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DETECT

electronic setz.. (house techno etc.) part 10

October

Ben Sleia

We’re saying hello to the (proverbial😂) sunshine with the well-timed arrival of Sircle Mix 006, coming in hot from the wonderful @BenSleia. She's an awesome human and a great DJ too. It’s an hour and a half of fun, well-selected party tunes that are perfect nod to the brighter days ahead. 🌞

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Sircle Mix 006: Ben Sleia

Name: Léa
Alias: Ben Sleia (@bensleia)
Pronouns: she/her
Location: Berlin

Influences: the dance floor, my friends & Daft Punk.

Affiliations/Residencies/Projects: Refuge Worldwide, ATHE, Melodic Distraction

Favorite Quote: "Can you force yourself to do something you don't want to do just to prevent a hypothetical regret in the distant future?" - Mona Chollet

Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community: Work hard and don't take anything for granted. 

With this mix Ben Sleia asks to please learn more about and consider donating to: 
TS Raver (www.instagram.com/ts_raver)

Daisychain

Daisychain 190 - Ben Sleia

The Awkwardly Cast is back again and for this episode we're proud to be hosting the sounds of a Berlin DJ on the rise. @bensleia first caught our attention with some of her deadly mixes for the likes of @lobster-theremin, @foldldn and @daisychain_podcast. Recently relocating to Berlin from Liverpool (where she still often plays at the institutional "24 Kitchen Street" nightclub), you can now regularly find her holding it down on @hoerberlin and @refugeworldwide, hosting her monthly "BRUITS" show. With a schedule as busy as hers, we feel honoured that she found the time to cook up this stormer of a mix for us. Get locked and lose yourself in this ferocious whirlwind of half stepping rhythms!

Awkwardly Cast 041 / Ben Sleia

Here's my contribution to the @feelmybicep series.

Interview & download: https://www.feelmybicep.com/fmb-mixtape-223-ben-sleia/

Tracklist:

Azemad - Halal Rage
Simo Cell - blow the conch
Verraco - jajaja
Toma Kami - Quad
Howie Lee - Flea
RAVL - Outrenoir
uu008 - a1
Diessa - Boiling Over (feat. Grove) - Original Version
Sepehr - At The Gates Of Heaven
Hojo - 16 O's feat. Novelist
Pete Cannon & Denham Audio - Off Me Pickle (lmAjors cOMPLETELY pICKLED mIX)
DJ Zinc - 138 Trek (POLO LILLI 145 Edit)
Ma Sha - Myrtle Warp
From The Depths - Neutral Buoyancy
Dawn Razor & Confluence - Decollerate
Joey Beltram - Energy Flash (Original Mix)
Mani Festo - Plunk
Ayesha - Buzzz
Fango - Rectum
Klahrk & Stolen Velour - Fight Me
Jokios Kultüros - Split
Daniel 58 - Dirk Nowitzonski
Bell Curve - Quicksand

FEEL MY BICEP MIXTAPE 223 | BEN SLEIA

[ENG] To start off this 3rd season, Mayflo invites Ben Sleia to share her wide vision of Dance Music with us. 
The Berlin-based Club Glow resident and founder of Bruits keeps one foot firmly in the dance at all times, and this mix has a lot to show for it. 

[FR] Pour démarrer cette 3ème saison, Mayflo invite Bensleia à nous partager sa vision d'un spectre Dance Music très large. 
Basée à Berlin, la DJ Résidente du label Club Glow et fondatrice de Bruits garde constamment un pied dans le dance floor, et ce mix parle par lui-même.

Ben Sleia - Fin du Monde et Confitures (Octobre 2024)

Ben Sleia is a French-born, Berlin-based DJ and curator known for her genre-blurring sets that seamlessly blend techno, electro, dubstep, jungle, footwork, and more. Her journey began in Liverpool, where she became a key figure in the underground scene through residencies at 24 Kitchen Street and her inclusive party series, ATHE.

Now a resident on Refuge Worldwide and part of the Club Glow collective, she continues to push boundaries with her party series Bruits and regular appearances at venues like FOLD in London. Her mixes for Feel My Bicep and Daisychain showcase her fearless approach to sound, celebrating community, creativity, and musical exploration.

Ben Sleia @ Kiosk Radio 11.12.2024

Recorded on 21.03.2025 in Weißensee, Berlin.
Enjoy!

