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FOLD - DETECT [111] - Hedchef

Raised in the UK and performing across Europe before settling in Melbourne three years ago, @hedchef’s club-focused, off-kilter electro and techno cuts are regularly heard on many a dance floor. 

Whilst behind the decks, his blend of locked breakbeat grooves, space-age synths and no-nonsense, low-end thump creates an unpredictable approach to club sonics, both across Australia and on his own monthly show on London’s Threads Radio.

For this DETECT, Hedchef dives headlong into moody EBM, chaotic noise, jagged bass-driven electro and flat-out techno slammers.

Tracklist:
Seroto9 - Introjection [CRTTR]
Bacchus Harsh - Grievous Assaku [New Weird Australia]
Phase Fatale - Anubis [Unterton]
Rhys Fulber - Effigy [Sonic Groove]
Danny Daze - Moscow (Etapp Kyle & Tarra Remix) [System 108]
Polli Ji - Loverdose (Cardopusher Remix) [Suara]
Hedchef - Intersequence [Fly By Night]
RKills - PIROCA DE METAL [self-release]
Rackz282 - FCK MASTER [unreleased]
Gamma Intel - Multiclock [Pinkman]
Dagga & Manao - Warp VIP [unreleased]
Rommek - Anyone Out There [Loose Lips]
DJ Squeaky, Criminal Manne & Lil Stick Up - Glock Cocked [Big Cheeze Records]
New Frames - Scatter (Manni Dee Remix) [Haven]
Hedchef - ?????? [unreleased]
quest?onmarq - Brutal Bounce Tool [self-release]
Kalte Liebe - Toxic Messiah [Vitus’ Curse]
Blame The Mono - 55 Hertzquake [ERADYS]
Hedchef - ?????? [unreleased]
YTP - W3RKTH4T [Childsplay]
Tom Place - Rogue Nation (Souci Remix) [Fly By Night]

DETECT [111] - Hedchef

Hedchef's @hedchef live tape recording beneath the celestial alignment with Blame the Mono @blame-the-mono guys later that night at Abyss club. Hemispheres in sync from London to Melbourne and Paris to Berlin.

A perfect sonic fusion of Techno and Bass. Live sets always hit differently. Don't miss Hedchef's upcoming releases on Scuffed Recordings @scuffedrecs and eatmybeat @eatmyb3at w/ Homemade Weapons @homemadeweapons remix

Hedchef w/ TURBO Live at Abyss, Shanghai

SWU FM

K-65 with Hedchef - 05 December 2024

UK-born, Melbourne-based Hedchef creates the kind of sharp, off-kilter club constructions that disorientate and delight the dancefloor in equal measure. Showing discipline to a militant ethos of pushing the envelope, futurism and point-blank rejection of nostalgia, irony and pastiche, Hedchef’s groove-based, breakdown-light arrangements align closer to classic techno and electro than dubstep or garage, whilst his razor-sharp sound design draws from influences closer to drum ‘n’ bass and the UK bass-driven music spectrum to add imaginative, gritty edges to the rolling flow.

It’s this intricate musicianship which has seen Hedchef release on acclaimed labels including Scuffed Recordings in London, New York-based Worst Behaviour and Berlin’s International Chrome, with a stacked schedule of releases coming out in 2025 that continue the mission of expanding the boundaries of functional club tools. These tracks can be heard in the sets of some of the world’s most venerated DJs and tastemakers, from Dave Clarke and Anastasia Kristensen to Detroit In Effect, Jensen Interceptor and Solid Blake. Most recently, his collaborations with cross-genre wizard Doctor Jeep have been a staple in the international club circuit.

Tracklist:
NVST - Pages With Flames (Anyways Edition) [forthcoming Maloca]
Randomer - Velvet [L.I.E.S]
Pluralist - Hands Up [unreleased]
Kerr Jack - Body Language [Skive Collective]
Poor J’Darr - Ballad [unreleased]
Jamie Genome - wash [forthcoming LOFS]
Bengal Sound - Young Skeleton [Innamind]
Cimm - Squeeze [Section 7]
T Linder - Sugar Sugar Salt [Motech Ltd]
Hedchef - Fool’s Errand [forthcoming YUKU]
Briain - Noise Pollutant [Art-E-Fax]
Coido - 7th Movement [YUKU]
Hedchef - Wordless Brinkmanship At 30,000 Feet [unreleased]
Phasmid - Hadal Zone [Gimme A Break]
Georg-i - Body Static [YCO]
Jamie Genome - Not Quite [forthcoming LOFS]
Hedchef - Plated Brass Recursion Mechanism [forthcoming YUKU]
Perc - Milk Snatcher’s Return (Zisko Ceremonial Mix) [Perc Trax]
Hedchef & Hank Schussmann - Earthcrimes [unreleased]
Eubo - Dos Gardenias [Skive Collective]
K-65 - Matador [Typeless]
Pylot - I’m Always [Laburnum Records]
Moose & JJ Mayer - Hundred Milli VIP [unreleased]
Ben Pest - Polygriddin [Intrinzic]

