Benedikt Frey - None Of Your Business (Ft. Valley Girl)

Leon’s Dad is a solo project by John Kennedy. A multi instrumentalist and vocalist based in the South East of Ireland.

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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

I've spilt Beamish on myself
Making House Music

bienvenuue <3
contact : lulumaori@gmail.com

05.01.25 traverse @ noord space, Amsterdam (NL)
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09.11.24 @ Stranded FM, Utrecht (NL)
09.11.24 Le Guess Who @ KABUL à GoGo, Utrecht (NL)
31.10.24 @ Radio Sofa, Paris (FR)
19.09.24 @ NAR, Utrecht (NL)
15.09.24 @ Radio Sofa, Paris (FR) 
17.08.24 b2b Thomas Hell @ Amsterdam Bos (NL)
16.08.24 @ Sexyland, Amsterdam (NL)
08.08.24 @ Piña Festival, San Remo (IT)
01.08.24 @ NAR, Utrecht (cancelled) (NL)
28.07.24 ZENITH @ Kiosk Radio, Brussels (BE)
14.07.24 TEMƎT @ Rinse FM, Paris (FR)
29.06.24 @ Vinyl Harvest, Luxembourg (LU)
27.04.24 @ Le 9b, Paris (FR)
16.03.24 @ Sexyland, Amsterdam (NL)
24.02.24 @ Stranded FM, Utrecht (NL)
23.02.24 @ Garage Noord, Amsterdam (NL)
20.02.24 @ Radio Sofa, Paris (FR)
15.02.24 @ Coppi, Berlin (DE)
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25.11.23 KIM @ Vogelfrei, Utrecht (NL)
24.11.23 @ NAR, Utrecht (NL)
24.11.23 @ Stranded FM, Utrecht (NL)
03.11.23 5Y TNP @ Skatecafé, Amsterdam (NL)
02.11.23 @ Radio Sofa, Paris (FR)
06.10.23 b2b Stefhanja @ Taverno, Amsterdam (NL)
06.10.23 w/ Fuuturejazz @ Echobox, Amsterdam 
12.08.23 b2b KALA TVMA @ Paradiso, Amsterdam 
24.06.23 @ Radio TNP, Amsterdam (NL)
18.06.23 @ WIHH gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
09.06.23 ASFF @ Kriterion, Amsterdam (NL)
11.05.23 Webradio Soundsystem @ Badhuis Oedipus, Amsterdam (cancelled) (NL)
05.05.23 w/FuutureJazz @ WIHH gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
05.05.23 @ Black Rhino Radio, Bucharest (ROU)
22.04.23 @ Relate Radio, Groningen (NL)
14.04.23 Webradio Soundsystem @ Badhuis Oedipus, Amsterdam (NL)
08.04.23 @ Humboldthain, Berlin (DE)
06.04.23 @ Fahimi Bar, Berlin (DE)
10.03.23 @ Bar Bario, Amsterdam (NL)
04.03.23 w/FuutureJazz @ Skek, Amsterdam (NL)
24.02.23 @ Webrodeo Bike-Thru, Amsterdam (NL)
28.01.23 @ Vrankrijk, Amsterdam (NL)
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03.12.22 b2b Jo FLM @ Skatepark Noord, Amsterdam
03.12.22 @ De Meester, Almere
29.10.22 Halloween @ PIP, Den Haag 
19.10.22 livestream @ RVM Sound, London
10.09.22 @ PIP, Den Haag
25.08.22 @ Panke, Berlin
03.07.22 @ Sexyland, Amsterdam (cancelled)
11.06.22 @ Dance with Ukraine, Amsterdam
07.05.22 @ Monarch, Berlin
16.04.22 @ Vondelbunker, Amsterdam

The Bunker gives shelter to: 
Alkaliner
M.A.G.N.O. 
Hemper
Apter-Dada 
FFF(FarFromFame) 
eleventetem
Pistons & Burn Backs
Candy Looper 
IZÉ
Nine Track Tape Machine
Poptarisña 
Jefferson's Industrial Pathways 
VOLVA
Intercepted Planetary Transmission
aLLoyED waVEs
Plymouth Muscle Club

Benedikt Frey - None Of Your Business (Ft. Valley Girl)

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