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Here´s the title track from our next release NAVA by @freybenedikt & @tohinc

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Distribution:
https://www.one-eye-witness.com/release/1634121441/Benedikt-Frey-and-Tim-Toh-NAVA

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Music Video

Benedikt Frey & Tim Toh - Neu (ft. Lisa Toh & Niklas Wandt)

From: Various ‎– Muting The Noise 01
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Muting-The-Noise-01/master/164172

Âme - Doldrums

LABOR

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https://soundcloud.com/esp-institute
🛒 https://freybenedikt.bandcamp.com/album/fastlane
🔊 https://youtu.be/nVzU6dgMxek

Close your eyes and merge into Benedikt Frey’s 'Fastlane'. Imagine sitting in the driver’s seat of a an automobile, one with exceptional horsepower and torque, as you stare out the windshield at the red light, warping in fata-morgana a mile down the road. It’s a straight-away, a black top with two lanes, and against your better judgment you decide to floor the gas. No hesitation in your muscle, your ankle or the ball of your foot, which you now realize is some kind of universal pivot, the first point of contact fusing your body with the will of machine. In this moment you’re in awe that you, a human, an animal, grew from pond scum into something so advanced as to engineer this thing, a mechanical beast capable of overwhelming power and exhilaration. But you also feel a seductive dread, an outside force diverting you from caution toward a dangling carrot of curiosity, asking yourself, ‘How far can I take this thing?’ The dread, now a constant, is numbed, equalized by an adverse intoxicating gratification. You feel both sensations in real time, however, rather than take responsibility for yourself, friends, family and innocent bystanders, you cement your foot to the floor and lean your head back. Noise around you fades to mute. Smell the benzene-scented air, feel the wind on your face, the menacing vibration of the vessel you control beneath you and every grain of asphalt under its tires. This mile has now lasted an eternity and you’ve left your body for some objective view, as if watching climax of a film. Past the point of no return, you embrace abandon and lean into fate. The film becomes slow motion, a crawling pace so mesmerizing you convince yourself of an option to eject yourself from this madness, but as you finally let go of your last morsel of fear, you run the red light head-on into the nucleus of a fantastic glistening sculpture of torn metal, glass, oil, broken dreams and heartache. 'Fastlane' may be just drum machines and synthesizers if you’re timid, but listen harder and know the catastrophic reality of existence, a wreckage so gruesome we dare not rubberneck, but afterall it is our nature to stare.

PREMIERE: Benedikt Frey - Crank [ESP Institute]

Download: http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2014/09/dusk

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Gidge - Dusk

Geena Davis (demo)

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

Motor Booty

Hot summer rain hits the cracked pavement in uneven rhythms. A neon sign flickers above a café that never seems to close, its warm white light reflected in the wet ground like a fever dream. The air smells of summer and the world hums with an easy tone, as if the city itself is holding its breath. A light flooded film noir-ish scene, that needs a soundtrack like „POOL JAMS“, the new album of INIT, the Berlin based duo, that already caused quite a stir with their albums for Hivern Discs and Optimo Music. This time, they bring their latest creations out on R.i.O. - a label, with whom they are deeply associated. Their fourth longplayer is a playful one. One that brings trip hopping feelings. That has r’n’b grace, without catering regular trademarks of the genre. Dub, trance, drone, is all there too. Yet, nothing is present in pure definition. Rather suggested, interwoven, or newly twisted in a songwriting style, that haunts and
seduces. On top the voice of Nadia D'Alò dances, steps and hums tempting to the grooves she created with her partner in crime Benedikt Frey. Together they fashioned a record, that, as INIT puts it, is „some kind of old photo from an old dry empty pool that got faded by sunlight “. A dreamy, sunny piece of song art, made for endless smoky LA freeway drives, and other adventures that seek for infinite riddance. You can dream it. You can trance it. You can’t escape it, as soon as it rotates in your dream device for sound and vision.

Text ML

INIT - Pinata

my second guest mix for Sleazy Beats from back in the day.. , 
2011 -   tbt mix session! 

Sleazy Beats Guest Mix #2  (2011)

David Vunk - Troubles Tonight

Ravage

A Wicked Whisper by Jeno Void and Danja Koja remixed by Chris Fudurich and Danja Koja

Out 8th July 2016
Compilation sorted by COSMO VITELLI.

