Benedikt Frey - Troubled Funk MixX #5

Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.

Lisbon
@pastforward alongside @menqui and @hendrik_stein

+ @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

Ніч така місячна

ніч така місячна – виють тінейджери
плачуть коти божеволіють пси
ниє душа десь в куточку за ребрами
від передозу краси
ніч така місячна зоряна ясная
око пітьми просто в вікна глядить
око пітьми невимовно прекрасне

Travel comes in many forms.  Let the beat lead.

Contacts: https://www.facebook.com/katisound

Joy rides:
25.10.2024 - O'Tawa Altar | Paris
14.09.2024 - Chakawa | Paris
31.08.2024 - Amaluna | Paris
15-18.08.2024 - O'Tawa Innervisions Festival | France
14-16.07.2023 - Kamiwaza Festival | Angers, France
01.07.2023 - Fuego Samingo: Jux & Mazukamba @ | Gallia, Paris
14-19.06.2023 - Hedoné Festival | Bourgogne, France
09.04.2023 - Synergie - La Bellevilloise | Paris
22.10.2022 - Fuego Samingo: Jux, Ethno Kult & Mazukumba | Amaluna, Paris
19-21.08.2022 - Bucht der Träumer Festival | Berlin
09.10.2021 - Blooming Symbiosis | Kyiv
1-2.08.2021 - Chillary Festival | Kyiv
15-18.07.2021 - Vibronica Festival | StarDust 
03.07.2021 - Soul Serenades | Kyiv
06.11.2020 - Bluebird Sort of Day | Kyiv
12.09.2020 - Tulum Party | Kyiv
02.08.2020 - Avatar Festival | Odessa
20.07.2019 - Vibronica Festival | Dragonboat
23.06.2019 - Vibronica meets Kurenivka w/ Indygo | Kyiv
7-9.06.2019 - Kaleidoscopie Festival | Kyiv
25-26.05.2019 - Vibronica | Wanderlust - Odessa
07.04.2019 - Beate Uwe | Berlin
30.03.2019 - Soul Serenades | Dnipro
02.03.2019 - Relax Space | Makoto Dojo
09.02.2019 - Vibronica | Book of Tales - Da Iguana
30.12.2018 - Mezzanine | 5 years Anniversary 
24.11.2018 - Kamalaya - Tropical Slow Dance Party | Kharkiv
10.11.2018 - Vibronica | Book of Tales - Santi & Tugce
29.09.2018 - Vibronica | Autumn Episode
14-16.09.2018 - BookWorm Festival | Lviv
7-9.09.2018 - Babylon Escape Festival | Lviv
23.08.2018 - Soul Culture Serenades | Dnipro
1-6.08.2018 - Avatar Yoga Festival | Odessa
12-15.07.2018 - Vibronica Festival | Wonder Caravan
15.06.2018 - Vibronica Showcase @ DOM
1-3.06.2018 - Kaleidoscopie Festival: Illumination
24.03.2018 - Vibronica | Voodoo love 
9.03.2018 - Kolyba party

Benedikt Frey - Troubled Funk MixX #5

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