Anonymous Z presents Not So Anonymous 23 on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia is an electronic music radio station, promoter and music-news platform connecting audiences across Asia and internationally.
Anonymous Z is mostly famous in Saigon, Vietnam, for founding the Mad Circus Epic parties. He also founded Glassroom, Bahrain's first underground DJ community, bringing together a group of misfits from different backgrounds to organise legal and illegal parties and after-parties remembered by the local nightlife.
His motto then was "They tried to bury us, but they forgot we were seeds". After joining the Banana Hustle crew in their punchy tropical frenzy, he helped develop its unique vibe and, as an original Techno head, developed a taste for digging out distinctive Afro, House, Disco and Funk records.
He adds hand-picked Techno and recent Indie Dance to his selections, while his strong abilities as a selecta opened the doors to underground venues including Arcan, The Lighthouse, Broma and Vitamin D after-parties. His non-linear sets are often improvised and driven by the dancefloor, moving through varied styles with tense, groovy bass lines and melodic storytelling that plays with emotion.
He explores world music and the earliest age of electro as his artistic identity develops over time. The result ranges from trippy, dark downtempo sets with tribal and South American influence to darker, groove-led Leftfield Electro infused with Nu Disco, Electroclash, Wave, New Beat and Dark Disco.
For this edition of Not So Anonymous, Anonymous Z explored Dark Electro, Dark Techno and Dark Ambient in a Halloween set. The playlist moves through a shadowed selection of club music and more atmospheric material.
Anonymous Z's Not So Anonymous show 23 opens with Michele Mininni's Aspera, the Dreems Remix 3 on LTP, establishing an Indie Dance direction. Slikback's Bantu Zen on Hakuna Kulala brings in Breaks, before Trentemøller's The Very Last Resort on Poker Flat Recordings turns towards Ambient / Experimental territory.
Trentemøller's Evil Dub, also on Poker Flat Recordings, sustains the ambient and experimental tension later in the opening stretch. Marcus Worgull's Skango on Innervisions introduces Melodic House and Techno, while Internal N.Y. Rhythms' Poli-Ritmo II on Optimo Music Digital Danceforce supplies Afro House.
Radial Gaze's Shamaniac Movement Remix of Sui Generis Nomen on Esthetique Records brings a darker, Dark Disco edge to the programme. Jamie Paton's Multi Culti Self Help Mix of Syrens on Multi Culti then eases into Deep House, before ANII's Man Power Remix of Magic on Aeon returns to Indie Dance.
Damon Jee's Myst on Factor City and Back From The Wave's Bakchich Vaudoo on Critical Monday keep the mid-set focused on Indie Dance. Kalipo and Local Suicide's Radial Gaze Remix of Crocodile, released by Hold Your Ground, introduces Electro (Classic / Detroit / Modern) to the later sequence.
Vicky Montefusco's Andy Martin Remix of You Know That I Know You on Nein Records raises the intensity with Peak Time Techno. Javier Gonzalez and The Organism follow with Voodoo on Monza Ibiza Records, shifting the set into Progressive House.
Blowender's Damon Jee Remix of The Phase on Blindetonation returns the focus to Indie Dance. Herzog and Aurich close with The Machine on Critical Monday, leaving the set in the same dark, club-facing territory established at the start.
Not So Anonymous episode 23
Michele Mininni - Aspera (Dreems Remix 3)
Slikback - Bantu Zen (Original Mix)
Trentemøller - The Very Last Resort (Original Mix)
Molokow [Zelabim] - Hell's Island (Original Mix)
Trentemøller - Evil Dub (Original Mix)
Idjut Boys - Lovehunter Dub (Original Mix)
Marcus Worgull - Skango (Original Mix)
Internal N.Y. Rhythms - Poli-Ritmo II (Original Mix)
Radial Gaze - Sui Generis Nomen (The Shamaniac Movement Remix)
Jamie Paton - Syrens (Multi Culti Self Help Mix)
Anii - Magic (Man Power Remix)
Damon Jee - Myst (Original Mix)
Back From The Wave - Bakchich Vaudoo (Original Mix)
Terry Whyte - Manana (Skelesys Remix)
Renato Ratier - Driver (Original Mix)
Kalipo & Local Suicide - Crocodile (Radial Gaze Remix)
Pete Herbert - Kick the Habit (DaWad Remix)
Vicky Montefusco - You Know That I Know You (Andy Martin Remix)
Javier Gonzalez & The Organism - Voodoo (Original Mix)
Blowender - The Phase (Damon Jee Remix)
Herzog & Aurich - The Machine (Original Mix)
Listen on Mixcloud here.