Anonymous Z presents Not So Anonymous episode 39 on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian electronic music radio station, DJ agency, promoter and music-news platform connecting audiences across Asia and internationally.
Anonymous Z is widely esteemed in Saigon, Vietnam, for spearheading the Mad Circus parties. He has also been described as a promoter of mayhem to the soul and organised Bahrain's first underground DJ collective, Glassroom.
He led an international group of misfits through parties and after-parties that were both legal and, at times, renegade, becoming part of local nightlife lore. His mantra during that period resonated with defiance: "They tried to bury us, but they forgot we were seeds."
With the Banana Hustle crew, Anonymous Z helped shape the atmosphere of their tropical events in Ho Chi Minh City. Initially associated with techno, he broadened his selections to include Afro, house, disco and funk while searching for distinctive records.
He contributes selections of techno and contemporary independent dance tracks to the collective. His prowess as a disc jockey has brought invitations to underground venues in Vietnam, including Arcan, The Lighthouse, Broma and Vitamin D after-parties.
His non-linear sets are often improvised in response to the crowd, combining tense and groovy basslines with epic melodic storytelling. He defines his sound through world music and an exploration of electro's roots.
At times, his sets enter trippy, dark downtempo territory with tribal and South American influences. At others, he combines Leftfield Electro with independent dance, Nu-Disco, Electroclash, New Wave, Wave, New Beat, Dark Wave and Dark Disco.
His experience in the underground scenes of the Middle East and Vietnam informs an appreciation for dark, hypnotic rhythms. Ethnic sounds, epic synths, tense basslines and percussion are recurring elements in music made for the dance floor.
Anonymous Z's Not So Anonymous episode 39 opens with Ivan De La Rouch's Never Forgive in Dawad's remix on Logical Records, an Indie Dance introduction. Mántas & Venclà follow with Friendly Fire and Sun, with the former appearing on N I G H T N O I S E and identified as Premiere in the available track data.
Tulioxi's The Japanese Message on Slow Motion and Roliva's Ruido Capital on N I G H T N O I S E keep the early section focused on Indie Dance. Pino's Thorn introduces Electronica through N I G H T N O I S E before Kairos' Omega Style and Panthera Krause's Shubostar remix of J'ai Envie De Toi on Riotvan return to the programme's central style.
Theatre Of Delays' Madness, in A Copycat's remix with Ama, leads into Andrew Claristidge and Léonard De Léonard's Le Diamant Vert. Mila Dietrich's Surenchère Paranoiaque on N I G H T N O I S E brings a confirmed Peak Time Techno passage.
Murat Uncuoglu's Secret History on Engrave LTD and The Soviet Union's Vosferbank on Sinchi return the selection to Indie Dance. Vini Pistori's Sentimental Space Disco on Paradiso Records and Silicodisco's Theus Mago remix of 4 Only on Penrose Records extend that approach.
Endrik Schroeder's The Quest on Bordello A Parigi is followed by Biesmans' Top Gun II on Aeon. Dance Station's Roliva remix of Beige & Yello then gives way to Adwer's Fabrizio Mammarella remix of Music in Everything, released through Clash Lion.
Biesmans' Phunkadelica re-interpretation of Dr. Electric precedes Andrew Claristidge and Workerpoor's Soviet Union remix of Slow Uppercut, followed by Melokolektiv, Konvex and The Shadow's Johannes Albert remix of Beachfires. The programme closes with The White Shadow's Mila Dietrich remix of Cosmo on Nagual Research, a confirmed Progressive House final record.
Not So Anonymous episode 39
Ivan De La Rouch - Never Forgive (Dawad Remix)
Mántas & Venclà - Friendly Fire
Mántas & Venclà - Sun (Original Mix)
Tulioxi - The Japanese Message (Original Mix)
Roliva - Ruido Capital (Original Mix)
Pino - Thorn (Original Mix)
Kairos - Omega Style (Original Mix)
Panthera Krause - J'ai Envie De Toi (Shubostar Remix)
Theatre Of Delays - Madness (A Copycat Remix) Feat. Ama
Andrew Claristidge & Léonard De Léonard - Le Diamant Vert (Original Mix)
Mila Dietrich - Surenchère Paranoiaque (Original Mix)
Murat Uncuoglu - Secret History (Original Mix)
The Soviet Union - Vosferbank (Original Mix)
Vini Pistori - Sentimental Space Disco (Original Mix)
Silicodisco - 4 Only (Theus Mago Remix)
Endrik Schroeder - The Quest (Original Mix)
Biesmans - Top Gun Ii (Original Mix)
Dance Station - Beige & Yello (Roliva Remix) (Roliva)
Adwer - Music In Everything (Fabrizio Mammarella Remix)
Biesmans - Dr. Electric (Phunkadelica Re-interpretation)
Andrew Claristidge, Workerpoor - Slow Uppercut (The Soviet Union Remix)
Melokolektiv & Konvex & The Shadow - Beachfires (Johannes Albert Remix)
The White Shadow (Fr) - Cosmo (Mila Dietrich Remix)
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