DETECT

the best sets i've heard so far

2022 UNFOLD Sets

UNDER 2024 artists

TECHNO

@mamasnake is at the heart of Copenhagen's blistering techno scene. She plays with a serious amount of speed and showcased that as far back as 2018 when she played for Boiler Room at our Amsterdam festival. But she is also a qualified surgeon, co-founder of Amniote Editions and curator who oversees the release of music, posters, videos and t-shirts. She prefers to keep a low profile and operate in darkened spaces at the dead of night, but with her at the controls, there is no finer place to be. 

Mama Snake's supple and sublime sound is a mix of sleek techno and uplifting trance. She plays with a tight and technical mixing style and can make you fall in love with tracks you didn't even know you liked. On this week's mix, she charges through kinetic beats and slithering synths that never let up, but never get stuck in a rut. There is always a breakdown to reset the mood, a dreamy lead to take your mind away or a vocal latch on to. They say that speed kills, but when it comes to Mama Snake, speed thrills.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 360 - Mama Snake

For BBC Music Introducing (June 2022)

For our next installment of the Scottish Soundscape Series, we have our very own resident @rrreyka

SSS#004 - REYKA

A permanent fixture of France’s 90s rave scene, Lyon-based DJ/Producer Umwelt knows a thing or two about making beats. His sound is both threatening and primal, something for clandestine warehouse nights stripped of the veneer of big budget publishings. He’s also a hardware freak at his core, and relishes vinyl, an approach that gives his music a raw physicality that speaks to our common nature. These alien transmissions of his get under your skin and make you move with their pure analog power, you’ll see this latest studio mix is no exception. Bassiani Podcast 136 also comes just in time for the July release of his new record on Dax J’s Monnom Black, so stick around for a breathtaking double dose of fearsome sonic chaos, a visceral dystopia from the French techno veteran.

@umwelt-music

Bassiani invites Umwelt / Podcast #136

UNFOLD XXXVI (July 2022 - Live Recording - FOLD London)

She/They

A collection of my favourite tracks from the 90s till now, capturing sexy, naughty, fast, percussive and diverse sounds. I find these tracks let me escape into a beautiful melodic dream fuelled by driving kicks, percussive rhythms and seductive vocals. The mix is centred on the feeling of freedom and liberation; to allow the listener to have a moment to escape reality and feel emancipated by music.

MARICAS - Riva 046

This week’s DETECT comes from one of our own. @teecra opened our UNFOLD XL edition four weeks ago from our Second Room, and we bring you this today. 

Teecra’s presence is most visible at UNFOLD either at the entrance or the floor, yet she also plays a big part helping behind the scenes, from our communications to our marketing.

Years of organising house and drum & bass raves in North London gradually introduced her to techno, and these influences are still felt today in the bouncy, positivity exerted by the music she plays.

Her own drive in life comes from a desire to demonstrate that trans people come in many forms - that there is no one way to be trans. 

For her UNFOLD XL opening set Teecra initially delves into trance, dub and percussion, before ramping up the energy and exploring the many varied grooves of techno. This DETECT can now be heard on our FOLD SoundCloud.

DETECT [121] - Teecra

Raffaele Attanasio - Roads

http://deathtechno.com/2015/08/17/dtp-ricardo-garduno-textures-keith-carnal-remix

Austrian label @Drowne Records are on the verge of their new release next week. Ran by Altberg & Tony Vegazz, they have a great underground ethos featuring artists like Sutter Cane, Chris Colburn, XHEI to Krenzlin and many more.

The latest “Textures EP” from DT favourite @RicardoGardunoMusic who we featured recently, gets the remix treatment from Netherlands based rising star and Affin stalwart, @KeithCarnal.

The track itself gets a stomping and slightly more melody driven twist, with sparse atmospherics that create a dreamy ambience. Slowly building tension and a euphoric edge take hold, with subtle soundscapes and hidden details, this can work in many stages of a DJ set and was our choice for this “DT:Premiere.”

Released… Monday 24 August 2015

Drowne Records
DRW031 – Ricardo Garduno – Textures EP

01. Ricardo Garduno – Textures
02. Ricardo Garduno – Textures (Keith Carnal Remix)
03. Ricardo Garduno – Mind Mover

DT:Premiere

DT:Premiere | Ricardo Garduno - Textures (Keith Carnal Remix) [Drowne]

SHDW & Obscure Shape's (@shdw-music & @utobscure0010) will be released on their own From Another Mind imprint in Mid April. More info: bit.ly/FAM003

Info

SHDW & Obscure Shape - Die Weiße Rose

Cleric - 2nd Limit [CRG003]

It's followed by Rise, which matches its rhythmic urgency to an escalating melody that teases while it builds towards its cathartic 'house lights up' moment.

