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into the woods

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

Order here:
https://riolabel.bandcamp.com/album/benedikt-frey-tim-toh-nava

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

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

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🛒 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]

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

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

Long-Term-Stasis-Music available here: https://tonen.bandcamp.com/album/long-term-stasis-music
Compact Disc available from Paradigms Recordings: http://www.paradigms-recordings.com/

Dream Induction

Download: https://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2016/06/random-gods-malsano/

@randomgods
@danse-noire-records

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Download: Random Gods - Malsano

Modern Warfare Remixes by Head High and Detboi released 8th July, available on 12" from all good record shops

Modern Warfare Remixes

Reset It (Head High Dirt Mix)

'Reset It' - Head High Dirt Mix

Craig Bratley has been carving out a distinct and somewhat peculiar discography since his debut release ‘Free Music’ landed in 2004. The foundations of his tracks are often weighty and driving, leaving the outer layers to go intricately wild.  

Andrew Weatherall stands tall among British dance music’s most prominent figures. He’s been killing it for decades, and shows no signs of stopping. ‘Play The Game (Andrew Weatheral remix)’ stretches the track out into a mesmerising, 10-minute masterpiece that goes both minimal and maximal as it traverses through spidery percussive lines and crashing guitar chords. Check it out below.

Play the Game

More exclusive music

Premiere: Craig Bratley ft. Danielle Moore 'Play The Game' (Andrew Weatherall remix)

In 2016 Saudaá Group established residencies around the world for the Street Organ Ritornellos project. He worked with over 30 musicians in a dozen different countries, from the High Atlas to the countries of the Caucasus. The empirical objective was to confront the three-century-old instrument and communicate its legacy to a wider audience. Each step in the journey provided various testimonies between world music and sound creation that were reported by France Musique and Blogothèque. 

As part of the international residencies and at the request of Vincent Théval, producer for Radio France, over 10 radio works were broadcast. The creation of each sound postcard followed a process of research, encounters, outdoor recordings, editing for radio-broadcasting.

www.streetorganritornellos.com/

Details (in french)

Dans cet épisode réalisé en Arménie, le Târ de Miqayel Voskanyan et le brouillard électroacoustique de Vardan Harutyunyan accompagnent l'orgue du  Saudaá Group. Par la magie du collage sonore, un dialogue s'ouvre avec les enfants du quartier populaire de Bangladesh. Viennent ensuite la peur des chiens, de fines gouttes de pluie, les vagues du lac Sevan, la neige et les pulpulaks, fontaines éternelles de Yerevan.

Carte sonore # 8 - Armenia (Քարահունջ)

GET IT: 

VINYL: http://www.juno.co.uk/products/easter-mutado-grieve-not-but-try-again/654010-01/

DIGI: https://www.beatport.com/release/grieve-not-but-try-again-ep/2056492

ON OUR BANDCAMP WITH A LOT MORE UNRELEASED NEXT WEEK.

EASTER - CHAMPAGNE (LUKE ABBOT REMIX)

Recorded in Copenhagen (January 2019) by https://soundcloud.com/konsistent

"The mix was inspired by a trip to an ER one Saturday evening, the frustration of having to wait for hours to receive minutes of treatment and having to deal with hospital bureaucracy. The mix contains a healthy dose of sweet, sour and spicy records from the last three decades, some recent digs and all time favourites that inspire me."

Picture by Antonio Martinelli

28 ✖ KONSISTENT

@ Kiosk Radio 15.02.2019

Thanks to our dear friends from Endless Illusion we had an opportunity to meet and warmly welcome another great DJ and records lover - Sacha Mambo. When he's not DJing all over the world, Sacha runs the esteemed Macadam Mambo record label in Lyon. Accompanied by his fellow-criminal Guillaume Des Bois he have played a big part in developing the local scene from 2010 and guided a generation of many rising talents. As we did, just listen and enjoy at least a bit of his knowledge of rare gems and infectious oddball obscurities recorded at Luft towards the end of February.

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🔊 saturday 23 february 2019

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https://soundcloud.com/mzkbx
https://soundcloud.com/macadam-mambo
https://soundcloud.com/endless-illusion

TASCAM DR-05

Luft Illusion ~ Sacha Mambo (Macadam Mambo / Lyon)

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

Imagine

Keys - Imagine

The compilation Ombra INTL 009, is the 9th release from Berlin based label Ombra International. The label looks to deliver post-punk/darker disco, and this is evident in this release. The collective is laden with talent in the field of cold and dark wave music with ORDER89, Local Suicide, Curses, Dog.ma and Amarcord all featuring. This accumulation of music will bring you to the depths of post-disco; where rock, synth and electro all live as one.

The piece kicks off with ‘Future’ by ORDER89. The Parisian trio is made up of Jordi (vocals/bass), FLVN (Machine/keyboard) and Elliot (guitar). Frequently performing their live set in Paris, which began back in 2017. They come off a busy 2018 in which they released ‘Edward’ and ‘Barbara’. Their sound shines in this track, as it delivers hints of EBM and a dark wave 80s vibe. The pounding, yet harmonious vocals are infused with lengthy guitar riffs and kick drums, which are nostalgic of teenage angst.

