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Folder FM is a digital radio platform broadcasting live from Benelux Bar in Amsterdam. We bring artists and audiences together, offering a space where music lovers can discover new sounds and connect with like-minded people. Our sessions highlight both emerging and established talent, providing DJs with high-quality portfolio recordings while encouraging creative exploration.

More than just a radio show, Folder FM is a meeting point for music and community. We invite listeners to experience live broadcasts in an intimate setting, where artists shape their sonic narratives in real-time. With a focus on collaboration and experimentation, we create a space where sound, creativity, and connection come together.

YT: https://www.youtube.com/@FolderFM
IG: https://www.instagram.com/folder.fm/
SC: https://soundcloud.com/folderfm

Ambu Bambu > SS02 E05 > Folder FM

ESEA Sisters w/ Ixxi & Ambu Bambu - 27/04/25 - Voices Radio

Live recording at the Future Intel headquarters in The Hague. Streaming live every Thursday and Friday on YouTube and futureintelradio.com. For more info, visit our website.

Ambu Bambu╚═ Future Intel ═╗ 18 07 2025

Streaming from Het Meterhuis @ Westerpark in Amsterdam: this is RRFM.NL w/ @ambu_bambu

RRFM • Ambu Bambu • 30-07-2025

ʜᴏᴡ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴇꜱᴄʀɪʙᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜱᴛʏʟᴇ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴡɴ ᴡᴏʀᴅꜱ? 
ᴛᴡɪꜱᴛᴇᴅ ꜰᴀɴᴛᴀꜱʏ ;)
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Hi folks, glad you could join us today! ✨
Summer is officially behind us and the temperatures are perfect for getting cozy. 🍂 So today, we’re slowing things down a bit and taking you on a beautiful, energetic downtempo journey around the 100 BPM mark. 🎶 We have a very special guest from London: the wonderful Katie aka @kaybeeats – passionate dancer 💃, DJ 🎧, and the driving force behind the Sanctuary Sessions (more about that in the interview). Her favourite tempo range is between 90 and 115 BPM, with a clear focus on intuition, flow, and connecting with the audience. 🌊💫

🧘‍♀️Welcome Katie, how did you get in touch with electronic music and when did you start DJing?
I grew up as a dancer in Australia from the age of 5, which shaped my early musical sensibilities. Later, I got drawn into downtempo electronic music, initially inspired by Turkish producer Zigan Aldi. I dove deep into eclectic electronic music, curating playlists for different vibes. After moving to London in 2019, I embedded myself in the underground scene, and by 2021 I began DJing. For me, it’s a therapeutic practice of self-expression, creative freedom, and healing.

🧘‍♀️What should your music stand for?
Music, for me, represents creative freedom and emotional truth. It’s a space for self-expression, healing, and connection. The most powerful moments happen when it unlocks something within the listener, creating an unspoken connection that transcends borders.

🧘‍♀️How do you plan a set for a podcast?
It depends. Sometimes I record spontaneously at home to capture a moment, and other times I curate a playlist for a specific audience or venue. I usually plan the first two tracks, then follow intuition and let the energy guide the set. Playing with my partner as Flawd by kayḆe, it’s about surrendering control and flowing together. The approach changes with the setting, but staying present is always key.

🧘‍♀️Tell us about the Sanctuary Sessions.
Sanctuary Sessions began with my twin sister and me in London. We wanted to bring the deeper, more eclectic side of electronic music to life there, creating intimacy, and community beyond the typical club scene. We showcase niche and emerging artists, as opposed to booking 'headliners', advocating for creative freedom. Each event is aesthetically and sonically unique, blending bespoke visuals and decor with one musical journey that flows together seamlessly throughout each set. Sanctuary is now run with my sister, best friend Tim, and my partner Andreas. Meanwhile I'm also working with artists on international touring and management, whilst collaborating with venues and promoters on music programming. Next year, we’ll be based between Berlin and Amsterdam, producing events across both cities, with the long term goal of creating a permanent Sanctuary space.

