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'The saying partners in crime gets told often, but rarely is it as applicable as with Aaron Maple and Miro-Benji. Known around the underground scene in Helsinki, with gigs at every spot available, and as members of the local collective Free Shelter, they’ve crafted their own unique symbiosis through a shared passion and most importantly friendship.'

https://soundcloud.com/miro_benji
https://soundcloud.com/aaronmaple

Bordello Radio #77 - Miro-Benji & Aaron Maple

Isle of Wax 015 is brought to you by the Helsinki-based label and collective @freeshelter, notable for their growing catalogue of edits and releases that have made their way through the DJ circuit over the past few years. Regardless of genre, Free Shelter are constantly on the lookout for obscure sounds from the underground, which is showcased here in this heroic 2 hour and 20 minute mix of mellow downtempo, cosmic chuggers, and club weapons.

Do enjoy.

Isle of Wax 015 by Free Shelter

Free Shelter all night long @ Sumu 03/12/2022

Welcome to Free Shelter in our series ! The Helsinki-based collective is composed of Stuster, Aaron Mapple, Miro-Benji, DJ Margerita and Aake Kivalo. Together their run their own eponym label focused on edits and original productions with a large spectrum of exotic, futuristic and obscure sounds. They also run a monthly radio show on IDA Radio. Enjoy !

Follow Free Shelter (https://soundcloud.com/freeshelter)
https://www.instagram.com/freeshelterhki

LYO#233 / Free Shelter

Aaron Maple & Miro-Benji at @RedLightRadio.

Aaron Maple & Miro-Benji @ Red Light Radio 22/2/2019

Sweetening our souls with magic mix number thirty six is Aaron Maple. @aaronmaple

A regular on his home circuit in Helsinki and Turku, Finland he's part of the @FreeShelter group that throw parties with a focus on obscure disco and world music.  Recently he's played on Red Light Radio with fellow Fin Miro-Benji.

Here he takes us on a trip around the world using Japanese ambient, Afro synth gems, Belgian new beat, his own Bollywood edits and house music to create a feelgood mix perfect for springtime! Enjoy :)

M a g i c a s t - 0 3 6 🎇 - Aaron Maple

Track ID: @aaronmaple & @aakekivalo & @miro_benji & @freeshelter
Hei! It sounds strange, but it's been more than a year before we realized that we don't have a single episode from Finland, and this is one of our closest neighbors! Urgently correcting the mistake, so the 15th episode recorded by:
Aake Kivalo, Aaron Maple and Miro-Benji are ¾ of a group called Free Shelter, a newly formed Finnish collective and label that throw parties with a focus on obscure disco and world music. 
This mix is a prima vista b2b presenting their current favorites from all over the globe.
Also check this:
https://soundcloud.com/freeshelter
And buy this banger edits made by the Free Shelter crew:
https://freeshelter.bandcamp.com/album/free-shelter-edits-2
Kippis!

De Kat Memwa #15 w/ Free Shelter (Aake Kivalo, Aaron Maple & Miro-Benji)

B2b2b2b from Aaron Maple, Miro-Benji, DJ Margerita & Aake Kivalo 21.8.2019

Free Shelter @ Post Bar 21/08/19

Aaron Maple & Miro-Benji b2b action. Warming up for Kamma & Masalo 21/09/2019. Had a blast!

Aaron Maple & Miro-Benji @ Kaiku 21/09/19

1,5h trip by Aaron Maple  & Miro-Benji at Tallinn's most finest IDA Raadio.

Aaron Maple & Miro-Benji @ IDA Raadio 15/11/19

Aaron Maple & Miro-Benji b2b warmup set for Kasra V.

Aaron Maple & Miro–Benji @ Kaiku 18/01/20

Aaron Maple & Miro-Benji serving their secrets at Amsterdam's finest Red Light Radio.

Aaron Maple & Miro-Benji @ Red Light Radio 03/06/2020

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@miro_benji
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Artwork: Steve R. Dodd

Spaceship Avesta, passing globular clusters and dark nebulae, moving along the celestial meridians goes to the star Ras Algaha, shining in the mystical constellation Ophiuchus...
22,000 light-years have passed since they left Earth...The starting point was the study of ancient texts found in a complex of caves under the Sahara desert...Several scrolls, which were able to decrypt, contained information and coordinates of a mysterious place - Chinvat, which, according to the description, is a portal to another dimensions...
 
The on-board computer built an ideal trajectory and the landing site was a huge crater, in the center of which was levitating mountain...Space around was purple-blue, but it is impossible to convey in words what sensations this place actually broadcast...Soon, the seekers stopped in front of two obelisks, located at the foothills - they separated two worlds from each other, simultaneously paradoxically present in both...Sun and Moon...This looks like the entrance to an ancient temple, protected by a void guard - vacuum...Trying to remain calm, the point of no return was passed...

