out in september the first.
rest of the previews here:
https://soundcloud.com/bahnsteig23/sets/bah039-benedikt-frey

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Bookings: controlthenight.is@gmail.com
E: djesteelouder@gmail.com
Founder/Mum at @controlsydney :: 

EU/UK mid-june til mid-august 2024

Est. 2017 Control is a visionary club night dedicated to uplifting queer and femme artists, merging global talents in a techno haven. Defying patriarchal bounds, Control sparks a rhythmic uprising for unbridled energy and harmonious connection.

Genre non-conforming, falling somewhere within techno, electro and the various waves. Techno-disco enthusiast. Fave support slots include Paula Temple, Noncompliant, Nastia Reigel, Curses, Hieroglyphic Being and Lady Blacktronika. Fave gigs include Secret Garden Festival, Pavlova Bar, NYC Pride, Berlin Pride, Sydney Mardi Gras, Melb Music Week, Renegade, Sydney Hellfire Club and Control.

Upcoming:

April 26 - Hanky Fetish Event - Geddes Lane
April 27 - Confide w/ Chris Cruse - Gasometer
May 18 - Delinquent - TBA
June 7 - Rising HOMO - 24 Moons
June 14 - Control Pride - Volta
June 21 - Dark HOMO - Grand Poobah
July 13 - SMUT - Athens
July 18 - HÖR - Berlin
July 20 ???
July 26 - Den Aden Side - Copenhagen
August 9 - Nachtlicker - Winchester
August 17 - Club Love - Bristol

+ @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

Walter Vinylhead Aka L'homme à la tête de vinyle .
Dj of the end of the XXème century, The friend of your eardrums since 1984
In the beginning there was Walter, and Walter had a groove.
Music is the language of love

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benedikt frey