. With the drums you have the capacity to create a mood for any amount of people, doesn’t matter if you are playing in a club, if you are playing in a hall, if you are playing in the streets at a carnival, you create scenes.  You can make people dance with what you do“ (George Marsh 1974)

B1. Orbits Of Dust

NTS just recently aired this mix, which is a special one for us, as this was recorded right after our first show after the reopening of Heideglühen here in Berlin. Such a mind blowing experience!

A few days later still buzzing from the energy of that gig, we went thru our bags and laid down this mix.

hope you enjoy! 🎶❤

Finally got our copies of BASIC INSTINCT, for the top 3 tracklist contributors here on soundcloud, we are giving away 3 signed copies. 

mixed with 3xMK2 and El Capistan delay.

You can listen to the full show including an interview of us talking about our new record and our favorite pinball machine here: https://soundcloud.com/user-637448757/rhythm-section-010622?in=sessionvictim/sets/session-victim-tracks-and-sets

NTS Summer 2022 Mix

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* Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SVdAromL2ic
* Pre-order: https://tigerbalmmusic.bandcamp.com/album/international-love-affair-remixes

Tigerbalm invites a collection of electronic producers to deliver 12 unique remixes. Following on from her glowing debut album ‘International Love Affair’, the new remix versions take influences and tastes from across the globe. Available on vinyl and all streaming platforms now. 

South London based Tigerbalm has developed a dizzying array of productions, laced with percussion, vibrant rhythms and colourful melodies. Across this new remix LP we are introduced to a variety of musical connections from some of electronic music’s most forward thinking producers. 

Including an opening remix from house music stalwarts Session Victim, an early 2000’’s electro-disco throwback from Emperor Machine and glitterball funk from Mystic Jungle Desert. Each remix offers an alternative perspective on Tigerbalm’s sonic journey complemented by various artists including Tulshi, Baldelli Dionigi, CHICO MANN, Le Rubrique and many more. 

“International Love Affair celebrates my passion for multicultural music; this album explores Brazilian, Indonesian and Afro-Latin sounds & features special guest vocalist Joy Tyson to give a disco edge to the release.”
- Tigerbalm

It's this hard-to-pigeonhole Tigerbalm’s personal style, allied with an instinctive grasp of what works on the dancefloor – a by-product of over a decade spent DJing around her home city of London and well beyond. After the successful release of her debut album ‘International Lover Affair’, Tigerbalm is fresh into a recent tour across South America and with the next year is set to be her busiest yet. The new remix LP signals an endless supply of creativity from the all-round artist.

PREMIERE: Tigerbalm - Cocktail D'Amore (Session Victim Remix)

This mixtape was aired by Mr Beatnick on his NTS show back in April 2023. Vinyl only and no talk here. Hope you enjoy :) 🎶❤
mixed with: Ecler Nuo 3, 3x MK2 and El Capistan Delay

full show: https://www.nts.live/shows/mrbeatnick/episodes/mrbeatnick-18th-april-2023

download

NTS Mix 2023 (no talk)

Our remix for Felipe Gordon and Krewcial's track on Shall not fade. enjoy!

Felipe Gordon & Krewcial - The Answer (Session Victim Remix) - SNF086

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-session-victim-walk-in-the-park 

@nighttimestorieslabel prepare to release 'low key, low pressure' in November, the anticipated fifth album from legendary German duo Matthias Reiling and Hauke Freer better known as @sessionvictim. Buy a copy: https://orcd.co/lowkey_lowpressure

Session Victim - Walk In The Park [Night Time Stories]

Iron Curtis / Quarion / Session Victim - Treats Vol. 3 - RTR09 in stores now

Thank you for buying vinyl

(preview snippet)



Session Victim - Good Intentions - RTR09

Session Victim’s 5th studio album ‘low key, low pressure’ feels like an anathema to today’s fast paced, industry driven musical landscape – and for all the right reasons. Having released two intense, dancefloor-focused 12“s on Rhythm Section and Delusions of Grandeur over the past year, their return to Night Time Stories brings out their trippy, headsy side once again. And despite the pandemic downtime being over, Hauke & Matthias remain holed up in the studio, jamming, head nodding to drum breaks, and churning out records like the one in front of you. 

