Artist: https://soundcloud.com/freybenedikt
Track: Solver
Label: https://soundcloud.com/esp-institute
Format: 2x12" Vinyl, Digital, LP
YouTube: https://youtu.be/gEVzfEkXkbg

Close your eyes and merge into Benedikt Frey’s 'Fastlane'. Imagine sitting in the driver’s seat of a an automobile, one with exceptional horsepower and torque, as you stare out the windshield at the red light, warping in fata-morgana a mile down the road. It’s a straight-away, a black top with two lanes, and against your better judgment you decide to floor the gas. No hesitation in your muscle, your ankle or the ball of your foot, which you now realize is some kind of universal pivot, the first point of contact fusing your body with the will of machine. In this moment you’re in awe that you, a human, an animal, grew from pond scum into something so advanced as to engineer this thing, a mechanical beast capable of overwhelming power and exhilaration. But you also feel a seductive dread, an outside force diverting you from caution toward a dangling carrot of curiosity, asking yourself, ‘How far can I take this thing?’ The dread, now a constant, is numbed, equalized by an adverse intoxicating gratification. You feel both sensations in real time, however, rather than take responsibility for yourself, friends, family and innocent bystanders, you cement your foot to the floor and lean your head back. Noise around you fades to mute. Smell the benzene-scented air, feel the wind on your face, the menacing vibration of the vessel you control beneath you and every grain of asphalt under its tires. This mile has now lasted an eternity and you’ve left your body for some objective view, as if watching climax of a film. Past the point of no return, you embrace abandon and lean into fate. The film becomes slow motion, a crawling pace so mesmerizing you convince yourself of an option to eject yourself from this madness, but as you finally let go of your last morsel of fear, you run the red light head-on into the nucleus of a fantastic glistening sculpture of torn metal, glass, oil, broken dreams and heartache. 'Fastlane' may be just drum machines and synthesizers if you’re timid, but listen harder and know the catastrophic reality of existence, a wreckage so gruesome we dare not rubberneck, but afterall it is our nature to stare.

PREMIERE | Benedikt Frey - Solver [ESP Institute] 2023

Full tracklisting: https://ambermuse.com/amber-muse-radio-show-344-with-taran-lomov-25-aug-2023

Tracklisting

Amber Muse Radio Show #345 with Taran & Lomov // 25 Aug 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

@freybenedikt

Benedikt Frey made this amazing mix focused on a great amount of Kraut-ish material. Surely a pleasure for your senses. 
Benedikt is running the great @riolabel label from Berlin alongside @menqui & @daloworks .
All the moments we bumped into each other (I guess a few times at Digital Tsunami), were soundtracked by only good stuff.

Knekelhuis # 107 - Benedikt Frey

@freybenedikt and @menqui, two of the three Dolphins members, met up for a spontanous two hour dive..

Artwork by @kryptic_dj

The Past Forward radio show is hosted and aired on Cashmere Radio. Find more info and other episodes on the Cashmere Radio website - cashmereradio.com/shows/past-forward/

Past Forward #93 with Dolphins

mega mix this time with video ;)
https://youtu.be/XDb0JRfmazQ

Free DL

SOURCE DIRECT X METHOD MAN & REDMAN - Tear It Off (Benedikt Frey VIP Mix)

In 2003 a concept was born out of heavy influence from minimal techno producers of the time, archives of vinyl fresh for mix-mode sessions, Der Kontraktor started as a moniker for DJing and ran until 2007.  It was the beginning of a style embodied with flavor and a feel for the music that is everlasting.  Those that know the creation from this time and place, know the capabilities of the one who was experimenting with mixing fresh cuts of vinyl wax.  Now 20 years later, it is time to present the resurrection with new sounds and added experience! 

Der Kontraktor Lives! 
All Vinyl Mix

Recorded on a dark & stormy Thursday afternoon, February 6th, 2025

Spell Book: 

1)	The Midnight Episode – Claw – Ominira – Germany – 2014
2)	Masters of the Universe – Dawn of Eternia – Kid Stuff Records – US – 1983 
3)	Extrawelt – Gazelle Flip (720 Version) – Dreaming Awake Records – Germany – 2021
4)	Kane Roth – Beatbox – Numbolic Records – Switzerland – 2012
5)	Marcin Czubala – Super Constellation – Mobilee – Germany – 2007
6)	Switchbox – Pirates Poetry – Ellum Audio – UK – 2012 
7)	Philipp Wolgast – Unrasiert Und Fern Der Heimat – Kompass Musik – Germany – 2008
8)	Command D – Esc – Animalia – Australia – 2024
9)	Ilario Liburni – Red Eyes – Cardinal – Belgium – 2015
10)	VC-118A & Kaspiann – Sea of Cities – Vala – Finland – 2024
11)	Melatonin Man – Garrol – Nous’klaer Audio – Netherlands – 2018
12)	Ronan – Sudor De Alma – On Loop – UK – 2022
13)	Arkajo – Signature – ARKAJO – Sweden – 2024
14)	Wighnomy Brothers – Pele Bloss – Freude-am-Tanzen – Germany – 2005
15)	/DL/MS/ – Canvas – Mechatronica – Germany – 2023
16)	Klon Dump – The Risk Taker – A Colourful Storm – Australia – 2017
17)	Mathew Jonson – Folding Space – Sub Static – Germany – 2004
18)	Ilario Liburni – Polyvo – Cardinal – Belgium – 2015
19)	Danjel Esperanza – Shrinking Violet – Backdoor Beauty – Germany – 2009
20)	Matt John – Angel Dust – Cocoon Recordings – Germany – 2013
21)	Gustavo Lamas – Relajados – Onitor – Germany – 2002
22)	Cesar Merveille – Kevs – Serialism Records – Germany – 2011
23)	Damian Schwartz – Tres Track – Mupa – Germany – 2006
24)	Taster Peter – Metro Sexual – V2 Nightworker Records – Germany – 2009
25)	De Sluwe Vos – Beefheart Girl Where Are You – Patron Records – Netherlands – 2018
26)	Channel X – Ticket – Home Sweet Home Session – Chapter IV – Upon.You – Germany – 2009
27)	Lusine – Everything Under the Sun (Lawrence Remix) – Ghostly International – US – 2007
28)	Ode To 97 – First Day in Time – Departure Lounge – Australia – 2022
29)	Soultape – Volatura – Soultape – Russia – 2020
30)	Ohm & Octal Industries – It Takes a Mind – Nilla – Hungary – 2018
31)	Bluetrain – Chant Down (Steve O’Sullivan’s Recycled Dub) – Lempuyang – UK – 2022
32)	Mastra & Jon Donson – Out of Nowhere – Siron Records – Switzerland – 2011
33)	East End Dubs – Track 1 – Tools Vol. 1 – East End Dubs Vinyl – UK – 2013
34)	Benedikt Frey – SH Birds – Live at Robert Johnson – Germany – 2015
35)	As One – Shambala (E.R.P. Remix) – Garage Hermetique – Germany – 2018
36)	Masters of the Universe – Masters of the Universe Theme – Kid Stuff Records – US – 1983
37)	Molecule – Nocturne (Inedit) – Because Music – France - 2016

