KRTM finds comfort in the chaos.

With a second full-length album dropping on 26th April on @artsltd and accompanied by a painstakingly-created film (already live via @hate_music Magazine), Casimir put together an exclusive mix exploring his earlier material. 

He also took the time to share the story behind this new album, how his discography has evolved over the years, and why the meaning behind his music is far simpler than most would assume.

Full interview
http://bit.ly/FOLDInvitesKRTM

Words by Emily Rose Howard

FOLD Invites [KRTM]

@highspeedviolence is a DJ/Producer/Party Organizer based in London via Italy.

As a member of @thenacht, she finds inspiration in both, the clubbing scene and the free party movement. Her sets and productions deliver a mixture of her multiple inspirations combining industrial and hardcore techno, hardstyle, trance, mental techno, acidcore and beyond.

Her productions can be heard on labels such as @rawppl, @stroberload, @hardvisionchannel, @demainkollectiv and Carbone Records to name a few.

For this next instalment of DETECT, she presents an exclusive mix.

DETECT [057] - High Speed Violence

Aggressive synth leads encased by hammering industrial, music so energetic, so undeniably going forward that it almost hurts not dancing to it. That is what Berlin born and bred Acierate is serving his audiences. 

The founder of SYNOID and resident of Berlin’s infamous Griessmuehle has an indisputable reputation for unapologetic DJ sets driven by an unquenchable thirst for rave. Telling stories not with words but with synth lines, high hats, snares, and a hell of a lot of bassdrum. Converting sonic energy into physical movement. 

For this next DETECT, he presents an exclusive mix.

DETECT [062] - Acierate

FOLD Records' second release is courtesy of everyone's favourite dangerous duo, Mercury 200. Full of fast and filthy grooves, "Schnell und Verrückt" has been cooked up for their London posse and is guaranteed to make you sweat.

The release features three explosive original tracks by @mercury200live and a riotous @Myler remix, delivering that raw FOLD dancefloor energy.

Featuring original, full colour cover art by designer Lion Sauterleute & uno.tisto and pressed upon coloured neon wax, the release lands 01/10/21

Now on sale: https://bit.ly/FLD002Mercury200

A1 - Mercury 200 - They Underground But Wear Brands
A2 - Mercury 200 - They Underground But Wear Brands (Myler Remix)
AA1 - Mercury 200 - Locked and Loaded
AA2 - Mercury 200 - Ghetto Blaster

Mastering by Simon @ The Exchange Vinyl
London - United Kingdom
All Rights Reserved
FOLD Records 2021

Schnell und Verrück EP

FLD002 - Mercury 200 - Schnell und Verrückt EP

100 DETECTs. 100 insights into artists we admire and respect. Each mix a different interpretation, a different exhibition, showcasing the multitude of talent across the planet currently. Thank you to everyone who has taken part in this special series. 

For DETECT 100 we are releasing @dj-tool’s set, recorded live at last month’s FOLD Meets Fast Forward. An event that brought together a label we respect so much with our FOLD family whom we love so dearly. @ DJ TOOL stepped into our booth as midday loomed, and produced a vinyl-only masterclass, full to the brim of hard kicks, hypnotic textures and otherworldly, sonic energy. 

You can listen to DJ TOOL’s set now, released exclusively for DETECT 100, on our FOLD SoundCloud.

DETECT [100] - DJ TOOL

Bringing to a close UNFOLD XXXVI and a joyous day of celebrating trans identity, was I. JORDAN.

The closing set from them is now available to listen to on our FOLD SoundCloud - link is in our bio. 

Our next UNFOLD is this Sunday, tickets only available on the door.

I. JORDAN at UNFOLD (Closing set)

For this week’s DETECT we welcome @klaudiagawlas. 

By the age of nine the Polish musician had learnt both the keyboard and guitar, and by thirteen she had made her first production on her Commodore 64 - it was only a matter of time before she developed an interest in club music. After a step away to the US to focus on her studies in psychology, she returned to Europe and got her break on the dance floor in the late 2000s, with it all spiralling from then. 