Which artists has influenced you the most? 
- I often get the most inspiration from non-musical sounds I just happen to come across, and particularly ones that are non-organic - industrial fans, unusual feedback, an oddly creaky door - but artist-wise I'd go with Drexciya, Burial and Sunn O))).

What new projects/releases with your participation are expected in the near future? 
- Lots of stuff to come this year - the most imminent is an EP on Prague-based imprint YUKU which I'm very happy with, and a longer collection of tracks on a Dutch label to be announced soon. I'm also playing with visual ideas for launching my own label, so it's probably a long way off but keep your eyes out for that.

Which artists/labels is more relevant to you now? 
- The aforementioned YUKU, Typeless, Scuffed, Pinkman, Amniote Editions, Nerve Collect.

What inspires you now to create music? 
- Working with other musicians in my capacity as a tutor and engineer - learning is always a two-way process and I'm often unbelievably inspired to write some of my own material after a good session working on someone else's.

What set-up do you use when creating music?
- 100% software - I have used and owned various pieces of hardware in the past but I just adore the level of flexibility you have to iterate, automate and revisit ideas whilst working in the box. In the studio I primarily use Ableton, Vital, Reason Rack, VCV Rack, the Fabfilter suite and a few other plug-ins.

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Strange But Dance Music #198: Hedchef

Doctor Jeep B2B Hedchef 06 August 2025

UK-born, Melbourne-based Hedchef creates the kind of sharp, off-kilter club constructions that disorientate and delight the dancefloor in equal measure.

Showing discipline to a militant ethos of pushing the envelope, futurism and point-blank rejection of nostalgia, irony and pastiche, Hedchef’s groove-based, breakdown-light arrangements align closer to classic techno and electro than dubstep or garage, whilst his razor-sharp sound design draws from influences closer to drum ‘n’ bass and the UK bass-driven music spectrum to add imaginative, gritty edges to the rolling flow.

Hedchef’s prolific back catalogue and wide-ranging DJ sets certainly tend to feature dark, heavy and abrasive sounds - but his approach to writing grooves, similarly to if they were guitar riffs or brass sections, brings an almost pop-adjacent catchiness that belies the leftfield, experimental nature of his rhythmic structures and warped sound palettes.

It’s this intricate musicianship which has seen Hedchef release on acclaimed labels including Scuffed Recordings in London, New York-based Worst Behaviour and Berlin’s International Chrome, with a stacked schedule of upcoming releases that continue the mission of expanding the boundaries of functional club tools.
These tracks can be heard in the sets of some of the world’s most venerated DJs and tastemakers, from Dave Clarke and Anastasia Kristensen to Detroit In Effect, Jensen Interceptor and Solid Blake.

Most recently, his collaborations with cross-genre wizard Doctor Jeep have been a staple in the international club circuit. Behind the decks, Hedchef has played his brand of technical, unorthodox techno at some of the world’s most prestigious clubs and events, from legendary London institution Unfold and Abyss in Shanghai to Sydney mainstay Club77.
Hedchef continues to keep the listener guessing whilst staying rooted firmly on the dancefloor, and his work unfalteringly develops in scope and ambition with each project.