Find Ben Sleia on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/bensleia

Ben Sleia | Studio Weißensee

Kiosk Radio is a community web radio station and streaming platform broadcasting 24/7 from a wooden kiosk in the heart of Brussels’ historic 'Parc Royal

Ben Sleia @ Kiosk Radio 01.10.2025

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)

This weeks LT Podcast comes from Liverpool based DJ Ben Sleia, usually found on her radio show for Melodic Distraction, Ben unleashes the perfect quarantine rave soundtrack. 

In Ben Sleia's Own Words: 

In such stressful times, I rarely turn to calm and soothing music to make things better. With this mix, I wanted to show the way it is usually wild before it gets easier, which is something I tell myself a lot so I can push through the hard times.

BEN SLEIA

LT Podcast 121 // Ben Sleia

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

Sounds From NoWhere welcomes aboard the Belgian dj & producer 6SISS (R&S Records / 47).

Peter Adriaenssens’ production technique has been described as dark, hypnotic and rhythmic while his music masterfully draws constituent elements from IDM and Industrial Techno.
With releases on R&S Records & UX he provides bruising off kilter rhythms stagger and lurch in mesmerising ways that undercut the 4:4 hegemony are sure to confuse and delight dancefloors in equal measure.
This entry into our series is a diverse journey through the artist’ sound, an eclectic mix which represents his unique approach to art and music.

Tracklist:
01. YYYY - Picture of Aldo 1992 [In Silent Series]
02. Flaminia & Tapefeed - 137 Weapons [Metempsychosis Records]
03. Cocktail Party Effect - Fix-It [In Silent Series]
04. LPP - Lut Gholein [In Silent Series]
05. Prophän - Fear Is The Architect [In Silent Series]
06. 6SISS - Repeat (Metapattern Remix) [UX]
07. Tapefeed - Heulen [In Silent Series]
08. Relapso - Fire (6SISS Remix) [Take Hit]
09. 6SISS - Minimisation
10. CTSD - Forbidden Intervals (Tess Remix) [UX]
11. Scalameriya - Red X [47]
12. In Half Light & Ossa di Mare - Tallnyet (Pessimist Remix) [Metempsychosis Records]
13. Sam KDC & Korse - Enenra [In Silent Series]
14. 6SISS - 2000 Eyes
15. VSK - Silencio [In Silent Series]
16. Positive Centre & 6SISS - Scaphoid [In Silent Series]
17. 6SISS - Reflux [01010100 Records]
18. MOTIVE POWER - Brass Knuckles [47]
19. 6SISS - Primitive Culture 
20. Stephanie Sykes - Mjøsa [In Silent Series]

@6siss
@r-srecords
@47x47

Sounds From NoWhere Podcast #118 - 6SISS

played & recorded @ temp. RBW Studio, Rote Fabrik, Zürich - CH
#rfsc.ch

RBW Summer Residency 2020, Zürich - CH

Rote Fabrik, Zürich

Tikitula | Shifted Session | RBW Summer Residency 2020 - 24.07.2020

Next up in the Fast Forward Audio Series we present: Cassie Raptor

DJ & producer / VJ artist with trance and dark techno influences, Cassie Raptor plunges the dancefloor in a dark and burning atmospheres. Powerful kicks, organic textures, screaming voices, her sets release a cathartic energy, a visceral and determined sound that escapes the evidence. An ecstatic chase between distressing and luminous atmospheres where broken rhythms, elements of industrial noise and acid converge in a liberating and enjoyable clubbing, sentimental and raw.

Cassie will also be part of the new upcoming agency launched by the Possession crew later this year.



Cassie’s words about the mix:
Intense and fast race - trance, metal and animal vibes with fewer voices than usual for a more introspective set. Matching my current emotions from this sick sad world, this set is like a long hard road with pitfalls and anxiety-provoking moments.
But still, hope.
A way to express, through music, my anger, fears and demons regards to the crisis and move forward, hope it hits you right in the stomach.  

https://soundcloud.com/cassie_raptor
https://www.instagram.com/cassie_raptor/
https://www.facebook.com/cassie.raptor