🧘‍♀️What are your next steps in electronic music?
I’m spending some time in Thailand before relocating to Berlin next year. I’ll continue growing Sanctuary, producing more events, and collaborating with like-minded collectives. Production is on the horizon, but I want the right space and clarity to dive in properly. DJing remains a personal, expressive, and meditative practice—I’d rather play the right moments for the right communities than chase gigs.

🧘‍♀️What would be your biggest dream when it comes to electronic music?
The long term vision is to let Sanctuary evolve organically, guided by the energy and people it attracts. We want to keep growing the collective and partner with like minded boutique festivals to build our own Sanctuary stage and curate our own programming. Ultimately, the dream is to create a permanent physical Sanctuary a space dedicated to music, movement, and visual art. A cosy, community driven listening lounge and creative hub where global artists can connect, collaborate, and share their work.

Thanks Katie and all the best for you ✨🌿

Laissez-Fairecast #46 - kayḆe

A 2-hour selection of jazz, folk, ambient, and library, music that inspires me and hopefully gets your day off to a good start :)

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The Man Who Waved at Trains w/ Chris O'Riordan - 2nd October 2025

A set where Adison takes us on a historical & musical journey through Cape Verde. From the 60”s to the 90”s, from mornas to funana, to koladeiras. He shows up to spin some of the most hidden gems he got in his vault. Expect nothing but the best music you never heard.

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Adison Fernando - 2nd October 2025

Bobby Martin presents Silver Book, an exploration and celebration of the diverse range of musical compositions. Sometimes centered around a specific theme, and at other times not so much. 

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Silver Book w/ Mogyah - 3rd October 2025

Ambu Bambu returns to the blue container for an hour of adventurous electronic music, spanning the realms of ambient, breakbeat, bass, and experimental techno.

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Ambu Bambu - 4th October 2025

Sun O.C., a Grime pioneer in the Netherlands, hosts 'Grimey Hours' on Operator Radio. Unveiling the latest in Grime and allied beats, with exciting guest appearances, it's a sonic journey through the cutting edge. 

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Sun O.C. presents Grimey Hours b2b w/ Jazz Dalia - 4th October 2025

According to many indigenous cultures, one of the first things humans ever did was move to sound – creating dances from rhythms and beats. Thousands of years later, we’re still doing the same. Along the way, shamans and visionaries developed sacred rituals, carrying the connection between music, movement and spirit through time. These traditions still live on today.

This truly unique and surreal journey passionately crafted by our dear friend, producer and sound weaver @medi-zijn is a subtle reminder that every beat, every movement is part of an ancient, timeless story – a dance that has been unfolding for millennia. Let yourself move, feel and connect.


AOD SurrealCast 003 | zijn

After a small break we are back with a new deep stories. This time its a special emotional mix with an urgent message. We are more than happy to have wilson.solidarity on our podcast series.

wilson.solidarity is a German DJ with Bengali roots – a cultural and personal background that deeply shapes his sound. His sets move within the realm of slower, driving techno, often infused with hip-hop influences. His music is never just functional – it tells stories. Stories of identity, resistance and belonging. As an member of the collectives Rebellion der Träumer (@rebelliondertraumer) and Tanz mit den Sternen(@nrzp), he shares his vision of a better world through his music. Music against racism!

His set closes with a poem that pays tribute to the victims of the racist attack in Hanau and serves as a reminder that racism is not a distant problem, but a lived reality for many. By embedding this message into the podcast, he creates space for both joy and awareness. Thank you wilson for your music and for reminding us that techno is for everyone!

