part of my 12 track album TRIPS on Bandcamp

TRIPS Album

Benedikt Frey - SUN (Ode)

+ @riolabel @initinit

Benedikt Frey is many. Or just one? He is a composer. An arranger. A DJ. A ghost producer. A fan. He plays in bands like INIT, or Dolphins or KEYS +++ produced the last two albums for Chris Imler. Downbeat in experimental dub zones. The goat for Edits and remixes. When house was his nation, he used to listen to pen names like Suedmilch or Venedikt Reyf. He still likes the music formed under their umbrella, but today his tomorrow is not echoed in yesterday. His sound signature moved on. Into the open. He founded labels like R.i.O. or Serious Trouble. 

He lives in Berlin. Physically. In mind Benedikt Frey is at many places. Traveling far thru his home studio that is a flat a studio a flat an instrument a record collection a flat a studio. Everywhere gear, vinyl, tapes, instruments, rooms for spontaneous sonic notions, these moments, when a sudden strike of stimulation falls. He is inspired a lot. For music to dance. Music for films. Music for live shows. Music for dancing glows. Techno, house, downbeat, ambient, jungle, electronics outside the norms. Those transportive ones. Jamming with others. Jamming with his mind. In Berlin Wedding, North of the town, where the lights dimmed low, neighbors share the flow, and a small river runs slow.  As a DJ he plays here, there, everywhere. Big clubs, small shacks, festivals, gatherings. From fast to 90 BPM - as he feels. 

For himself. For the crowd. In the spur. He still remembers his club kid days. Going to dance with friends. Down there in Offenbach. Doing the Robert Johnson. Collective emotions for a better tomorrow. These he still seeks. In his music. His shows. His collaborations. You can book him for a party. For enlightenment. For ecstasy or introspective perspectives. Dancing slow, whilst pirouetting a high-pitched show. 

Since more than a decade. His own music is out there, too. Bringing his spirits in sound. On his own labels. On international imprints like ESP Institute, Hivern Discs, Craigie Knowes, or Emotional Response. Solo works. Driving ones. Slow drills. Teased during his DJ dates around the planet. 

The music plays day and night. Inspiration comes. From a simple kick drum. A movie sequence. A bird on the sill. A picture, totally still. Can’t kick that feeling when it hits. Benedikt Frey. In dreams. In streams. In music. Emotions. Situations. At night. In those flashy lights, when it bites.

24.5. b2b with NVST, Kauz Zürich
10.05. Säälchen, Berlin
26.04. Zentralwäscherei, Zürich
25.04. b2b Philipp Otterbach, Arkaoda, Berlin
04.04. Sameheads, Berlin
13.03. Säule, Berlin
22.02. Kegelbahn, Luzern
21.02. Fribourg, CH

---- BYE24

17.12. Kiosk Radio,  Bxl
15.12. Curly Teeth b2b w. NVST, Bxl
30.11. Panorama Bar, Berlin
16.11. La Culottee, Paris
19.10. LAF, Pforzhyme
05.10. Sameheads, Berlin
28.09. Buka, Milan
21.09. Chemiefabrik, Zürich
14.09. Ausland, Berlin
16.08. Salon Des Amateurs, Düsseldorf
21.07. Am Bach Festival, Lucerne
05.07. Kappa Futur Festival, Turin
14.06. Masters, Zagreb
18.05. Outracena, Lisbon
27.04. Arkaoda, Berlin
24.02. Macadam, Nantes
26.01. Sameheads, Berlin

Layers of darkness embraced by light that stands out at the surface. Known for reckless experimentation in production and recognisable attitude at his Control Club residency, Walentin Pauer's dilettantism transformed into a work ethic which propelled him to the point of reading the room without having to compromise the dancefloor's attitude. Never satisfied.