Everything began to distort, forming the likeness of the steps leading to the top...With every move, sounds of the soaring mountain became stronger and stronger, and apparently reaching a certain point, the next process in this mechanism was activated and a ray from the depths of the star rushed to the center of the galaxy...Reflected from the central sun, it returned back, creating an ellipse with an acceleration and a compression points...Gates were open...They saw billions of galaxies filling a huge figure of a man, clutching a snake in one hand and a bowl into which poison was dripping drop by drop...Fascinated by centripetal and centrifugal forces, they entered the portal...

AMATEUR EXOTIC

AARON MAPLE & MIRO-BENJI - AMATEUR EXOTIC'S SECRET OF THE OPHIUCHUS

Free Shelter is a collective and label, hailing from the cold breezes of Helsinki, Finland. Their main goal is to find, play and share obscure music from the deep beyond. Whether it be feel-good disco from the jungles around the world, rolling trancey bass lines or pumping house from the east coast of the US, it doesn’t matter. With several edits and own productions released on their own imprint under their belt, and support from world known DJs, they aren’t slowing down just yet. Their Serenades Podcast features some of their newest findings, with a little bit of everything put into it.

Follow guests:
https://soundcloud.com/freeshelter

https://soundcloud.com/aaronmaple
https://soundcloud.com/miro_benji
https://soundcloud.com/aakekivalo
https://soundcloud.com/dj-margerita

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Serenades Podcast #96 - Free Shelter

Replay of our June radio show and last one of the season on Fréquence K with Free Shelter, collective and label from Helsinki. 

@freeshelter
@miro_benji @aakekivalo @aaronmaple @dj-margerita
@frequencek
www.frequencek.com
103.4 FM in French Riviera

Jitter Variance 08 - Free Shelter

@freeshelter a.k.a. @miro_benji @aakekivalo @aaronmaple @dj-margerita
Aired on @inmediasresradio - 18/07/2020

Free Shelter - Pompelope Online Takeover

- Soundcloud: @soundcloud.com/freeshelter
@soundcloud.com/miro_benji , @soundcloud.com/aakekivalo , @soundcloud.com/aaronmaple ,@soundcloud.com/dj-margerita

- Instagram: www.instagram.com/freeshelterhki/
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/freeshelterhki/

The Helsinki based collective Free Shelter, consisting of Miro-Benji, Aake Kivalo, Aaron Maple and DJ Margerita, are mostly known for their edit releases (with support from every corner in the world) and their monthly radio show on IDA Radio. 
Their sound usually range from one extreme to the other. Whether it be the tackiest of guilty-pleasure disco to the rougher sounds of the spectrum in the form of photo-trance and modern breakbeat, they’re more than willing to take the task at their own hand. 
For this Discoteca Podcast mix, the quartet showcase the listener what a club night à la Free Shelter would be like…

Free Shelter - Discoteca Podcast 62

For this 4th show, Aaron Maple (@aaronmaple) recorded a 1 hour long set for your ears brodcasted on Internet Public Radio (@internetpublicradio) based in Guadalajara.

Aaro Vahtera aka Aaron Maple is a producer and DJ from Finland. He is a member of a collective and label called Free Shelter (@freeshelter) focusing on obscure and esoteric music. Aaron Maple is mostly known for his edit releases with support from world known DJs every corner in the world. He has released music for example via Free Shelter, Dar Disku (@dardisku) and Serenades (@serenades_show).

"This mix features some of my current favorites and new findings as well as unreleased stuff from me and my friends. Journey through a little bit of everything." - Aaron Maple

Tag @aaronmaple in the comment section for track ID's !

www.instagram.com/getsomeaaro/
www.facebook.com/aaronmaplemusic/

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Pâlm invites Aaron Maple #4 @Internet Public Radio - 18/09/2020

3615... 4 magic numbers created in the 80's by the best french engineers which allowed you to connect with the world !

Let's bring them back to connect you with the best artists and Djs

#3615 AARON MAPLE

Aaro Vahtera aka Aaron Maple is a producer and DJ from Finland. He is a member of a collective and label called Free Shelter focusing on obscure and esoteric music.
 Aaron Maple is mostly known for his edit releases with support from world known DJs every corner in the world. He has released music for example via Free Shelter, Dar Disku  Awesome orientalists from Europa and Serenades.

☎ Connect ☎
https://soundcloud.com/aaronmaple
https://www.facebook.com/aaronmaplemusic
https://www.instagram.com/getsomeaaro/

#3615 AARON MAPLE

Free Shelter é um coletivo, uma label, um canal do Youtube (maravilhoso diga-se de passagem) e uma rádio formada pelos talentosos Miro-Benji, Aaron Maple, Aake Kivalo e DJ Margerita.