Spanning 10 tunes – 12 if you count the limited bonus 7“ that comes with the first pressing – the LP is undiluted Session Victim, with their occasional trio partner Carsten ‘Erobique’ Meyer as the sole musical guest on the library-esque ‘Soft Landing’, a tune reminiscent of something the boys would try to hunt down on one of their compulsive record store rummages to feed it to their Akai’s.  You’ll also find the sequel to one of their cornerstone tracks from their 2020 album Needledrop, Jazzbeat 07 -  ‘Jazzbeat 08’. Having acquired a taste for the occasional cover version over the years, the duo closes the album out with their rendition of Instra:mental’s ‘Photograph’. Tackling such a classic is a daunting task which they approach in a gentle way, not swaying too far from the original, but subtly reimagining the rhythmical foundation and exchanging the distinctive playground sounds from the OG with field recordings of the locals who populate the gritty area around their Neukölln studio. 

Being longtime fans of Swedish organ player Bo Hansson, Hauke and Matthias tried to reach out to the people responsible for his cover artwork - who today are in their late eighties and have not answered ever since! But things came together in the most fortunate way when introduced to French artist Xavier d’espinay Saint Luc and his enchanting pencil wizardry. The outstanding result is the cover art that you see here. 

This is ‘low key, low pressure’. It’s got pristine drum chops to zoom in, hazy melodies to zone out, and all the texture you need to lose yourself in the details.

BUY: https://orcd.co/lowkey_lowpressure

PREMIERE : Session Victim - Porchless

https://orcd.co/lowkey_lowpressure

Session Victim’s 5th studio album ‘LOW KEY, LOW PRESSURE’ feels like an anathema to today’s fast paced, industry driven musical landscape – and for all the right reasons.
Having released two intense, dancefloor-focused 12“s on Rhythm Section and Delusions Of Grandeur over the past year, their return to NIGHT TIME STORIES brings out their trippy, headsy side once again.
And despite the pandemic downtime being over, Hauke and Matthias remain holed up in the studio, jamming, head nodding to drum breaks and churning out records like the one in front of you.
Spanning 10 tunes – 12 if you count the limited bonus 7“ that comes with the first pressing – the LP is undiluted Session Vic- tim, with their occasional trio partner Carsten “Erobique“ Meyer as the sole musical guest on the library-esque SOFT LANDING, a tune reminiscent of something the boys would try to hunt down on one of their compulsive record store rummages to feed it to their Akais.
You’ll also find the sequel to one of their cornerstone tracks from their 2020 album NEEDLEDROP, Jazzbeat 07. (It’s JAZZ- BEAT 08, in case you were wondering.) And it's premiered here!

Buy/listen to the full release at: https://orcd.co/lowkey_lowpressure

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Downtime Premiere: Session Victim - Jazzbeat 08 [Night Time Stories]

DC Promo Tracks #1263: "Mycelium Dub" by Session Victim is part of the release "low key, low pressure" on Night Time Stories @nighttimestorieslabel  

Buy Now: https://orcd.co/lowkey_lowpressure

Dream Chimney Interview with Session Victim https://www.dreamchimney.com/interviews/Session-Victim-Inspirations/

More Promo Tracks: https://www.dreamchimney.com/promo

DC Promo Tracks: Session Victim "Mycelium Dub"

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* Pre-order: https://orcd.co/lowkey_lowpressure

Session Victim’s 5th studio album ‘low key, low pressure’ feels like an anathema to today’s fast paced, industry driven musical landscape – and for all the right reasons!

Having released two intense, dancefloor-focused 12“s on Rhythm Section and Delusions of Grandeur over the past year, their return to Night Time Stories brings out their trippy, headsy side once again. And despite the pandemic downtime being over, Hauke & Matthias remain holed up in the studio, jamming, head nodding to drum breaks, and churning out records like the one in front of you.

