Mixes

Host of Oneiroi show on Bristol's 1020radio @freyacaldwell embraces listeners with solar buzzing, ringing hum and streams of organic noise - a therapeutic hour of sound meditation with eyes open.

Recorded specially for Grains of Peace - recreational zone and charity marathon on Kyiv-based 20ft Radio to help Ukrainians who have suffered from russia's aggression. 

Listen to music and stay with Ukraine: www.20ftradio.net

20ft Radio Ukraine Fundraiser

Grains of Peace w/ Faery @ 20ft Radio - 29/03/2022

Sleep On It w/ Monoke & Faery - 1020 radio

Loved playing on the E2-E8 Netil show a few weeks back - big thanks to Luca for the kind invite <3

This show travels from beautiful ambient to crunchy, hypnotic textures, and Luca and I have a fun chat around the halfway mark about how I got into the sounds I love + who my inspirations are etc.

Enjoy! xx

E2-E8 w/ Luca & Faery - Netil Radio - 24.04.22

Pour ce cinquième épisode, @hewizee complète sa collection tentaculaire et nous présente Faery (@freyacaldwell), une âme magique, artiste et DJ basée à Londres. Nouvelle pièce maitresse de Tentacular, Faery propose une approche personnelle aux sonorités organiques en la couplant à une techno deep et mentale.

Ce nouvel épisode Tentacular apporte une touche mystique et enivrante à l’émission. Des sensations qui touchent les vertèbres, un voyage introspectif aux racines de l’être.

Prenez vos meilleurs écouteurs et embarquez pour ce massage cérébral de soixante minutes.

Vous pouvez retrouver Faery en France cet été sur la programmation du Fata Morgana Festival (www.instagram.com/fatamorganafestival), en Normandie.

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Tentacular - Hewan Aman invite Faery (24.05.22)

This hybrid mix formed part of a recent research project exploring plant language and speculative sonic fictions :)

About the mix:

Plants have inhabited Earth for more than four-hundred-and-fifty million years, while humans have called this planet home for little more than seven million. Plants, with their collectively sustaining outlook, drawn from a wealth of ancestral knowledge - stored in winding, subterranean mycorrhizal networks - travel through time, but not in the linear sense: they are at once past, present and (thanks to their efficient, predictive capabilities) future. They are a reminder of, and a steady companion to, Earth’s long lifecycle. While their methods of communication may not be as visibly and sonically obvious as those of our own and our animal companions, plants have a fascinatingly plural language system - a complex, decentralised, multi-player network that Bio-17 attempts to sonify.

Bio-17, a name owing its form to Samuel Delany’s 1966 sci-fi novel, Babel-17 - a novel concerning interplanetary translation - is a collaborative, interspecies linguistic study. Through a spectrum of original and gathered, human and plant-made sounds - including arboreal field recordings, vocal samples, and processed biorhythmic data, all interwoven with tracks by other artists - I have explored the ways in which vegetal language systems might be decoded into music - using the medium's spatio-sensory capacities, and widely interpretable nature, to reflect a multiplicity of voices communicating within an interconnected whole.

Tracklist:

Bio-17 - A Distant Stir
Szarnyas Szerval - I’m all alone here
Bio-17 - Nightfall
Howes - Nine Acre Dub
Gonçalo F. Cardoso - Danum Valley & Canopy Walks
Polygonia - Gaping Void
Bio-17 - Shadowed Voices
Clearlight - Rain Falls
Bio-17 - Plant Aubade Part 1
Vedis - June 6AM 
Bio-17 - Plant Aubade Part 2
Bio-17 - Arboreal Chant 1
Refracted - Enter The Jungle
Bio-17 - Arboreal Drone 1
Halos - Conexión Universal
Bio-17 - Arboreal Drone 2
Sunwald - Pressad
Gil.Barte - A.P.1
Bio-17 - Arboreal Chant 3
Liang Yiyuan - ​Hallucinogen of Imagined Bodhi​-​III
Blòt Heathen - Hunting
Milena Kriegs - Human Experience (Outro)
Bio-17 - Nightfall
CTAFAD - Land of Sadness

Bio-17

We have been eagerly anticipating the release of this podcast for quite some time. London-based Faery is a friend of Above Below, and we were blown away by her set at The Beacon stage, which marked the closing of Above Below 2022. After a dry weekend, the rain poured, forging the perfect environment for the psychedelic techno on display; it was as if Faery herself summoned the downpour.

