Badaboom 07 features Bipolar Bear alongside guest Jarod ESC on Scientific Sound Asia, with the pair presenting a back-to-back set shaped by Funk, Soul, House and deeper electronic music. Scientific Sound Asia operates as an Asian electronic music radio station, DJ agency, promoter and music news platform, connecting underground artists and listeners across the region and internationally.
Bipolar Bear, real name Stefan Paunescu, is a Romanian DJ originally from Craiova. Growing up there meant access to specialist music was limited, with much of the wider musical influence available to young listeners arriving through television and imported media.
The expansion of the internet gave Stefan access to a much broader range of electronic music and other genres during his teenage years. That exposure helped shape the eclectic approach that would later become central to both his DJ sets and production work.
After leaving Romania, he became active within Manchester’s music scene as a DJ and producer. His project Odwana combined electronic dance music with world sounds, African percussion and vocals, developing a direction that later reached audiences across the UK festival circuit.
In 2019, Stefan relocated to Da Nang, Vietnam, and co-founded Badaboom with G Nomad. The project developed around parties and radio with an emphasis on building a community around eclectic underground music in Central Vietnam.
The Badaboom Radio Show follows the same broad musical approach as the events. Its selections can draw from Funk, Soul, Rare Groove, House and more experimental electronic music.
This edition welcomes Jarod ESC, a French-born DJ who became closely connected with the Asian underground scene through Hong Kong and later Central Vietnam. Also known as Joseph Lebon, he spent years playing and collaborating internationally with selections built around Disco, House and Funk.
From 2018, Jarod became active in Hong Kong, where his work connected with platforms and venues including Fauve Radio, Mihn Club and Shi Fu Miz Festival. He later settled in Hoi An and continued performing under the Jarod ESC name while maintaining links with the wider regional scene.
Jarod is also associated with Escaped Records, extending his involvement beyond DJing into the development of music and events. His appearance on Badaboom 07 brings that background into a back-to-back format with Bipolar Bear, combining two selectors with complementary interests in groove-led and globally influenced electronic music.
Bipolar Bear and Jarod ESC's Badaboom 07 episode opens with Márta Sebestyén's Vetettem Violát in the Mom Re-Edit before Samba Touré's Be Ki Don arrives through the AkîzzBeåtzz Funked-Up Edit. Los Indígenas then bring Sangre Goajira in Dandara's edit, introducing Downtempo before Polo & Pan's Nanã shifts the set into Electronica.
Niyaz's Love and the Veil appears in the BéTé Re-Edit, followed by Shimshai & Tina Malia's Hey Amba in the Nikosh Edit. Folk Lore's Sambacumba in the Ohxalá Edit and René Aubry's Rasta La Vista continue the early run of reworked recordings with Brazilian, folk and alternative influences feeding into the wider selection.
Ibrahim Maalouf's Hashish in the DJ Kobayashi Edit is followed by Cheb Khaled's Blood Internet rework of Alech Taadi. Captain Planet's Cicada on Bastard Jazz Recordings brings Electronica back into the programme before Ali Farka Touré's Ai Bine in the Mula Edit and Kleintierschaukel's Kidz Of Tibet featuring Badau return to deeper world-influenced territory.
K.O.G & The Zongo Brigade's Tom Excell remix of Sahara introduces an Afro House turn before Marvin Gaye's I Want You appears in the DJ "S" Rework. Leonxleon's Rokanbo then brings in Breaks, giving the middle section a more syncopated club rhythm.
A Vision Of Panorama contribute both Barbados and Two Birds, adding a clear Balearic passage through Mellophonia. Halki follows as a folk edit before Madlaks' Jikovonunu receives the Young Marco treatment, bringing Kwaito into the sequence ahead of Faze Action's Indie Dance cut Mangwana.
The Sunburst Band's Put A Lyric In It returns the set to Electronica before Ten Ven's Just About provides the sole House Music selection. Manic's Standing Right Here featuring Dina Vass closes BADABOOM 7 with a Nu Disco / Disco finish, completing a wide-ranging episode that connects folk-rooted edits, world music, Balearic selections, Afro House, Breaks and club-oriented electronic styles.
BADABOOM 7 with Bipolar Bear and Jarod Esc
Márta Sebestyén - Vetettem Violát (Mom Re-Edit) [SoundCloud]
Samba Touré - Be Ki Don (AkîzzBeåtzz Funked-Up Edit) [SoundCloud]
Los Indígenas - Sangre Goajira (Dandara Edit) [Drosssel]
Polo & Pan - Nanã [Universal Music Division Virgin Records Distribution Deal]
Niyaz - Love and the Veil (BéTé Re-Edit) [BéTé]
Shimshai & Tina Malia - Hey Amba (Nikosh Edit) [SoundCloud]
Folk Lore - Sambacumba (Ohxalá Edit) [SoundCloud]
René Aubry - Rasta La Vista [SoundCloud]
Ibrahim Maalouf - Hashish (DJ Kobayashi Edit) [SoundCloud]
Cheb Khaled - Alech Taadi (Blood Internet Rework) [SoundCloud]
Captain Planet - Cicada [Bastard Jazz Recordings]
Ali Farka Touré - Ai Bine (Mula Edit) [SoundCloud]
Kleintierschaukel - Kidz Of Tibet feat. Badau (Original Mix) [Akumandra]
K.O.G & The Zongo Brigade - Sahara (Tom Excell Remix) [Pura Vida Sounds]
Marvin Gaye - I Want You (DJ "S" Rework) [SoundCloud]
Leonxleon - Rokanbo [Cracki Records]
A Vision Of Panorama - Barbados [Mellophonia]
A Vision Of Panorama - Two Birds [Mellophonia]
Unknown Edit - Halki [SoundCloud]
Madlaks - Jikovonunu (Young Marco Rework) [Safe Trip]
Faze Action - Mangwana [Faze Action Records]
The Sunburst Band - Put A Lyric In It [Z Records]
Ten Ven - Just About [Positiva]
Manic - Standing Right Here feat. Dina Vass [Dafia Records]
Listen On Mixcloud Here.