 While playing for venues and parties such as Renate's Silvester party, Kater Blau, Crack Bellmer, Bohnengold, Virage Paris, Gouter de Nuit or La Rotonde Stalingrad, Walentin Pauer does bookings for 'Cabinet', 'Jetlagged' and 'Jacked' nights in Bucharest for Control Club. 
PAST ALIASES: Pand3lescu, Dilettante, Eddie Lanzat
contact /// valentin@control-club.ro / valentin.pandelescu@gmail.com
https://soundcloud.com/control-club 

Dogs & Vultures records(Eddie Lanzat),Nein Records(Dilettante), Emerald & Doreen recordings(Pand3lescu)
PAST GIGS:
12 feb 2017 - TOFU at Bohnengold, Berlin: Sofia Kourtesis, Sean Patrick, Local Suicide, Dilettante
19 aug 2017 - Cabinet: Asaf Samuel, Heretic, Nek, Dilettante
16 sep 2017 - B.Traits, Moderna, Dilettante
30 sep 2017 - Cabinet: Inigo Vontier, Tal Cohen, Bogman, Dilettante
08 oct 2017 - Katerblau, Berlin
20 oct 2017 - Cabinet: Abstraxion, !idir, Nek & Dilettante
09 nov 2017 - Maschine: Blawan,Alexandru Jijian, Dilettante (ending slot / unannounced)
24 nov 2017 - Markus Nikolai,James Dean Brown, Dilettante (warm up / unannounced)
15 dec 2017 - Cabinet: Man Power, Manfredas, Nek & Dilettante
16 dec 2017 - Maschine: Marcel Dettmann, Sa Pa, Dilettante (ending slot / unannounced)
24 dec 2017 - San Proper vs Ulf Eriksson, Dilettante (warm up + ending slot / unannounced)
31 dec 2017 - Vakula, Ewan Pearson, Chlorys, Dilettante
03 jan 2018 - Cabinet: Morgan Hammer & Lokier, Dilettante & Nek
24 feb 2018 - Sharif Laffrey, Bogman, Dilettante
02 mar 2018 - Carl Craig + Francesco Tristano, Dilettante (warm up + ending slot / unannounced)
31 mar 2018 - Cabinet: The Hacker, Romansoff, Dilettante & Nek
11 may 2018 - Cabinet: Jennifer Cardini, Dilettante & Nek
02 jun 2018 - The Excess Show x Pride Bucharest Opening / Charlotte Bendiks, Admina, Dilettante
24 aug 2018 - 5ive, Eirwud Mudwasser, Dilettante
31 aug 2018 - Cabinet: Matsch Krone, Bogman, Dilettante
29 sep 2018 - Cabinet: Matias Aguayo, Bogman, Eddie Lanzat
05 oct 2018 - Phuong Dan, Marlon Hoffstadt, Eddie Lanzat
06 oct 2018 - Rex The Dog live, Javi Redondo, Chlorys, Eddie Lanzat (ending slot / unannounced)
13 oct 2018 - Asaf Samuel, Katzele, Nek & Eddie Lanzat
10 nov 2018 - Gouter De Nuit 1YR Anniversary, Paris
16 nov 2018 - Ivan Smagghe, Eddie Lanzat
01 dec 2018 - David Vunk, Bogman, Eddie Lanzat & Nek
29 dec 2018 - Mehmet Aslan, Eddie Lanzat & Nek, Cliza
31 dec 2018 - Pional, Valentino Mora, Chlorys & Admina, Eddie Lanzat
02 feb 2019 - Cabinet: Die Wilde Jagd live, Damon Jee, Eddie Lanzat & Nek, Dar Adal
16 feb 2019 - Club Trax, La Rotonde Stalingrad, Paris: Liar, Georgescu, Eddie Lanzat
23 mar 2019 - Cabinet: Fantastic Twins live, Von Bulove, Eddie Lanzat & Nek
06 apr 2019 - Cabinet: Axel Boman, Kosta, Eddie Lanzat & Nek
12 apr 2019 - Cabinet: Thomass Jackson, Bogman, Eddie Lanzat & Nek
13 apr 2019 - Fort Romeau, Ulf Eriksson, Eddie Lanzat (warm up + ending slot / unannounced)
04 mai 2019 - Cabinet: Theus Mago, Dilettante & Nek
17 mai 2019 - Cabinet: Helena Hauff, Admina, Eddie Lanzat
01 jun 2019 - Lauri Soini, Eirwud Mudwasser, Eddie Lanzat
08 jun 2019 - Thomas Freudenthal, Eddie Lanzat & Nek
13 jul 2019 - Cabinet: Oxymore, Eddie Lanzat & Nek, Chlorys
10 aug 2019 - Feinstoff at Crack Bellmer, Berlin: Thomas Freudenthal & Eddie Lanzat
06 sep 2019 - Cabinet: Asaf Samuel, Eddie Lanzat & Nek

+ many more up to 2024.

Benedikt Frey - SUN (Ode)

benedikt frey