Benedikt Frey

In 2017, Benedikt Frey released his breathtaking debut album with the ESP Institute, 'Artificial', and now as we finally come up for air, we’re more than proud to offer an eclectic collection of remixes that’s nothing short of essential. Side A leads with 'H For Hysteria' remixed by a beloved hero, Nicolas Chaix a.k.a. I:Cube, one of the most prolific and respected electronic artists Paris has to offer. His touch is considered and elegant, imbuing the track with a tasteful 303+808 backbone to support an array of patiently floating melodies and angelic vocal samples. Following this, Tolouse Low Trax of Düsseldorf’s infamous Salon Des Amateurs remixes the same track, stripping instrumentation down to a skeletal palette of bass guitar and stabbing percussive punctuations, chopped up inna minimalist stylee that has become his beat-making signature. Side B leads with a remix by another Düsseldorfer, DJ Normal 4, whose re-imagination of 'Private Crimes' takes us for an even more menacing ride, half-timing the tempo and skillfully rolling out an barrage of jungle snares from rave days of yore. Closing the release is the most aggressive remix of them all, a bonafide techno beatdown of the same track by DALO, the co-producing artist to whose haunting vocals lace the original version. Her dark vision opens with sparse industrial drums that blossom into a driving assault of raw machinery, definitely not for the faint-of-heart. An all-around solid release here, fun for all the family… more than just the tip! Get your copy here.

Benedikt Frey visited St. Petersburg last friday and ahead of his show he recorded this set for TESTFM. Please check it out via this link.

Music Video: Benedikt Frey – Looking Back

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Since his debut in 2010 with the “Escape / Indica” EP for Aldebaran, Benedikt Frey has made a name for himself as a prolific producer and DJ with a penchant for absorbingly psychedelic mid-tempo grooves that have a tendency to envelop you entirely. His expansive discography is a testament to his wide-ranging talents, with releases spread across a wealth of respected imprints such as Mule Electronic, Hivern Discs, ESP Institute and his own label, Love Pain Sunshine & Rain.

His latest effort sees the German producer return to Live At Robert Johnson and marks his first 12″ for the Robert Johnson crew since 2015’s “Reframe“. Following on from a banner year in 2017 in which Frey shared two EPs and a debut full-length for ESP Institute, “New Now” continues his hot streak with a three-part exploration of rhythm and mood that veers between tempi, never settling in one place for too long.

We’re glad to be sharing an exclusive premiere today of the video for the record’s opening track, “Looking Back“. An animated video with a minimalist aesthetic, it features a clock-like figure that perpetually revolves. As the clock turns, skittering percussion and rising chords urge the track forward, conjuring a deeply hypnotic vibe and painting the perfect backdrop for that glorious lead synthesizer to slowly unfold in waves of shimmering resonance.

New Now is scheduled for release 8th June 2018, order a copy from the Robert Johnson Online Shop.

Check out the video here.

Benedikt Frey returns to Live At Robert Johnson with three hypnotic cuts in three different tempi – New Now.

Label: Live At Robert Johnson
Catalog No: playrjc050
Format: 12“ vinyl, digital
Release date: Friday 8 June 2018

Check here the snippets.

Here is Benedikt's latest Dj-Set recorded at Humboldthain, Berlin.

Carl Craig​'s - Versus Remixe is out via InFiné​ with remixes from Benedikt Frey​, Henrik Schwarz​, Tom Trago​ and Antigone​. You can buy your copy TITLE.

Soon out on Live at Robert Johnson Benedikt Frey's new trippy EP. Stay tuned

You can download Benedikt's latest remix for Carl Craig via this link.

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.
Full set can be streamed here.

He’s been on the Past Forward must-have list for quite a while by now and yeah, they’re glad we finally found a date to invite him to join them for an episode of Past Forward: Join us for the 12th instalment with Benedikt Frey at the helm. Here is the podcast.

Benedikt just dropped his first album on the New York-based label ESP Institute, showcasing his ability to combine a wide spectrum of genres and styles with grace and gravity. So without further ado, get ready and prepare yourselves for a very fine selection of tunes live from the Headquarters in Lichtenberg.

Benedikt was guest-dj at Cashmere Radio in Berlin. Click here for the full Episode.

Here comes a podcast from Benedikt Frey for Spiraldance.
Reflect of his lasts mixes & EP's such as that one on BAHNSTEIG 23, his album signed on ESP INSTITUTE or even his podcast on Digital Tsunami we listened on a loop, Benedikt gives us here tones between Electro/wave and Hip-Hop... Click here for the full set.

Click here to listen to the new EP of Benedikt Frey.

Interview and great mix for Digital Tsunami from Benedikt Frey. Click here for the article.

Read here the full interview wit Benedikt Frey about his album.

