Coming Out End of June on #ClosingTheCircle Subdivision of Private Records.

RSF - Loeffelkinder (Benedikt Frey Acid Rain RMX)

Born in Germany and raised in Brazil, trying to combine the dark and deep northern roots with the mystical and tribal rhythms the project Gelber Schamane was summoned.

Yellow stands for the element air, for the thoughts and the spirit.
The sunshine is yellow and so the color of the sun, the light and symbolizes "bringing light into the dark".

But what are the shamans of our times?

In ancient cultures every village had a representative with a strong connection to the spiritual world. In certain cultures they were also called medicine mans. Their exercise was to take care of all spiritual concerns and the emotional well being of the tribe. To do so there were many activities. Usually a ceremony lasting several hours was held in the centre of the village, where the tribe met to sing and dance extraordinarily. During this rituals the shaman set the pace using a self-made drum.
Nowadays only a few of those cultures and comunities exists, but the spirit of Shamanism still lives on. It changed its face to gather people together at night to dance together and enjoy. 
The village square turned into cellars and festivals, the modern medicine people became DJ's, The ambience and the occasion may have changed, but the rhythmic beating of the drums has remained. It is literally in the hands of the disc jockeys which mood they create through their vibration. Accordingly, a great responsibility goes hand in hand with this task and calling as a neo-shaman.

Upcoming gigs:
20.04.2025 Ostertanz Wohnzimmerbar - Zürich
26.04.2025 Maskenball Lichtenstein - Tübingen
17.05.2025 Sältsamer Hügel - CH
27.07.2025 TBA - Berlin
24.08.2025 TBA - Leipzig
31.08.2025 TBA - Allgäu

Latest dates:
08.04.2018 Aura Beach Café - Goa (IN)
07.05.2018 Bea Bar - Karlsruhe
25.11.2018 Geissweg - Tübingen
09.02.2019 Erdbeermund - Karlsruhe
20.04.2019 Geissweg - Tübingen
22.06.2019 Electronic Sundown - Tübingen
25.07.2019 WHO - Tübingen
31.08.2019 Rambadamba Festival - Nürnberg
05.12.2019 Clubhaus - Tübingen
06.02.2020 Werkschau / Café Roland - Pforzheim
20.06.2020 Tieftonritual / Café Roland - Pforzheim
05.09.2020 Easy Am Hang / Wassermuseum - Schwarzwald
31.10.2020 Corona Closing / Café Roland - Pforzheim
10.07.2021 Trikaya Festival - München
22.07.2021 Tieftonritual / Café Roland - Pforzheim
04.09.2021 Easy am Hang / Wassermuseum - Schwarzwald
31.12.2021 Ilha Grande - (BR)
11.02.2022 Werkschau / Café Roland - Pforzheim
22.04.2022 Nagold Rave - Schwarzwald
30.04.2022 Basamo Insel - Leipzig
21.05.2022 Café Roland - Pforzheim
16.06.2022 Electronic Sundown - Tübingen
17.06.2022 Café Roland - Pforzheim
25.06.2022 KPM - München
09.07.2022 Westbesuch - Leipzig
16/07.2022 Werkschau / Café Roland - Pforzheim
02.09.2022 Easy am Hang - Schwarzwald
03.09.2022 Wassermuseum - Black Forest
17.09.2022 Café Roland - PF
31.10.2022 Café Roland - PF
12.11.2022 Märchenwald - Göttingen
18.11.2022 Schildweg - Göttingen
19.11.2022 30 Jahre Nebel w/ Silsan - Munich
03.12.2022 BPM Roland w/ Mad Max (Tresor) - PF
17.12.2022 Glühwein Rave / Stadtmitte - Karlsruhe
30.12.2022 Ozon - Pforzheim
31.12.2022 Wassermuseum - Black Forest
25.02.2023 Ozon w/ Mad Max (Tresor)- Pforzheim
10.03.2023 Garage Ost - Leipzig
19.05.2023 Dynamo - Zürich
10.06.2023 Trikaya - Familiy Gathering - München
15.09.2023 Trikaya Tribe Festival - B2b Simsalabim - Munich
16.09.2023 Trikaya Tribe Festival  - Munich
31.12.2023 Yellow Submarine Hostel - Essaouira (MA)
25.05.2024 Trikaya Festival - Summer Bloom - Munich 
13.06.2024 Basislager - Zürich
14.09.2024 - Sältsamer Hügel - CH
06.12.2024 - Wohnzimmerbar - Zürich
15.02.2025 Wohnzimmerbar - Zürich


contact: gelberschamane@gmail.com

+ @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

RSF - Loeffelkinder (Benedikt Frey Acid Rain RMX)

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