Releases

Artist: Caprithy / Denis Kostitsyn
Title: Meat Fools
Label: Exarde
Cat No: XRD009
Format: 12” Vinyl

Tracklist: 

A1. Caprithy - Railway Station
A2. Caprithy - Rele
B1. Denis Kostitsyn - Shiza
B2. Denis Kostitsyn - Italmas

Our usual creator of these texts and an eloquent storyteller Luge has asked me to step in for this one so here you go and buckle up ladies & gentlemen. To state the obvious the label will see its first split EP which will go by the name Meat Fools. The side A is created by Caprithy and side B by Denis Kostitsyn, who are two longtime friends and the residents of the project ABCD originating from the city Izhevsk. These hardworking focused producers brought this vinyl to life for you to immense in their world and connect for us altogether regardless where your body is based. The combustion of sounds within this wax piece is dark, moody and fits to the label’s ideology like the Cinderella’s shoe.

Caprithy / Denis Kostitsyn - Meat Fools (XRD009)

Title Track of Benedikt Frey's debut EP on Malka Tuti.
Record is released 17/01/2023

Recall

Benedikt Frey - Recall

I live here.
Sonic trip thru the bustling metropolis.

Dub Hill

Previews from Terrain’s ‘Corners’ EP, out August 25, 2023.
Order: https://vargmalrecords.bandcamp.com/album/corners

A1. Blind Spot
A2. Vintage
B1. Corners
B2. Singularity (feat. Localhost)

The EP is available on black 180-gram 12” vinyl and digital formats.

Mastered by Neel at Enisslab Studio
Artwork by Ciaran Birch

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Corners

Terrain ‘Corners’ EP [VARGMAL002]

Here is the chapter13 of OPEN PORT CLUB mix by Ramzilla a.k.a. RAMZi from  Montréal Canada. Please enjoy a 72-minute musical journey filled with positive energy.Check out mix and special interview below!

OPC Mix 13本目となる今回は、モントリオールに生まれ独自の有機的なサウンドスケープを創り出してきたプロデューサーRAMZiとして知られるPhoebé GuillemotのDJ時の名義の一つであるRamzillaによるミックス。彼女の純粋に音楽を愛し楽しもうとする姿勢が伝わるような72分の希望を照らす音楽旅行をお楽しみください。

Read the full interview : http://openportclub.net/opc-mix/open-port-club-mix-series-ramzilla/
RAMZi SoundCloud : @phubu

=INTERVIEW=
　
Q1. How and where was the mix recorded? Could you tell us about the idea behind the mix?
　
I recorded it at my studio in Montreal. I selected music that are for me sooting in these psychotic times we going through collectively. Im also going to Brazil soon, always loved music from Brazil very much. In that mix there’s some from the 70s and some new electronic music from Numa Gama, a producer from Rio de Janeiro who is very inspiring to me and that i will meet soon.

Q1. ミックスはどこで、どのように録音されましたか？また、ミックスのアイデアについて教えていただけますか？
　
モントリオールの私のスタジオで録音しました。今、私たちが集団的に経験しているこの狂気じみた時代に、私にとって鎮静効果のある音楽を選びました。また、私は間もなくブラジルに行く予定で、常にブラジルの音楽が大好きです。そのミックスには70年代の音楽や、リオデジャネイロのプロデューサーであるNuma Gamaからの新しいエレクトロニックミュージックなどが含まれており、私にとって非常に刺激的な存在であり、もうすぐ会います。

Read more : http://openportclub.net/opc-mix/open-port-club-mix-series-ramzilla/

OPEN PORT CLUB Mix Series – Ramzilla

BANDCAMP

Benedikt Frey - Sei Wer Du Bist

More Info: http://www.xlr8r.com/news/2015/03/premiere-stream-live-at-robert-johnsons-upcoming-lifesaver-compilation-in-full

Full stream of 'Lifesaver Compilation 2', a new collection of tracks from the Live at Robert Johnson label (out on March 16).

https://soundcloud.com/live-at-robert-johnson

Benedikt Frey - Brainwashed

Benedikt Frey makes his debut on Rhythmic Culture Records with ‘Hoover’. The German producer–known for his previous work on labels such as ESP Institute, Hivern Discs and his own R.i.O. imprint–delivers a 4-track EP that is a journey through the breakbeat spectrum with a distinct focus on sonic experimentation. From the hypnotic dynamic in ‘Blue Lights’ complimented by the vocals of DALO, to the intriguing dance floor rhythms in ‘Henry’ and ‘Deadlines’ and downtempo mesmerising track ‘Trees’, ‘Hoover’ puts another side of Frey’s work in the limelight.