Local Suicide are well known on the Berlin scene, having played in every big club around the city when they are not touring the world. On the back of their release ‘Komm Ins Loch’ with Theus Mago, the duo are no strangers to collaborating and are chameleons when it comes to mixing their eclectic style. New York native Curses has been based in Berlin for years now. His long-awaited debut album, ‚Romantic Fiction’, was released in October last year via Dischi Autunno, Correspondant’s sublabel. They collaborated to produce ‘Who Cares’. Indeed, who does, setting a tone of eerie passivism with a heavy acidic bassline, the vocals enter to reaffirm this atmosphere. You’ll find yourself letting go of inhibition and swaying to this ominously melodic track, brandishing little remorse for what is going on around you.

Dog.ma was created in 2007 by Cisky Dj and Paolo Soncini. The Italian duo are coming on strong and have their own label now dedicated to the Dog.ma project, 'Dogmatraxxx'. They want continuous growth and are always looking to collaborate. Their track ‘Warrior’ enters in with a post-rock flair. Heavy guitar riffs are coupled on top of a steady bassline to transport you right back to the 1980s. This is only enhanced by the electro-post-pop synthesised keyboard and modulated drum. If you ever wanted to know what it felt like to drive the DeLorean, I imagine this is what it felt like.

Italian producer Amarcord produced the final track. A respected live performer, he is synonymous with immersive, new-wave, electro and psychedelic sounds. ‘Trees’ feels like trying to manoeuvre through the streets of New York at night. Hustle, bustle and trying to get somewhere. It is quite the finale to this compilation, with synthesised builds, guitar riffs, futuristic percussions and infused modulated sounds to give a darker Italo, electro, post-punk sounding track.

LISTEN ON YOUTUBE

PREMIERE : Local Suicide & Curses -  Who Cares

New mix comes courtesy of italian producer Giampaolo Scapigliati aka Lamusa II. Originally from Rome but now operating in Paris, he is one of the most promising young talents of the capital. Redbull Music Academy alumni of Montreal, he delivered two early first records on Gravity Graffiti, the label of his friend Riccardo Schiro with whom he forms the duo Maledetti. Now ready to rise, he released recently a single in collaboration with Marie Davidson for Ninja Tune and has a mini album out this week on John Talabot's Hivern Discs. Flawless starting of a career to say the least ! We can also testify his mixes are made of the same barrell as we invited him to play with us twice already. Enjoy the trip.

LYO#119 / Lamusa II

DWAM Remix Single

BlowEnder - Daddy Was a Milkman (Aurum Miles Remix)

Darkness had fallen upon the grasslands, illuminated only by the moon and a million glittering stars. This was where the inhabitants of the land could be free, away from the sun, away from daylight and all the trials and tribulations that came with it. The black canvas of the night sky had become their safety blanket, they were creatures of the night, nocturnal animals. Under the yellow gaze of the moon, they danced and frolicked abandoning the worries that daylight would bring.

Barcelona-based collective, party hosts and label Playground Records gear up to release a collaborative EP from Leonor and Nasiri, a dark hypnotic journey through chugging beats and flute-driven percussion. Several producers step up to remix the original tracks including Damon Jee and Kuunde but our favourite comes from Polish duo Mytron & Ofofo who are a perfect match for this whistful percussive cut.

PREMIERE: Leonor & Nasiri - Luna (Mytron & Ofofo Remix) [Playground Records]

It was dusk on a summers evening. As the sun began to set it painted the sky with vibrant pink and orange hues. A winding road marked the only path through the desolate sienna desert, that was the route they must follow. Gigantic cacti in all shapes and sizes peppered the vast expanse around them, each holding its own character. They put their foot down on the gas and jolted ahead, picking up dust as they gathered speed. Until now the journey had been kind to them, nothing but calm nights and quiet days. But nothing could stay this perfect forever.

Berlin duo Local Suicide team up with German-American multidisciplinary artist Nicki Fehr for their Leopard Gum EP on Chloé's Lumière Noire. Having charted releases on Tusk Wax, Bordello A Parigi, Multi Culti and Ombra, they bring their unique blend of cold wave and post disco for two original tracks, complete with remixes from Niv Ast, Lauer and Smagghe and Cross.

Leopard Gum EP

PREMIERE: Local Suicide feat. Nicki Fehr - Already There [Lumière Noire]

Label mate Rasputin joins Aki Aki to serve up some lurka trance on the latest Candomblé release.

'Dishjockey' is out soon on Candomblé.

@aki-aki
@rvsputin
@candombl

Premiere: Aki Aki - Opti-Mystik Dub (feat. Rasputin) [Candomblé]

Pan del Indio + Golondrina Alfa
Abril 2012
Grabado con Tascam DR07 MKII
"Editado" con audacity

Uno + Uno = Dios

+ @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

Keys - Imagine

benedikt frey