Anonymous Z has announced the playlist for his Not So Anonymous episode 05 on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian electronic music radio station, DJ agency, promoter and music-news platform connecting audiences across Asia and internationally.
Anonymous Z is widely known in Saigon for founding the Mad Circus Epic parties. Before relocating to Vietnam, he established Bahrain’s first underground DJ community, Glassroom, and built his reputation as an organiser of controlled mayhem.
With a small but determined group of misfits, he organised official parties and unofficial after-parties that became part of local nightlife folklore. His motto at the time was: “They tried to bury us, but they forgot we were seeds.”
In Vietnam, he joined the Banana Hustle crew and contributed to its tropical party identity. His selections began in Techno before broadening through digging for unusual cuts in Afro House, Disco, Funk, global rhythms and Indie Dance.
His diverse taste and reputation as a selecta led to appearances at underground venues including Arcan, The Lighthouse, Broma and the Vitamin D after-parties. Anonymous Z approaches sets non-linearly, often improvising in response to the crowd through tense basslines, playful emotional changes and extended melodic development.
He described this session as “Techno for the Bath”, a tongue-in-cheek description for a slower and deeper set. At tempos below 120 BPM, it draws on Deep Techno and Minimal Techno textures, solid Techno basslines and occasional acid flourishes.
Anonymous Z’s Not So Anonymous episode 05 playlist opens with Fist Crisium’s Appearance on Frame of Mind, an ethereal introduction with the hazy character of lo-fi Australian underground records from the 1990s Bloody Fist era. Mr Tc and Lo Kindre follow with The Storm, Heap’s Neubau remix bringing Peak Time Techno weight to the session through its ambient trance elements.
Pletnev’s My Words Against Your receives Sascha Funke’s Hard Fist rework, a 2019 Russian-Vilnius production with a jerky, cosmic character that acknowledges BPitch Control’s Berlin legacy from the 2000s. Cosmobrown’s Browsers & Sisters then arrives in Dombrance’s Masterman remix, a 2016 French electro-soul turn which shifts the sequence towards House Music.
Shame On Us’ Naam, remixed by Fantastic Man for Hivern Discs, places Balearic percussion beside the psychedelic edge associated with John Talabot, drawing on the Tel-Aviv live trio’s 2018 work. Endora’s Joy follows in Ed Isar’s 33rpm +8% edit, slowing a 1996 Matsuri Goa classic into a more introspective form of Trance.
Jensen Interceptor and Assembler Code’s Drive Shift brings the cold electro character of Mechatronica’s 2018 catalogue, with an edge recalling The Hacker’s metallic approach. Gune Aci’s Fibonnaci, in Uj Pa Gaz’s Esthetique Records remix, follows with Turkish melodic progressions from 2019 before Bozart’s Istanbul À Facette on Azzur moves through psychedelic Italo and cold New Wave references.
Nhar’s Chani’s Acid on Azzur intensifies the acid thread with melodic Techno traits associated with Karelia’s work since 2004, while Shubostar’s Orion Loop receives K-effect’s 2019 uju Records remix. The latter introduces a Soviet sci-fi mood and Nu-Disco detail before Ton Globiter’s Equilibrium, remixed by Connor for Roam Recordings, returns to dark Indie Dance with Lithuanian synth work and the restraint associated with Nein Records.
Ivan De La Rouch’s John Grenades appears in Mufti’s 2019 Logical Records remix, combining erotic downtempo pressure with Madrid dark-disco and EBM touches. Darlyn Vlys’ Ley De Murphy Infinity Sign follows on Stil Vor Talent, carrying the label’s 2018 melodic darkness and the context of Oliver Koletzki’s Berlin imprint, active since 2005.
Hiroshi Watanabe’s Infinity Sign brings acid detail and Japanese psychedelia from Nitelist Music’s 2015 catalogue, with a measured Tech House pulse. Emmanuel Top closes with Radio on Attack Records, ending the programme on the French acid Techno intensity associated with his 1990s work.
Anonymous Z Not So Anonymous episode 05
Fist Crisium - Appearance (Original Mix) [Frame of Mind]
Mr Tc & Lo Kindre - The Storm (Heap Trance Ambiant Remix) [Neubau]
Pletnev - My Words Against Your (Sascha Funke Remix) [Hard Fist]
Cosmobrown - Browsers & Sisters (Dombrance Remix) [Masterman]
Shame On Us - Naam (Fantastic Man Remix) [Hivern Discs]
Endora - Joy (Ed Isar 33rpm + 8% Edit) [PROMO]
Jensen Interceptor & Assembler Code - Drive Shift (Original Mix) [Mechatronica]
Gune Aci - Fibonnaci (Uj Pa Gaz Remix) [Esthetique Records]
Bozart - Istanbul À Facette (Original Mix) [Azzur]
Nhar - Chani's Acid (Original Mix) [Azzur]
Shubostar - Orion Loop (K-effect Remix) [uju Records]
Ton Globiter - Equilibrium (Connor Remix) [Roam Recordings]
Ivan De La Rouch - John Grenades (Mufti Remix) [Logical Records]
Darlyn Vlys - Ley De Murphy Infinity Sign (Original Mix) [Stil Vor Talent]
Hiroshi Watanabe - Infinity Sign (Original Mix) [Nitelist Music]
Emmanuel Top - Radio (Original Mix) [Attack Records]
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