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Socials:

Instagram:
- https://www.instagram.com/hedchef303/

Soundcloud:
- https://soundcloud.com/hedchef

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Further information:

Hedchef-Discography
- https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5ypStdUzaIYAqYu11e7iry

Bandcamp:
- https://hedchef.bandcamp.com/

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Tracklist: 

01 Clipping. - Mirrorshades, Pt. 2 (Hedchef System Tool) [unreleased]
02 Hedchef - Horizonless [forthcoming ???]
03 Hedchef - Upgrade Relief [forthcoming ???]
04 Hedchef - The Fog Of Experience (Strategy Dubplate Special) [unreleased]
05 Hedchef - Snowbound [forthcoming ???]
06 Hedchef - The Money Makes Its Choices [forthcoming ???]
07 Hedchef & Tom Place - Chord Chaser [forthcoming ???]
08 Hedchef - Hyperbaric Stamina [forthcoming ???]
09 Section Boyz - Trapping Ain’t Dead (Hedchef System Tool) [unreleased]
10 Hedchef & Tom Place - Exosphere [forthcoming ???]
11 Hedchef & Tom Place - Further Into The Labyrinth [forthcoming ???]
12 Pittsburgh Slim - Girls Kiss Girls (Hedchef System Tool) [unreleased]
13 .piracy for hire - Convey (Hedchef’s Convection Mix) [forthcoming Tilt Shift]
14 Hedchef - Twenty To The Dozen [forthcoming Taipan Trax]
15 Hedchef - A Second Helping Of Rat Poison [forthcoming Taipan Trax]
16 Hedchef & Tom Place - Lemon Disaster [forthcoming Etched Records]
17 Bloom - Quartz (Hedchef & Rakjay Dubplate Special) [unreleased]
18 Hedchef - The Drama Of Sudden Growth [forthcoming ???]
19 Hedchef - It Is Now Safe To Turn Off Your Computer [forthcoming Taipan Trax]
20 Hedchef - Speed Of Causality [forthcoming Foura Presents]
21 Hedchef - Wordless Brinkmanship at 30,000 Feet [forthcoming Taipan Trax]
22 Hedchef - While The Iron Is Hot [forthcoming Taipan Trax]
23 Hedchef & Tom Place - WERK [forthcoming Etched Records]
24 Hedchef & Tom Place - 58 Day Weekend [forthcoming Etched Records]

Addicted-2-Bass / Episode 127 / Hedchef / 31.08.2025 ( 100% unreleased Hedchef tracks )

For our new bi-weekly series Detect, we are shining a light on our favourite artists who are all on their own unstoppable rise in the industry, profiling their musical career, upcoming projects and more alongside accompanying mixes for those frequent indoor weekday breaks away from the home office.

Kicking off the recommendations we have the rebellious duo Blasha and Allat, who have hit their own stride since the catalyst of their Meat Free parties and other projects based in and around Manchester since 2013. It’s been a flourishing subsistence since then, with their punitive brand of techno, breaks and electro generating copious waves of influence despite the competition in their busy city. A demanding calendar has ensured that their sound is never out of attention, with bookings everywhere from Printworks and Dimensions to Freerotation and Headroom validating their capability in tackling large or little crowds with a discerning ease, balanced awareness and stable reputation. 

With FOLD, the pair have always been a guaranteed choice for the booth, operating a sweeping and comprehensive appearance back our extended MORD takeover in February, as well as closing our Room 2 space with a driving, guttural set at the RA twenty four/seven coup just before last Christmas. This mix, recorded at FOLD during the MORD party, flaunts a carnival of absurd and thrashing records right from the bottomless void of the twosome’s record bags.  With an impressible proficiency at interchanging moods and genres with little effort, Blasha and Allat lecture to crowds with a tongue that takes no prisoners.

DETECT [001] - Blasha & Allatt (Mord x FOLD)

Our very own @voicedrone is the next artist stepping into the limelight for DETECT. Lasha Jorjoliani is an often-unreadable enigma, lending much of his time to his studio, curating line-ups and sharpening his performances in the booth. Although an undeniable figurehead of the scene, Voicedrone is by no means explicitly tied to co-founding FOLD. Before our inception, Lasha travelled his own personal journey into the scene, hailing originally from Georgia and arriving in the U.K. solo to pursue a music career he built his reputation through sheer will. In 2016 he established his label Imprfct., which along with his ever-expanding network and dedicated grind within London directed his path towards creating and curating parties. 

Four years on, Lasha is in an indestructible one-way lane, having developed a graphic, dynamic sound that we come together to experience. At his core is a passion to create and nurture community; this purpose is channelled into every event he plays - here at home, in Europe and beyond. Playing at influential venues and parties included his beloved HTBX London has preserved his significance in the underground scene and his constant admiration from the FOLD family, and his closing set from our Unstream two weeks ago was testament to this. Broadcasting live from his own home, Lasha took us through the best reasons why UNFOLD is what it is now.

The phrase “leading by example” may be somewhat overused, but in the case of Voicedrone, such a statement is entirely appropriate.

