Bipolar Bear and guest G Nomad present BADABOOM 05, episode 144 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.
This edition brings together the founders of the Badaboom party concept, host Bipolar Bear and G Nomad, for a back-to-back selection. Their choices range from Afro-deep house and global electronic music to cosmic disco, in keeping with the spirit of their events.
Bipolar Bear, real name Stefan Paunescu, is a Romanian DJ from the small provincial city of Craiova in the south of the country. As a teenager in a small former Eastern Bloc city, he found options for buying cutting-edge music scarce, while MTV supplied many of the musical influences available across former USSR countries.
The development of the internet gave the teenage Bipolar Bear access to many different genres as the digital music revolution unfolded. With a passion for producing and playing quality music, he builds eclectic sets intended to guide an audience through his selections.
After leaving Romania on furlough, he began carving his way through Manchester's music scene as a DJ and producer. His project Odwana combined electronic dance music with world sounds, African percussion and empowering vocals, gaining attention on the UK festival circuit and marking the start of a new direction.
At the beginning of 2019, he relocated to Da Nang, Vietnam, and established the party brand Badaboom with fellow DJ G Nomad. The pair aimed to raise the profile of the Central Vietnam party scene through events and a radio show designed to share music with a community of like-minded people.
Badaboom draws on a wide range of music, from funk, soul and rare groove to experimental electronic material. Its radio shows carry the same approach as its events, bringing varied selections to its audience.
Da Nang-based French DJ and producer G Nomad, also known as Gigimix, had spent the previous decade establishing himself on the Vietnamese scene. Growing up with turntablism at his heart, the committed record digger holds an impressive collection of House, Disco, Funk, Hip-Hop, Reggae and electronic music.
Since 2012, G Nomad has played more than 1,000 shows across France, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia and South Africa. He also founded the Vietnam-based Banana Hustle DJ crew and Da Nang's Badaboom music collective.
For this episode, the two Badaboom residents explore global house and electronic music informed by African, Latin American and Middle Eastern musical references. The result is a melodic programme that moves between edited classics, club material and more exploratory selections.
Bipolar Bear and G Nomad's BADABOOM 05 episode opens with Son Palenque's Aloito Pio in the Novalima remix before Balla Et Ses Balladins' Nyo, in Ben Gomori's Nyo-Pop Edit on Sterns Edits, introduces Afro House. Adesse Versions follows with Sistem on Razor-N-Tape, while Cults' Mike Simonetti remix of Offering on Future Disco brings an Indie Dance edge.
Master's Sevi Edit of Eshkhemet makes way for Khotin's Force of Nature remix of Aloe Drink, released by Public Release Recordings, in House Music territory. XOA's Mass Edit then precedes Omar Souleyman's Crackboy remix of Shift al mani on Versatile Records, which raises the pace with Peak Time Techno.
Majid Bekkas' Cervo Edit of Mrhaba on Banana Hill returns to Afro House, followed by Moroka's Ease Me Up on Etoro Records. Paul Older's Kuma Kuma, released through Furious Mandrill Records, supplies a Nu-Disco turn before Calypso Rose's Mo Laudi remix of Calypso Queen on Maturity Music and Stonetree Music Inc restores the house pulse.
Nickodemus' Invisible Cities in the Sol Power All Stars remix leads into Casino Times' Kawai on Mireia, returning to Indie Dance. Alexandro Korzh's Night Life on GO RECORDS then introduces Progressive House before Red Axes' Phu Quoc on !K7 Records and Gaijin Blues' Metal Gear Rex on Shapes of Rhythm bring the selection back to house-rooted material.
Emmanuel Jal and Nyaruach's Musumeci Body&Soul remix of Ti Chuong on MoBlack Records returns to Afro House, followed by Sounder Sons' Respect the Funk. Teen Daze's Forest at Dawn on Lefse Records gives way to Afrosideral's Oggun Onile on Wonderwheel Recordings, where the set settles into Deep House.
Penya's Dengue Dengue Dengue remix of Search It Out on On The Corner Records adds a Latin Electronic accent before Afriquoi's Acid Attack on Mawimbi returns to Afro House. Nahawa Doumbi's Ben Gomori Edit of Sigi Sele on Sterns Edits, Camilo Sanclemente's From Te Sky on Freegrant Music and Nyaruach's Hyenah Beat Version of Gatluak on MoBlack Records close the programme through house, progressive house and Afro House.
BADABOOM 05 11th of May 2020
Bipolar Bear (first hour)
Son Palenque - Aloito Pio (Novalima Remix)
Balla Et Ses Balladins - Nyo (Ben Gomori's Nyo-Pop Edit)
Adesse Versions - Sistem
cults - Offering (Mike Simonetti Remix)
Master - Eshkhemet (Sevi Edit)
Khotin - Aloe Drink (Force of Nature Remix)
XOA - Mass (Edit)
Omar Souleyman - Shift al mani (Crackboy Remix)
Majid Bekkas - Mrhaba (Cervo Edit)
Moroka - Ease Me Up (Officer Abraham)
Paul Older - Kuma Kuma
Calypso Rose - Calypso Queen (Mo Laudi Remix)
G Nomad (second hour)
Nickodemus - Invisible Cities (Sol Power all Stars Remx)
Casino Times - Kawai
Alexandro Korzh - Night Life
Red Axes - Phu Quoc
Gaijin Blues - Metal gear Rex
Emmanuel Jal & Nyaruach - Ti Chuong (Musumeci Body&Soul Remix)
Sounder Sons - Respect the Funk
Teen Daze - Forest at Dawn
Afrosideral - Oggun Onile
Kenya - Search it Out (Dengue Dengue Dengue Remix)
Afriquoi - Acid Attack
Nahawa Doumbi - Sigi Sele (Ben Gomori Edit)
Camilo Sanclemente - From Te Sky
Nyaruach - Gatluak (Hyenah beat Version)
Listen On Mixcloud Here.