Anonymous Z presents Not So Anonymous episode 33 on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian electronic music radio station, promoter, DJ agency and music-news platform connecting audiences across Asia and internationally.
Anonymous Z is well regarded in Saigon, Vietnam, as the pioneer of Mad Circus parties. He was also the organiser of Bahrain's first underground DJ collective, Glassroom.
Leading a group of people from different nationalities, he organised legal parties, after-parties and, at times, renegade events that became part of local nightlife folklore. His motto then was "They tried to bury us, but they forgot we were seeds".
As part of the Banana Hustle crew's tropical events in Ho Chi Minh City, he helped shape its particular approach. Originally a Techno devotee, he developed a taste for digging out distinctive Afro, House, Disco and Funk records.
His selections move between hand-picked Techno and contemporary Indie Dance. His skills as a disc jockey brought him to underground Vietnamese venues including Arcan, The Lighthouse, Broma and Vitamin D after-parties.
His non-linear sets are often improvised, guided by the crowd and shaped by tense, groove-led bass lines and melodic shifts. He explores world music and early electro while developing his sound over time.
His sets can move towards trippy, dark downtempo with tribal and South American influences, or towards darker Leftfield Electro. Those latter selections can draw on Nu-Disco, Electroclash, Wave, New Beat and Dark Disco.
Anonymous Z's Not So Anonymous episode 33 opens with Parple's El Día Oscuro on Hivern Discs, an Electronica selection. Duncan Gray's Id!r remix of The Twelfth Day, released through Play Pal Music, then introduces an Indie Dance direction.
Ilya Santana's James Rod remix of Electric Mind on Astrolead Recordings brings in Nu-Disco colour. Primo's Night Swimming on Slow Motion follows with a Mainstage classification before Johnny Paguro's Parabolica, also on Slow Motion, returns to Electronica.
Beeech's Italo Happy sits between those early selections and Theus Mago's Curses remix of Carrier People on Feines Tier. Marcello Giordani's Massimiliano Pagliara remix of Chubby Rain, issued by Slow Motion, keeps the Indie Dance thread in place.
Shubostar's Galaxy Express precedes Mmyylo's Gabriel Ferreira remix of Be Mad on Nein Records. The latter brings the programme back to Indie Dance before AFFKT and Darlyn Vlys enter with Le Rendez-Vous on Sincopat.
AFFKT and Darlyn Vlys' Le Rendez-Vous gives the set a Deep House passage. Darlyn Vlys then takes the focus alone on Hypercube, an Indie Dance cut released by Dust & Blood.
Andrem's Rigopolar remix of Ascensión on Play Pal Music leads into DJ Rocca's I:Cube remix of Uros for Roam Recordings. Francisco and Alan1's EUROS EUROS on Slow Motion follows, bringing Electronica back into the later stretch.
Nu Zau's Nuserios comes before N/UM's Theus Mago remix of Induction, released on Duro. Panorama Channel and Pletnev's Black Market Weekdays on Biologic Records gives way to Badmoiselle and Montessori's Dombrance remix of Aircraft Reel on Dogs & Vultures Records, closing with Indie Dance.
Not So Anonymous episode 33
Parple - El Día Oscuro (Original Mix)
Duncan Gray - The Twelfth Day (Id!r Remix)
Ilya Santana - Electric Mind (James Rod Remix)
Primo - Night Swimming (Original Mix)
Johnny Paguro - Parabolica (Original Mix)
Beeech - Italo Happy (Original Mix)
Theus Mago - Carrier People (Curses Remix)
Marcello Giordani - Chubby Rain (Massimiliano Pagliara remix)
Shubostar - Galaxy Express (Original Mix)
Mmyylo - Be Mad (Gabriel Ferreira Remix)
AFFKT & Darlyn Vlys - Le Rendez-Vous (Original Mix)
Darlyn Vlys - Hypercube (Original Mix)
Andrem - Ascensión (Rigopolar Remix)
DJ Rocca - Uros (I:Cube Remix)
Francisco & Alan1 - Euros Euros (Original Mix)
Nu Zau - Nuserios (Original Mix)
N/UM - Induction (Theus Mago Remix)
Panorama Channel, Pletnev - Black Market Weekdays
Badmoiselle, Montessori - Aircraft Reel (Dombrance Remix)
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