Music by wilson.solidarity
Soundcloud:
 https://soundcloud.com/wilsonsolidarity

Rebellion der Träumer auf Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/rebelliondertraumer

Das Gedicht auf Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddN2ZUBAC8Q

** More Deep Stories **
deepstories.de/podcast/


deep story nr. 225 | remember | by wilson.solidarity

Hekske (the little witch) and Falke (the witch apprentice) gazed at the bright light of the near full supermoon and they were already feeling excited about their next witch coven. But this month, their bodies started to feel ticklish one day earlier than normal, so the witches decided to take off and fly in South-Eastern direction, following their inner compass. The girls flew much further than ever before, to a land which was much warmer than their home forest in Flanders. It was also drier, yet way more varied and diverse, a mosaic of Mediterranean shrublands interspersed with lush green valleys with olive and fig trees, which the girls had never seen with their own eyes before.
The girls flew straight towards a low mountain range, which was greener and cooler than the coastal areas. Then they saw a woman waving at them at the foot of an old tree. Hekske and Falke sensed that this woman was a witch and that they had reached their destination.
The witches gently touched down and got a warm welcome from the witch, who introduced herself as Suha. She pointed at the olive tree and told her guests that the tree had the same age as herself… a bit over 2000 years!!
Hekske and Falke looked in disbelief at each other and realized that the history of this part of the world goes much further back in time than in Western Europe. In fact, this area is the cradle of the sisterhood of witches! Suha explained that they were in the middle of the lush green Ajloun Mountains. For a long time, she was the only Palestinian witch left in the area, and she admitted that it was too much work to take care of all the trees. But now a new generation of witches is rising up. Suha pointed in the distance where 6 young witch apprentices were running towards them. The girls were full of energy and fire and gave a lot of hugs to their European guests. Soon these young witches would be ready to take care of the trees in all corners of the Levant, replacing non-native plants by native species, in order to restore the original ecosystem of this part of the world.
Then one of the girls pointed at the sky and they saw 3 witches flying towards them. These were all friends of Suha: Mona from Mount Druze, Hannah from Mount Carmel and Juliana from the Beqaa Valley. The people from this part of the world rarely get along these days, but inside the sisterhood of witches it’s all friendship, respect and love.
Suha led her guests to a nearby river, where they all slipped out of their white dresses and took a refreshing bath in the crystal-clear water, after which Suha gave new dresses to all her guests and to the 6 apprentices. These long dresses were all white with beautiful green, black and red patterns along the seams. Suha and the 6 girls had been working for 10 days to stitch these dresses together. They all tried their dresses on, and miraculously these were all a perfect fit. After this, Mona took her bag and pulled out another surprise: she had brought apricot paste from Syria (which is known to have the finest apricots in the world). The women immediately started preparing Qamar al-Din, a sweet traditional apricot juice. 
And Suha had also prepared ma’amoul, which are semolina cookies filled with figs, dates and pistachios from nearby groves. All the girls enjoyed these delicious cookies with Arabic coffee and a touch of cardamom. 
The women had such a great time that they hadn’t noticed the sun had already gone down. This would be the start of a long and unforgettable night, full of mystic ceremonies and ecstatic dances…

Connect with the artist :
https://soundcloud.com/samerodehh

Photo credits : Oxana Belorus

Story written by Hekske on the 12th of October 2025

Witchtape #198 | Guest Wizz : Samerodeɦ

chameleon #81 by moosen is a smooth and heartfelt take on the classic downtempo sound we all know and love. The mix flows with unhurried ease, as it layers soft rhythms and mellow textures into a cohesive whole. There’s a quiet intimacy in its pacing, where each transition feels natural and carefully placed. It’s the kind of set that lingers—comforting, reflective, and full of understated feeling.

@moritz-en-1

➤ moosen

chameleon #81 - moosen

Online community radio station and cultural platform based in Rotterdam.

We broadcast a variety of live shows, from music to science and sports, featuring international DJ's, artists and guest speakers weekly since 2017. We are committed to support emerging talents and to engage the local community and beyond. Our main goal is the overall cultural development through diverse initiatives.

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