MVS II Mix

LIFE IS PORN
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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

All my creations are free under Creative Commons. No regards, no cash. Just get 'em. Use them for BG, soundtrack, remix, samples, wathevs. Just don't claim them to you or imply they are "orphans", mind the original files I have wil'ya ^_^

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Now a little bio:

First of all, I don't know my stuff yet. I make music just for the sake of fun :) My natural skills are in digital graphics (as if you didn't notice yet), but I got interest in music since young, then now I try to do my own.
As you can hear I really like electronic syntetizers. My interest in digital art, videogames and computers made me gravitate towards them. To make tracks I use virtual MIDI editors, mainly FL Studio(criiiiinge! Muahaha!!!!!!!!) Hope to get serious cash someday to buy physical gear. Wanna learn how to do it "analogic - style".
Anytime I start one new song I look for originality and mastery. Every track i make is the most original compilation of beats I could come up with at the time. Each of 'em babies are not only one but a few steps futher to eargasm. But out of my uniqueness obsession, there's one thing I always repeat: I want my tracks sounding as clear as transistors and capacitors may allow. I am always meddling with encoding process, loudness/range, compression, file types and equalization, and now my new goal on the road to eargasm is to leave my tracks with quite respectable ranges and immersive ambience. Because of that I dare to call myself an amateur producer ^_^

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If you wanna follow me, expect no more than 2 new tracks per year - or maybe none - cuz I am a buzy bud in real life ^_^. Just pull the headphones, lay back and chill

MVS II Mix

benedikt frey