hugh masekela - dont go lose it baby (benedikt frey reinterpretation)

1/2 ov WAPAQ w/ @djblech 
1/2 of Factor 30 w/ @larmour
booking: diogo.xci@gmail.com

2026 

30.01 Lustre, Braga


2025

28.12 TBA, Vila Real
05.12 Fiasco, Porto 
02.10 Outra Cena, Lisbon
27.09 Purga Cáustica, Sala Lisa, Lisbon
30.08 Les Siestes Festival (After), Coimbra 
21.07 Boom Festival, Portugal
19.06 VEKTOR, Terraço Afonso Macedo, Coimbra
06.06 Sala Lisa, Lisbon
08.05 Vago, Lisbon
28.03 Sala Lisa, Lisbon
11.03 Desterro, Lisbon
28.02 as WAPAQ, Macadam Nantes, France

2024

27.12 259, Vila Real
20.12 Arroz Estúdios, Lisbon
14.11 Vale Perdido, Sala Lisa, Lisbon
05.10 Rapture, Passos Manuel, Porto
23.08 Fala Nocturna, Miradouro de Baixo, Lisbon
26.06 Sala Lisa, Lisbon
22.06 Microclub, Lisbon
08.06 Harbour, Lisbon
24.05 Ócio w/ Dominik André & Nive, Lisbon
18.05 Rare Birds, Lisbon
04.05 Remexida, Algarve
25.04 Fuga, 259, Vila Real 
13.04 Vago, SUPERBAD w/ Elena Colombi, Lisbon
24.03 Secret Location, Lisbon
23.03 Desterro, Lisbon
24.02 Ócio, Lisbon
13.02 Vago, Lisbon
12.01 Bone Free, Caparica

2023
22.12 Ócio, Lisbon
15.12 Arroz Estúdios, Lisbon
10.11 Skones Club, Lisbon
28.10 Lustre, Braga
28.10 Alinea A
27.10 Era Uma Vez, Porto
14.10 Oráculo Club, Seia
14.09 Lux Frágil b2b Khalil Suleman, Lisbon
02.06 Lux Frágil w/ HNRQ, Lisbon
26.05 Palms Dr. Bernard, Caparica       
21.05 MINISTERIUM CLUB, Lisbon
19.05 Crew Hassan, Lisbon
14.05 Harbour Music Shelter, Lisbon
05.05 Live Set, Fábrica Braço de Prata, Lisbon
22.04 Village Underground, Lisbon
13.04 Lifestyling Studio, Lisbon
10.03 Musicbox w/ Switchdance, Lisbon
27.01 Arroz Estúdios, Lisbon
14.01 Fuse All In, Village Underground, Lisbon


2022
12.11 - Arroz Estúdios, Lisbon
07.10 - Nachtvogel, Berlin
24.09 - Arroz Estúdios, Lisbon
11.09 -  Harbour Music Shelter, Lisbon
13.08 - Bone Free, Caparica
29.07 - Pérola Negra, Porto
15.07 - Arroz Estúdios, Lisbon
10.06 - Lux Frágil w/ HNRQ, Lisbon
05.06 - Harbour Music Shelter Lisbon
19.02 - Harbour Music Shelter, Lisbon
29.01 - Arroz Estúdios, Lisbon


2021
04.12 - Frikk Club,  Porto
30.10 - Nada Temple, Lisbon
16.10 - Arroz Estúdios, Lisbon 
02.10 - Level Eight, Lisbon
24.11 - Harbour Music Shelter, Lisbon,
05.09 - Nada Temple, Lisbon, 
02.09 -  Level Eight, Lisbon 
24.07 - Nada Temple,, Lisbon 
21.05 - Nada Temple, Lisbon
15.05 - Harbour Music Shelter, Lisbon


2020
5.09 - Nada Temple,Lisbon, 
28.02 - Nada Temple, Lisbon
08.02 - La Haima, Benicarlo, Spain
11.01 - Bairrazza, Lisbon


2019
28.12 - Nada Temple,  Lisbon
31.10 -  Bairrazza, Lisbon
14.09 - Bairrazza, Lisbon
31.05 - Lux Frágil Superb: BSS, Lisbon
05.04 - East Side Radio, Lisbon
05.01 - EGO Rouge x Iñigo Vontier x Khalil Suleman, Rive Rouge, Lisbon

2018
28.11 - Rive Rouge, Lisbon 
16.11 - Europa Club, Lisbon
29.08 - Rive Rouge, Lisbon
16.08 - Europa Club Lisbon 
18.07 - Rive Rouge, Lisbon
29.06 - Bairrazza, Lisbon
08.06 - Bairrazza, Lisbon
19.04 - Europa Club, Lisbon 
10.03 - EKA Palace, Lisbon
10.02 - Infame Club, Lisbon



2017

07.12 - LXM 12 Years, HUB Criativo Beato, Lisbon, Portugal
27.06 - Bairrazza, Lisbon

+ @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

DJ and producer. Host of the club concept "til Bjørgvin" at Cafe Opera.
«fail we may, sail we must»

Gon.Gar crea viajes sonoros que se construyen en tiempo real, guiados por la energía del momento y la lectura sensible de la pista. Sin un destino fijo, sus sets se despliegan como paisajes en constante transformación, donde el sonido se convierte en lenguaje y la emoción en mapa.

Su propuesta se nutre de múltiples corrientes dentro de la música electrónica, combinando texturas, ritmos y atmósferas con libertad y fluidez. Más que atarse a un estilo, Gongar se mueve entre formas y sensaciones, dejando que la mezcla de géneros dialogue con el pulso del espacio y el estado emocional del presente.

Cada set es distinto. Gongar no repite fórmulas: lee la pista, se adapta al momento y arma un viaje que se siente en el cuerpo. Lo suyo va más por la conexión real que por seguir una estructura fija.

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Gon.Gar creates sonic journeys built in real time, guided by the energy of the moment and a sharp sensitivity to the dancefloor. With no fixed destination, his sets unfold like ever-shifting landscapes, where sound becomes language and emotion sets the course.

His approach draws from various currents within electronic music, blending textures, rhythms, and atmospheres with freedom and fluidity. Rather than sticking to a single style, Gongar moves between forms and sensations, letting genres interact with the space and emotional tone of each moment.

No two sets are the same. Gongar doesn’t follow formulas—he reads the room, adapts on the fly, and builds a ride that hits you straight in the body. It’s more about real connection than sticking to any fixed structure.


*Contact Requests:

° gongar.music@gmail.com