The tracks on ‘low key, low pressure’ feel effortless, but they can only have been created by musicians who are masters of their craft – even though they both swear “the music was just playing us, we just pressed the record”. Fifteen years after releasing their debut, Session Victim are taking stock on ‘low key, low pressure’, their new long player that is hosted on Night Time Stories, and up for release this week. This is their fifth studio album and is, in many ways, an homage to their career. It is most certainly a record that will tell you what the German duo are all about.

Inspired by their passion for touching all corners of the electronic world, the collection showcases ten carefully crafted productions produced in the intensity of their tight Berlin production bubble. Containing an undoubted sense of nostalgia, ‘low key, low pressure’ works for ultra late Saturday nights, just as it would play out beautifully as the sun comes up on sleepy Sunday mornings. It’s synth effects and drum chops are cut with hip-hop breakbeats and hazy melodies to engage you, while songs like ‘Walk In The Park’ leave space for thought and reflection, track ‘Mycelium Dub’ and it’s foggy, meditative vibe will both hypnotise and mesmerise. Here Session Victim demonstrate their talent for melding musical worlds on this ten track missive, providing us with a timely reminder that the German underground duo are going nowhere and have plenty to offer.

PREMIERE: Session Victim - Enlightenment

RELEASE INFO

Hamburg duo Hauke Freer and Matthias Relling aka Session Victim return to Delusions of Grandeur with their second long player, 'See You When You Get There'.

Right from the start it's clear Session Victim's way with a groove hasn't diminished in the two years since their debut album, 2012's 'The Haunted House of House'. ‘Do It Now’ and ‘Hey Stranger’ open the record with the duo's trademark blend of subtle sampling, gloriously swinging beats and the same off-kilter sensibility that consistently raises them above their modern disco peers.

The new album marks a conscious progression in Freer & Relling's approach, evolving the sample-based production style that's won them plenty of fans since their emergence in 2008. Whereas their debut album was recorded in the duo's bedrooms, the new LP instead sees them embracing a full studio set-up, split between their own Hamburg-based studio and the fully-kitted out Room G studio in San Francisco.

Despite being situated in one of the USA's most beautiful locations, the duo found little time for anything outside the work at hand. Time not spent in the studio saw them raiding the two-dollar bins of Amoeba Music for interesting records to sample. "Having access to a fully-equipped studio was like hitting the jackpot. It was a bit intimidating too - we thought 'if we cannot write the LP here, it’s not in us'. A few days later we already forgot about this and were immersed in jamming and exploring," says Hauke. "We had access to all sorts of 80s drum machines, synths and fender rhodes of course that added another layer to the whole thing."

The resulting LP is as expected one that suits a variety of moods within SV's idosyncratic range - from the dancefloor thrills of the piano-led Never Forget, the classic disco percussion & filtered guitar licks of Stick Together and the heads down groove of The Most Beautiful Divorce Ever to the more laid back jazz tempos of Hyuwee and Crystal Maze, while the record also has a place for the more oddball moments of Under Your Spell and Eos Place. ‘See You When You Get There' finds Session Victim at their best yet, with an accomplished album that will likely emerge as one of 2014's strongest in its field.


TRACK LISTING

A1. Do It Now
A2. Hey Stranger
B1. Make People Dance
B2. See You When You Get There
C1. Never Forget
D1. Stick Together
D2. Hyuwee
E1. The Most Beautiful Divorce Ever
E2. Crystal Maze
F1. Under Your Spell
F2. Eo's Place
F3. Outro

C1. - Never Forget

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Next up on our OpenLab Presents series are DJ and production duo Session Victim, with a one hour vinyl only mix!
"This is Session Victim and we're delighted to share our 1 hour vinyl mix for OpenLab with you. Hope you dig and hope to see some of y'all at THE DROP on March 9th at Omeara London, alongside Jimpster,
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OpenLab Presents: Session Victim

new remix for Mister Klank out now - 
watch out for vinyl :)

Sweatson Klank - The Road To Love (Session Victim Remix)

We all spend too much time staring at screens, working, reading, watching, clicking whatever there is to click, aren't we?
This is something that's been on our minds a lot lately, and when the topic came up with RAS STIMULANT, he was immediately into the idea of making this the subject of a song... and today, we are proud to tell let you know that the SCREEN OFF 12 " EP will be out on June 14th!
 
