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Palidrone w/ J Wax b2b YTP - 09.02.23 (EHFM)

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Jay Carder with J Wax - 10 April 2023

@jwaxmusic

From the Scottish label Palidrone to Future Classic there's a footprint of J Wax's music.
Breaks, Garage, Techno and House are the gears of his sets and you can listen to them on BBC Radio Scotland or on his residency at Keakie.

Tracklist:
Tom - Topcraft
DAVE N.A. - SOLO MOVE
Human Movement - Don’t Say It
Generali Minerali - Xodisxodi
Sleep D, Ivy Barkakati, Furious Frank - Border Control (Ahora Sí)
Tom - Chandeliers
Generali Minerali - Acid Source
DAVE N.A - WILDWAVE
Dansa - Kill The Body And The Head Will Die
Josef - Liff
Pegassi - YoYoYo
Skream - Rutten (IsGwan UK Garbage Remix)
Beau Didier - Tool 10
DJ HEARTSTRING - Bae
RIOT CODE - Souvenir
Pegassi - No Type
Phonky Tribu - Phonky Tribu (DJ HEARTSTRING Remix)

sweetdrops #135 w/ J Wax

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

Palidrone w/ Neffa-T, Feena, J Wax, Dansa & Ji_2001 - 14.03.25

Palidrone w/ J Wax & Dansa live at The Berkeley Suite (Hang Tough) - 10.04.25

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 the fifth instalment of Hedchef's monthly exploration of the new-school electro and breakbeat scenes, we're joined by J Wax - one of the most exciting, talented and interesting producers in the game, with releases on Hilltown Disco, Unit Two, Kouncil Cuts, Reality Club and many more.

Hedchef tracklist:

Falle Nioke & Ghost Culture - Barké [PRAH Recordings]
Hagan - Waves [Gobstopper]
Colombo - Enjoy This Trip [iBreaks]
High Graid - Give Me More (Alex Index Rework) [INDEXLIFE]
Renart - Terreur Sur La Ville [Cracki Records]
Dip Shim - Vattendrag [Malmo Traxx]
Loweast - Future [CYBERJIT]
Luke Eargoggle & Obergman - Boltzman Machine [Malmo Traxx]
SKUUM - E R A V E [Strictly Strictly]
Hedchef & Shawn Cartier - The Force [forthcoming Don't Trust Humans]
Assembler Code - Momentary Shift [forthcoming Don't Trust Humans]
Vigile - Dfuse [Planetaria Soundsystem]
Fear E - The Dam (DJ Accident At Work Wet Floor Remix) [free download]
Shawn Cartier - Demon NRG [forthcoming Belek Records]
Hermeth - So [Brainwaves]
No Moon - Wasp City [Craigie Knowes]
Youngstar - Pulse X (ALXZNDR ADHD Version) [self-release]
Letryp - In The Heat [Modern Ruins]
Varum - The Way I Are [self-release]

J Wax tracklist:

NICOL - Tunnel Vision
Mutable Mercury - Fusion
MLS - Sunday Mornings
DJ Seinfeld - WelectroWAP
PRZ - Touchdown
Norwell - Ot Seit
PRZ - CV Ride
Koran - LaZeR
J Wax & SAAH - Kode
Zobol - Track & Trace
Standard Wires - No Trix
ZDS - Breach
Amadeezy - Boss Town Killaz
Dark Prophet - Nasty Ways

Threads Radio - Hedchef w/ J Wax - 10/11/20

Futureproof dissonant club tools.

Releases on SPE:C, Taipan Trax, YUKU, Scuffed Recordings, Worst Behavior, International Chrome, Etched Records + many more

promos for hedchef @ gmail . com

Tracks supported by Detroit In Effect, Jensen Interceptor, I Hate Models, Solid Blake, Kettama, Dave Clarke, Gamma Intel, Madam X, Assembler Code, Addison Groove, object blue, Manni Dee, Emerald, SPFDJ, Sam Binga, Om Unit, Eomac, Anastasia Kristensen, Nite Fleit, Anna Morgan, re:ni & Laksa, James Newmarch & Voicedrone, Aloka, Ayesha, Kris Baha, Partiboi69, LCY, Oblig, Salome, Justin Jay, Sissel Wincent, Aura T-09, Darwin, Yushh, Identified Patient, DJ Mell G, Nikki Nair, Dusk & Blackdown, Stones Taro, Freshta, Jay Carder, Opium Hum, Bullet Tooth, Marsman, Hermeth, Hassan Abou Alam, Bluetoof, IMOGEN, Ma Sha / Sha Ru, Doctor Jeep, Jossy Mitsu, Hodge, Mincy, Volruptus, Mad Miran, Kessler, Metrist, False Persona, Coido, Ternion Sound, Ila Brugal, Sicaria, Clouds + more