More Info: http://www.xlr8r.com/news/2015/03/premiere-stream-live-at-robert-johnsons-upcoming-lifesaver-compilation-in-full

Full stream of 'Lifesaver Compilation 2', a new collection of tracks from the Live at Robert Johnson label (out on March 16).

https://soundcloud.com/live-at-robert-johnson

Benedikt Frey - Brainwashed

https://soundcloud.com/patriciakaas: It's quite a while since I've recorded a mix reflecting a dancefloor. So this one is definitely a special one. It captures my diverse taste for intellectual and tense electronic music. Filled with old gems as well as recently released psychotic tracks, the mix delivers a melomaniac rollercoaster. Take a dizzy sip!

The music of the Lithuanian producer Gediminas Jakubka, who turns into Patricia on stage, balances between borders. Patricia Kokett blends rave with mysticism, futuristic industrial with shamanic noise, and various reworked voices with hypnotic output. With his 2020 debut album ‘Bizarr’ (12” vinyl) on Dutch Knekelhuis imprint, Patricia Kokett quickly proved his knack for creating transcendental, immersive sonic experiences. 

Following up with touring around Europe’s clubs, the covid period was an existential stop and a deep moment of reflection. In addition to this, Patricia Kokett has finished the third EP entitled ‘Psykhe’, which was released on the ‘Isla to Isla’ label on 12” vinyl in 2023. Psykhe continues to explore his distinct sound, but taking it in a new direction: a step away from the euphoric new age dance floor and into a significantly murkier, more precarious territory.

Explaining his music as ‘trippy techno,’ Patricia Kokett enhances this epithet in highly emotional and wild live sets. The forthcoming live gigs will consist of new music from the upcoming record, filled with the trippy ethos of electronica. DJ sets always contain adventurous and challenging sounds, which lead listeners to uncharted territories.

Gediminas Jakubka also works as a cinema composer and has a couple of movies which has to be noted. ‘Animus Animalis’ by Aiste Zegulyte, released in 2019, and ‘Toxic’ by Saule Bliuvait,e released in 2024. The latter OST was released on a vinyl record and is being qualified as the second full-length album by Gediminas Jakubka/Patricia Kokett.

LAYER #438 | Patricia Kokett

TRIPS Album

11 Benedikt Frey - My Cat & Me (Lullaby for L)

Tracks:
Jurriaan Andriessen - She Walks in Beauty
Stephan Micus - Violeta
Enno Velthuys - Mercury
Ô Paradis - El Astro Rey
ESTADO DE BIENESTAR - Megafan de Haus Arafna
Trystero - Che Cosa Dicono 
DIIV - Raining On Your Pillow
Xvarr -Shadows 
The Opiates - Anatomy Of A Plastic Girl (Chris & Cosey Remix)
Cranes - E.G. Shining 
Dead Can Dance - Ocean 
Laurent Pernice - Plan De Coupe 
Automelodi - Cavallo
Zazou-Nodland-Lema - Stranger In The new Light 
Martin Dupont - My Analyst "Assez" 
Queen Lear - Black Sunshine (E PEE)
The Cure - Charlotte Sometimes 
Brannten Schnüre - Goldne Abendsonne, wie bist du so schön
Parade Ground - Gold Rush
Fantastic Twins - Twins Can’t Love
Hard Corps - The Breath 
Nengue - Los Niños Del Parque (Bionda e Lupo Neumisch)
Sasha Renkas - You'll Be Okay
Hellvete - In den beginne
Belle - Leaving it as it is
eoobe feat. Low Bat - My Love Parade Turned Into a Riot

In Between Days w/ Ofra & Elina Tapio Last week we spent a lovely 2-hours together at the Operator container overcoming our foggy morning brains with caffeine, being astounded by the sheer size of the new CDJs, and most importantly sharing passionate talks about music! Our recording is up on the website for playback with a selection of tracks to lull you into an autumn mood, silly chats as entertaining interludes between the warm embrace of some of our long-standing favourites and recent discoveries!

