Benedikt Frey - Troubled Funk MixX #4

Montreal DJ and event organizer
Praxis with @marcmyst

+ @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

music sounds better with me
https://www.instagram.com/xristova/

DJ based in lozärn, klub kegelbahn

Former Stromstoss Residency DJ @ Radio3Fach —> All set rec. @radio3fach
Host of Party Series Emporia @ Klub Kegelbahn —> All set rec. @kind-kegelbahn-audio

Upcoming:
24.07.2025 Jenseits der Ordnung @ Klub Kegelbahn
14.08.2025 Endlossounds Festival @ Radio Lora, Zürich
30.08.2025 Stampf-Floor @ Schwing und Stampf Festival

Past: 
20.07.2025 After Hour [b2b Flo Dalton] @ Between Mountains Festival, Basel 
11.07.2025 Booth @ Kaffee Kind, Luzern —> rec.
21.06.2025 @ Zwyer Haus, Altdorf UR —> rec.
14.06.2025 Femstreik @ Zentralwäscherei, Zürich 02.05.2025 Cats Calling Back @ Stanser Musiktage, Chäslager 
02.05.2025 Stromstoss Residency w/ ALÉLÉFI @ Radio3Fach, Luzern —> rec. 
02.05.2025 CANCELLED: 118 Minuten on tracks @ SBB, Luzern 
24.04.2025 Emporia @ Klub Kegelbahn, Luzern 15.03.2025 beläge [w/ Insel] @ Kraftfeld, Winterthur
08.03.2025 Gut Feeling [w/ sigsoy.yosi] @ Klub Kegelbahn, Luzern
03.03.2025 Güdismändig [b2b tschuno] @ Disco Pizza, Luzern
25.01.2025 Kontrast by berg&tal events [b2b mani motter] @ hoodg13, Sursee 
04.01.2025 Neujahrsparty: Neubad macht blau @ Neubad, Luzern
03.01.2025 Fun’n’Friendzy [b2b Flo Dalton] @ Klub Kegelbahn, Luzern
31.12.2024 Silvesternacht @ Kiosk, Luzern
28.12.2024 Bloom [b2b Flo Dalton] @ Kauz, Zürich
27.12.2024 Emporia [b2b marc, Sketchy] @ Klub Kegelbahn, Luzern --> rec.
13.12.2024 Booth w/ Vollerkoller & Tim Swimmingpool @ Kaffee Kind, Luzern --> rec. 
23.11.2024 Furka Radio w/ Soja Cats, Zürich --> rec.
26.10.2024 Bliss @ Neubad Klub, Luzern —> rec.
19.10.2024 Radio3Fach B-day @ Neubad Klub, Luzern
05.10.2024 [b2b Flo Dalton] @ Kapitel, Bern
28.09.2024 Upcoming Filmmakers @ Moderne, Luzern
14.09.2024 Bermuda @ ISC Club, Bern
03.09.2024 Kokon Sendung @ GDS.FM radio, Zürich
10.08.2024 Booth @ Kaffee Kind, Luzern --> rec.
26.07.2024 Daydance @ Kulturmatte Festival, Bern
19.07.2024 Am Bach Festival, Luzern
17.07.2024 Gurten Festival w/ Helvetia Rockt, Luzern
11.07.2024 Femmeuf & Friends @ Treibhaus, Luzern
27.06.2024 Emporia @ Klub Kegelbahn, Luzern —> rec.
14.06.2024 B-Sides Festival, Luzern
08.06.2024 Stromstoss Residency [b2b Pic Riccolo, Flo Dalton, Selossod] @ Radio3Fach, Luzern —> rec.
18.05.2024 Booth @ Kaffee Kind, Luzern --> rec.
06.05.2024 Barset @ Jazzkantine, Luzern 
03.05.2024 Stromstoss Residency [b2b Selossod] @ Radio3Fach, Luzern —> rec. 
19.04.2024 FLINTA* Party @ Neubad Klub, Luzern
13.04.2024 XOXO @ Klub Kegelbahn, Luzern
12.04.2024 Ender [b2b Flo Dalton] @ GDS.FM Sender, Zürich
05.04.2024 Stromstoss Residency @ Radio3Fach, Luzern —> rec.
27.03.2024 118 Minuten on Fire @ Neubad Klub, Luzern
16.03.2024 amiable Daydance @ , rue de madretsch 17 Biel
08.03.2024 Marie isch hässig @ Club Royale, Baden
08.03.2024 Stromstoss Residency @ Radio3Fach, Luzern —> rec.
01.03.2024 Remmidemmi [b2b crime de la crime] @ Bubble, Bern
01.03.2024 Stromstoss Residency @ Radio3Fach, Luzern —> rec.
23.02.2024 Champagne Break @ Caffete, Bern
22.02.2024 Emporia @ Klub Kegelbahn, Luzern —> rec.
16.02.2024 Stromstoss Residency @ Radio3Fach, Luzern —> rec.
12.02.2024 @ Trudis Wanderdisko @ Fasnacht, Luzern
26.01.2024 Stromstoss Residency @ Radio3Fach, Luzern —> rec.
13.01.2024 @ Kaffee Kind, Luzern —> rec.
24.12.2023 Weihnachtsparty by Radio3Fach @ Bourbaki, Luzern
16.12.2023 Kleine Welt @ Klub Kegelbahn, Luzern
08.12.2023 Stromstoss Residency @ Radio3Fach, Luzern —> rec.
16.11.2023 10 Jahre, 1 Klub @ Klub Kegelbahn, Luzern —> rec.
09.11.2023 Clique @ Klub Kegelbahn, Luzern
03.11.2023 Stromstoss Residency [b2b @manimotter] @ Radio3Fach, Luzern —> rec.
20.10.2023 Brute @ Neubad Klub, Luzern
13.10.2023 Helvetia Rockt Music Lab Fete @ Treibhaus, Luzern
29.09.2023 Stromstoss Residency @ Radio3Fach —> rec.
21.09.2023 Disko, Die @ Klub Kegelbahn, Luzern
—> rec.
25.08.2023 Stromstoss Residency @ Radio3Fach, Luzern —> rec.
06.08.2023 After Hour @ Sweet Mountain Festival, Altdorf UR
28.07.2023 Daydance @ Kulturmatte Festival, Bern
01.07.2023 @ Gewerbehalle, Luzern

Benedikt Frey - Troubled Funk MixX #4

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