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For the 10th edition of the Hedchef show on Threads Radio, we're changing up the format of the show a little to being more directly Melbourne-focused, highlighting the very best music coming out of Victoria, still with a solid focus on low-end bassweight, but a little further across the spectrum.

To introduce the slight change of focus, we're joined this month by an absolutely mind-blowing DJ, by the name of uuuuJa!, originally from South Korea, who mixes a wild blend of slow-cut rhythms, ambience, off-kilter techno, noise and god knows what else - a true artist on the decks.

Hedchef tracklist:

Hedchef - ????? [unreleased]
Maelstrom - Expression Directe [Cultivated Electronics LTD]
Wager - Bump [Scuffed]
Adam Pits - Variation 1 [Holding Hands]
An Avrin - Eat Clintswood [self-release]
Sinitsin - Weather Control [Too Rough 4 Radio]
Stratton - Fata Morgana [Céad]
Aloka  - Brain Confusion [self-release]
Luz1e - Dreamscape [Source Material]
No Moon - Sirens [Mechatronica]

uuuuJa! tracklist:

Jaeho Hwang - Daebook
Saint Abdullah, John Butcher - The Birds Discuss the Journey
Dreams - Machine Age Paradise
Eexxppoann - 會者定離 (feat_安允妃)
Drvg Cvltvre - There Were Rumours
Sarah Haras - Fire
Tomás Urquieta - Sìntesis de Fricción
Eomac - Portuguese Man O' War
Yaporigami - Monochrome Wolf - Original Mix
Venus Ex Machina - Grace
SHXCXCHCXSH - WHTLGHT
Zoë Mc Pherson - Tenace (Dogs Road)
Angel Karel - Has Received Pain for Pleasure
Kamixlo - Destruction
Meuko! Meuko! - Metropolitan Sutra Gathering
quest?onmarc - Shadow
Le Dom - 13 Layers of Stone
Dionysian Rituals - Death & Rebirth
Espectra Negra - Voices of Horror
Vladislav Delay - Isonainen
Stefan Fraunberger - Bagatelle - Thomas Brinkmann Remix
Ryuji Takeuchi - Moan At M20
NAKED - Destroy
Hiro Kone, Tot Onyx - DIN DIAN
ZULI - Bassous
Female Wizard - Vernacular Gender
Nam June Paik - Hommage À John Cage - 1958-59

Threads Radio - Hedchef w/ uuuuJa! - 25/5/21

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 )

Futureproof dissonant club tools.

Chairman of the board for Hedplace Synthetics.

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

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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