Bipolar Bear and guest G Nomad present Badaboom 08 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 Badaboom founders Bipolar Bear and G Nomad for a back-to-back selection shaped by their party concept. The pair draw on Afro-deep house, global tech and cosmic disco rhythms.
Bipolar Bear, real name Stefan Paunescu, is a Romanian DJ from the small provincial city of Craiova in the south of the country. Growing up there presented difficulties for the teenage Stefan, as options for buying cutting-edge music were scarce and, as in many former USSR countries, MTV was a major musical influence.
With the birth and subsequent development of the internet, the teenage Bipolar Bear was able to explore many different genres and watch the digital revolution in music unfold. With a genuine passion for producing and playing quality music, Romanian DJ and producer Bipolar Bear builds eclectic sets intended to guide an audience through his selections.
His aim is to spread positive energy through his work. After leaving Romania and carving his way into 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.
At the beginning of 2019, he relocated to Da Nang, Vietnam, and set up the party brand Badaboom with fellow DJ G Nomad, with the aim of developing Central Vietnam's party scene. The Badaboom Radio Show follows the spirit of their events by sharing music with a community of like-minded people.
The programme ranges from funk, soul and rare groove to more experimental electronic music. This broad approach also informs the pair's Badaboom events.
For the last decade, Da Nang-based French DJ and producer G Nomad, also known as Gigimix, has worked to establish himself on the Vietnamese scene. Growing up with turntablism at the centre of his interests, this natural-born 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 founded the Vietnam-based Banana Hustle DJ crew as well as Da Nang's Badaboom music collective.
Badaboom emerged from a shared passion for music and the energy of bringing people together. The collective seeks to offer different experiences and promote quality music across cultural backgrounds and social boundaries.
Founded by G Nomad and Bipolar Bear, Badaboom brings together two music collectors and party starters with more than a decade of international experience. Their approach favours music that is groovy, edgy and outside expectations.
Bipolar Bear and G Nomad's Badaboom 08 episode opens with Maajo's Yara Mantra on Maajo Tropical, establishing a Deep House foundation. Just Baker's Dreamin' on Honey Butter Records then introduces an Indie Dance edge before Art Of Tones' Radio Hustle on Local Talk brings in House Music.
Fabro's Rafael Cancian remix of Summer Grooving, issued through About Disco Compilations, keeps the house momentum in place. LP Martin's Cache on Discoweey and Fizzikx's Calling You on Sundries Digital shift the selection towards Nu-Disco textures.
Scruscru & Jehan's Joe Corti remix of Teuf De Ouf on Ravanelli Disco Club returns to Deep House, followed by Art Of Tones' Have Fun For A Little on Local Talk. Javonntte's Piano Man on Open Sound extends that deep-house passage before Boddhi Satva's Mama Kosa on Offering Recordings restores the Nu-Disco focus.
Pablo Fierro, Mr Raoul and K B'utiza's Ancestral on Compost brings Afro House into the programme. Rulefinn's Kjempegreie on Whiskey Disco follows, while Dennis Ferrer's Wolf Story remix of Dem People Go on Nite Grooves returns to House Music.
Mezomo's Zimbabwe on Get Physical Music sustains the Afro House direction, before Whitesquare's Solivagant on Gruuv and Bosq's Tumbalá on Cafe del Mar Music move back through Deep House. Malena's More Afro on Freestyle Records introduces a trap element without interrupting the set's dancefloor focus.
Soundspecies and Ache Meyi's Ron Trent remix of Alina's Calypso on Manana Records adds a bass-and-club dimension, while Chevals' Saturn on Tropical Disco Records supplies Dance Music energy. The closing stretch includes DJ Snatch's Disco Calypso, then Buena Vista Social Club's Mo Laudi remix of Calypso Queen, ending the programme with calypso-inflected material.
BADABOOM 08 15th of June 2020
G Nomad (first hour)
Maajo - Yara Mantra
Just Baker - Dreamin'
Art Of Tones - Radio Hustle (Original Mix)
New York Disco Orchestra - It's True (Pr's Edit)
Fabro - Summer Grooving (Rafael Cancian Remix)
LP Martin - Cache
Fizzikx - Calling You
Scruscru & Jehan - Teuf De Ouf (Joe Corti Remix)
Art Of Tones - Have Fun For A Little
Javonntte - Piano Man (Original Mix)
Jimpster - One (Feat. Casamena) (Original Mix)
Boddhi Satva - Mama Kosa
Pablo Fierro, Mr Raoul, K B'utiza - Ancestral
Rulefinn - Kjempegreie
Bipolar Bear (second hour)
Dennis Ferrer - Dam People Go (Wolf Story Remix)
Joe T Vanelli - Matinee
Mezomo - Zimbabwe
Whitesquare - Solivagant
Bosq - Tumbala
Simon Lee, Raj Gupta - Azteca (Dj Eastman Edit)
Malena - More Afro
Soundspecies, Ache Meyi - Alina’s Calypso (Ron Trent Remix)
Chevals - Saturn
Sivuca - Ain’t No Sunshine (Casbah 73 Remix)
Jestofunk, Jocelyn Brown - Special Love(Mickey More & Andy Tee Remix)
Mayer Hawthorne - Henry & Gingerly
DJ Snatch - Disco Calypso
Buena Vista Social Club - Calypso Queen (Mo Laudi Remix)
Listen on Mixcloud here.