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Alter ego: Axolot
https://soundcloud.com/axolotmx

+ @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

House, Techno, Detroit, Chicago whatever you call it - its all there - enjoy!

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊 Collecting and creating sweet sweet frequencies 𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

| Sound practitioner & DJ | 


DJ sets 2024: 
Sumor Festival, June 
Pocket Radio, July
Pocket Radio, ambient set, 7 November 
BMC Radio, 6 December 

Immersive Sound Baths 2024:  
Above Below Festival, May 
Sumor Festival, June 
Twisted Festival, July
Sauna Social Club, London, September
The Chapel, London, September 
We Don't Know What This Is, London, September
Sauna Social Club, London, October 

Immersive Sound Baths 2025:  
Soma Home, London, 16 January 
The Chapel, 15 February,  Stoke Newington 
Unknown Species, April 5, London
The Chapel, 26 April, London  
Resonance Calder   - 13 July, Hebden Bridge 
The Chapel, 1 November, Stoke Newington 
Hybrid live sets (gong & electronic) 2025:   
Om Being, 28 Feb, London
Unknown Species, April 5, London 
Twisted Festival, 11 July, Hampshire  
Monument Festival, 2 August, Norway 
Ouroboros Festival, 13 September, Cantal, France 
House of Worship, TBC October, Nuremberg

DJ Sets 2025:
Deep Listening Lounge, Om Being, April 12
Netil Radio, August 10
Kromosonika, Spanners, September 26
Deep Listening Lounge, Om Being, 8 November
plena-sound@outlook.com

MOAV transcends the boundaries of time and space, spinning cosmic rhythms from an undisclosed location in the universe. Shrouded in mystery, their sound weave ethereal melodies with pulsating beats, echoing the silent symphony of the stars. Little is known about MOAV, but their music is said to connect listeners to the very fabric of the cosmos, making every performance a journey through the unknown.

MRT001 - A - PORTAL

benedikt frey