+ @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

Parisian sonic architect weaving hypnotic grooves between House, Deep House, and Techno. Rooted in the raw energy of underground clubs, his sound merges sleek electro textures with driving, atmospheric depth. A master of tension and release, each track is a meticulously crafted journey, minimal yet magnetic. The city’s pulse, the afterhours’ glow, his music is where precision meets instinct.

• Streams of Thought - 1020.live
• Lezure 
   ◦ Glasgow
   ◦ Edinburgh
   ◦ London
   ◦ Berlin
• Pace Yourself - DE
• Lunacy - GLA
• The People's Front - EDI

NY-based DJ / digger, maker of oddball edits and eccentric mixes.

DJs / Record Label / London's original boutique warehouse party

London / Tokyo / LA

In exhaustive pursuit of happiness our fair maiden of the night has fallen into a deep sleep...

...to Revive Her we must aspire to fulfill her lost sense of ecstasy.

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Droppin' it like it’s 🔥 DJ Grace Sands brings a queer take on the deep house from her DiY Sound System roots, free parties and worldwide travels in the partnership Digs & Woosh. Identifying and presenting to the world as female, she'll bring the vibe at 2 am and still be found dancing at the end..! Currently resident at London and Glastonbury's LGBTQ+ meccas ADONIS and NYC Downlow, she also runs her party 'Sands of Time.'
Founder Member/ DiY Soundsystem, Nottingham
Resident/ @adonis.adonis.adonis, London
Resident/ NYC Downlow, Block9, Glastonbury
Community Music Projects/ PTriple
Runs Record Label/ ?????
Produces as/ DJ Grace, T.O.P. , Grace Sands, Digs & Woosh  
Artist/ @M@B SANDS 

This bitch is hardcore!
And you gonna looove her ;)

Linktr.ee/DJGraceSands

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