Benoît Franquet, better known as Pole Folder, is a Belgian

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and live club performer, based in

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. A former protégée of British DJ

John Digweed Thomas John Digweed (born 1 January 1967) is a British DJ and record producer. ''DJ Magazine'' voted him World No 1 DJ in 2001. As well as achieving success as a solo act, he has collaborated with Sasha as Sasha & John Digweed, and with Nick ...

, Pole Folder entered the limelight in 2001 as a DJ and producer at the forefront of the European

progressive house Progressive house is a subgenre of house music. The progressive house style emerged in the early 1990s. It initially developed in the United Kingdom as a natural progression of American and European house music of the late 1980s.Gerard, Morgan; ...

movement, and has since evolved into a multi-instrumentalist and live performer of melodic-driven techno,

tech house Tech house is a subgenre of house music that combines stylistic features of techno with house. The term ''tech house'' developed as a shorthand record store name for a category of electronic dance music that combined musical aspects of techno, ...

and deep house. Pole Folder rose to prominence when his track "Apollo Vibes" was featured on John Digweed's

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retrospective in the

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on Boxed Records. This was followed over the course of the following year by the AA single ''Enter the Rhythm/Waxxx'' and a third single, "Dust" (which was again championed by Digweed). From there, EPs and single projects followed on such labels as Sunkissed Records and Mo-Do Records, whilst Pole Folder spent much of the next two years focusing on an artist album he had been commissioned to do by John Digweed, making him the first artist to produce an artist album for

Bedrock Records Bedrock Records is an English record label for trance, progressive house and techno started by Nick Muir and John Digweed. Its name comes from a long running and successful club night held in Hastings and also at Heaven nightclub, London - both ...

. The album, ''Zero Gold'', featured collaborations with

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singer and songwriter Shelley Harland, fellow Belgian Sandra Ferretti and

Kirsty Hawkshaw Kirsty Hawkshaw (born 26 October 1969) is an English electronic music vocalist and songwriter. In addition to her work as a solo artist, she is known as the lead vocalist of early 1990s dance group Opus III, and her collaborative work with oth ...

. Several ''Zero Gold'' tracks such as "Faith on Me" and "Salvation on Slavery Sins" were featured on hit US TV shows, including ''

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'' and ''

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''. Pole Folder and CP's "Apollo Vibes" cut was featured in the movie '' Stark Raving Mad''. In 2006, Pole Folder produced a series of projects and EPs for Mashtronic Records and

Proton Music Proton Radio is an internet electronic music station founded in 2002 by Sam Packer, Alex Ambroziak, and Eric Liberda. The station features over 200 exclusive shows from various DJs around the world, including guest DJ sets from DJs such as Sasha ...

. Pole Folder has also performed as a DJ and live artist internationally. He also ran a digital record label called Reworck since 2010. The label is supported by the likes of John Digweed, Hernán Cattáneo, and Laurent Garnier.

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