Next up on the series we have Brighton based producer/DJ Caldera. Caldera has always caught my ear with his amazing/unique taste in percussion and rhythms - usually blended with a mysterious + dubby/vibey melodic touch.
Very happy to have him on the series as well as his track Endless Roots on the launch VA for Mirror Tapes.

@caldera-caldera

Mirrors 012 - Caldera

Professional Party Personnel | Shira Kela | ZurKlappe 110323

"Images of hope,
Locked up fear you share,
Love and desire,
All in your head somewhere.
And when horrors are received,
And I fall on my knees,
Everything is softened by the memories, the dreams."

by @lovebas

✢

MFIS XLVII ✢ Estrato Aurora

Live from Epicentar 11.11.2023

Opening set recorded in the Motion Room during the 9000 Dreams night at Fuse, curated by Avalon Emerson on 23 March 2024. Running order was me, then Avalon, and then Dee Diggs. Full tracklist:

Elias - Imagination [Driftwood]
Tuomas Salmela - Rymden [Moodmusic]
Justin Chodzko – Inheritance B1 [Weekend World]
Sven Weisemann - Let's Swing (Oracy's Traktor Beam Dub) [Mojuba]
David Alvarado - Aqua [Yoshitoshi]
Ronin - Monk Sea [Primary Recordings]
Jovonn - Sanctuary [Home Recordings]
Pete Moss - Take No Mess (Edit) [Recline]
Skipson - Skipwalk [Deep Vibes Recordings]
Reformed Society - Dream Shuttle [Basic Moves]
Marvin Belton - Love Will Find A Way (Dark Dub) [Ferrispark]
Christian Linder - Vintage [Phono Elements]
Honesty - Big Sur (Pacific Mix) [Cabinet Records]
Monika Kruse - Don’t Come Close [Terminal M]
Janeret - First Light [Politics Of Dancing Records]
David Hausdorf - Dementia Pt. 2 [Synaptic Waves]
Luke Hess - Deliverance [HotMix Records]
Rocco - Roots 4 Acid (Francois Dubois Remix) [Buzzin' Fly Records]
Third Movement - Free [Forensic Records]
Jovonn & DJ Deep - Back In The Dark (Main Mix) [Clone Club Series]
Raw Stylus - Pushing Against The Flow (Roger Sanchez Flashback Dub [Wired Recordings]
Marko M. Bernd - Nighttrain (Live Tool) [Ehrenfels] with Demonstration - Hope (‘Cause I’ve Learned To Cope) [JPR Records Inc.]

Motion Room, Fuse 23.03.24

Berlin's Budino and Sherø takeover Curses' Together Alone. Each with a guest Dj mix, Budino driving the psychedelic-italo-trance energy and Sherø on the 90's house-fueled breaks and beyond.

Rinse France Podcast

TOGETHER ALONE avec Budino & Shero - 13 Juillet 2024

introspection

ɪntrə(ʊ)ˈspɛkʃn/

noun
the examination or observation of one’s own mental and emotional processes.

Loss. Grief. Immeasurable Joy. 

2024 has been full of these emotions.

Confusion - Exploration - Re-Discovery

Being absent, removed by many kilometres and time zones, has felt strange in a year of such substantial change. Important milestones, devastating loss, moments of astounding joy, all experienced through a veil of isolation. 

Missing loved ones back home and abroad, whilst making life-long friendships and enduring memories in a new home is an interesting feeling. To simultaneously feel so accepted and cared for in new ventures, whilst desperately longing for the known, leads to confusion and contradicting emotions. 

Since moving to the UK, I have consumed more music than ever before. However, in the turbulence of living abroad, I have never felt more disconnected from music and how I want to present it. Something that is so creative and enjoyable, revealing of one's current sense of self, has never felt more intimidating. Confidence is key, and it has been something I have struggled with during this period. 

In this 2hr mix, recorded on a rainy and cold Saturday afternoon in London, I move away from my usual techno offering. I have been sitting on this collection of music for the better part of a year and a half. The music presented in this mix marks the wide variety of emotions felt during this time. 

The way in which we connect with music is often different, moments where I aim to convey sadness may elicit feelings of joy, but this is where the beauty of music lies; the individuality of self-expression, and connection. 

This is not a moment of self-pity, but rather a step towards a positive future. I have learned a lot about myself, and in truth, about music, in these two years.

I hope in listening to this mix, you are supported to reflect on what 2024 has meant to you. 

Expect low-slung grooves, contemplative vocals, and dubbed out minimal loops. 

Enjoy.

Introspection

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We Slowly Rot w/ DJ Athome @ Kiosk Radio 18.04.2025

6 hours of rotation diving into the deeper end of their extensive record collections.

Ode to Bllnbssmnt @ Rumbler Bar, Melbourne

They Almost Did

Here's a recording of my closing set at the wicked first edition of @Headroom_dance, Abergavenny, 3rd Aug 2019. 

This was 4 - 6 am, 1000 pints deep, so the recoding is both joyous and clangy. @k-lone93 jumps on for the last half hour. 

Big big thanks to Ell and Jess for having me done and to all the dancers!

@ Headroom 2019

+ @riolabel @initinit

Benedikt Frey is many. Or just one? He is a composer. An arranger. A DJ. A Liveact. A ghost producer. A fan. He also 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

Live from Epicentar 11.11.2023

benedikt frey

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