Anonymous Z presents Not So Anonymous episode 1 on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia is an electronic music radio station, DJ agency, promoter and music-news platform connecting audiences across Asia and internationally.
Anonymous Z is best known in Saigon, Vietnam, as the founder of the legendary Mad Circus Epic parties, which became a defining force within the city’s underground nightlife. He also established Bahrain’s first underground DJ collective, Glassroom, bringing together a diverse community of artists and music lovers.
Leading this group of like-minded misfits, he organised sanctioned and unsanctioned parties and after-parties that are still remembered as pivotal moments in the local scene. The gatherings helped establish a space for artists and music lovers outside conventional nightlife settings.
Guided by his motto, “They tried to bury us, but they forgot we were seeds,” he aligned himself with the Banana Hustle crew. He contributed to their tropical aesthetic and high-energy sound.
Although originally rooted in Techno, Anonymous Z developed a deeper interest in digging across genres and sharing rare records through his selections, including Afro-rooted sounds, House, Disco and Funk. Alongside these records, he includes contemporary Techno and emerging Indie Dance in his sets.
His reputation as a skilled selector has seen him play at underground venues including Arcan, The Lighthouse, and the Broma and Vitamin D after-parties. His performances are non-linear and largely improvised, responding instinctively to the dancefloor rather than following a fixed plan.
Moving fluidly across styles, his sets feature tense, groove-led basslines, cinematic melodies and emotionally charged sequencing. This set pays tribute to Disco in a non-conventional underground form, combining classic electronic anthems with newer productions.
Anonymous Z’s Not So Anonymous episode 1 set opens with Newcleus’s Jam On It in its Chicken Lips Drum Deluxe version on MB Disco, before Dionigi’s Extra Light on Quantistic Division brings Nu-Disco into focus. Stereocalypse’s Lone Solo Drummer on Innervisions adds a spacious Deep House feel, while Todd Terje’s Delorean Drums on Olsen Records introduces percussive Indie Dance alongside Red Axes’s Sound Test on Permanent Vacation.
Dionigi’s Cosmic All Night on Quantistic Division and Dawad’s Ike on SSOH Music sustain the off-centre electronic mood before Lifelike’s The Chase on Computer Science returns to sleek disco-informed forms. Mugwump’s Das Nacht Ist Kuhl on Subfield brings in House Music, then Pardon Moi’s Rodeo Star on Nein Records adds a Mainstage edge.
Javier Busto and Mufti’s Dosis, in Jason Peters’s remix on Espacio Cielo, moves through synth-led club music before Blancmange’s Kincaid remix of This Is The Time on Blanc Check Records changes the texture. Carolayn Luf’s Cordyceps on Nein Records leads into Lion’s Drums’ Onwere on Macadam Mambo, where Breaks meet Yuksek’s house-led I Don’t Have A Drum Machine on Partyfine.
Ekambi Brillant’s Afrika Afrika, reworked by John Talabot and Pional for Soundway Records, introduces African-influenced rhythms before Freudenthal’s Italo Brutalo remix of So Tief on Nein Records tightens the synthesiser focus. Lindstrøm’s Todd Terje remix of Another Station on Smalltown Supersound and The Ogyatanaa Show Band’s Quantic mix of Disco Africa on Soundway Records carry that connection forward into Die Orangen’s Fabrizio Mammarella remix of Oodnadatta Rain on Malka Tuti.
Yello’s Wall Street Bongo, a B-side from Tied Up on Mercury Records, opens the final passage with experimental Electronica. Mugwump’s Stanza on Subfield and HNNY’s Jacques Renault edit of Hotline Riddim on Let’s Play House precede Guy Gerber’s Stoppage Time on Bedrock Records, which brings a measured Progressive House groove.
Joseeph’s Detweller on Nein Records keeps the final sequence spare before Italoconnection’s Humanize, featuring Francesca Gastaldi and issued by Bordello A Parigi, returns to an Italo Disco style. Lion’s Drums’ Naa on Macadam Mambo then gives way to Laurent Garnier’s Gnanmankoudi in its Original Broken Afro Mix on F Communications, closing the set with broken Afro-inflected rhythm.
Anonymous Z Not So Anonymous 1
Newcleus - Jam On It (Chicken Lips Drum Deluxe!) [MB Disco]
Dionigi - Extra Light (Original Mix) [Quantistic Division]
Stereocalypse - Lone Solo Drummer (Original Mix) [Innervisions]
Todd Terje - Delorean Drums (Original Mix) [Olsen Records]
Red Axes - Sound Test (Original Mix) [Permanent Vacation]
Dionigi - Cosmic All Night (Original Mix) [Quantistic Division]
Dawad - Ike (Original Mix) [SSOH Music]
Lifelike - The Chase (Extended Mix) [Computer Science]
Mugwump - Das Nacht Ist Kuhl (Original Mix) [Subfield]
Pardon Moi - Rodeo Star (Original Mix) [Nein Records]
Javier Busto - Dosis Feat. Mufti (Jason Peters Remix) [Espacio Cielo]
Blancmange - This Is The Time (Kincaid Remix) [Blanc Check Records]
Carolayn Luf - Cordyceps (Original Mix) [Nein Records]
Lion's Drums - Onwere (Original Mix) [Macadam Mambo]
Yuksek - I Don't Have A Drum Machine (Original Mix) [Partyfine]
Ekambi Brillant - Afrika Afrika (John Talabot & Pional "Lost Script" Rerub) [Soundway Records]
Freudenthal - So Tief (Italo Brutalo Remix) [Nein Records]
Lindstrøm - Another Station (Todd Terje Remix) [Smalltown Supersound]
The Ogyatanaa Show Band - Disco Africa (Quantic Mix) [Soundway Records]
Die Orangen - Oodnadatta Rain (Fabrizio Mammarella Remix) [Malka Tuti]
Yello - Wall Street Bongo (B-side From Tied Up) [Mercury Records]
Mugwump - Stanza (Original Mix) [Subfield]
HNNY - Hotline Riddim (Jacques Renault Edit) [Let's Play House]
Guy Gerber - Stoppage Time (Original Mix) [Bedrock Records]
Joseeph - Detweller (Original Mix) [Nein Records]
Italoconnection - Humanize (Italoconnection Disco Mix) Feat. Francesca Gastaldi [Bordello A Parigi]
Lion's Drums - Naa (Original Mix) [Macadam Mambo]
Laurent Garnier - Gnanmankoudi (Original Broken Afro Mix) [F Communications]
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