Acclaimed releases on labels including MOD, Credo and Abstract have since followed and this week she contributes to our mix series. You can listen to Klaudia Gawlas’ DETECT now on our SoundCloud.

DETECT [120] - Klaudia Gawlas

Bringing our final UNFOLD of 2022 to a close was a four and a half hour long B2B between Voicedrone and James Newmarch.

A rare, marathon set from the pair allowed a different approach to their playing; gradually increasing their tempo, giving more time and space to explore their collections, whilst playing to a main room that stayed at near peak capacity and energy levels throughout. 

This is the live recording.

UNFOLD XLV - Voicedrone B2B James Newmarch (LIVE RECORDING)

Three weeks ago, the evergreen sight of @JamesNewmarch and @Voicedrone playing back to back brought UNFOLD XLVI to a grandstand close. 

As their first ever ‘All Night’ set beckons ever closer we can now bring you this live recording in its entirety. 

To allow them to dive even deeper into their collection we have adjusted the event hours, with the night beginning at Midnight and extending all the way to 10AM.

This mix gives a mere taster of what we can expect on Saturday 18th March.

Final release tickets for Voicedrone B2B James Newmarch - All Night - are now beginning to run low. Get them whilst you can, via https://www.fold.london/tickets/foldallnight

UNFOLD XLVI - Voicedrone b2b James Newmarch (LIVE RECORDING)

It was our 60th edition of UNFOLD and the clock had just struck past three.

We were joined in the heart of our dance floor by @pablo-bozzi, and we can now bring you this set in its entirety.

Pablo Bozzi at UNFOLD is now available to listen to on our FOLD SoundCloud.

UNFOLD LX - Pablo Bozzi (LIVE RECORDING)

Sob Story are a pair that need no introduction, yet are absolutely deserving of one.

Known for their eye-wateringly euphoric sets that leave all in states of euphoria, Sob Story is the main collaborative project of London-based producer and DJ duo Oliver and Villhelm. 

Familiar faces within this city’s clandestine corners, the two have cut their teeth at many an institutional party over the past decade, not only giving their music input but also their unwavering support to these underground events & their line-ups.

Today we bring you their full set from our New Year’s edition of UNFOLD.

‘Sob Story X UNFOLD’ is available to listen to now on our FOLD SoundCloud.

UNFOLD NYE/NYD 23 - Sob Story (LIVE RECORDING)

Last month we had the pleasure of welcoming back Commisar Lag (@lag) to our halls for UNFOLD LXXV. Today, we can bring you the full live recording.

Taking full control of the sunset hours in the Steam Room, he produced the kind of breathtaking masterclass that demonstrated exactly why this is his third appearance in the heart of our dance floor in just six months. 

‘Commisar Lag - LIVE AT UNFOLD LXXV’ is now available to listen to on our FOLD SoundCloud.

UNFOLD LXXV - Commissar Lag (LIVE RECORDING)

Everyone has a particular set by @anabelarroyo that stays in their mind forever. 

Whether it was her debut in these halls five years ago, or perhaps her spellbinding @tech-couture closing, or something more recent such as her MORD or Mala Junta appearances, all will have fallen under her enchantments at some point. This is Anabel’s world, and we’re just living in it. 

Last month, Anabel added one more to that list, bringing to a close our UNFOLD Bank Holiday Edition. 
 Today, we bring you this set. 

‘Anabel Arroyo - LIVE AT UNFOLD LXXVI’ is now available to listen to on our FOLD SoundCloud.

UNFOLD LXXVI - Anabel Arroyo (LIVE RECORDING)

@jamesnewmarch
@voicedrone
Back to Back: All Night Long.

12 monumental hours, re-lived, uncut, improvised.

Six years have led up to this moment; now it’s online. 