Once again demonstrating her capacity to hypnotize, Faery has recorded a soundtrack for swamp-dwellers and forest-inhabitants alike. A transfixing hour of contagious groove and otherworldly sounds.

@freyacaldwell

Faery | Above Below

The UK based artist Faery (@freyacaldwell) is the third one to record a wonderful mix for our Herbarium mix series.
She worked with a lot of watery psychedelic textures forming an intriguing hypnotic vibe. Proper grooves support the whole captivating feeling of this episode.
We chose the plant 'Cyclamen Hederifolium' - a flower which blooms around autumn. The petals of this plant have wave-like shapes that strongly remind us of the watery atmosphere in Faery's journey. It grows best at shaded places where the strong colours of the blossoms glow even stronger. This links the deep atmosphere in combination with those subtle but well crafted sound design details of this mix to the flower in a beautiful way.

Artwork by @polygonia

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Herbarium No 3 - Faery - Cyclamen Hederifolium

VAGINA ROCKS : Vanda Forte invite FAERY | 28.10.22

Tracklist + Q&A: https://bit.ly/3JeyGv5

Faery's (@freyacaldwell) psychedelic selections are eye-closing and mind-opening in equal measure

This mix is loosely based on two of my favourite sets I played last year - one was the set I played at Above Below Festival where I had the best time closing the festival in full vortex mode, going from driving deep techno into dark, spiralling DnB; the second was a set I played at Fata Morgana Festival in Normandy - that was a really special set for me, it was one of those ones where everything felt flowy and even though it was 2 hours it felt as though just 20 minutes had passed.

I love building things up quite slowly, what I tried to do in this mix is start off with sparser, ricocheting, percussive tracks and from that lighter stuff I like to gradually get into what I like to call “thick techno” – chunky deep stuff, and then I always like to bring it back down again so I have tracks that are ambient, but they are really intense so they are kind of like peak time ambient. I think it’s nice when things are getting intense to strip everything back and then you can go back to that process of building things back up again. I also find these to be an amazing tool for shifting tempos and for entering new territories – for this mix I decided on fast, skittering psy-influenced techno, but I also love going into dnb at this point too. I think the thing I love most about this new, psy-esque fast techno is the way its intensity comes from its speed rather than a huge amount of weight to the tracks.

Tracklist + Q&A

Impact: Faery

@freyacaldwell plotted this ecstatic and undulating amalgam of technoid DnB for the Hypercrowd ╬ ╬ ╬

Aired 26.01.23 on @lyl_radio
www.lyl.live

Hyperterranean #015 with Faery

Faery is a London-based DJ whose hypnotic selections weave together the psychedelic reaches of deep techno, tripped-out psy, and dark, vortex-like DnB. A lover of both pitched-down chuggers and fast-paced rollers alike, her sound connects the dots through a focus on intricate sound design and rich, moody textures. 

Over the past year, she’s played at iconic venues and festivals across Europe, including Amsterdam’s De School, Positive Education Festival, London’s Village Underground, and Berlin’s Renate. Alongside her club appearances, Faery explores the world-building potential of sound, connecting it to her interest in environmental theory through her Bio-17 sound art project - where original biorhythmic samples are woven into experimental ambient to create speculative sonic worlds.

Her storytelling for this beautiful journey : "For the beginning of the mix I was picturing water dripping from the roof of a cave - the atmospheres at this point are quite cavernous. Then there’s a deep pulsating section that feels like distant tectonic activity. As we delve deeper into the cave network we reach a complex system of tunnels and eventually reach the chaos of spitting, liquified magma"

@freyacaldwell
Instagram (with full tracklist) : https://www.instagram.com/___faery___/

Nebuleuse Podcast #09 | Faery | Substrata

so happy to share the recording from my set at @foldldn last month - one of my all time favourite experiences djing :')

the set travels from gritty off-beat techno into spooky, wormholing, peak time stuff - honestly never had so much fun behind the decks!

hope you enjoy it - a very special memory :)

Faery Live @ FOLD - 07.07.23

~ Deep Breakfast 222 by https://soundcloud.com/freyacaldwell ~

~ This set was recorded at Above Below 2023 ~ https://soundcloud.com/abovebelowfestival ~