„Benedikt Frey ist so ein Typ, der auch bei 180 km/h noch den einen Arm aus dem Autofenster baumeln lässt und mit der anderen die Zigarette zum Mund führt, während er per Knieführung den Wagen über die Überholspur schlingern lässt“ liest das ganze Interview, hier.

Benedikt Frey returns to the mighty ESP Institute with his thirteen-track debut album called Artificial. The LP was written and produced over two years, tirelessly sculpted into a sequence abstract pieces that are fiercely independent but accumulate layers of meaning when collaged. Read the full article here.

Here is a little recording session Benedikt Frey and Menqui.

Here is Crack Magazines review.

Benedikt Frey's debut LP will drop on October 6 via Lovefingers' LA-based ESP Institute.
The album, which was produced over the course of two years, follows a string of standout EPs for labels such as Live At Robert Johnson, Crème Organization, and Hivern Discs, and like much of his output—and ESP Institute's, for that matter—it's a borderless fusion of mind-bending sonics. Although the 11 tracks don't adhere to one formula or style, the album's narrative unfolds as a coherent-yet-complex whole, dragging the listener through haunting atmospheres and stirring electronics that touch on post-punk, techno, trip-hop, and new wave, all the while sounding like a genre of its own.
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Init did remix for Zombies in Miami's Last Gun. Out: September 8th on Correspondant. Click here to listen to the track.

There is a sense of urgency increasingly infecting the human condition, fragmenting our attention span, accelerating our needs and often influencing our motives when making creative decisions. The result is a lack of dynamics, there is no ebb or flow, its “go” time, all the time. Electronic music is one of the clearest examples of a widening division between great art created in a deeply imaginative vaccum and the soulessly formulaic and branded product that serves the impatient masses. What draws the ESP Institute to Benedikt Frey is his ability to operate on the fringe, outside the constructs artists constantly channel themselves into—his art speaks a pure language that is realized by any means necessary, a process devised solely to articulate his own message, one delivered with patience, never rushed nor dictated by the outside world. Artificial was written and produced over two years, tirelessly sculpted into a sequence abstract pieces that are fiercely independent but accumulate layers of meaning when collaged. It is electronic and rhythm-based, but never reliant on any prescribed instrumentation, arrangement or expecatation. This is our idea of well conceived and executed album; not simply a collection of tracks but a complex narrative that unfolds over peaks and valleys, pulling the listener into emotional corners before leaving a residual impression. Some may describe music very well in words, but there is always something lost in translation—a story only the music itself can tell.
Click here to hear one of the track of his upcoming album on ESP Institute 15th september.

You can fully stream the Lifesaver 3 Compilation via Groove Magazin. Click here.

Benedikt Frey macht schon eine ganze Weile Musik, in den letzten Jahren bekommt sie auf Labels wie ESP Institute, Creme Organization oder LARJ die Aufmerksamkeit, die sie verdient. Seine Mischung aus 80s Theatralik, psychedelischem Acid und Leftfield House funktioniert im Club genauso gut wie in der Ubahn auf Kopfhörern. Geschmack beweist Benedikt auch als Betreiber der Labels Lopasura und Serious Trouble. Hier gehts zum stream.

The Life at Robert Johnson Compilation is now available online via this link.

You can check out his latest mix on Soundcloud.

Live At Robert Johnson proudly presents the third Lifesaver! With Roman Flügel, Massimiliano Pagliara, Lauer, Benedikt Frey, Chinaski, TCB and many more...
Release Date: 19th May 2017
Check out the snippets on soundcloud.

This mix is a cut from Benedikt Frey set on the Tochka Sborki party at the DOT Club, Saint-Petersburg. Benedikt took control over the decks roughly at 3 o’clock in the night and delivered solid energetic mix spinning contemporary electro, noisy techno, obscure house and dirty italo sounds. Check this out
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Download the full track "The Rain" via this link and enjoy Benedikt Frey's version of the classic from Missy Elliott.

So how would a man who's born blind describe an elephant? It's an intriguing question, something to ponder as you listen to Benedikt Frey's slow burning intro for the new year. Have a good one and don't let them fool you. Listen here.

Check out Benedikt Frey's Techno podcast for Uncanny Valley here, and read the full article with a little interview here.

Roman Flügel did a remix for Benedikt Frey's impressive track "Out Of Here". This 12" will be released on august 26 on Hivern Discs. Listen here to the full track.

This time round the label's saying the compilation is "dedicated to the more beachy side of the dance floor," with exclusive tunes from the likes of Young Marco, Suzanne Kraft, Fantastic Man, Alex Burkat, Man Power, Benedikt Frey and Giegling affiliate Map.ache. Permanent Vacation 4 will be available on CD, vinyl and digital formats. Tracklist can be found here
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Resident Advisor continues his feature series based on RA's In Residence events by visiting a German club where simplicity is key: Robert Johnson in Offenbach /Frankfurt. Ata is founder of this legendary place and many Magnet Artists have a residency or play this club regularly. Just a few to mention: Roman Flügel, Orson Wells, Lauer, Gerd Janson, Benedikt Frey, TCB, Oliver Hafenbauer and so on. Full article can be read here
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Here is the video to the track

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You can download now here Benedikt Frey's latest EP on Lopasura.

