Floating Beats 755 on Scientific Sound Asia welcomes back DJ Joshua for another edition of his long-running electronic music show. Scientific Sound Asia operates as an Asian electronic music radio station, DJ agency and promoter, publishing music news while connecting underground artists and listeners across the region and internationally.
Born in Évora, Portugal, DJ Joshua has been involved with electronic music since the mid-1990s, building his knowledge through vinyl, cassettes, CDs and later digital formats. His background spans House, Techno, Drum and Bass and Chillout, giving his sets a broad foundation across several generations of electronic music.
Even during quieter periods for Portugal's underground scene, Joshua remained active through event organisation, collaboration and support for local artists. After stepping away from regular DJing to focus on family life, he returned through Floating Beats and gradually re-established his presence in radio.
The programme has since become a platform for deeper, progressive and underground electronic music. Joshua builds each episode around atmosphere and controlled progression, allowing the music to develop steadily rather than relying on abrupt changes or immediate peak-time pressure.
Alongside the show, Joshua produces under several aliases that separate different areas of his studio work. As Joshua Fernand, he concentrates on contemporary Techno, with releases including Blue River on MixCult Digital and Breaking Rocks and Tearing Metal through his own JFLM Recordings.
Closed Door and Open Door on Radickal Records take the Joshua Fernand project towards darker and more hypnotic territory. Repetition, tension and stripped-back rhythmic structures give those tracks a different character from the warmer House material found elsewhere in his catalogue.
Killer's Plan on Rice Bowl Recordings brings another side of the alias into focus by combining layered melodies with Melodic House and Techno structures. The track provides a bridge between his tougher Techno productions and the more melodic elements that regularly appear within Floating Beats.
His Joshua Marian alias occupies the deeper and more soulful side of his work, with releases including Just Love, Express Your Voice and Go Slow. Material under that name has appeared through labels including Yesenia, Jazz In Da House, Agua Salada Records and Wanda, drawing on warmer melodies, soulful textures and groove-led rhythmic flow.
The K Joshua project moves further towards raw and experimental electronic music. Promised Work on Kopoc, Stranger Things on dublucid and Slow Laziness on Ghetto Rhythms Records explore raw and hypnotic Techno, Dub Techno and Ambient influences.
Using several aliases gives Joshua room to explore contrasting ideas without forcing every release into one musical identity. Joshua Fernand handles much of the Techno-focused material, Joshua Marian concentrates on deeper House influences, while K Joshua allows more experimental and atmospheric directions to develop independently.
In 2024, Joshua launched JFLM Recordings as an independent outlet for his own productions and collaborative projects. The label gives him greater control over releases while creating a dedicated home for music that reflects the different areas of his studio work.
DJ Joshua opens Floating Beats 755 with Pranch's "Ravage", Greg Gow's "Backend Systems" and Klint's "Eventide", establishing a tightly controlled strain of Deep Techno built around raw percussion, hypnotic repetition and carefully measured pressure. Merv's "Wind" then raises the intensity with a more driving Peak Time Techno approach, providing an early surge without breaking the disciplined character of the mix.
Halcyon Daze's "Side Winder" briefly shifts the rhythmic emphasis towards Tech House, introducing a looser groove before Raho's "Allochromatism" pulls the set back towards deeper, more insistent territory. Shcuro and Vil continue that transition with "Emergence Dub", where the stripped-back structure and dub-informed motion fit naturally into Joshua's increasingly hypnotic progression.
Uncertain's "Dysfunction", Human Safari's "Trap Door" and SLV's "Yuna" form a particularly focused middle passage, keeping the pulse forceful while allowing subtle changes in texture and percussion to shape the momentum. Obscure Shape follows with "Kaidan" on Mitsubasa, reinforcing the darker side of Techno before Conrad Van Orton's "City Roaming" continues the label connection with another deep and purposeful selection.
The closing stretch belongs to Joshua Fernand, whose two promo tracks "Switch Off" and "Let's Pump It Up" bring the programme to a direct and energetic conclusion. Rather than abandoning the deeper character established earlier, both tracks maintain the set's raw, hypnotic foundation while increasing the sense of forward movement for a firm final sequence.
Be sure to listen to his live radio show on Monday, August 10, 2026, from 6 to 8 p.m. Indochina Time (ICT). If you can't catch the live broadcast, you can listen to the replay on Friday from 6 to 8 a.m. (ICT).
Floating Beats 755 by DJ Joshua
Pranch - Ravage (Original Mix) [Message 431]
Greg Gow - Backend Systems (Original Mix) [Restructured Recordings]
Klint - Eventide (Original Mix) [Arts]
Merv - Wind (Original Mix) [Syncrophone]
Halcyon Daze - Side Winder (Original Mix) [Tag Records]
Raho - Allochromatism (Original Mix) [contempo]
Shcuro & Vil - Emergence Dub (Original Mix) [Paraiso]
Uncertain - Dysfunction (Original Mix) [Symbolism]
Human Safari - Trap Door (Original Mix) [AnalyticTrail]
SLV - Yuna (Original Mix) [Life In Patterns]
Obscure Shape - Kaidan (Original Mix) [Mitsubasa]
Conrad Van Orton - City Roaming (Original Mix) [Mitsubasa]
Joshua Fernand - Switch Off (Original Mix) [Promo]
Joshua Fernand - Let's Pump It Up (Original Mix) [Promo]
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