Graphics by Melina Stehr

Fast Forward Audio Series #49: Cassie Raptor

A mediados de los 80 se traslada a Madrid a estudiar,es allí donde tiene un primer contacto con la música electrónica.y el Acid House.A principios de los 90 pasa por distintas bandas de Death Metal,Grindcore e Industrial, como batería.En 1995 funda con su socio y amigo Fat Fish la mítica distribuidora/promotora "Discorder Madrid"
En ese año,cambia su batería de doble bombo por dos platos y una mesa y con su viejo amigo Juanje aka Dj Waje funda "Robotique",colectivo de djs pioneros en la península en desarrollar sesiones exclusivamente de Elektro New School,El duo actúa en los principales festivales de la escena española tales como: Benicassim 98,Festimad 99 Madrid,Espárrago Rock 2000 Granada, Elektrónica Aldia 2001 Donosti entre otros..
En el 2005 Robotique se transforma en 8Z8,con algun fichaje nuevo y programan en la mítica sala Specka de Madrid fiestas de Elektro con directos tanto españoles como europeos.En 2007 se traslada a vivir a Galicia y después de varios años pinchando en clubs de la escena coruñesa pasa por el Sonar 2010.
En 2012 funda con su amigo Pablo Sanchez “BunkerPlagen” programando sesiones de Ácido,Elektro y EBM,invitando a artistas de peso en la escena española tales como Arcanoid,The Transhumans,Dr Smoke,Infamous Monster,Waje Robotique entre otros.

https://www.facebook.com/fakerobot
https://soundcloud.com/fakerobotique8z8

Tracklist:

1.  DOPPLEREFFEKT /CELLULAR AUTOMATA LP/ Mandelbrot set (LSR 020)
2. DER ZYKLUS II /Mxyzptik (GIGOLO 063)
3. DEXTER / Intruder (KLAKSON 003)
4. ACEW / CLEANER WAVE /Episode7 (ACEW 002)
5. U.R. / ELECTRONIC WARFARE 2.0 / Technology gap (UR 072)
6. DEPRESSOR / MORNING FOR LOSS / Lonelyness (MOJ 013)
7. DOPPLEREFFEKT / COMBINATION PHUNK / Plastiphilia (KR 001)
8. DOPPLEREFFEKT / COMBINATION PHUNK / Porno actress (KR 001)
9. BOOST RIDERS / People like me /DJ STINGRAY RMX (SHADDOCK RECS)
10. BOLZ BOLZ / Music (ERSATZ AUDIO 006)
11. ANTHONY ROTHER destroy him my robots (PSI 49 NET/PLASMEK 002)
12. BAOX / HASTA LA MUERTE/ Enter the synapticon (BX 001)
13. ADULT / NEW PHONIES /Hand to pone (CLONE 005)
14. BOLZ BOLZ / High tension (WORLD ELECTRIC 001)
15. VOLSOC / Shout out (WORLD ELECTRIC 016)
16. I.F. / space invaders are smocking grass (INTERDIMENSIONAL TRANSMISSIONS 009)
17. ALEK STARK/ HIGHWAY TO DISCO / 24h sin nikky (DISKO B 108)
18. U.R. / INTERESTELLAR FUGITIVES / THE SUBURBAN KNITE / Maroon (UR 045)
19. DYNAMIX II / 1 Million mghz (REPHLEX 045)
20. MISTERY MAN / X or (UNKNOWN)
21. SIMULANT / Optimal flow (TRESON 100)
22. MISTERY MAN / Electric sheep (UNKNOW)
23. ELEKTRO BEATNIK ALLSTARS /Conphusion (TV WHATEVER 003)
24. KRAFTWERK LIVE @ TRIBAL GATHERIG 1997 (KLING KLANG LTD EDITION)

Archaic Podcast 326 - Fake Robotique

The latest episode of Newtype Rhythms features a scorching mix of percussion, sirens and vibes from Trule's head honcho @alwootton. For more info on Al Wootton, as well as tracklist for this episode - check out Inverted Audio: https://inverted-audio.com/newtype-rhythms-al-wootton/

https://soundcloud.com/sheepshead-music

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Newtype Rhythms #118 - Special Guest: Al Wootton

For this installment we have Russian artist SVPRESSOR who has prepared us a chaos inducing mix filled with hardcore injected industrial techno.

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SVPRESSOR is an industrial techno DJ/Producer strongly influenced by death metal and distorted destruction currently based in Saint-Petersburg. He has two releases on Industrial Techno United and is in the process of preparing his debut EP.

