Anonymous Z presents Not So Anonymous 18 on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian electronic music radio station, promoter and music-news platform connecting audiences across Asia and internationally.
Anonymous Z is mostly famous in Saigon, Vietnam, as the founder of Mad Circus Epic parties. He also founded Glassroom, Bahrain’s first underground DJ community, and became known as an organiser of mayhem.
Leading a group of misfits from varied backgrounds, he organised legal and unlicensed parties and after-parties that local nightlife still recalls as legendary. His motto at the time was "They tried to bury us, but they forgot we were seeds".
After joining the Banana Hustle crew in its punchy tropical frenzy, he helped develop its distinctive vibe. Originally a Techno head, he developed a taste for digging out distinctive Afro, House, Disco and Funk records.
He rounds out those selections with hand-picked Techno and recent Indie Dance. His strong abilities as a selecta led to appearances at underground venues including Arcan, The Lighthouse, Broma and Vitamin D after-parties.
His non-linear sets are often improvised and shaped by the dance floor across several musical styles. He favours tense, grooving basslines and epic, playful melodic storytelling that works with changing emotions.
Guest DJ Mihow.
For this 18th edition of Not So Anonymous, Anonymous Z delegates the whole show to his Australian musical Alter Ego, Mihow. Nomadic button pusher, Mihow is not tied down by genre but only steered by the vibe presented to him.
He loves to serve up various soundscapes but is particularly fond of groovy rhythms, psychedelic soundscapes and crunchy overdriven synth bass lines. He bides his time between storytelling and performing across Melbourne, Australia.
Anonymous Z's Not So Anonymous show 18 opens with Iñigo Vontier’s Namaste and JP Soul’s Morning Shivers, placing Indie Dance selections from Calypso Records and Roam Recordings at the front. Ali X x Ximena’s Thomass Jackson remix of Bitches In My House brings Electro through Bottom Forty Records, before C.L.A.W.S.’ Black Magik Carpet Ride II on Squirrels on Film pushes into Peak Time Techno and Yuksek and Fatnotronic’s Bateu on Partyfine supplies Electronica.
Roe Deers’ Mytron & Ofofo remix of Drunk Like A Cowboy and Damon Jee and Snem K’s Dear Humans, both from Rotten City Files, return to Indie Dance. Aurum Miles’ Kuunde Doesn’t Sleep remix of Don’t Touch My Synths is a Premiere on Esthetique Records, while Sunmantra’s Timothy Clerkin remix of Esoteric on Roam Recordings and KimoKal’s Sunmantra remix of Adiamo on Double Deer Records sustain the electronic focus.
Theus Mago’s Brioski remix of Erotic Polymorphic Experience on Roam Recordings gives way to Random Atlas’s Modern Blind, bringing a Dark Disco edge. Nasty Thoughts’ Acid Sex on ArtFabric introduces New Beat before Roe Deers’ Niv Ast remix of Aerobica on Playground Records turns towards Nu-Disco.
Durand’s Fripoli on Esthetique Records keeps the indiedance thread in place, followed by Pardon Moi’s Markus Gibb remix of Power to the People on Roam Recordings. Javier Busto’s Azaria remix of Inside, also on Roam Recordings, adds Darkwave before Curses’ Dead Last on Relish returns to the programme’s Indie Dance foundation.
Younger Than Me’s Curses remix of No Regrets on Nein Records follows the unclassified Soufi entry, keeping the darker club sensibility intact. Man2.0’s The Absolute Pain of Not Being in Your Arms on Roam Recordings then leads into Mijo and Local Suicide’s Mexico City version of Ganz Falsch on Iptamenos Discos.
Near the close, Guyd’s Corresponsal remix of So Far, So Good on Esthetique Records returns to Dark Disco, while K-Effect and Voin’s Machinegewehr remix of Shock Therapy on Esthetique Records brings Italo-Disco into the mix. Dionigi’s Damon Jee remix of Dancing on Quantistic Division precedes Roe Deers’ Markus Gibb remix of Kukushka on Magic Feet, ending the documented sequence with Techno.
DJ Mihow Not So Anonymous episode 18
Iñigo Vontier - Namaste (Original Mix)
JP Soul - Morning Shivers (Original Mix)
Ali X x Ximena - Bitches In My House (Thomass Jackson Remix)
C.L.A.W.S. - Black Magik Carpet Ride II
Balam - Yucatan United Colors of Rhythm (Original Mix)
Yuksek, Fatnotronic - Bateu (Original Mix)
Inigo Vontier - Cha Cha Cha (Original Mix)
Roe Deers - Drunk Like A Cowboy (Mytron & Ofofo Remix)
Damon Jee, Snem K - Dear Humans (Original Mix)
Aurum Miles - Don't Touch My Synths (Kuunde Doesn't Sleep Remix) [Esthetique Records]
Sunmantra - Esoteric (Timothy Clerkin Remix)
KimoKal - Adiamo (Sunmantra Remix)
Theus Mago - Erotic Polymorphic Experience (Brioski Remix)
Random Atlas - Modern Blind (Original Mix)
Nasty Thoughts - Acid Sex (Acid Version)
JP Soul, Harway Bros, In Flagranti, Thomass Jackson - Might as Well (Original Mix)
Roe Deers - Aerobica (Niv Ast Remix)
Durand - Fripoli (Original Mix)
Pardon Moi - Power to the People (Markus Gibb Remix)
Javier Busto - Inside (Azaria Remix)
Curses - Dead Last
Soufi - Tiempp De Maldad (Freudenthal Remix)
Younger Than Me - No Regrets (Curses Remix)
Night Noise - Lost In Orion (Corresponsal Remix)
Man2.0 - The Absoulte Pain of Not Being in Your Arms (Original Mix)
Sons Of Abudhabi - Sheik Ahmed (AlJafar) (RFX Dark Edit)
Mijo + Local Suicide - Ganz Falsch (Mexico City Version)
Cornelius Doctor - Free Edit Serie #14
Guyd - So Far, So Good (Corresponsal Remix)
K-Effect & Voin - Shock Therapy (Machinegewehr Remix)
Dionigi - Dancing (Damon Jee Remix)
Roe Deers - Kukushka (Markus Gibb Remix)
Prisoner Of Society - The Living End (Original Mix)
Listen on Mixcloud here.