Besides that very title track, the record features LIGHT THE WAY in it's original version plus the stunning IRON CURTIS Illuminati Mix - we could not be any more happy with how this package turned out! But the fun does not stop there - for all you vinyl DJs, the wax contains the exclusive SCREEN OFF Accapella as well as a little IRON CURTIS Remix Reprise!

You know what else is crazy? SCREEN OFF is actually the 100th - let's spell that out - ONEHUNDREDTH - record to be released on DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR, our "label home" for 15 years now!! To celebrate the occasion, we came up a little video for SCREEN OFF (oh, the irony :D) that you can watch here:
SESSION VICTIM - SCREEN OFF /W RAS STIMULANT
We hope you guys feel and enjoy it, just as we enjoyed making this record :)
 
Yours victimly,
Hauke & Matthias 🎶♥️

Screen Off

video

Session Victim - Screen Off - A1 - DOG100

our latest DJ mix as aired on RINSE FM by Tim Garcia with no talk :)
Full show here:
https://www.rinse.fm/episodes/tim-garcia-03-06-2024-1000/

vinyl only

Mixtape Summer 2024

Just unearthing this mixtape. Some all time favorite songs, we found digging around the world. A few of those inspired us during the sessions for "low key, low pressure".
Our good friend El Capistan is lending a hand to blend these and making that live Brenda Russel edit work. Of course Bo Hanson (whose covers inspired the LP artwork) and Jan Akkermann aren't missing.

enjoy.
SVM 🎶❤

full tracklist and some background here https://thevinylfactory.com/features/session-victim-vinyl-mix/

Influences Mixtape

Listen to it on Youtube : https://youtu.be/ShUEadh2guw

Label: Oath
Artists: John Beltran, Session Victim
Format: Digital + Vinyl
Cat. Number: OATH020
Title: Serendipia : Remixes
Release Date: 26 July 2024
Support it: https://oathcreations.bandcamp.com

With memories of 2022’s ‘Serendipia’ still at the forefront of many minds, Oath are proud to offer up a fresh perspective on the John Beltran produced LP, with some stellar names featuring that will help the musical love affair continue onwards and upwards…

John Beltran :
https://soundcloud.com/john-beltran
https://www.instagram.com/johnbeltranmusic

Session Victim : 
https://soundcloud.com/sessionvictim
https://www.instagram.com/session_victim
https://www.facebook.com/sessionvictim

Oath : 
https://soundcloud.com/oathy
https://www.instagram.com/oath

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House Six :
https://soundcloud.com/house-six
https://fb.me/HouseSix.yt
https://instagr.am/housesix_
https://spoti.fi/3pHAj7J
housesixyt@gmail.com

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PREMIERE: John Beltran - Aşk Anları (Session Victim Remix)

our remix for Jesper Ryom is out now on vinyl!

Jesper Ryom - Deep Blues (Session Victim Remix)

we think the next best thing to doing a DJ Kicks is having your track featured on it! 
Very happy to be on DJ Kicks #50!

In this case DJ Koze even made a special remix of our LP tune "Hyuwee" and it will be also included on the 2LP. 

DJ Koze - DJ Kicks out on June 16th - !K7

Session Victim - Hyuwee (Kosi Remix)

Bandcamp

Defy Gravity

Pulse Of Memory /w Viken Arman

The Unheard

Session Victim - Pulse of Memory (Frits Wentink Remix)

Sometimes

Release Info:

After last month’s »Busted Moniker« EP from Quarion, Retreat is thrilled to announce a new 12" courtesy of house music’s most energetic duo, the incomparable Session Victim! The aptly titled »Two Man House Band EP« is the lads’ first record since their 2014 magnum Opus »See You When You Get There« and perfectly transcribes the energy that Session Victim pour into their incendiary live show. Tailormade for a night out in the club or a joyous day at the festival, the »Two Man House Band EP« once again prooves that Session Victim are unstoppable in their pursuit of the ultimate groove!

