Freddy K
also plays New York City — 10 nights
Freddy K: techno activist. Since the ‘90s Alessio Armeni has been tireless campaigning from the dancefloor, defending vinyl, championing young talents and reinforcing the scene from the shadows. You will know him best for his marathon DJ sets and deviant selections. You might recognise him as the head of KEY Vinyl, or for the backstage role he played at M_Rec, the label he helped run with best friend Max_M. You should definitely know about Virus, the thing that started it all off for him back in Rome.
Lory D and Leo Anibaldi’s The Sound of Rome movement; Luca Cucchetti’s renowned Mad radio shows; warehouses, soundsystems and rave all informed Freddy K’s earliest obsession with techno. He started DJing at Sunday after hour events, having danced all through the night himself. In 1993, aged 21, he launched his now famous Virus radio show, which ran daily from 8PM to midnight, and from midnight to 6AM every Saturday. Parties, a booking agency and record shop soon followed: the Virus movement had arrived. A year later Freddy K signed to the legendary ACV, who released his first EP, Control. Rage Of Age, his debut album came in 1995; a dark and noisy record influenced by his two passions, Chicago acid and rock. It was widely lauded throughout the country and remains a testament to the old Sound of Rome today.
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After Virus peaked and having toured all over the world with ACV, Freddy K stopped DJing and retreated to the backroom. He spent the early millennial years working with Sandro Nasonte at Rome’s flagship record store, Remix. Together they set up the influential Elettronica Romana label, which released some of Donato Dozzy and Giorgio Gigli's first EPs. He moved to the German capital in 2009, setting up KEY Vinyl as a “techno label for DJs” two years later. Artists like PVS and Héctor Oaks have helped forge the label’s (and Freddy K’s own) traditionalist view on techno.
Moving to Berlin reignited Freddy K’s teenage infatuation with rave. He soon fell in with Homopatik, the former monthly gay event at ://about blank. He became notorious for his epic 10, 14 and 16 hour-long sessions there, playing always strictly vinyl and in a dynamic, party conscious fashion. Freddy K sets are characteristically mercurial and 100% tailored for the dance. He plays a “360°-style of techno,” which can include Soft Cell, WestBam or Bronski Beat—when the timing is just right. He played his first Berghain set in 2013; two years later he was closing the place, keeping the energy levels soaring well into Monday. The last 20 minutes, he says, are the most important. So be sure to stick around till the very end.
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Records out on Key Vinyl. — their own list on Resident Advisor
The nights
10 listings across 9 nights — one date in December 2025 carries two listings, and both are here.
- Sat 7 NovRSO.BERLINtheir 4th night · Mechatronica Music289 going
- Thu 31 DecRSO.BERLINtheir 5th night895 going
2026
- Sat 13 JunRSO.BERLINtheir 3rd night · Glitch Festival, selected.berlin
- Fri 20 FebRSO.BERLINtheir 2nd night
2025 — 6 listings
- Sat 27 Dec 2025KREUZWERKfirst time · Vault Sessions, kreuzwerk.berlin
- Sat 27 Dec 2025Quantum Oddity Galleryfirst time · Keyi Magazine
- Sat 13 Dec 2025MUENZEfirst time · Pornceptual
- Sat 1 Nov 2025RSO.BERLINfirst time · Nightclubbing
- Thu 4 Sep 2025Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwartfirst time
- Sat 9 Aug 2025Elsefirst time · Else Events
Their rooms
One tick a night, on the one axis this page has — Aug 2025, where the listings start, to Jan 2027, the last night anybody has announced. The shaded end has not happened yet.
- RSO.BERLINNov 2025 – Jun 20263 nights
Once each: KREUZWERK, Quantum Oddity Gallery, MUENZE, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart and Else.
Who they play with
Counted from the bills themselves, over bills of twelve names or fewer. A pair's count includes a night that is announced and not yet played; where there is one, the row says when.
- ROBUSRSO.BERLIN ×3 · Nov 2025 – Nov 2026 · together again Sat 7 Nov3 nights
- LobsterRSO.BERLIN ×2 · Nov 2025 – Nov 2026 · together again Sat 7 Nov2 nights
- ÜBERKIKZRSO.BERLIN ×2 · Feb 2026 – Nov 2026 · together again Sat 7 Nov2 nights
- AlaricoElse ×1, RSO.BERLIN ×1 · Aug 2025 – Feb 20262 nights
- ToobrisElse ×1, RSO.BERLIN ×1 · Aug 2025 – Feb 20262 nights
- The Lady MachineElse ×1, MUENZE ×1 · Aug 2025 – Dec 20252 nights
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