Bipolar Bear and guest Nayla feature in BADABOOM 06, Scientific Sound Asia podcast 161. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian electronic music radio station, DJ agency, promoter and music-news platform connecting audiences across Asia and internationally.
This edition features a back-to-back set from BADABOOM's Bipolar Bear and guest Nayla. Their selection spans funk, soul, rare groove, experimental electronic music and dance music.
Bipolar Bear, who plays in the first hour and whose real name is Stefan Paunescu, is a Romanian DJ from the small provincial city of Craiova in the south of the country. He developed his musical interests there as a teenager.
Growing up in a small city presented difficulties for Stefan, where options for buying cutting-edge music were scarce and the former Eastern Bloc, like many former USSR countries, drew much of its musical influence from MTV. With the birth and development of the internet, the teenage Bipolar Bear could explore many different genres and watch the digital revolution in music unfold.
Romanian DJ and producer Bipolar Bear has a genuine passion for producing and playing quality music, building eclectic sets for his audiences. His aim is to spread positive energy through his selections.
After leaving Romania on furlough and carving his way through Manchester's music scene as a DJ and producer, he developed Odwana, a project blending electronic dance music with world sounds, African percussion and empowering vocals that made waves on the UK festival scene. At the beginning of 2019, he relocated to Da Nang, Vietnam, where he began a new chapter.
There, he set up the party brand Badaboom with fellow DJ G Nomad. Together, they aimed to raise the level of the party scene in Central Vietnam.
The Badaboom Radio Show follows the spirit of its events, sharing the joys of music with a community of like-minded people. Its approach brings together funk, soul and rare groove with experimental electronic and dance music.
Guest DJ (second hour) Nayla.
This weeks guest DJ is Nayla, Nayla is a producer and DJ born and raised in the UK, releasing a selection of Instrumental Hip Hop and Disco Edits. As a DJ, his track selection represents a spicy fusion of Garage, House, Disco, Hip-Hop, Jungle and Bass, with a healthy injection of Global Sounds.
Currently residing in South East Asia with a base in Hanoi he’s a regular face at clubs and events such as Kobala, Savage, Birdcage, and Studio Adventure as well as holding down a weekly residency at newly opened TeT Club. Indeed, his tracks are sure to satisfy an array of tastes and dispositions.
Over the last couple of years, Nayla has quickly built up an impressive portfolio. He has featured on the line-ups of some of Britain’s most popular music festivals: Secret Garden Party, Boomtown, and Shambala. He has begun to take his sounds across the seas, to countries such as Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Bulgaria and Portugal.
This includes festivals such as Tao Festival, Quest Festival and Kolour (Bangkok). Nayla has also supported popular artists - such as Rag n Bone man - and is holding down multiple residencies across the UK and Asia. His adaptable, diverse style and genre bending sets make him an ideal addition to any party! Nayla’s cleverly assorted, inspiring track selection and extended DJ sets will keep you mesmerised in the dance - all day and night!
He is the co-founder and manager of the fresh Vietnam based record label On Point Worldwide who's first release came out last month, excellent EP from Romain FX, get a taste of one of the tracks included in this guest mix.
Bipolar Bear and Nayla's BADABOOM 06 episode opens with Voilaaa's Tenor Jam for Manu on Favorite Recordings, bringing African music into view. Dawda Jobarteh's Sama Kebbalu, in Ben Gomori's Lead by Example Edit on Sterns Edits, follows with a measured House Music pulse.
Jonahlo's Ecstatic Trance on Sundries Digital introduces Nu-Disco before Amonita's Fairy on All Day I Dream lowers the pace into Deep House. Selvy's Bump Pump on No Bad Days and Turntablerocker's Grow Up on Jeudi Records keep that house-focused stretch moving.
Sio and AbysSoul's Words, in the Yoruba Soul Mix on Open Bar Music, brings an Afro House dimension. Piek's Louisiana feat. Oscar Sala, in the GarcyNoise Remix on Justified Cause Recorthings, turns towards Tech House, while Dennis Ferrer's Dem People Go! in the Wolf Story Remix on Nite Grooves returns to house.
Andrea Oliva's My Way on Play It Say It and DJ Pierre featuring Ann Nesby's Meet Hate With Love on Get Physical Music maintain the club-focused middle section. The Mauskovic Dance Band's Space Drum Machine, in Detroit Swindle's Flute Mix on Soundway Records, gives way to Running Hot's Jai Maa Kali on Fauve Records and its Jungle energy, before 10LEC6's Bedjem Mebok on Ed Banger Records adds a World element.
Romain FX's Kimokeye on On Point Worldwide Records and Sharif Laffrey's Key Jam (A.C.I.D.) on Love On The Rocks lead into Radial Gaze's Orchid Flake, in the Iñigo Vontier Remix on Calypso Records, with its Indie Dance character. Hofstukken Acid Crew's Uncertain Correlations, released through LANDR and self-released, brings Dance Music into the closing run before Luca Lozano's Atmosphere on Running Back introduces Breaks.
Empathy Slow's Acid Facial, released independently, adds an Electronic edge before Severed Heads' All Saints Day in the All Saints Dub on Optimo Trax brings in Synth-pop. Christophe's Like That, in the Frank Butters Remix on Me Me Me, carries an Acid charge, and Donald Dust's Cut By A Razor on Too Many Cars Records closes the set with house music.
BADABOOM 06 18th of May 2020
Bipolar Bear (first hour)
Voilaaa - Tenor Jam for Manu
Dawda Jobarteh - Sama Kebbalu (Ben Gomori's Lead by Example Edit)
Jonahlo - Ecstatic Trance
Amonita - Fairy (Original Mix)
Selvy - Bump Pump
Turntablerocker - Grow Up
AbysSoul - Words (Yoruba Soul Mix)
Piek - Louisiana feat. Oscar Sala (GarcyNoise Remix)
Dennis Ferrer - Dem People Go! (Wolf Story Remix)
RA - SOUL, DON CRISP - LOVE POWER
Andrea Oliva - My Way (Original Mix)
DJ Pierre feat. Ann Nesby - Meet Hate With Love (Original Mix)
Nayla (second hour)
The Mauskovic Dance Band - Space Drum Machine (Detroit Swindle's Flute Mix)
Running Hot - Jai Maa Kali (Running Hot Bollywood Big Room Edit)
10LEC6 - Bedjem Mebok (Full Circle Remix)
Romain FX - Kimokeye
Sharif Laffrey - Key Jam (A.C.I.D.)
Radial Gaze - Orchid Flake (Iñigo Vontier Remix)
Hofstukken Acid Crew - Uncertain Correlations
Luca Lozano - Atmosphere
Empathy Slow - Acid Facial
Severed Heads - All Saints Day (All Saints Dub)
Christophe - Like That (Frank Butters Remix)
Donald Dust - Cut By A Razor
Listen On Mixcloud Here.