Experience for yourself our two figureheads playing their own night, on their own terms, back to back.

Photo by Nat Urazmetova

Voicedrone B2B James Newmarch - ALL NIGHT LONG (LIVE RECORDING)

For our next DETECT we welcome @DLV.

From a residency at Grelle Forelle to numerous critically-acclaimed  releases, DLV's musical journey has taken him all over the planet. Now his next stop takes him to Canning Town.

As the creator of Misguided Label, he’s well used to platforming in techno’s spheres. Now the tables are turned and it’s his time to have the light shone on him.

DLV’s exclusive DETECT is now available to listen.

DETECT [148] - DLV

Spawned in 2015 as an experimental dive into cinematic techno, @cvnsumed has since grown to become the phenomenal project we now know of today.

Designed to evoke the same emotions as those experienced when watching your future favourite film for the first time, CVNSUMED experiments with a variety of genres, from EBM to OST, Drum & Bass to Techno, before blending them together to form his evocative screenplay. Together with ZNZL and San-Ju Ni, he founded Demain Records with the goal of promoting this particular sound to even wider audiences. 

CVNSUMED has recorded an exclusive mix for our DETECT series, which we can bring you on our FOLD SoundCloud - link is in our bio.

DETECT [149] - CVNSUMED

As 2024’s skies continue their efforts to be the unexpected sequel to 50 Shades of Grey, our resident @lockhartsj has recorded a brand new mix exclusively for FOLD, as a touching - if ever-so-slightly tongue-in-cheek - tribute to this year’s ‘mixed-at-best’ weather. 

Initially begun as a commemoration of the Summer that never was, September’s fleeting few weeks of Sun caused her to put the project on hold. Yet with temperatures now crashing and only a few weeks remaining before the first hallowed notes of Mariah Carey start ringing out, Lockhart has chosen now to release this brand new mix.

“Lockhart's Ode to Grey Skies” is now available.

Lockhart's Ode to Grey Skies

As UNFOLD LXXXIV began to draw to a close, out stepped @djmohajer into the heart of our dance floor.

Today we can exclusively bring you her set.

An utterly mesmerising two hour performance from the Fast Forward resident that glued us to the floor - utterly transfixed - one that we still have not recovered from a month later. 

This needs to be heard to be believed.

‘Mohajer - Live at UNFOLD LXXXIV - September 2024’ is now available to listen

UNFOLD LXXXIV - Mohajer (LIVE RECORDING)

This week’s DETECT comes courtesy of @marhu-music.

Weaving Psytrance in with Techno, the rising Belgian artist draws inspiration from various influences absorbed through her own travels across the planet. 

A resident artist of Indira Paganotto’s ARTCORE Records, 2024 has seen Marhu sighted on countless line-ups for the label’s showcases, as well as releasing "Bansurí" on their recent VA compilation.

Now she ends the year by recording an exclusive mix for our DETECT mix series, which you can now listen to on our FOLD SoundCloud.

DETECT [152] - Marhu

To kick off our December we welcome @vi-official to our long-running mix series, DETECT.

Resident of the Ciało club and member of the SLAP collective, the Polish artist has earned her stripes through appearances on many a  line-up across the continent - including her own event Aura.

Channelling a complete transparency & openness into her music, Vi treats electronic music as the finest form of therapy, seeking out the sounds that trigger emotions in both herself & others, resulting in a fast, melancholic groove galloping into the horizon.

Vi’s DETECT is available to listen to now on our FOLD SoundCloud, via the link in our bio - dive into this 60 minute selection for a taste of what’s to coming to our halls in early 2025…

DETECT [153] - Vi

As we continue our month of DETECTs, this week we look further afar to welcome @raven to our mix series.

Off the back of a year that has seen Raven releasing on Sara Landry’s HEKATE label, amongst others, the Canadian artist has been busy in 2024 carving out a rarely explored niche in North America. 

