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Benedikt Frey (Serious Trouble / R-i-O //Berlin)
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Benedikt Frey says Yes.

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German producer with releases on ESP Institute and Live At Robert Johnson is back in LAYERworld with his second mix for the series. Love Pain Sunshine & Rain/Serious Trouble/R.i.O. founder, and one of the most beloved selectors of the leftfield arena, Benedikt Frey, is contributing with his signature imaginative picks. 

It takes about three seconds for Benedikt Frey to suck you into his world/whorehouse/opium den. We see him apply that recipe to his LAYER, too. For Frey, each transition is a chance for a U-turn or a speeding ticket, which makes this an unforgettable mix.

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LAYER #285 | Benedikt Frey

Benedikt Frey DJ set @ DT CAMP 2023

Benedikt Frey (@freybenedikt) has been on a journey of musical adventure and exploration over the last 15 years. He has made everything from deepest house to bottomless dub, UK jungle to irresistible edits of Notorious BIG. Those early forays came on labels like Nous'klaer Audio and Hivern Discs but in the years since the German has looked more to industrial and post-punk for inspiration. His Fastlane album on ESP Institute this summer blended those vibes with his own take on techno and resulted in his most accomplished and singular work yet. 

Now, the Lopasura label head steps up with an extra special two-hour mix that peers into the farthest corners of his sound. It is the sort of all-consuming trip that plays out like a mind movie as it works through serval different chapters - some heady and deep, some direct and unsettling, always with great control. Whether laying down electro, wave, techno or serious bass weight, Benedikt Frey is always taking you somewhere new.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 446 - Benedikt Frey

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at Boiler Room Berlin 09.08.2014

Live from Epicentar 11.11.2023

Samedi 24 Février 2024

00:00 - 01:00 : L'Étalon Disco
01:00 - 03:30 : Roe Deers
03:30 - 06:30 : Benedikt Frey

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Benedikt Frey • 24/02/2024 • Macadam, Nantes

Recorded by @freybenedikt in anticipation of Kappa Futur Festival in Torino from July 5 to July 7. Go to bit.ly/KappaFrey to read the interview.

Benedikt Frey – Kappa Futur 2024 Mix

Prochaine édition la Culottée le samedi 16 novembre à Petit Bain avec JOE DELON, BENEDIKT FREY, CEYDA YAGIZ & TRUSSPE

Rinse France Podcast

BENEDIKT FREY : LA CULOTTÉE - 15 Novembre 2024

@freybenedikt - la Culottée @ Petit Bain 16.11.24

Benedikt Frey - la Culottée @ Petit Bain 16.11.24

Benedikt Frey for Honey Trap 4.4.2025 @ Sameheads

UNBELIEVABLE good night at KAUZ ! 8h madness ! Where shall we play next? All night Long ONLY ;-> @ghettonast

Benedikt Frey b2b NVST All Night Long @ KAUZ, Zürich 05.24.25

Benedikt Frey - Troubled Funk MixX #5

Mantra ๒ is presented by fellow space cat @freybenedikt. He describes this mix as one “For the Birds and the Trees” and we couldn’t agree more.

Listen and dream. here, music is the medicine.

Mantra ๒ Benedikt Frey

Benedikt Frey (Creme / ESP Institute) mix for Berceuse Heroique

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Interview & Tracklist: http://bit.ly/uvpod045bf

Uncanny Valley Podcast

Interview & Tracklist

UV Podcast 045 - Benedikt Frey

(Photo credit - Fabian Kretz)

For 2018’s next expedition, veteran cosmonaut Benedikt Frey takes control of space command after making 2017 one of his several galactic conquests, putting his proverbial black, red & yellow flag in a stunning vinyl release on Bahnsteig 23, an equally stunning album on ESP, a plethora of killer remixes and continuing his record label ‘Love Pain Sunshine & Rain’. Need we say more?

His broad electronic taste is vast, and his sound can be a drift across the universe, a jump to hyperspace, industrial binary clunking or an extraterrestrial attack on the senses. Todays sample is the latter. Packed with ample 303, nothing could be better suited to help you laugh in the face of ‘dry January’, show it the Vs and prime you for the weekend.

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Benedikt Frey | 021

LAYER #187 mixed by Benedikt Frey
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@freybenedikt (@initinit, @serioustrouble, @lopasura) - a man who you should be familiar with already, who is also half of the very successful project INIT, and has been making waves around us for a long time - starting with fantastic releases of his own - including albums and remixes, and ending with mysterious labels of his Serious Trouble and LOPASURA, and more than excellent releases on them. We're very excited to welcome Benedikt Frey to our LAYERS!
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https://soundcloud.com/freybenedikt/
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Art design by Mindaugas Gavrilovas.
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TRACKLIST:

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LAYERS

LAYER #187 | Benedikt Frey

Happy to have the one and only Benedikt Frey on our ever growing series! You might know him from one of his countless releases on labels such as Bahnsteig, ESP Institute and Hivern Discs to name a few. Benedikt is def one of the GOATs to do it! Dont sleep on this one.

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RUBBER TIJD with Benedikt Frey

"German producer Benedikt Frey likes to challenge both DJs and dancers by writhing unpredictable tracks, with the aim to push against the boundaries of functional and "safe" dance music. Although he had been producing for five years previously, his career upped a notch in 2015 upon releasing five separate records, among those Ghosts best demonstrates his penchant for shambling groove. From there, his productions went from strength to strength, culminating in a full-length album in 2018, Artificial, which abandoned club sensibility in favour of low-slung chugging rhythms. Frey's debut single, 2010's Escape/Indica, saw a low-key release on Aldebaran, causing him to step back for a couple of years to further his craft. Upon his return in 2012 Frey had amassed a wealth of material, which he spread across three labels: releasing Fairytale on Mule Electronics, Running in Circles on Live at Robert Johnson, and Delinquencies, the latter of which he released through his newly minted record label Love Pain Sunshine Rain (aka Lopasura). Frey once again stored most of his music for a further two years, springing back in 2015 with another barrage of records; amongst them were his breakthrough EP Ghosts on Crème Organization and a full-length album, 2015's Two Pole Resonance, recorded as @initinit in collaboration with @nadia-d-al and released via @hivern_disc . Frey released his debut EP for ESP Institute in 2016, titled The Lobbyist, before going on to release his debut solo album, 2017's Artificial, on the same label. He spent two years recording the album, deciding to veer away from a record full of high tempo tracks, instead delivering a broader take on his ramshackle productions, partly inspired by industrial music."


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Phormix Podcast #182 Benedikt Frey

+ @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

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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

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