Cosmo Vitelli's label I'M A CLICHÉ might have run pretty low-key to the eyes of some but during its 12 years of activity, it managed to display a very clear artistic direction strong of 70 releases with a much enviable sonic cohesion while have a fine nose for talent: among other proud achievements, the label hatched the career of Israeli super-duo Red Axes and released Azari & III's "Hungry For The Power" 6 months before it became a worldwide classic.
A dozen years during which the label's tastes bended more and more towards a very peculiar type of synth pop and synth wave, too.

This year will see the release of a few retrospective compilations, each exploring the main traits and moods of its vast catalog.
The first one, "10 TRACKS THAT MIGHT HELP YOU FOR COOKING BUT WOULD CLEAR THE DANCEFLOOR" is obviously not touching I'M A CLICHÉ's arsenal of club weapons.
It's fair to say most of the music here either displays a feel of in-betweenness, or menace and tension—not unlike preparation scenes from a heist movie.

Cosmo Vitelli rounded up a selection spanning over the last decade, from UNCLE O's skeletal beats to ETIENNE JAUMET's modular synth jam, from ENTERTAINMENT's droning melodies and warehouse-reverberating drums to DIRTY 30's (actually Alixander III from Azari & III) twisted jazz-funk-leaning disco, the misty psychedelia of RED AXES' "Dreams Like A Tale". 

It's also a look back at COSMO VITELLI's own discography, through his 2006 single "Delayer" here remixed by Quiet Village over 10 minutes and two tracks from his band BOT'OX' second album (2013), all linked by the idea that escapism can somehow be a modern affair too. Here and now.

Bot'Ox — "Another Form Of Fatigue"

Download here for free!
https://secretdestroyers.bandcamp.com/album/classics-ep

The Tech Noir  #80s

written by: @m-pop-recordings (mike mangino & chris shepard)
label: @knekelhuis
release date: 19th of june

Smersh - M Appeal

"In celebration of our new single "Dirty Talk" out now on Kitsuné we did a mix of some of our favorite obscure, lesser known disco/italo/funk tracks from the past and put them all together in a fun, fast-paced, mega-mix style. Not for the faint of heart, buckle up!"

Oliver - Audio Speedwagon (Volume 1)

Naked Eyes - When The Lights Go Out
Marie Maloy - I Surrender
Mai Tai - History
Funky Family - Funky Is On
Steel Mind - Bad Passion (Inst)
Junei - Let's Ride
I-Level - Minefield (Acapella)
The Graingers - Shine Your Light
Delegation - Darlin'
Philip Michael Thomas - Just The Way I Planned It
The Clash - The Magnificent Dance (Acapella)
Output - Move For Me 
Dynasty - Strokin'
Change - Heaven Of My Life
Lamont Dozier - Shout About It
Ago - You Make Me Do It
Wham - Wham Rap (Acapella)
Electra - Feels Good
The System - It's Passion (Inst)
Kleer - Running Back To You
Ronnie Dyson - All Over Your Face
Project Future - Ray-Gun-Omics
Tara - Fresh Flesh
Freddy The Flying Dutchman and The Sistina Band - Wojtyla Dance Disco
Sparkle - Handsome Man
New Paradise - Sophistication
Kano - Don't Try To Stop Me
Hanson and Davis - Tonight (Dub)
Wuf Ticket - The Key
Chris Rea - I Can Hear Your Heartbeat
Halloween - Midnight Lady
Macho - Not Tonight
Don Ray - Got To Have Loving
Lisa Boray - Tonight
Nightlife Unlimited - Peaches Prunes (Ron Hardy Edit)
Azoto - Any Time Or Place
The City Never Sleeps - Fantasy
Sparks - Try Outs For The Human Race
Giorgio Moroder Utopia - Me Giorgio
Plus Two - Melody
Bucks Fizz - My Camera Never Lies
 

Audio Speedwagon - Part One

READ > inverted-audio.com/premiere-furious-frank-dangerous-dancer

For @ken-oath-records fifth iteration the Australian crew return with a five-track 12" courtesy of Adelaide's Furious Frank.

KEN005

Furious Frank - Dangerous Dancer [Ken Oath Records]

Zigzagging electro named after one of @furiousfrank's favourite spots for picking psychotropic fungi.

'KEN005' is out October 12th on @ken-oath-records.