Coming in hard & fast this Wednesday, Raven has recorded an exclusive mix for our DETECT series - including several of her own productions.

DETECT [154] - Raven

It gives us great pleasure to welcome Cersy into our long-running mix series, DETECT.

A secret only to London, Cersy has been very much at the forefront of the North West’s new cultural tidal wave since the turn of the decade, becoming a near-mainstay on line-ups across Liverpool & Manchester.

Part of a new generation of artists that emerged from the ashes of the world’s extended hiatus, the @ Cella Door resident leaves genre boundaries of old lying in the dust, amalgamating breaks, electro, techno & punk into one carefully curated bass-directed sound.

To anyone outside the M25, all this will come as no surprise - the only shock will be how long it took London to notice. 

Cersy has recorded an exclusive mix for our DETECT series, which is available to listen to now on our FOLD.

DETECT [155] - Cersy

Venturing back to the North for our first DETECT of 2025, we welcome @esmetrax to our long-running mix series.

Breaks, rollers and bass reign supreme in this hour-long display from the naturalised Mancunian, as the vinyl enthusiast demonstrates her uncanny ability to unite purveyors of all time signatures and why she has become a staple in the city’s blossoming dance circuit.

A new residency awaits for Esmé this year, as she joins Manchester’s much loved collective, Bent Hedonism for 2025, following acclaimed performances for frequent FOLD collaborators Rupture and celebrated queer events Freak Queer Rave & FrixXxion.

Esmé’s vinyl-only DETECT is now available to listen to on our FOLD SoundCloud - via the link in our bio.

DETECT [156] - ESMÉ

Drummer, pianist, audio engineer, painter and music producer, Kevin Martínez, aka @ninoarbolx, is a jack of all trades and master of all. 

In 2024, we were treated to a mere taster of these when Niño Árbol joined us to play UNFOLD; an experience we have been reliving over & over ever since. Today, we bring you this set. 

A fusion of various facets of art awaits, as the Mexican artist draws from his lifelong experience of Mexico City & beyond to craft a driving, avant-garde set that reflects the absolute essence of the city he calls home. 

“Niño Árbol at UNFOLD” is now available to listen to on our FOLD SoundCloud.

UNFOLD LXXXVII - Niño Árbol (LIVE RECORDING)

This month’s contribution to our DETECT mix series comes courtesy of @INLIMEN. 

Blending raw, hypnotic techno with harder focused grooves, the Ukrainian born, Portuguese-raised artist channels her diverse upbringing into an entirely new sound entirely.

The name “INLIMEN” takes its origins from Latin, signifying being in a state of liminality, where transformation occurs into a new beginning and INLIMEN take this one step further to achieve a state of trance and offer a passage into the unknown.

INLIMEN’s DETECT is now available to listen to on our FOLD SoundCloud.

DETECT [157] - INLIMEN

The taster revisited. 

@Voicedrone & @JamesNewmarch’s entire closing set at @BASSIANI is now available to listen to on SoundCloud.

Last month, FOLD was invited back to Georgia to complete a collaboration that began in Canning Town the previous week. And just like our first encounter, our Resident sparring partners stepped up to play an extended version of their Back to Back. Once again, we wish to express our gratitude to BASSIANI & their team for such a warm welcome, all whilst Georgia’s political turmoil continues to ravage the country.

Today, we present the full six hour live recording of Voicedrone & James Newmarch bringing our takeover of BASSIANI to a close; a mere sample of what’s to come in their next All Night Long at FOLD in April.

‘James Newmarch B2B Voicedrone at BASSIANI (Live Recording)’ is now available to listen to on our FOLD SoundCloud.

James Newmarch B2B Voicedrone at BASSIANI (Live Recording)

For this month’s DETECT, we are delighted to welcome Gloria Rose (@grmck). 

Gloria Rose. A name as unassuming as the humble stature that makes up the person. But take care - a leopard’s prey rarely knows it’s the target before it’s being stripped apart. 