»Summer Games« is an ode to that most festive of seasons and could easily hold the claim of being Retreat’s »biggest« track so far. Built around an Hypnotic organ loop, »SummerGames« completely blurs the lines between house, funk and soul : rolling breakbeats, catchy vocal snippets and a very groovy bassline are the core elements of this anthem that could rock any party. Yet Session Victim add a slight twist in the form of a melancholic string motive that appears in two chiseled breakdowns. It’s a little reminder that summers do not last forever and that one should enjoy them while they last ...

Flip the record in order to dive into the deeper realms of »Black Cream«, a more reflective track for the late hours. With its jazzy (almost broken) beat, guitar licks, rhodes pads, subtle percussion and ethereal vocals, »Black Cream« is the soundtrack to an exciting underwater trip with Matthias and Hauke at the controls. Thanks to the captains’ lively drum programming, the track flows effortlessly and we’re treated with many surprises along the way before a gradual rise brings us back to the surface.

»Finderlohn« is a smokey downtempo workout which finds Session Victim digging deep in their collection to demonstrate their prowess in manipulating samples. Beginning with an instanly classic guitar and piano loop, »Finderlohn« allows a shuffly breakbeat to take center stage, sometimes reinforced with double-time hihats for a more dramatic effect. The tune is definitely a headnodder’s paradise and the listener is taken that little bit higher thanks to a mystical flute solo that concludes »Finderlohn« in a psychedelic way.

Artist: Session Victim
Title: Two Man House Band EP
Catalog Nr. RTR17
Label RETREAT
Format Vinyl 12’’
Release date Mid September 2015
Style House
track name
A1 Summer Games
B1 Black Cream
B2 Finderlohn 

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Summer Games - A1 - RTR17

our remix of this song from the great Khruangbin LP. Out now on Boogiefuturo!

Khruangbin - The Man Who Took My Sunglasses (Session Victim Remix)

our remix for Mr. V classic tune "Somethin wit Jazz". really fun working on this one. hope you enjoy. Wax is out on Razor-n-Tape on September 27 including remixes by Jimpster and Plenty Herb.
Digital available here: http://www.traxsource.com/title/691332/somethin-wit-jazz-remixes

Mr. V - Somethin' Wit Jazz (Session Victim Remix) VINYL + DIGI OUT NOW

Listen To Your Heart LP out now! - 3x12"/ digi
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Thanks for your support :)

Bring It Back (Snippet)

If We Can Make It Here (Snippet)

Moons And Flowers (Snippet)

Shadows (Snippet)

The Hatch (Snippet)

Recorded live at LISTEN TO YOUR HEART release party at Prince Charles, Berlin on May 5th 2017

Session Victim Erobique Trio - Que tal Kreuzberg (live)

a preview of our second single of the upcoming LP "The Haunted House of House".  enjoy!

vinyl release: March 26th 2012

Session Victim - A1. Cow Palace - DOG24

a preview of our third part of the upcoming LP "The Haunted House of House".  enjoy!

vinyl release: April 23th 2012

Session Victim - A2. Good Intentions (LP Mix) - DOG25

our contribution to the "Paw to the floor" EP on Wolf Music - out now

Session Victim - We Want To Thank All Our Friends - Wolf Music006

Recorded live at Culture Box, Copenhagen Jan 26 2019

RB Radio wrote:

The German production duo bring the heat with their sultry disco, left-footed house and futuristic boogie selections.
https://www.redbullradio.com/shows/on-the-floor/episodes/session-victim-culture-box

Credits:

Produced by Caroline Whiteley
Engineered by Oswaldo Terrones

On the Floor - live at Culture Box - RB Radio Jan 26 2019

vinyl out now on Whats In The Box Records (WITB006)

Volta Cab - Always In The Place (Session Victim Remix)

Needledrop is out! Thanks for your support! :)

Needledrop

Bad Weather Mates

upcoming EP "Glow in the Dark" on Delusions of Grandeur. Vinyl out on July 19th 2013!

Special Thanks to Max for this killer remix! Check out his great productions on Box aus Holz (http://soundcloud.com/max-graef)

Buy at OYE

AA1 - Session Victim - Yes I Know (Max Graef remix) - Delusions of Grandeur - DOG31

With a live show unlike anything else out there, your Two Man House Band has claimed their very own spot in today’s Dance Music.

Session Victim

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