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SPD w/ Hedchef - Subtle Radio - 28/09/2024

"Naarm/Melbourne’s Hedchef brings dark bass and electro selections to the airwaves.

UK born DJ and producer Hedchef has been slinging his brand of unconventional and underground club sounds at some of the hottest festivals and parties across the globe over the last few years, from legendary London institution Unfold and Abyss in Shanghai to Sydney mainstay Club77.

His productions have landed on acclaimed labels including Scuffed Recordings, International Chrome and Mincy’s Extra Spicy, and a little birdy tells us there’s plenty more new releases on the way in 2024-2025, including a debut full length album! Expect brain busting bass, dark techno and pitched-down DnB from the local don, as well as a handful of VIP remixes exclusively made for Mix Up. Run it up."

Tracklist:

1. Hedchef - Fool’s Errand (Rakjay & Hedchef’s Triple J Mix Up VIP Mix) [unreleased]
2. MXC - Itchy [unknown-untitled]
3. Sisilisko - Behind The Sun (Intellagama Remix) [forthcoming Amniote Editions]
4. Serge Geyzel - Renamed [Adepta]
5. Mercy System - If I Were You (Coralie ‘Face In The Furnace’ Remix) [unreleased]
6. DJ JM - Swilling [Nervous Horizon]
7, Pinch & Neffa-T x Trim - Wha Happen (K-65 Remix) [Tectonic]
8. Tom Place - BMT (Between My Thighs) [unreleased]
9. Hedchef - Dyatlov Full Spec (Homemade Weapons Remix) [forthcoming Eatmybeat]
10. Gestaltwandler - Certainty [forthcoming Taboo Collective]
11. Hedchef - Rhizomatic Heartbreak [forthcoming Eatmybeat]
12. Hedchef & Tom Place - Lemon Disaster [forthcoming Etched Records]
13. Hedchef - Seventeen Petty Afflictions [forthcoming Taboo Collective]
14. Takaaki Itoh - Slicer (Sleeparchive Remix 2) [WOLS]
15. Coido - I Won’t [Twenty Twenty London]
16. Lokane - Kesek [self-release]
17. Latesleeper - MWM [self-release]
18. Pylot - II [self-release]
19. Kidkanevil ft. Ocean Wisdom - Ewok [Suspect Packages]
20. Hedchef - Hanging In The Balance [forthcoming Eatmybeat]
21. Thelma - Gemini [Carouse]
22. Kasra - Kanjiru [Critical]
23. Hedchef - Pepper’s Ghost (Hedchef’s Triple J Mix Up VIP Mix) [unreleased]
24. Lemna - Dice [Horo]
25. Royalston - Mark’s Shibari Groove [Hospital Records]
26. Sigha - Contract [Our Circular Sound]
27. Hedchef - Source Confusion [Extra Spicy]

Triple J Mix Up - Hedchef - 12th October 2024

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.

Follow:
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