Sound Metaphors mix series featuring David Fogarty, head honcho of Transmigration - Berlin based label, party and radio show - the techno connoisseur responsible for re-issuing a stellar 90's Ambient Techno focused catalogue of essential releases from around the globe.
@transmigration_records

Sound Metaphors Mix Series 01 : David Fogarty

Benedikt Frey - Troubled Funk MixX #1

NO WEAPON IS ABSOLUTE - DJ Sundae - 07-02-2024 - NTS 2

In the beginning of the year, my old friend the Duke from Nation Records asked me to participate to his annual online gathering "Unlimited Nation", a reunion of music heads enthusiasts. 
I didn't had the chance to participate in the past, and I was really happy to be able to do it this time, but bad luck, due to a technical fiasco issue (I didn't prepared well for the online streaming), my set couldn't be streamed in the ideal conditions and we had to give it a term (at least people get a lot of fun seeing me taking the full storm from the duke ;D)))... 
Full of frustration after leaving the connection I decided to record it again, straight away, so here it is, a 2h selection of stuff that I have been playing in the past... it's raw, recorded in one take, mixed with a bunch of vinyls and 2x mk2 and xone 42 mixer at the studio of my friends Doo and Ogi in Belgrade, thanks to them for the hospitality.

New unrealeased Mix series #2 : Unlimited Nation (the mix that couldn't exist)

The first entry in this year’s Virtual Utopia program comes from the Australian-born, Berlin-based duo, Daisy Records (@daisyrecordsmelbourne). Mitch and Obelix have crafted an entrancing 2.5-hour journey that weaves through downtempo, house, ambient techno, and trance -all infused with a shimmering ambiance that radiates warmth and positivity. Each track carries an ethereal beauty, enveloping the listener in a calming softness that invites them to close their eyes and drift peacefully through the inner, and outer reaches of their minds. 

Daisy Records are true masters at capturing a sense of ethereal spaciousness, delivering a sonic palette that soothes the mind and cleanses the spirit. This mix offers listeners the space to let their thoughts flow gently downstream, while their atoms dissipate, floating aimlessly yet never lost, free from the need for a destination.

Every sense is blissfully engaged here—vibrant colors, cooling winds, the fresh scent of life, and the harmonious soundscape of a flourishing Earth. A temporary window into the unspoiled nature it once was.

Through the spectrum of euphonic sound, resonating souls merge and dissipate like distant murmurations. Although for some, however much their distance may change, through the phenomena of love, they will remain forever bound.

Thank you, Mitch and Obi, for this beauty <3

Virtual Utopia 11: Daisy Records

We've got an another letter from Canada. 45th mix is delivered by Scott W., a true fixture of their underground scene, also known for his ZAP! party. With his masterful skill, and discerning selects as a avid vinyl collector, all diverse tracks are transformed into unique and trippy story of 70 mins. MOLDIVE will have him on March 22, at Club NOON. We'd love to see you there.
@scottw_stuff

DREAMING 045 : Scott W.

Olta Karawane 05/04/25

Luce Clandestina from Turin joining our RIOCAST series
read the interview at -- > https://riolabel.com/riocasts

RIOCAST16 Luce Clandestina - That's Where I Got Lost

BS085 - Donkey Ride w/ Low Bat
@nighttravelonablanketshow

After at least a couple years in the making, we finally intercepted good old Low Bat's transmission for Bamboo Shows. A culinary companion, expert in hay-matured duck, spinash dough, cheddar dashi or even olive-oil confection, and, while we're at it, a great musician (part of trystero, Andermole and Jean-Luc, handyman for Mutant Radio and former Berlin hell-raiser).

True to form, dear Louis provides with a dreamlike trip, via his 'Donkey Ride'. Drop the tab under the big pink, and take this stony cow-path along with him. Under the blazing sun, grass grows faster, emotions feel deeper, and the ordinary drifts far away. One hour of stretched melancholia, folk to lose yourself in the horizon, vivid synthwave and other oddities that gently blur reality.


BS085 - Low Bat

ahead of our next gathering, resonance regular @ahrkh, a.k.a, alex macarte founder of golden ratio frequencies label, nts host, and member of psych-noise veterans gnod has gifted us this 2 hour resonance mix, recorded live at a secret outdoor location in late April, just outside of hebden bridge, west yorkshire, during what was a beautiful blooming spring!

this heady mix is a journey through sounds and genres that tunes into the frequency of this very special secluded space, which we will soon visit for a mysterious gathering of souls…

“when resonance invited me to record a live dj set, outdoors, in a private secluded off-grid location this spring, I obviously jumped at the chance! I knew if Resonance were involved, there would definitely be some magic afoot! And I was not wrong. Surrounded by streams, trees, birds, flowers in bloom and blue skies and sunshine, this was little slice of utopian paradise! 

with only a handful of us laying back to enjoy the natural surroundings and with no plan as to what I would play, I could really zone in and just melt into the environment, going with the flow as the sounds of the the birds, water and leaves in the spring breeze intertwined with music, creating a symbiotic sound world or rest and peace.

a little private portal place that I’m happy to share with you all now. I look forward to being back there!” 

to get a flavour of his upcoming set at said gathering, lock in and ride the ambient, ethereal journey with us, through the dripping waters of the calder valley, with field recordings from the recording location mixed into the sounds from an array of artists, from home and further afield.

episode VII ~ w/ AHRKH

Residency show broadcasted live at Radio Tempo Não Pára (04.07.2025)

Artist: @satoshi-okonkole

Satoshi Yamamura @ Radio TNP 04.07.2025

+ @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

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