Anonymous Z announces playlist for Not So Anonymous 44

Anonymous Z has revealed the playlist for the forthcoming Not So Anonymous 44 show on Scientific Sound Asia. The platform operates as an online electronic music radio station, promoter and DJ agency, catering to local and expatriate audiences across Asia while also publishing music news.

Anonymous Z is widely known in Saigon, Vietnam, as the founder of the Mad Circus parties. He previously organised Glassroom, Bahrain’s first underground DJ collective, bringing together an international group of artists and nightlife figures.

Through Glassroom, he put together legal parties and renegade after-parties that became part of local nightlife folklore. His motto during that period was, “They tried to bury us, but they forgot we were seeds.”

After becoming part of the Banana Hustle crew in Ho Chi Minh City, he helped shape the collective’s tropical event identity. Originally focused on Techno, he later expanded his digging into Afro, House, Disco and Funk.

His selections bring together hand-picked Techno, current Indie Dance and music drawn from a wider underground spectrum. This approach has taken him into recognised venues in Vietnam, including Arcan, The Lighthouse, Broma and Vitamin D after-parties.

Anonymous Z’s sets are often improvised and non-linear, shaped by the crowd rather than fixed structures. Tense basslines, groove-led rhythms and melodic storytelling sit at the centre of his style.

Over time, he has developed a sound that moves through World Music influences and early forms of electronic music. His darker sets can move into trippy Downtempo, tribal percussion, South American influences and leftfield club sounds.

He also explores darker groove-led selections built from Leftfield Electro, Indie Dance, Nu Disco, Electroclash, New Wave, New Beat, Dark Wave and Dark Disco. His wider archive can be followed through SoundCloud and Mixcloud.

Anonymous Z presents Not So Anonymous episode 44 with a selection centred on Dark Disco, Indie Dance, Nu Disco, Synth-pop and EBM. Linda Lamb opens with Hot Room in the Tiga remix and Ed Isar Steam Room Edit, placing the first track inside Synth-pop through its documented release style.

Kris Baha’s Beatthemachine follows, moving the programme into EBM and industrial-influenced club music through the producer’s darkwave and electro background. Medlar’s Shake It in the Mytron and Ofofo remix then shifts into Nu Disco / Disco, giving the opening section a brighter electronic groove.

Course Correction’s The Tunguska Event in the Mr BC remix brings the show into Dark Disco through a slow-burning and mechanical club structure. Rich Lane’s Shelves in the Cotton Bud Dub then moves towards Indie Dance, adding a reduced and dubwise club feel.

Detriti Records’ Le Gouffre in Yan Wagner’s Belgian Trip Club Edit keeps the mix inside a darker electronic space, shaped by new wave and body-music influence. Tulioxi’s You Are Bad Luck in the Freudenthal remix then returns the show to Indie Dance through the Night Noise and Freudenthal connection.

Canibal Ink’s The Bible Kills restores the Dark Disco line with a heavier and more shadowed club sound. Cosmo Vitelli’s The Shy Dictator then moves back into Indie Dance, bringing a leftfield French electronic character into the middle section.

Beyond The Struttosphere’s New Frontier shifts the programme towards Nu Disco, balancing the darker tracks with a cosmic disco tone. Guyd’s Crossing and Yuki Tosaya’s Moonflowers in the Plastico remix then keep the set inside Indie Dance, adding rhythm-led and melodic club movement.

Freudenthal’s Rapax Apicem returns the set to Dark Disco, using a tense and pulsing structure suited to the episode’s darker centre. Teniente Castillo and Mufti then deepen that thread with A Bit Of Sickness in the Colossio remix, keeping the sound synthetic, slow and heavy.

Bozart’s Dance And Trance brings the set back towards Nu Disco / Disco, adding a more open club pulse before Mufti’s Each Other moves into Melodic House and Techno through its confirmed Beatport listing. Pino’s Thorn in the Freudenthal remix then restores the Dark Disco atmosphere before the final run.

Duncan Gray’s The Weak Nuclear Force introduces a Tici Taci-linked Indie Dance entry, with the label context connecting it to the slower, leftfield club sound of the episode. Rodion and La Royale’s Chamorro Tomorrow and Fat and Bald’s XYZ Problems then continue the Indie Dance direction with a more eccentric electronic tone.

Pardon Moi’s Inside The Outside in the Low Manuel remix keeps the late section close to Indie Dance and 80s electronic disco, matching the wider release context around the project. Depeche Mode close the episode with Enjoy The Silence in remix form, returning the final track to Synth-pop after a route through Dark Disco, EBM, Nu Disco and leftfield club music.

Anonymous Z Not So Anonymous episode 44

Linda Lamb - Hot Room (Tiga Remix - Ed Isar Steam Room Edit)

Kris Baha - Beatthemachine (Original Mix)

Medlar - Shake It (Mytron & Ofofo Remix)

Course Correction - The Tunguska Event (Mr BC Remix)

Rich Lane - Shelves (Cotton Bud Dub)

Detriti Records - Le Gouffre (Yan Wagner Belgian Trip Club Edit)

Tulioxi - You Are Bad Luck (Freudenthal Remix)

Canibal Ink - The Bible Kills (Original Mix)

Cosmo Vitelli - The Shy Dictator (Original Mix)

Beyond The Struttosphere - New Frontier

Guyd - Crossing (Original Mix)

Yuki Tosaya - Moonflowers (Plastico Remix)

Freudenthal - Rapax Apicem (Original Mix)

Teniente Castillo, Mufti - A Bit Of Sickness (Colossio Remix)

Bozart - Dance And Trance (Original Mix)

Mufti - Each Other (Original Mix)

Pino - Thorn (Freudenthal Remix)

Duncan Gray - The Weak Nuclear Force (Original Mix)

Rodion & La Royale - Chamorro Tomorrow (Original Mix)

Fat & Bald - XYZ Problems (Original Mix)

Pardon Moi - Inside The Outside (Low Manuel Remix)

Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence (Remix)

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