Coh-hul presents Play It Loud episode 16 on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia is an electronic music radio station, DJ agency, promoter and music-news platform, with its radio player connecting audiences across Asia and internationally.
Coh-hul is an established DJ and producer based in Ho Chi Minh City, who has been an artist on the Scientific Sound Asia DJ agency for several years. His first major event was a New Year's Eve party in Northern Thailand in 2015, after which he developed a following through his music and style of play.
His sound is rooted in Tech House and Tech Funk, informed by releases on Dirtybird, This Ain't Bristol, Relief, Snatch! and Perfect Driver. He favours funky drum patterns, pounding bass lines and futuristic Sci-Fi melodies, balancing tougher selections with space for the dancefloor.
During his first four and a half years in Saigon, Coh-hul hosts his own Tech-House nights and built energetic local dancefloors. His best-known party is the monthly AfterDark event, co-hosted with Broma:Not A Bar.
He is a DJ member of the DTOX party brand and has worked with WHAT? Events and Scientific Sound Asia events. His Ho Chi Minh City appearances include The Lighthouse, Saigon Soul Pool Party, Piu Piu, Upper Saigon, Hideout, Last Call, Indika, Saigon Outcast and Rogue.
Outside Saigon, Coh-hul has played the Mui Ne Music & Arts Festival and The Rock Island Club's New Year's Eve event on Phu Quoc Island. His wider itinerary also took in Dirtybird Campout in the United States during the summer of 2017, where he organised a renegade party at Venice Beach in Los Angeles and performed at Stacy's at Melrose in Phoenix, Arizona.
In the summer of 2018, he played Le Chapiteau in Marseille to a sold-out venue, an event he described as the best set of his career at that point. Over the following two years, he acquired production equipment, built a studio and began a new musical endeavour.
His stated goal was to focus on production and release music through established labels, building on his work as a producer and DJ. The preceding show focused on Be One Records, while this edition turns to Jamie Jones' Hottrax alongside Coh-hul's current favourites.
Coh-hul's Play It Loud episode 16 opens with Demuir's Feels So Good on Sola, setting a warm House Music foundation. Shermanology and Villanueva follow with Calle on Repopulate Mars, before Iggy Rom's Insanity on Korsakov Music brings in Deep Tech House.
Jansons and James Solace's Ba Dah Be Dah on Hot Creations restores the house focus, and Bia's Mastero remix of Whole Lotta Money introduces a leaner minimal edge. Joeski's Faded for Crosstown Rebels and AleVtina's Miguel Bastida remix of Speak To Me on Rim establish the set's firm Tech House direction.
WRDO's Come On Time and Our, both on Dirtybird, keep the pace direct before Gettoblaster and Teklow's Get Ratchet on Basement Leak adds further Tech House pressure. German Brigante's Mango on Diynamic then shifts towards Melodic House and Techno, with DJEFF's Seasons on Kazukuta Records bringing the groove back towards house.
Go Freek and Ekoboy's Be My Luv on Sweat It Out returns to Tech House, while Will Clarke's Found Your Love on All We Have Is Now raises the intensity with Peak Time Techno. Bruce Leroys' Crazy on Loulou Records provides a mainstage-styled lift before Phil Kieran and SONNS' Castro Novo on Hottrax brings in Indie Dance.
The Hottrax sequence develops through Onur Ozman's At Spoerri's, a Deep House cut, and Dateless' Bontan remix of Shoes On Please, which restores a house-led feel. Waze & Odyssey's Shape moves back into Melodic House and Techno before RareTwo Inc.'s Cum 2Geza returns to House Music.
Rafa Barrios' Lawless, David Keno's WTF and Paul C's Coney Island keep Hottrax rooted in Tech House through the later selections. DJ Fronter's Tic Tac and Kevin Knapp's Survivor hold that club-focused line, before 9th House's Zodiac adds a final Melodic House and Techno turn.
Onur Ozman returns with Warhol, followed by Jamie Jones' No Rush, both drawing the closing stretch into Deep House through the Hottrax catalogue. Seff's Needle To The Groove closes the programme with a concise Tech House finish.
Coh-hul Play It Loud episode 16 19th of June 2021
Demuir - Feels So Good [Sola]
Shermanology & Villanueva - Calle [Repopulate Mars]
Foolie - Big Big Booty [Tat]
Iggy Rom - Insanity [Korsakov Music]
Jansons & James Solace - Ba Dah Be Dah [Hot Creations]
Bia - Whole Lotta Money (Mastero Remix) [Soundcloud Exclusive]
Joeski - Faded [Crosstown Rebels]
Alevtina - Speak To Me (Miguel Bastida Remix) [Rim]
Wrdo - Come On Time [Dirtybird]
Wrdo - Our [Dirtybird]
Gettoblaster & Teklow - Get Ratchet [Basement Leak]
German Brigante - Mango [Diynamic]
Djeff - Seasons [Kazukuta Records]
Wolfire & Feelgood - I Know What You Want [Birdfeed]
Go Freek & Ekoboy - Be My Luv [Sweat It Out]
Will Clarke - Found Your Love [ All We Have Is Now]
Bruce Leroys - Crazy [Loulou Records]
Hottrax Label Mix
Phil Kieran & Sonns - Castro Novo
Onur Ozman - At Spoerri’s
Dateless - Shoes On Please (Bontan Remix)
Waze & Odyssey - Shape
Raretwo Inc. - Cum 2geza
Rafa Barrios - Lawless
David Keno - Wtf
Paul C - Coney Island
DJ Fronter - Tic Tac
Kevin Knapp - Survivor
9th House - Zodiac
Onur Ozman - Warhol
Jamie Jones - No Rush
Seff - Needle To The Groove
Listen on Mixcloud here.