Benedikt Frey (Serious Trouble / R-i-O //Berlin)
@freybenedikt

Illustration:
@steviewhisper

Benedikt Frey says Yes.

Benedikt Frey - Troubled Funk MixX #1

One of the most talented and humble producers of our generation, that is Benedikt Frey himsel,  head of the R-I-O-label, Co-owner and 33,33% of the Dolphins project which would be so cool when you listen it, just a wonderful person and a amazing musician. The music will say it all. What can be better for one tipical monday then such a great selecton.
thank you!

https://soundcloud.com/freybenedikt

artwork by DMT Grinch aka Sergey Romanov (Bryansk)
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Benedikt Frey

432Hz Social Club Radio #1 - Benedikt Frey

https://soundcloud.com/andrepahl is a freelance creative coder with graphic design background. After 10 years abroad –Amsterdam and Mexico City– he settled in Berlin. There, he began a mix series of pitched down cinematic journeys called 'Safari', often constructed in many sonic layers. He's a true Gemini, always up for some mischief and new adventures when travelling with friends and like-minded peeps. He hates waiting, certainly in queues. His only phobia is of spiders above a certain size, which will def occur in this mix at some point. Furthermore, it's again a fierce collage concept. A sultry, mad, flaming, desperate river of no return.....

» This sonic landscape is a musical odyssey into a distant realm and its hidden memories — a tribute to nature's relentless brutality as well as its beauty, to an everlasting cycle of of extreme conditions that shape an unforgiving landscape. Imagine gnarled, sun-bleached trees shrouded in mist while countless creatures crawl beneath their twisted roots, and with every overturned leaf, a new microcosm emerges, revealing the intricate beauty amidst the savagery. It becomes difficult to tell whether the sky or the abyss lies above or below. 

What you hear is a collage of ethereal voices and sounds, fusing echoes of the past with whispers of the future. It is also a metaphor for an inner journey. Joy and sorrow shake hands, love, decay and renewal intertwine — a tapestry woven from the strands of existence, representing the unbridled power of the subconscious. «

For Hannah ♥

NOSE JOB 39 — ANDRÉ PAHL

Prepare for an electrifying journey into the realm of experimental electronic music as @freybenedikt takes the reins of our channel. With a knack for curating strange yet captivating sounds, this mix promises to defy conventions and immerse listeners in a sonic landscape unlike any other.

Karagi ಏ Benedikt Frey

NO WEAPON IS ABSOLUTE - DJ Sundae - 26-06-2024 - NTS 2

Format: 	Vinyl – 2xLP
Released: 08 January 2025
Genre: 	 Electronic
Style: 	 Ambient, Downtempo, Dub, Leftfield, Tribal

It was quite unexpected to see the very prolific and talented Pieter Kock featuring on Macadam Mambo - which is usually used to new-comers - as he has released a lot in the past 2 years on very nice labels like RIO, Meakusma or Moonwalk X. But, the demos that he sent were so good that there was no question about doing something. And with a lot of possibilities, to prepare a double album that is now composed of 16 quality tracks for 1h20 of music… What vibes are in here! It’s heavy, loudly, loopy, mental, smokey, and always surprising. Pieter has is very own universe, and is without doubt one of the most interesting electronic musician at the moment. 
Should we ask you to give chance to this opus, and tell you you won’t regret it ? We don’t think we need to do so... ☺

Artwork : Ian Duclos - Mastering : Rude 66 - Distribution : Rubadub - 350 copies 

TRACKLIST :
A1. Heartbreak Hotel 3’10				
A2. Today It’s Junk, Tomorrow It’s Gold 5’52	
A3. Dominos 4’46				
A4. Siehst Du? 4’55				

B1. Trance Europe 5’29				
B2. Floks & Murders Of Entitled Spirits 2’37		
B3. 420 4’20				
B4. The Gates Are Closing And Opening Now 4’28
B5. Really Good 2’48


C1. Tokyo Hotel 6’35
C2. Newttton 5’31
C3. Work Under New Circumstances 5’05
C4. So Much On Your Plate In A Fermented State 4’37
D1. Soft Spots 5’51
D2. The End ll 10’00
D3. Untitled#6 5’18

The End 2

pre-order

MMLPXXX101 - Pieter Kock "The End ll" [PREVIEWS] (Jan. 2025)

Nathan Dawidowicz's path has been one of contrast and exploration. Born to a Polish-Lithuanian mother and Cameroonian father, they moved from Milan to Jerusalem at the age of six, growing up in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community. While pursuing an academic path in design, music remained a constant companion, deeply rooted in childhood experiences playing the piano within religious ceremonies.

Though design became their formal study, it was music that provided a way to navigate life. Inspired by their father’s time as a DJ in Milan throughout the '80s and '90s, Nathan’s relationship with sound evolved, eventually leading them to Berlin, where they continued to explore expression through music.
In Berlin, they joined forces with Luspoderosa, a label based between Zurich and Berlin, known for its unconventional approach. This collaboration became the foundation for Nathan’s debut solo album, Sanctuary of Ideas—a deeply personal, cosmic exploration of memory, heritage, and the emotional landscapes of sound.

This mix is the recording of Nathan's set at Horrorscope's night at Sameheads on 10.01.25

@nathan-dawidowicz

LIO Press mix #29 ~ by Nathan Dawidowicz · 'Live at Horrorscope'

Another Donkey Pâtè full of curve ball music and eccentric folk.

Here's the Òlta boys redefining what is acceptable on a dance floor around 7am........

Enjoy x

Òlta Karawane LIVE Dj cut - Donkey Pâtè @ Sameheads 22.03.2025

Swimming pool in the imaginative world of AI.

Selected by https://soundcloud.com/underwaterrocket

Histoires de Piscine 145 by Underwater Rocket aka Justas Mineral

New Sameheads tape release.... Number 29 in fact in the C60 series.

Another curve ball approach...

Amelia Holt and Benedikt Frey offering up a side each of some influences from the rap game.

Amelia says.
"I love hip hop. I have been digging a lot of it because I like the beats and it’s fun to blend with trip hop and downtempo tracks. I also work for a record collectors, who has an incredible hip hop collection and we spend a lot of time listening to all these records. Beyond the beats, rhythm & lyrics, hip hop has an important piece in the history of music and the city I live in. I am grateful it exists.

This mix was recorded in Texas, in my bed room early January during the holiday season."

Big thanks to both @freybenedikt & @ameliaholt

The tapes are limited and available in person at all upcoming Sameheads events or online via sending an email to info@sameheads.com

Come and snatch one.

Artwork by @eslim_

Benedikt Frey (Side Y) - Honey Trap - Sameheads C60 Tape Collection Series #29

+ @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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