Tracklist:
01. Mount Shrine - Grey Witch
02. Troekurovo Recordings - Matricaria
03. Tetsuya Nakayama - Gozenyama
04. Birds of Prey - Black Vulture
05. Varuna - Novac tm
06. Banha da Cobra - Mojo Rojo
07. Tetsuya Nakayama - 1590
08. Lauge - Thule
09. CØRE & Einerlei - Lychisiton
10. Dialog - Side A
11. Michael Anklin - Zymosis
12. Fresnel Lens - Glass Mist
13. F.R.BDD.N - S
14. Javier Salazar - Acae
15. Lauge - Within The Fog
16. AH&N - Ikejime
17. Troekurovo Recordings - Arctium (intro)
18. Polygonia - Fungi Monster pt. 1
19. Varuna - Entela's Daymare
20. Tetsuya Nakayama - Kanaya
21. Javier Salazar - Haile
22. Lauge - Floating
23. Neel and PRG/M - Idra
24. SONOLOGYST - g' ψR γμBμψR
25. Kon Janson - Tab
26. Doctrina Natura - Bearer of Keys
27. Tetsuya Nakayama - Tobuki
28. Group - 000703_1472
29. taennya - anemone
30. Volodymyr Gnatenko - hurdy final [unreleased]
31. Soseol - Walk
32. Lauge - Altanen (Drone Edit)
33. Hod - Illuminator Vacuum
34. OVRSCN - Ataxia

Deep Breakfast 222 - Faery @ Above Below 2023

Ahead of Transmissions from Hackney, taking place across ten venues in Hackney Wick on October 7, we headed down to the Netil studio for a day celebrating the sounds of this year's event.

With mixes from Adam Pits, DJ Teeth, DJ Wiggles, Faery, In2Stellar, Inner Zone, Jin Synth, Kit Seymour, Miro SundayMusiq, and Remove Me, the sets travelled from textural, ambient soundscapes, through to high energy trance and techno - a taste of what's to come at next month's festival.

Tickets: ra.co/events/1707523

Faery - Transmissions from Hackney Netil Takeover - 30.08.23

Known for her hypnotic dives to the psychedelic reaches of deep techno, London-based @freyacaldwell signature style emphasises meticulous sound design and the incorporation of lush and evocative textures. 

Having graced the stages of renowned venues and festivals throughout Europe, she has appeared at prestigious locations such as Amsterdam's De School, the Positive Education Festival, and London's own Village Underground.

Faery's Patterns of Perception 118 circles around echoes, resonances and hauntings, shifting between shadowy low-ends and moments of ecstatic crescendo. Encapsulating the tension and drama held in dnb's darker edges, the mix also weaves in touches of eerie contemporary classical-esque ambient.

Patterns of Perception 118 - Faery

The first podcast of the year features our dear friend, London-based DJ, and sound artist, Faery. Many of you are likely familiar with her work and may have experienced her enchanting performances at renowned venues like Amsterdam’s De School, Positive Education Festival, or London’s Village Underground. She has crafted an immersive, hour-long winter mix for us, which we are incredibly proud to present 🕯️

Faery’s hypnotic selections blend the psychedelic depths of deep techno, tripped-out psy-influenced sounds, dark vortex-like D’n’B, and experimental ambient. Her sound navigates through intricate sound design and rich, moody textures, both within the club realm and in listening scenarios. One of the notable examples of this is her ambient sound art project Bio-17 released last year, where original biorhythmic samples are woven into experimental ambient to create speculative sonic worlds 🌚✨

Faery’s profound introspective journey takes us through the shadowy realms of crepuscular ambient and downtempo. From the outset, we are lured and caught in its rich honey-like currents, spiralling like dervishes as we dive deep and deeper into the mystical sonic gyre. No words can do the sensation justice, so you’ll just have to try for yourselves. Happy swirling 💫

Sounds by @freyacaldwell
Visions by @marcomaldarella

TRACKLIST:
Beckenbauer - Incantation
Monolake - Prime Declick
David Toop - Ceremony Viewed Through the Slit
The Washing Planck - CAMMINO A
Torimimasataka - Fogl
David Toop & Lawrence English - Reading Bones
Vādin - Calliope
Nam-Khar - Against the Light
Vongoiva - The Fabric of Space and Time: Isa
Adam Winchester _ Antenna
The Khronos Deathcult - The Pandemonic Aeon
Siavash Amini - Lustrous Residue
Marco Shuttle - Endless Vanishing Points
Condensed Utopia - Species
Lawrence English & Lea Bertucci - Amorphic Foothills

Podcast Series 41 | Faery

London based Faery joins our journey with an out of this world voyage. 