Thomas Hessler - Rise - IMF08

As one of the curators of the New Faces night at Tresor as well as her UNRUSH podcast, interview and event series, Mareena has continuously crafted new conduits for both established and emerging artists to break down musical barriers and transform the world around them. As a DJ she is a chameleon, carefully stitching together immaculate and immersive sound landscapes for any occasion. Whether she is playing peak time, warm up, or after hour, her sound reveals an intelligent eclecticism fused with bold elements of surprise that exemplify her rich knowledge of electronic music culture.

https://www.facebook.com/mareenadj/
https://soundcloud.com/mareenaofficial

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Mareena

#SlamRadio - 241 - Mareena (Unrush / Tresor)

Mareena is one of Tresor's most respected residents, where she also regularly hosts budding talents during New Faces. Becoming a Berlin resident in 2004, Mareena has developed a chameleon-like approach, stitching together sets for any discerning floor and stage. As a result of her experiences within the diverse musical environments of Berlin Mareena has continuously crafted new conduits for both established and emerging artists, breaking down musical barriers.

Tresor.Cast by Tresor Records

TRESOR.CAST 013 | Mareena

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

Welcome to the first Warehouse Manifesto 'In the Warehouse' mix. This is something I have wanted to do for a long time and it is finally here!

To kick-start the project, we have one of my favourite producers and vinyl DJs on the planet. The mighty @umwelt-music. Best described as 'the master of dark apocalyptic electro and futuristic sci-fi soundscapes'.

I started buying Umwelt's records in the late 90s and haven't stopped. Such a catalogue of amazing releases. He is the founder of such great labels as Rave or Die and New Flesh Records.

As a fellow vinyl enthusiast, he sets the bar when mixing records and I have been lucky enough to witness him DJ personally, so the bucket-list has been ticked, but can't wait to see him live again.

He has prepared a two-hour feast of electro, acid and techno for us and I am thrilled to be able to present this immense mix. Enjoy! 

01 Boston 168 : Catacomb - Old and Young
02 Anthony Rother : Kalkulator - Psi49 net
03 Solar Chrome : Network City (Boris Divider remix) - Maschinen Musik
04 Oxia & The Hacker : Situation - GoodLife
05 Scape One : Gamma Function - Science City
06 Defekt : Mind Lock (Feat. Jensen Interceptor) - International Chrome
07 Junq : Accelerated Vision - Subapical
08 Who IS Who : Spot The Difference (Transparent Sound Remix) - Electrix
09 DynArec : Office Worker - Electrix
10 Final Dream : Force Majeure - Newflesh (upcoming)
11 Assembler Code : Write Pulse - Cultivated Electronics
12 Dagga : Nasty (Feat. DJ Fuckoff) - International Chrome
13 SC-164 : 002-004 - SC-164 
14 Kastil & I-Real : 16 Black Birds All Over - Stale
15 Umwelt : Chromosome 64 - Newflesh
16 Darren J. Horgan : Enter The Realm - Fundamental Records
17 Heuristic Audio : Fear of the Future - Satamile
18 Serge Geyzel :     Between the Lines - Specimen
19 Atix : Blocks For Music (Terrestrial Access Network Remix) - Division Virtuel
20 Ben Pest : Decenderr - Varvet 
21 Random Sequence : Just Another Track Titled Vertigo - HWR
22 Dagga : Overwatch - International Chrome
23 Dk8 : Murder Was The Bass (Zeta Reticula Remix) - ELP1
24 CJ Bolland : The Demotic Script - Tronic
25 Decal : The Flow - Decal-Artifacts
26 Jimi The Genius : Tropical Wind - Frequency Equals Bass
27 Serge Geyzel : This One - Specimen
28 As1 : Nuts - Last Known Trajectory
29 Irrational Language : Druida - Structured
30 Dr. Macabre : Boomstick - Epileptik 
31 Dep Affect : Black Sun & Mercury Sky - Green Fetish
32 AQXDM : Ballad - Bedouin 
33 Manni Dee :     A Philistine Like You - South London Analogue Material
34 The 15 Dead Minutes : Enter Malum - Subapical
35 Umwelt : Escape the Future - Newflesh
36 Umwelt : Chaos & Mayhem - Rave Or Die
37 Blotnik Brothers : Meta Data Aes - Satamile
38 Anodyne : Alchemy - Psychonavigation


Follow Umwelt :
Website : www.newflesh-records.com
Facebook : www.facebook.com/pages/UMWELT/194569466037
SoundCloud : @umwelt-music
Soundcloud : @newfleshrecords
Resident Advisor : www.residentadvisor.net/dj/umwelt

Warehouse Manifesto presents: UMWELT In The Warehouse

our special performance for Baltic Pride that was happening online in Tallinn in June 2020 >> it was recorded live at ELSE/Wilde Renate in Berlin >>
watch the video of the gig here: https://youtu.be/iyNQtOHa8Vs <3

Baltic Pride Special (live from Else, Berlin)

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: 

Voicedrone - https://soundcloud.com/voicedrone
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