Artwork concept by KL
Artwork design by LK

Mastered by Luis Cubillo
@itsluiscubillo

***for promotional use only***

Der Kontraktor Lives!_Vinyl Mix_02/06/2025

R.i.O. welcomes Brainwave Research Center with their EP Psychic Antenna, featuring remixes by Nathan Dawidowicz, Benedikt Frey and DALO, out April 11th.

Pre-order: https://riolabel.bandcamp.com/album/brainwave-research-center-psychic-antenna
More: www.orbmag.com/music

@riolabel
@freybenedikt
@brainwaveresearchcenter

Psychic Antenna

Listen more

Premiere: Brainwave Research Center - Transmitter Park (Benedikt Frey Remix)

➺ Da Iguana

L A C U N A C A S T O 3 1 ✷ by Da Iguana

New Sameheads tape release.... Number 29 in fact in the C60 series.

Another curve ball approach...

Amelia Holt and Benedikt Frey offering up a side each of some influences from the rap game.

Amelia says.
"I love hip hop. I have been digging a lot of it because I like the beats and it’s fun to blend with trip hop and downtempo tracks. I also work for a record collectors, who has an incredible hip hop collection and we spend a lot of time listening to all these records. Beyond the beats, rhythm & lyrics, hip hop has an important piece in the history of music and the city I live in. I am grateful it exists.

This mix was recorded in Texas, in my bed room early January during the holiday season."

Big thanks to both @freybenedikt & @ameliaholt

The tapes are limited and available in person at all upcoming Sameheads events or online via sending an email to info@sameheads.com

Come and snatch one.

Artwork by @eslim_

Benedikt Frey (Side Y) - Honey Trap - Sameheads C60 Tape Collection Series #29

linktr.ee/432hz_social

for promo:
44100hzsocialclub(at)gmail(dot)com

GAIT01: youtu.be/eVxzdAABSFs
GAIT02: https://youtu.be/ZAfPiXsPSzI
GAIT03: youtu.be/wvSqmxbTQ1o
GAIT04: youtu.be/mu6GkR7JZtY
GAIT05: https://youtu.be/WB3gu0eDnpI
GAIT06: https://youtu.be/LGJJQsAp0iU
GAIT07: https://youtu.be/W6JEzvoIBHQ
GAIT08: https://youtu.be/HTHWnfXLfCE

GENRES ARE FOR JOURNALISTS

"I'm painting an idea not an ideal. Basically, I'm trying to paint a structured painting full of controlled, and therefore potent, emotion. Turntables are a blank canvas and records are the colors to paint with."   -   Karsten Lesso _____ _____ Vinyl Collector, Performance DJ


-Good days give you happiness.
-Bad days give you experience.
-Worse days give you a lesson.
-Best days give you memories.


My gratitude for your ears of curiosity.
✨🌹🌹✨❤️🤍 🖤 🤍❤️✨🌹🌹✨
.🔈🔉🔊🔷🔹🔸🔶🔸🔹🔷🔊🔉🔈.
.🔓🔑🧬⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️🧬🔑🔓.

‘Past Forward’ is a radio show on Cashmere Radio hosted by @menqui, @hendrik_stein and @kryptic_dj. Expect open-minded, music-driven joyrides through diverse collections of records.

For any inquiries pls get in touch via
pastforwardradio@gmail.com

Fusing music, art, culture, and technology.

www.orbmag.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

- Radio: Radio NABA (Latvia), Raadio 2 (Estonia)
- Labels: @AmberMuse / Ovum / Runemark / W&O Street Tracks
- Projects: @QueerOnAcid
- Booking: info at ambermuse dot com.

www.knekelhuis.nl
For licensing and other inquiries: mark@knekelhuis.nl

'𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦...'

ʟ ᴀ ᴄ ᴜ ɴ ᴀ ; 
𝙰 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌, 𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 ♡ 

𝙰 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚟𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚜.
𝙸𝚗𝚟𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐.
  
𝙰 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖, 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚎, 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎, 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚖𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚂𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍.
 
˚∿ 𝙻𝚎𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌, 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 ❍
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