Featuring stuttering rhythms and sweeping pads she treats us to a unique session expertly crafted recorded exclusively for Monument.

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https://soundcloud.com/freyacaldwell

Tracklist :

Mombi Yuleman - Abductee
Simon Shreeve & Karl O’Connor - Skin Of The Sea
Mønic - Blink
Relic Radiation - Haunted Thoughts
Mateo Hurtado - A Door Opens (Framed By Stars)
Sciama - God Molecule
Solarythm - When Matter Dissolves
Fergus Sweetland - Itch the Scratch
Öjskog - Snow/Silence
Mwamwa - OiOiiO
Sciama - Wild Embers
Ana Rs - We Are Ascending
CAIV - Cymbalism
EM + STAV - Odd (Forest Drive West Remix)
Polar Inertia - Deflection V
Comarobot - Hwan Lak (ft. Dasom & Purusha)
Esteban Miranda - Damage 
Pyramidal Decode - Y Aun No Se Van!
Ntogn - Ba’al
Jeans 蒙 Meng - The Memory Palace
Polar Inertia - Interlude (Sound Stroke)

MNMT 413 : Faery

❍ honoured to share this live recording of Faery's closing set [0200-0300] from REZONANT BODY 2.0 at Exchange, Bristol ‧⁺

—Freya followed @azu-tiwaline 's enchanting hybrid performance with an absolute power hour of haunting, dubbed-out 170 rhythms… energy!!!

the sound in the room was truly stunning (thanks Jai <3) and watching one of our favourite DJs close an RZB night, nestled in front of aevi's visuals on an enormous (almost didn’t fit in the room) projector screen was quite a moving experience—a huge thanks again to all the crew, artists and dancers who brought this to life.

see you at the next gathering. x

@freyacaldwell

Faery ❍ Live at Exchange, Bristol [17.05.24]

We're beaming to bring you Mix #196, coming at you from London-based DJ and sound artist, Faery.

Faery’s mind-trippin’, body-shakin’ sonic blend for On the 5th Day is inspired by a special b2b session back in July - a dense, heady and brooding rhythmic exploration worthy of the most electric early-hours dance floor.

From the groovers to the pounders, the rollers to the grinders, Freya takes us on a steamy exploration through the heavier realms of the Faery spectrum we’ve come to love; a power-hour selection saluting the beauty of intricate sound design and otherworldly atmospheric landscapes.

Faery has been working her magic for dance floor dwellers at some of the most special venues and festivals in the recent years (think Amsterdam’s De School and Positive Education Festival...); while off of the dance floor, expanding her sonic explorations to where biorhythmic sampling meet experimental ambient, resulting in the creation of “speculative sonic worlds”.  

We can’t wait to see what the future holds for this talented artist but for now, buckle up and enjoy the ride!

SC: https://soundcloud.com/freyacaldwell
FB: https://www.facebook.com/faerydj
IG: https://www.instagram.com/___faery___/

Tracklist:
main(void) - Entanglement
Andiela - Religión Paralela
ASC - Dreadnought
Furtive - Brandsifter
James Harbrecht - Jungle At Night
Deano - Double Take
Wirrwarr - Void The C-Stem (VSK Remix)
Furtive - Breathless
DJ Lily - Immediate Access
Jonas Körbl - Primal Grade
Maōh - Archaic
Shackleton - You Bring Me Down
Ntogn - Smedjan
Dot Product - Balloons
RVSHES - Paradise (Abstract)
Adam Winchester - Low Rise
Mønic - Let It Lie

On the 5th Day #196 - Faery

@syberkid & @freyacaldwell

Photo: Romain Guede

Sybil & Faery at pe:rsona 2024

Bookings + promos: freyacaldwell@hotmail.co.uk

30.08.25 ~ Les Chaos Ambiants, Sommant, FR