Hoover

Deadlines

Benedikt Frey - Deadlines

BASIC CHANEL 28.1.25

Out now: POOL JAMS – the new album by INIT 🌊🌀

A soundtrack for sun-soaked city streets and neon-lit dreams. INIT, the Berlin-based duo of Nadia D'Alò and Benedikt Frey, return with their fourth album — a hazy blend of trip hop, dub, trance, and R’n’B grace, all twisted into something uniquely their own. Released on R.i.O., POOL JAMS feels like a faded photo from an empty pool — nostalgic, seductive, and endlessly replayable.

You can dream it. You can trance it. But once it's on, you can’t escape it.
Now streaming everywhere.

#INIT #PoolJams #NewMusic #RIO #ElectronicMusic #DreamSoundtrack

INIT - Carrier

For this Zenith show we have Norherenorthere. Delving into unmapped territories, Norherenorthere will unfold a journey through drifting soundscapes, forgotten film scores, and electronica.

ZENITH w/ Norherenorthere @ Kiosk Radio 29.10.2025

PRE ORDER: https://clubblanco1.bandcamp.com/album/benedikt-frey-aid-kit 

Benedikt Frey supplies the aid kit.
4 remedies for after-dark navigation. Remix from Carl Finlow.

For its third release, Club Blanco welcomes German producer Benedikt Frey. Aid Kit delivers three original pieces of shadowy club machinery — tense, wonky and charged with late-night atmosphere. Electro veteran Carl Finlow reassembles the parts with clinical precision, crafting a remix that hums with circuitry and steel. Together they form four doses of deep, charged energy.


Benedikt Frey - Aid Kit (CBR003) (Clips)

DISCOTECA NEGRA closes autumn season with a remix by label head Ignacio Rosa, over the recent EP ‘Drive To Crash’ by one of the main Tokyo agitators, Selfless Service.



IGNACIO ROSA

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ignacio_rosa_
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/ignacio_rosa
Spotify Artist Profile: https://tinyurl.com/2nfhmc33
Resident Advisor: https://ra.co/dj/ignaciorosa

SELFLESS SERVICE

SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/slflss
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slflss.srvc

DISCOTECA NEGRA 

Bandcamp: https://discotecanegra.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discotecanegra
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/discotecanegra
Resident Advisor: https://ra.co/labels/22445

Selfless Service - Drive To Crash (Ignacio Rosa Cruisin' Remix) [Discoteca Negra]

LATIN RAVE 2.0

Aiwo rec.

Mülheim / Düsseldorf - will be released in early march 2017

maximum respect and peace to all mankind



Info: simonic-aiwo@outlook.de

003 DJ Normal 4 & Bufiman - The 5 Elements - Water & Air

"If, like many others, your introduction to Black Merlin began only from the point of the highly successful Hipnotik Tradisi, your curiosity might have been piqued enough to attempt a little digging of your own, only to be gobsmacked once you realize that you’d been missing out on 90% of a highly productive, almost a decade long career that had preceded the Black Merlin stage name. By the time his jungle-infected LP arrived, Thompson had already carved out several niches for himself in various corners of the electronic music world.

Way back in 2008, Thompson was already making music as one half of Spectral Empire, a duo act with fellow Brit Kyle Martin. Since then, and in between his solo creations as Black Merlin, he has collaborated with partners under no less than two other guises (Kommune, Karamika). His musical catalogue is nothing short of spectacular, having released on such diverse labels as Omnidisc, Bird Scarer Records, Island of The Gods, LN-CC, Common Thread, Pinkman, Berceuse Heroique, SORN, ESP Institute, Boysnoize Records and Jealous God, among others. The recurring theme here appears to be one of constant reinvention, as the genres he has dabbled with oscillates from warped spacey disco, synth-driven krautrock, droney minimal wave, retrogressive EBM, to the hypnotic dark techno of recent years.
From the outside looking in, Thompson’s career trajectory thus far appears to have been less dictated by fickle industry trends and more intrinsically motivated. Running on his own internal clock, he’s been releasing music and reinventing himself at a steady and relentless pace both before and after Hipnotik Tradisi brought his name to the forefront. Few musicians would be tempted to stray from a formula that has tasted success. Not Black Merlin. Following hot on the heels of his 2016 tour de force are already two completely different records by Thompson, all within the span of a year. Clearly, he wasted little time basking in past glory.
Any bid to decode this artist and reduce him to a mere label for one’s own categorizing convenience would be a futile endeavor; it’s akin to a cynic’s vain attempt to deconstruct and unravel one magician’s trick: you’ll likely come out none the wiser and risk missing out on the pure and simple appreciation of his art form. Much better to let each of his music pieces speak for itself."

@black-merlin
https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/blackmerlin
https://www.discogs.com/artist/2630152-black-merlin
https://blackmerlin-music.bandcamp.com/

Phormix Podcast #193 Black Merlin

+ @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

Benedikt Frey - Sei Wer Du Bist

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