Coh-hul presents Play It Loud 02 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.
Based in Ho Chi Minh City, Coh-hul is a DJ and producer represented by the Scientific Sound Asia DJ agency. His first live show was at a New Year’s Eve party in northern Thailand in 2015, and he has wanted to please people through his music ever since.
His style is chiefly Tech House and Tech Funk, shaped by Dirtybird, This Ain’t Bristol, Relief, Snatch! and Perfect Driver. Funky drum patterns, forceful bass lines and futuristic sci-fi melodies are central to his sets.
His crowd reading informs when to raise the intensity and when to give the room space. After living in Saigon for three years, he hosted his own Tech House nights and created lively atmospheres for local audiences.
He held residencies at venues across the city, including the monthly AfterDark party, co-hosted with Broma:Not A Bar. Coh-hul was also a DJ member of the DTOX party brand and was involved with WHAT? Events.
Other Ho Chi Minh City venues where he played included The Lighthouse, Saigon Soul Pool Party, Piu Piu, Upper Saigon, Hideout, Last Call, Indika, Saigon Outcast and Rogue. He also performed at the Mui Ne Music & Arts Festival and The Rock Island Club on Phu Quoc Island, outside Saigon.
As a Dirtybird fan, he attended the Dirtybird Campout festival alone during the summer of 2017. While in the United States, he organised an impromptu Venice Beach party in Los Angeles and played at Stacy’s at Melrose in Phoenix, Arizona.
During summer 2018, Coh-hul played to a full house at Le Chapiteau in Marseille, in what was described as the most impressive set of his career. In the year before this article’s publication, he invested significantly in a studio and focused on producing music for release through established labels.
Play It Loud presents Tech House and Tech Funk selections, with this edition focused on Relief releases alongside the host’s favourites of the period. The previous episode concentrated on Dirtybird material and featured a mix of Coh-hul’s standout tracks from the label.
Coh-hul’s Play It Loud 02 episode opens with Vangelis Kostoxenakis’s Play It Loud on DIRTYBIRD, establishing the set’s Tech House foundation. Arnold & Lane’s Drippin follows on Dumb Fat Records, bringing in Bass House weight early in the programme.
Kill Frenzy’s Casio, released through Fantastic Voyage (2), adds a brisk Ghetto House edge before Justin Jay’s Don’t Trip returns to DIRTYBIRD’s Tech House. OMNOM and VNSSA’s Skin on Insomniac Records then reinforces the Bass House presence with a firmer low-end focus.
Shellz’s Killas on Tech Avenue Records and Skonka’s That Body on Rock Bottom Records keep the Tech House pressure direct. Sage Armstrong and BOT’s Party Ppl, another Dumb Fat Records release, precedes Hot Chocolate’s Cadillac (The Revenge Edit) on BGP / ACE, which introduces Disco into the sequence.
Piem’s Shake It begins the Relief-focused stretch, followed by Green Velvet and Mason Maynard’s Got This on the same label. Mihalis Safras’s Chicka, also on Relief, maintains the tight Tech House rhythm while placing the label at the centre of this part of the show.
Tennan’s Radio Jack and Green Velvet’s Flash (Eats Everything Remix) keep Relief’s clipped club energy in focus. Walker & Royce’s Snowflake and Papa Marlin’s So Long, both released through Relief, carry that approach into the latter half.
Detlef’s JayDee, Green Velvet and Detlef’s Alright, and Dajae with Prok & Fitch’s Sea La sustain the Relief run. Green Velvet’s LA LA Land (Walker & Royce Remix) brings a Dance dimension before Piem’s Morrysom, Green Velvet and Shiba San’s Fearless, Joeski’s Acid Disco and Shiba San’s Off close the set through Relief’s Tech House catalogue.
Coh-hul Play It Loud 02 18th of April 2020
Vangelis Kostoxenakis - Play It Loud
Coh-hul - Bad&B
Arnold & Lane - Drippin
Keizer Jelle - Wanna Go Out My House
Fatboy Slim & Eats Everything - All The Ladies In The House
Claude VonStroke - Solo
Kill Frenzy - Casio
Justin Jay - Don’t Trip
OMNOM & VNSSA - Skin
Christian Martin & Justin Martin - Belter
Mobb Deep - Shook Ones pt.II (Westend Remix)
Shellz - Killas
Skonka - That Body
Sage Armstrong & BOT - Party Ppl
Coh-hul - Walk Talk
Hot Chocolate - Cadillac (The Revenge Edit)
Relief Records Label mix
Piem - Shake It
Green Velvet, Mason Maynard - Got This
Mihalis Safras - Chicka
Gene Farris - Dance It Out
Tennan - Radio Jack
Green Velvet - Flash (Eats Everything Remix)
Walker & Royce - Snowflake
Papa Marlin - So Long
Detlef - JayDee
Green Velvet, Detlef - Alright
Dajae, Prok & Fitch - Sea La
Green Velvet - LA LA Land (Walker & Royce Remix)
Piem - Morrysom
Green Velvet, Shiba San - Fearless
Joeski - Acid Disco
Shiba San - Off
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