DETECT [002] - Voicedrone (Unstream001)

When you think of Natural Selection, Michael Silmon is one of the people you have to thank for its existence. As one of the founders of the collective, Natural Selection is now in its tenth year, returning frequently to Canning Town with killer lineups after having migrated south with Silmon from Newcastle where it was formed in 2010. On the many occasions that we’ve invited Natural Selection to host nights at FOLD, the result has always been an incredible marriage between sounds, our threads woven together to create a blazing tapestry of sonics that seek to pay homage to the legends and veterans of the scene. 

Meanwhile, Michael’s performing alias, Kodah, is doing equally as well. Brought up upon a diet of hardcore and gabber which was prevalent in Newcastle when he was a teen, Michael satiated this interest initially by collecting tapes from the raves that were running at that time. This inspiration from collectives such as Rezerection and Judgement Day became the primary creative motivations in discovering his musical vocation, and went on to seek how to develop this, eventually entrenching himself deep within the experimental, warped allure of techno and electro. A common face at UNFOLD, his most recent set at our 6th instalment back in November was unforgettable, reminding our community of why we took him on as a resident at FOLD; he is an artist with true knowledge, passion, and appreciation for the past.

For this DETECT accompanying mix, Michael recorded a very special hour of towering, alien selections from his own home in isolation. Keep your ears peeled in particular for the closing track; as he put it himself when he sent this over, this mix was the precursor to an exquisitely Good Day, and he hopes that the message speaks for itself, and that it precedes only positivity to those who listen to it.

DETECT [003] - Kodah (Natural Selection)

Despite there being just four years between her arrival onto the scene and the present day, McKenzie Simone has explored a broad groundwork of music and locations before discovering that her true home lay nestled deep within Eurasia. Kickstarting her career in Dubai, the 25-year-old American native has since settled into her current home of Tbilisi, Georgia, her attachment to the underground circuit earning her both a familial reputation and regular bookings across the city in venues such as Khidi and Drama. Her appreciation for a culture that finally celebrated and encouraged individuality and free expression was the motive for her permanent move there following a short visit prior, and in July 2019, McKenzie risked everything she knew by choosing to call this new place home. Her gamble was rewarded and she is now a true rising star of the city, subscribing to a fresh approach on techno within the tangle of bustling clubs that scatter the streets at night. 

For this next instalment of DETECT, we were lucky enough to present a love-letter to the scene from McKenzie in the form of an exclusive mix that she recorded from home for us. Acidic, wild and full of focused determination, this hour-and-fifteen of selections is a punchy statement on the confident direction that McKenzie has with her career, and a declaration of the devotion she has for the city of Tbilisi.

DETECT [004] - McKenzie Simone

@S_RUSTON has been the perpetrator of a mean set of accomplishments throughout her career. Since landing in Berlin in 2010, Sophie has focused on building up the scene she found and felt at home in; imparting her musical know-how to ongoing residencies with femme collective Lecken and at Wilde Renate, plus nurturing an array of queer parties in the capital. Before then, Sophie was shaped by the Bristol drum and bass/jungle scene in the early noughties, eventually reassigning this energy into her ensuing move between countries and from her 170 roots into the turbulent rave sound that she is now known for. 

Notwithstanding her finesse behind the decks, Sophie has also produced an admired discography, moving between bassy cuts and hefty drumwork with her releases on labels such as Suspension, as well as heading imprint One4Ho. Her unorthodox approach to production and mixing has been a bubbling recipe for success. Since FOLD launched she’s been a habitual presence, most recently stepping up to our centralised booth for UNFOLD in January, and also playing side to side with Voicedrone in Autumn last year for a fusion between European exports with UVB heading up the night.

For this exclusive mix for our DETECT series, Sophie bestowed upon us her notorious selections in an uproar of a mix, presenting to us the noble reasons why everyone craves a second helping when she appears - and how sometimes, in the uninhibited situations she attends, more is more.

DETECT [005] - S Ruston

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.

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Anabel Arroyo - https://soundcloud.com/anabelarroyo.
Andromeda - https://soundcloud.com/andromedaldn
Gareth Wild - https://soundcloud.com/eartoground
James Newmarch - https://soundcloud.com/jamesnewmarch
Alba Heidari - https://soundcloud.com/lemmiwinks
Lockhart - https://soundcloud.com/lockhartsj
Riva - https://soundcloud.com/riva999