Catch "Out of the Fog" creeping out of the shadows on 21st April via Lopasura. Full length Preview here

Roman and Benedikt will be releasing remixes for Lea Porcelain on LARJ in april. Snippets here

Benedikt Frey is crafting a musical aesthetic that (much like the ESP Institute) might only be seen in its true form from a birds-eye view—a whole greater than the sum of its parts. His playful indifference to genre specifics and pre-prescribed instrumentation or production techniques makes for a loose and refreshing collection of work, and this debut for the ESP Institute, The Lobbyist, serves up an incongruous three tracks bewildering and narcotic. Listen here

Have a look here at this beautiful sound score from Benedikt Frey.

Out now, Benedikt's Remix for YNK. Listen here

Boiler Room is heading to Offenbach to broadcast live from one of Germany's most famous and prestigious clubs - Live At Robert Johnson.
The lineup will include a mix of new and longstanding residents of the club. With Roman Flügel, The Citizen's Band and Benedikt Frey who will this time perform with Nadia D'Alo as Init. Making their debuts are Orson Wells, who has had a string of successful releases for the in house label and Oliver Hafenbauer who A&R's the label as well as running his own Die Orakal. Tune in the 11th nov 7pm here

'Meilensteine 04' is an unmixed compilation of songs and tracks which had a big influence on Robert Johnson resident Benedikt Frey. Listen here

Benedikt Frey​'s new single, 'SH Birds', from the EP 'Reframe' is out on Live At Robert Johnson​ now!

Listen to it here and get it via the links below:

Vinyl:
Live At Robert Johnson

Digital:
iTunes
Beatport
Juno Download
Whatpeopleplay

Listen to Benedikt Frey's warm up set from Rex Club, Paris. 80 BPM sexy tunes, dont miss!

Listen and download here

Boiler Room debuts Roman Flügel's contribution to the forthcoming Lifesaver II compilation from Live At Robert Johnson, which is released today.

The compilation features tracks from Lauer, TCB, Benedikt Frey, Roman Flügel and many others connected to the LARJ-camp in Offenbach. The Lifesaver compilation will be released as a double 12"-vinyl. Additionally Live At Robert Johnson will release an Extension-10"-vinyl containing two brand new tracks by the infamous Hotel Lauer and Tuff City Kids end of March 2015.

Listen to 'Tender Hooligan' here.
Listen to snippets from all tracks here.

Most of the label's core roster will be representing at a series of European showcases in the coming months.

Sixteen dates in support of Live At Robert Johnson's forthcoming Lifesaver 2 compilation have been announced.

The tour will see a rotating cast of the Frankfurt label's core artists touch down for slots in the UK, France, Paris, Netherlands, Spain and more. Naturally, things get underway on home turf, with Ata, Orson Wells and Massimiliano Pagliara playing at Robert Johnson on March 7th. The same night, Roman Flügel, Gerd Janson and Oliver Hafenbauer play at Bristol's Just Jack. The following weekends include dates with Portable in Stockholm (21st), Lyon with Tuff City Kids (27th) and Jena with Ata (28th).

Four dates are lined up for April. Paris's Djoon club hosts Ata and Lauer on the 17th, after which Hafenbauer and Benedikt Frey head to Golem in Hamburg on the 24th. Dates at Barcelona venue Nitsa on the 25th and Passage 46 in Freiburg, Germany, on the 30th round out the month: Ata, Lauer and Frey play the former, while The Citizen's Band, Hafenbauer and Holger Wuest soundtrack the latter.

May is the tour's biggest month, with seven dates are confirmed so far. Highlights include stops at Zukunft in Zürich with Ata, Lauer and Hafenbauer on the 9th, Berlin's Panorama Bar on the 15th with Ata and Flügel, and fabric on the 16th with Flügel and Portable. Other stops include Cologne (8th), Oslo (22nd), Amsterdam (23rd) and Munich (29th).

See the complete list of dates here.

Via Resident Advisor.

Both Benedikt Frey and Roman Flügel has contributed with remixes for the latest release from C.A.R., the new project of Chloé Raunet, singer of former London coldwave band Battant.

This will be Benedikt Frey's very first solo remix under his own name. The release will be out on October 13. 2014.

Pre-listen to Frey's remix here.
Pre-order the release here.

Benedikt Frey did the latest podcast for German Groove Magazin; Am Deck 16. The mix contains tracks from acts like Steve Moore, Goat and Coil to Bomb The Bas and Frey himself, so you are in for a trippy treat for sure.

Listen to the mix, check the tracklist and read the short interview (in German) here.
Listen to the mix on Soundcloud here.