Benedikt Frey (Serious Trouble / R-i-O //Berlin)
@freybenedikt

Illustration:
@steviewhisper

Benedikt Frey says Yes.

Credit 00 Live Set for Dissidanza @ Lumen Florence - Sept. 20th 2024

WrongParty! - Radio Buena Vida 19.02.25

SR07 - George Michael Is Meth (94 BPM)

One hour excerpt from the Aries April Acid party @multicultifamily HQ April 4, 2025
Featuring DECIUS, NIEV, JAMIE PATON, ROY OF THE RAVERS, classics from the likes of 808 STATE, plus unreleased Multi Culti acid tracks from THOMASS JACKSON & UMOJA 

Thomas Von Party @ Multi Culti Zodiac Club III - Aries Acid

https://soundcloud.com/djgrzyb
https://soundcloud.com/trofikarecords
🛒 https://mesbrutah.bandcamp.com/album/va-aroundub

New installment by Warsaw-based Trofika Records named  "Va_Aroundub” is a double-decker  CD compilation contains the distinctive walk-through the very subjective interpretations of the broad spectrum of dub i & its non-obvious reincarnations. Significant part of the artists invited to the projects were touching different notions of the contemporary bass music sound, for the others it was more of a adventure or some type of formal experiment. Majority of the tracks gathered on this record are brand-new and were never published before. Musically speaking you can surely expect some of that classic roots/digi, lounge/chill out, broad range of electronica, bass music, future garage, footwork/dubstep, minimal/dub techno or even noise & experimental touches.

PINEGROVE PREMIERE: DJ GRZYB - KLOAKA DUB [TROFIKA RECORDS]

Here we are, ten years in and with a 2xLP on pink vinyl featuring 17 esteemed artists that you will hopefully love as much as I do after immersing yourself in these 80 minutes of music. They are each worthy of an introduction. Track them down where you can and support their work. And most importantly enjoy these little samples of their sublimely creative endeavours. Last but not least, thanks goes to everyone who has supported the label over the years...you know who you are.

https://soundcloud.com/dreemsdreems
https://soundcloud.com/invisible-inc

PREMIERE⚡️Dreems - Persepection [Invisible Inc.]

We're full on this planet; there are two options. Either we kill each other, or we help each other.
An eco-friendly song? Maybe.
A social song? Maybe. A topical piece?
Definitely.

There once was a lady named Charlotte Leclerc, Who sailed on an iceberg from here to afar. "Comme un iceberg," she'd rhythmically chant, While wearing her Moiré dress for a nautical jaunt.

"Delodio!" she'd cry to the curious fish, While balancing teacups on top of her dish. Her iceberg spun 'round like a crystalline top, With nary a reason or purpose to stop.

The porpoises laughed and the sea turtles cheered, As Charlotte's strange vessel completely disappeared. Then popped up again near the Isle of Kazoo, Where nonsensical creatures said, "How do you do?"

Charlotte Leclerc just curtsied and smiled, Her journey, though frosty, was wonderfully wild. "Delodio Moiré!" became her strange call, The most elegant iceberg captain of all!

'Moiré' is the second album by French musician and singer Charlotte Leclerc. Deeply influenced by Reunion Island, where the artist grew up. Steeped in the humid heaviness of the Indian Ocean and caressed by the freshness of the primary forests, Charlotte's songs are nourished by the small details of everyday life that we rediscover when we slow down the pace of our busy days. She uses the sound of her synthesisers and drum machines to create a blend of ambient, electronic music, and pop, and speaks to us about human relationships. Two-person relationships and universal relationships, those that connect us all and allow this planet to function a little better. Remember, "Moire" means "changing."

PREMIERE: Charlotte Leclerc - Comme Un Iceberg [Delodio]

Sharing a recording from the mini festival Saulės Diena in Alytus, 2025.05.03. 
This is my evening set, featuring a beautiful intro by Rūgštus Slėnis.

We're playing together again in Alytus next weekend – 06.14!
The city will be celebrating its 444th birthday, and together with whypeopledance, we’re hosting another daytime dance – this time in a beautiful location near Mažoji Dailidė Lake.

Let’s celebrate this beautiful day with music and dancing!

SAULĖS DIENA - RŪGŠTUS SLĖNIS + SIMAS SLABAČIAUSKAS, 2025.05.03

Not much words to lose about an hour of non-shazamable intercontinental Albion minimal-synth-disco-wave-folk thunderstorms. Tracks melt that were never meant to and this is a good thing, as always with a little wink

https://soundcloud.com/big-muffle

Listen Listen at Aktionshaus - Albion

Cosmo Vitelli - Afterina

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