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SC: https://soundcloud.com/svpressorz
IG: https://www.instagram.com/svpressorz/
Recent Release: https://industrialtechnounited.bandcamp.com/album/self

N.I.M PODCAST :: EP.47 [SVPRESSOR]

For the 83rd entry in the Honcho Podcast Series, we welcome NYC native-Berlin based @gabriellekwarteng. From leftfield disco and house cuts to Afro boogie & zouk, Gabrielle is known for her incredible range in dance music along with an award winning radio show with The Lot Radio. This mix is fantastic example of her genre-bending style that has taken her all over the world.  Enjoy!

Support: @gabrielle-kwarteng

Honcho Podcast Series 83: Gabrielle Kwarteng

Liquid Drum and Bass Mix 02,
"A journey of joy in a time of madness"

Enjoy!
Tracklist:

Numb - Intelligent Manners
Hesitate - Satl
Breath In - BCee
My Passion For You - Leniz
Summer Soul - Submorphics
Magic Moment - Intelligent Manners & Command Strange
Signal Waves (Original) - Silence Groove
Skyfall (feat. Silence Groove) - Malaky & Satl 
Into The Wilderness - Actraiser
Questions - Djah
Silence (feat. LSB) - SpectraSoul
What Do I Love - Alexvnder
Alive - Random Movement
Away From It All - Etherwood

Photo: Cordillera de los Andes.

Liquid Life Mix | 02

A crunchy mix of rave, techno and hardcore from Boston producer Isabella.

More info and tracklist here: https://www.factmag.com/2020/09/21/isabella-fact-mix/

Fact Mixes

Fact mix 776: Isabella (Sep '20)

OECUS Podcast #212 with LARS HUISMANN

Prolific Berlin based Producer & DJ Lars Huismann is well known for his extensive catalogue of releases on Soma Reccords, PLS.UK, Children Of Tomorrow, Voxnox and many more.

Touch LARS HUISMANN: @lars-huismann
Touch OECUS: www.oecusmusic.com
Artwork: Ava Krohn
www.instagram.com/ava.krohn/

OECUS Podcast 212 // LARS HUISMANN

As a resident for musical collective / radio community Melodic Distraction and one of the key organisers for the inclusive event series ATHE, Ben Sleia has had her feet firmly planted within the Northern music scene for some time now. From her excellent selections in experimental techno and maintaining a strong voice for female, queer and minority musicians, Lea has long championed an ethos of complete diversity and liberation. 
These values are reflected in ATHE's programming and her own musical choices.

For the next instalment of our DETECT series, Lea sent over an exclusive mix.

DETECT [021] - Ben Sleia

Good friend of the label, Morah is coming in with a full rock and roll attitude, making you want to light a cigar in a bar till you remember it’s a Monday morning. Some brutish 80s industrial, punk and wave in the mix. Buckle up

www.pinkmanrecords.com

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PNKMIX-56 | Morah

Twenty-second guest of the club's podcast series is a family member of Mannequin Records, French DJ and producer - Tomas More aka December.

KHIDI Podcast NR.22: December

Rinse FM  Podcast

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Funster - 25 Years Of Subject Detroit ft. DJ Bone Presents Further (UK Techno) - 30 September 2020

the 2nd segment from our new series focusing on 
rare vinyl from the basement/vaults,cd and music material from the headquarters and recording 
studio of Nation focuses on Dj Rush.

Born in Chicago (USA), he grew up on the South Side 
and started to party at a very young age, immediately 
picking up on the fever of the music.
He would attend clubs like The Ringzone, Playground, 
The Candystore and The Music Box. Before he began 
playing gigs in Chicago,he started making tracks in his 
bedroom with his friends' sinsonic drums.

In 1989 Rush had his first residency in a club called 
The Reactor in Chicago playing 70's disco for a crowd of 800, 
including 10 hour non-stop sets for party kids.
He then continued to play for the famous Medusa club, 
Power House, Music Box, and Warehouse quickly becoming 
a central figure in Chicago's house scene.

Rush's uniqueness and individuality has always been portrayed 
in his productions and djing. "Not letting the music control me, 
but letting the music guide me"

In Majors' own words, "It's always important and interesting 
to make music according to your feelings and experiences” 
that he does playing with voices and percussion that are both 
wicked and legendary in his many releases.

Traxx presents a selection of his favorite productions all 
created in Chicago with a powerful and energetic journey 
into his psyche of sound alongside the last moral leader of Truth; 
Martin Luther King Jr with word insight of right now.

Traxx Presents: A Black United Front (chapter 2) Inspiration/Dedication

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