Pre-order: bit.ly/2heNv5O

Premiere: Furious Frank – Woorabinda Reserve [Ken Oath Records]

Lauréne Exposito is back with a follow up to her well received debut album from last year on Knekelhuis. This new record turned out to be very personal. Life changes and love’s stranges are central themes in all its shapes, sizes and colors. Still, hope takes centerstage. All tracks have been recorded at Lauréne’s home in the French Alps, using analog gear. Take a Cocktail Mexico and immerse yourself into her liberating new trip. This 10” comes with intimate inlay.

Knekelhuis

Cocktail Mexico

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KH012 - EYE - Cocktail Mexico 10" [preview]

OUT NOW:
https://esp-institute.bandcamp.com/album/artificial
https://www.discogs.com/Benedikt-Frey-Artificial-/release/10963301

[ESP048] Artificial

ESP048 B2 - Keygrind

IM kellar is an underground EBM Electro Techno Wave band from Rotterdam members David Vunk and David Spanish
buy here support the source!:
https://moustacherecords1.bandcamp.com/album/im-kellar-im-kellar-ep-mst033-moustache-records-033

Im Kellar - Im Kellar - Moustache Records 033

Buy your copy here! https://www.discogs.com/The-Exaltics-Das-Heise-Experiment-2-The-Prequel/release/10682007

Artist: The Exaltics
Track: 0998.0989.12
Catalogue: SOM044
Released: 8 August 2017
Label: Solar One Music
Genre: Electronic
Style: Electro

No copyright infringement intended, uploaded in low quality just for promotional purpose to respect labels and artists involved. Will remove immediately on request.

The Exaltics - 0998.0989.12

IM KELLAR’s ‘The Scene’ EP is released via Moustache Records this Friday (8th June). We’ve got the exclusive premiere of its title track below.

IM KELLAR – the production name for Moustache Records boss David Vunk and David Spanish – dropped their debut self-titled EP together late last year, with ‘IM KELLAR’ from it landing the No. 22 spot in our top tracks of 2017.

The Rotterdam-based duo’s ‘The Scene’ EP picks up pretty much exactly where their debut left off, throwing the roughest edges of EBM, electro and wave sounds together in an entirely unapologetic style.

Speaking about the EP, David Vunk told DJ Mag, “Mandy hates her job, there are rules in life.”

‘The Scene’ EP lands this Friday (8th June) via Moustache Records. You can pre-order it now, but move fast, as there are strictly no represses.

Listen to the exclusive premiere of ‘The Scene’ from it above.

Premiere: IM KELLAR ‘The Scene’

Taken from the album 'Qualm', out now on Ninja Tune: https://helenahauff.lnk.to/qualmSo

Follow Helena Hauff -
Spotify: http://found.ee/helena-sp
Apple Music: http://found.ee/helena-am
Soundcloud: http://found.ee/helena-sc

Qualm

Helena Hauff - 'Hyper-Intelligent Genetically Enriched Cyborg'

A new musical chapter for David Lynch...
single available now on iTunes: http://bit.ly/fdFnxp
and Deluxe formats available to buy on http://www.gooddaytoday.info, with artwork by the legendary Vaughan Oliver [v23].
www.sundaybest.net

David Lynch - 'Good Day Today'

"Forever, Until" is the second single off Dog Bite's debut album, "Velvet Changes" 

c+p 2013 carpark records

http://www.dogbitemusic.com/
https://www.facebook.com/dogusbitus
https://twitter.com/dogusbitus

Dog Bite - Forever, Until

Out Now! Digital + Vinyl
https://riolabel.bandcamp.com/

Imagine

Keys - Imagine

'Back From The Hamptons' is sexy, smooth, and as nostalgic as a six pack of bud lights on a 420 Sailboat. Basically: you are gonna love the shit out of this Blaze-Wave.

Tracklist available at thezenzone.org and vacaland.com

Production & teaser design by OFCLOUDS - https://vimeo.com/50476888

Hypeworthy?
facebook.com/thezenzone.org

✈ ☼ ✈ ☼ ✈ ☼
VACATIONLAND

PS: Tracklist & Correct IDs now in the download as well.

VACATIONLAND #6 - Back From The Hamptons | September 2012

XENO & OAKLANDER - Sets & Lights

+ @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

ESP048 B2 - Keygrind

benedikt frey