In Between Days - 17 w/ Ofra & Elina Tapio

PREMIERE COMME DES LARMES – CDL

PREMIERE CDL || BiGOTT - Tschernobyl |Reach Another System Records| 2025

Artist » BiGOTT - https://soundcloud.com/scannoir + https://soundcloud.com/sneakerDJ

Ep Name » EP

Label » Reach Another System Records - https://soundcloud.com/reachanothersystem

Berlin, Germany

Format: Vinyl 12"  + Digital Album

Release Date: September, 2025

💲 BUY HERE 💲>>> https://rasrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ep

The German-Swiss friendship is further established with BiGOTT, the collaborative project between Berlin-based Sneaker and Zurich's Scannoir. After their previous releases as ½GOTT and GOTT on Uncanny Valley and some remixes, the duo returns with a third solo EP, marking their first appearance on the Berlin-Basel-based label Reach Another System. Their passion for EBM, Synth Pop, and New Beat comes to life with a fine array of classic drum machines and FM-synths, topped with Teutonic lyrics and archival samples. The A-side opens with a bang: "Magnet" critiques social expectations and pressures, backed by hard-hitting snares and tom fill-ins in Front 242 fashion. Next up, "Tschernobyl" warps the listener back to 1986 – a musical report of the Soviet nuclear disaster. Equally dystopian, the B-side hymn "Matrix Leben" depicts life inside a structured system that continually shapes and restricts us. The final track "7 Minuten" pushes the limits of restless staccato EBM madness. Mission accomplished!

A1, A2, B2 - Aufnahme: Scannoir & Sneaker.
B1 - Aufnahme: Scannoir.
Text, Gesang, Mischung, Arrangement, Mastering und Bandtransfer: Sneaker.
Fotos: Felix Adler.
Grafik: Niklas Wille.
Konzept: Carl-Johannes Schulze.  

Follow us:

• https://linktr.ee/commedeslarmes

Art/Designer CDL by Rennst

• https://soundcloud.com/RENNST
• https://www.instagram.com/_rennst_

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PREMIERE CDL || BiGOTT - Tschernobyl |Reach Another System Records| 2025

💲 BUY VINYL 💲

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Bézier - Decompose SOUND CLIPS

https://soundcloud.com/afunkdamage https://soundcloud.com/yesbelgrade
🛒 https://yesmeansmaybe.bandcamp.com/album/yes011-anna-funk-damage-equilibri
🔊 https://youtu.be/svInQ9Ez3N8

Say hello to the lord of heavily distorted industrial club sounds and his freaky take on the UK hardcore continuum. Ever been to Livorno?

Tracklist:

1.Equilibri
2.Triptamina
3.Fiore Calante
4.Stompa
5.Lo Scorpione

PREMIERE: Anna Funk Damage - Equilibri [YES]

BUY VINYL: clawsisthebastard.bandcamp.com/album/splat-city-ii
C.L.A.W.S. comes to Dark Entries with a new ripping LP, Splat City II. C.L.A.W.S. is the solo project of musical luminary Brian Hock, who has been a key figure in the Bay Area underground for over two decades via his involvement in projects like Bronze and The Vanishing, as well as helming the record labels Squirrels on Film and Immortal Sin. With C.L.A.W.S., Hock takes on the dancefloor, picking up cues from the Hague’s Giallo-dipped electro, the skewed minimalism of Chicago acid, and the mind-rending forays of San Francisco post-punk icons like Chrome and Tuxedomoon. Following 2019’s inaugural Splat City EP, Splat City II continues to map the psychogeography of a metropolis both alien and immediately recognizable, one where life is cheap, but so are the thrills. Previously released on Squirrels on Film in digital-only format, this expanded vinyl edition of Splat City II features two new cuts. Things kick off with “Route 505” and “One Tear,” a duo of rompers that vibe like Tom Ellard and Chip E locked in a room with a vial of liquid. Next up, Bay Area deckmaster Tyrel lends his editing chops to “Vigilant Slimy Monsters,” sculpting a moody space disco beast. Squirrels on Film co-founder Solar teams up with Hock for “Black Magic Carpet Ride III,” a cavernous downtempo banger. The slow-mo pace continues with “Wild Slugs United,” which features the no wave-esque clarinet work of Paul Costuros. Closer “Don’t Flip the Crystal Ship” pays homage to Bayview venue Bay Area 51 with melancholic strings and a quartz-solid electrofunk bassline. Splat City II comes in a sleeve with artwork by Bert Bergen, which features a vampiric cat and sci-fi cityscapes. 


C.L.A.W.S. - Splat City II CLIPS

Composed and arranged by Adrian Schmidtke
All instruments played by Adrian Schmidtke
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Adrian Schmidtke • Studio Dr. S. (11/2025)

Rimes of Redemption

Breaking You

+ @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

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benedikt frey