Bipolar Bear and G Nomad present Badaboom 10 on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian electronic music radio station, promoter, DJ agency and music-news platform connecting audiences across Asia and internationally.
This edition brings together the two founders of the Badaboom party concept, host Bipolar Bear and DJ G Nomad, for a back-to-back selection. Their programme combines afro-deep house, global tech and cosmic disco alongside dancefloor-focused records associated with 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. Growing up there made it difficult for the teenage Stefan to buy cutting-edge music, particularly in the former Eastern Bloc, where, as in many former USSR countries, MTV was a principal musical influence.
With the arrival and development of the internet, the teenage Bipolar Bear was able to explore many different genres and watch the digital revolution in music unfold. A Romanian DJ and producer with a genuine passion for producing and playing quality music, he builds eclectic sets intended to guide an audience through his selections.
His aim is to spread positive energy, and he brings considerable enthusiasm to his work. After leaving Romania and carving his way into Manchester's music scene as a DJ and producer, his project Odwana, which blended electronic dance music with world sounds, African percussion and empowering vocals, made waves on the UK festival circuit and marked a new chapter.
At the beginning of 2019, he relocated to Da Nang in Vietnam and set up the party brand Badaboom with fellow DJ G Nomad, aiming to raise the profile of 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 show ranges from funk, soul and rare groove to more experimental sides of electronic music. That breadth is central to the musical approach shared by Badaboom's founders.
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 a collection spanning house music, 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.
Bipolar Bear and G Nomad's Badaboom 10 episode opens with Nina Simone's Come Ye in the Thornatoremix version and Dona Ometo's Felix Tapes edit of No Meio De Pitiu. Nickodemus follows with the Electronica cut N'Dini on Wonderwheel Recordings, before The Sunshine Band's disco edit Black Water Gold appears from Funky Mosquito Tributes Mixes.
Yu Su's edited Watermelon Woman, released through Technicolour, keeps the electronic focus in place before JKriv's Lovin' Lasers brings Razor-N-Tape disco into view. Vagabundo Club Social's Sónico Amor on Whiskey Disco introduces Indie Dance, while Javonntte's Afrocuba on Open Sound adds Deep House.
Nirosta Steel's Sleazy Mc Queen Y Vcs remix of Atmo on Buddhist Army returns to disco, followed by Franck Biyong's alternative-leaning Anywhere Trouble from Afrolectric Music Ltd. Kiko Navarro's Sutukung leads into Levantine's Monsieur Van Pratt Sax remix of Crystal on Deep Sense, where Nu-Disco enters through the remix's bright, sax-led arrangement.
Rafaël Fernandez's Margarita's Disco Machine on Super Spicy Records and Black Mamba's Holdtight on HOT N' SPICY extend the disco section. Re-Tide's Back To The Boogie on Re-Loved and The Juju Orchestra's Kind Of Latin Rhythm on Agogo Records retain that Nu-Disco direction before Unknown Artist's Astrid on CCCP Edits introduces Breakbeat.
Vagabundo Social Club's Sleazy Mcqueen and Brian San Diego remix of Angayusa is followed by Poncho Sanchez and Sonando's edit of This Kind Of Latin Rhythm. The later Sleazy Mcqueen remix of Vagabundo Social Club's Pambele precedes Imanol's Latin Citric, a House Music track released on U're Guay Records.
Stephane Deschezeaux's Sweet Melody on Springbok Records returns to Nu-Disco, then Sartorial's Together on Tropical Disco Records brings in Dance Music. Hurlee's Feel So High on Exploited Club keeps the closing stretch buoyant before The Reflex finishes with Copacabana 2020.
BADABOOM 10 10th of August 2020
Bipolar Bear (first hour)
Nina Simone - Come Ye (Thornatoremix)
Dona Ometo - No Meio De Pitiu (Felix Tapes Edit)
Nickodemus - N’dini
Africano - Real Tribal Life
The Sunshine Band - Black Water Gold (Petko Turner Edit)
Yu Su - Watermelon Woman (Edit)
Jkriv - Lovin Lasers
Vagabundo Club Social - Sonico Amor
Loshmi - Open Roads
Javonntte - Afrocuba
Nirosta Steel - Atmo (Sleazy Mc Queen Y Vcs Remix)
Franck Biyong - Anywhere Trouble
Kiko Navarro - Sutukung
G Nomad (Second Hour)
Levantine - Crystal (Monsieur Van Pratt Sax Remix)
Rafaël Fernandez - Margarita's Disco Machine
Black Mamba - Holdtight
Re-tide - Back To The Boogie (Original Mix)
The Popular People's Front - You Will Dig This (Edit)
Juju Orchestra - Kind Of Latin Rhythm
Unknown Artist - Astrid
Vagabundo Social Club - Angayusa (Sleazy Mcqueen & Brian San Diego Remix)
Poncho Sanchez, Sonando - This Kind Of Latin Rhythm (Edit)
Vagabundo Social Club - Pambele (Sleazy Mcqueen Remix)
Imanol - Latin Citric
Stephane Deschezeaux - Sweet Melody (Original Mix)
Sartorial - Together
Hurlee - Feel So High
The Reflex - Copacabana 2020
Listen on Mixcloud here.