R-I-O Label night - Blaumlich Release Party

Who they are

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  Benedikt Frey

  Berlin · 4 bookings since Oct 2025

  “Benedikt Frey is many.”

  their own biography

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  Benedikt Frey is many. Or just one? He is a composer. An arranger. A DJ. A Live Act. A fan. He plays in bands like Init, or Dolphins. Once he was part of the project Keys. Downbeat in experimental dub zones. 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, Malka Tuti, or Emotional Response. There is more to come. With friends like Philipp Otterbach, his partner Nadia D'Alò, or his buddy Menqui. 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.
  SoundCloud ↗Bandcamp ↗Discography ↗
  Their RA profile lists Mule Electronic, Permanent Vacation, Crème Organization, Live At Robert Johnson and 6 more.

  Last at arkaoda Berlin in Oct · often with Lato Gato, INGWA, Malu DJ, none of them here that night

• Menqui

  Berlin · 6 bookings since Aug 2025

  “Menqui is a berlin based music enthusiast always on the hunt for musical treasures ranging from obscure disco over synth pop, wave, proto house and many other fields.”

  their own biography

  the whole biography

  Menqui is a berlin based music enthusiast always on the hunt for musical treasures ranging from obscure disco over synth pop, wave, proto house and many other fields. Besides sharing his music from behind the decks he has also been involved in a variety of different projects – f.e. by taking care of the newly established R-i-O Label or by contributing a track to the new Serious Trouble EP as Dolphins togehter with Nadia D'Alò and Benedikt Frey. While Menqui’s mixtapes mostly invite you to float and dream away, he also feels at home in a more dancefloor oriented environment.
  SoundCloud ↗Bandcamp ↗Discography ↗
  Their RA profile lists Planet Almanac and R.i.O..

  Last at arkaoda Berlin in Aug · often with Lars Noll, Saeko Killy, Ondula, none of them here that night

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