For the artist has been steadily turning into a tour-de-force both here in London and increasingly on the continent too. Sultry techno & alluring grooves lure those in their midst into a false sense of security, before she pounces, snaring her target with a level of drive & prowess that instantly commands the dance floor. At that point all you can do is enjoy the ride, powerless, at her mercy, the only destination is her own. 

Consider yourself warned if you choose to blink. 

Gloria Rose has recorded an exclusive mix for our DETECT series, which is available to listen to now.

DETECT [158] - Gloria Rose

Jane Fitz’s rhythmic set from our previous UNSTREAM is now up on our Youtube channel and Soundcloud.
Drop us a subscription on Youtube for more HQ and exclusive content.

UNSTREAM - Jane Fitz

For the inaugural EP, FOLD resident Gareth Wild @eartoground presents ‘Common Assault’. With metallic tubular synthesis, cut-throat percussion and rolling rhythms, this EP is an effective and essential piece of material demonstrating all angles of Techno, immersive to peak-time. 

The release features three original tracks and two locked grooves from Gareth with stripped back, dark-side remix work from Madrid’s very own @RollDann. 

Featuring bespoke, full colour cover art by designer Lion Sauterleute and pressed up on coloured neon wax the release lands 2nd of October at all good outlets. 
In the meantime, check out the snippets on our Soundcloud. 
The movement continues.

A1. Gareth Wild - Live Wire
A2. Gareth Wild - Live Wire ( Roll Dann Remix )
A3. Gareth Wild - DDS [Locked Groove]
AA1. Gareth Wild - Common Assault
AA2. Gareth Wild - Saturn Storm
AA3. Gareth Wild - Quadrant [Locked Groove]
Digital Bonus. Gareth Wild - Live Wire (Roll Dann Remix 2)

Now on sale via https://foldrecords.bandcamp.com/album/fld001-common-assault-ep

FLD001 - Gareth Wild - Common Assault EP

DJ and producer @valerie_ace has been known locally for hosting events at the Dusseldorf Art Academy, which temporarily turned their painting studios into a nightclub. Behind the decks, her selection ranges from dreamy to hardcore with a focus on fresh and unique sound-designs.

During this time away from the clubs, she has been incessantly working towards her debut EP.

Within this exclusive mix for FOLD's DETECT, Valerie Ace presents one of her upcoming tracks alongside everything hyper, dancy, and hardcore.

DETECT [044] - Valerie Ace

@Voicedrone reappears with a new production, this time for @System-Revival-Recordings. However, this is not just any release, it has a strong purpose behind it. 

From their 3rd release/ fundraiser System Revival Recordings has decided to support the World Food Programme's 'Zero Hunger' initiative - www.wfp.org/zero-hunger

Artists involved in this compilation are: Albert van Abbe, Aleja Sanchez, Blazej Malinowski, Charles Green, Einox, Hendrik van Boetzelaer, Kessell, Mary Yuzovskaya, Miller & Bosscher, Montero & Raul Alvarez, Tapefeed, Temudo, VSK, Voicedrone and Zemög.

Zero Hunger pledges to end hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, and is the priority of the World Food Programme.

Go and purchase this incredible release and support a great cause in a time that it is most needed.

https://systemrevivalrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/zero-hunger

Voicedrone - There Is No Next (Original Mix)

FOLD is an artist-led, community-driven nightclub and arts space. Positioned at the forefront of electronic music, audio-visual performance, and live streaming. FOLD prides itself on striving to be a safe space for our predominantly queer techno community.

Resident Bookings: Gemma@fold.london


FOLD RESIDENTS: 

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Anabel Arroyo - https://soundcloud.com/anabelarroyo.
Andromeda - https://soundcloud.com/andromedaldn
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James Newmarch - https://soundcloud.com/jamesnewmarch
Alba Heidari - https://soundcloud.com/lemmiwinks
Lockhart - https://soundcloud.com/lockhartsj
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