Diretamente da cena underground de Helsinki, na Finlândia, a crew amacia os nossos ouvidos com os seus famigerados edits que incluem uma pesquisa de sons exóticos totalmente abaixo do radar. 

O mix deles foi gravado exclusivamente para nós num dia chuvoso (e provavelmente bem gelado), e inclui diferentes gêneros, bem do jeitinho que a gente gosta!

Free Shelter - Alter Disco Podcast 74

@freeshelter

bookings and inquiries:
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2022/12/3 UG, Helsinki

2022/11/29 Golden Pudel, Hamburg 

2022/11/28 RIAA bar, Hamburg

2020/3/6 Kopjek Idioterie Festival, Groningen

2020/3/6 Red Light Radio, Amsterdam

2020/2/28 Jackie, Helsinki

2020/2/14 Siltanen, Helsinki

2020/2/8 Kaiku, Helsinki

2020/1/25 UG, Helsinki

2020/1/18 Kaiku, Helsinki

2020/1/3 Kaiku, Helsinki

2019/12/20 Blanko, Turku

2019/12/6 Beerger, Helsinki

2019/11/16 UNI, UG Tallinn

2019/11/15 IDA Radio, Tallinn

2019/11/9 Jackie, Helsinki

2019/10/19 Beerger, Helsinki

2019/10/18 Kaiku, Helsinki

2019/9/28 Jackie, Helsinki

2019/9/21 Kaiku, Helsinki

2019/8/21 Post Bar, Helsinki

2019/8/17 Kaiku, Helsinki

2019/8/10 Beerger, Helsinki

2019/7/27 Jackie, Helsinki

2019/6/19 Post Bar, Helsinki

2019/6/14 Donna, Turku

2019/6/1 Jackie, Helsinki

2019/5/31 Putte's, Helsinki

2019/5/31 Fossil Free Bridge Party, Turku

2019/4/26 Putte's, Helsinki

2019/4/5 Storage, Turku

2019/3/9 Tenho, Helsinki

2019/2/22 Red Light Radio, Amsterdam

2019/1/25 Blanko, Turku

2019/1/12 Tislaamo, Helsinki

2019/1/6 Stidilä, Helsinki 

2018/12/21 Jackie, Helsinki

2018/12/07 Storage, Turku

2018/12/05 Kaiku, Helsinki

2018/11/30 Kuudes Linja, Helsinki

2018/11/23 Belge, Helsinki

2018/11/02 Kaiku, Helsinki

2018/10/31 @Bassoradio / Shelter Sound Radio, Helsinki

2018/10/26 Siltanen, Helsinki 

2018/10/12 Jackie, Helsinki 

2018/09/29 Kaiku, Helsinki

2018/09/14 Fossil Free Bridge Party, Turku

2018/09/08 Soul Searching at Donna, Turku

2018/09/08 Yo-kylä Block Party, Turku 

2018/09/01 Kaiku, Helsinki

2018/08/18 Donna, Turku 

2018/08/11 Flow Room, Turku

2018/08/01 Kesäkeidas, Turku

2018/07/28 Flow Room, Turku

2018/07/19 Siltanen, Helsinki

2018/06/30 LAIT de COCO at Donna, Turku

2018/06/16 Donna, Turku

2018/06/15 Merikerho, Helsinki

2018/06/01 Tenho Restobar, Helsinki

2018/05/30 @Bassoradio / Shelter Sound Radio, Helsinki

2018/05/12 LAIT de COCO at Donna, Turku

2018/05/11 AfterOffice, Turku

2018/05/05 Trio at Donna, Turku

2018/04/28 @Bassoradio / Mood of the Era, Helsinki

2018/04/05 Sektori #19, Turku

2018/03/18 Sunday Buzz Finale, Turku

2018/03/17 @ Kaiku club, Helsinki

2018/03/04 Sunday Buzz # 16, Turku

2018/03/03 @Bassoradio / Mood of the Era, Helsinki

2018/02/18 Sunday Buzz # 14, Turku

2018/02/10 @ Kaiku club, Helsinki

2017/12/16 TYEMYY IKU-TURSO, Turku

2017/12/02 Techmu 20th anniversary, Lappeenranta

2017/11/04 MOTE presents: Lobster Theremin, Turku

2017/10/13 Club Keidas, Turku

2017/09/02 Kesäkeidas Massive, Turku

2017/08/20 Ilmaamo Open Air, Turku

2017/07/14 Turku Modern, Turku

2017/06/10 Visio Excursion, Turku

2017/05/13 Fossil Free Bridge Party, Turku

2017/05/05 Bar Ö Grand Öpening, Turku

2017/01/21 Turku Modern Winter Conference, Helsinki

2016/12/09 TYEMYY5V, Turku