Coh-hul has published his playlist for his new Play It Loud 09

Play It Loud episode 9 was originally broadcast on Saturday, the 21st of November 2020, on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian underground electronic music radio station, DJ agency and promoter, publishing music news and connecting audiences across Japan, China, Vietnam, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and beyond.

Coh-hul is a DJ and producer based in Ho Chi Minh City and a member of the Scientific Sound Asia DJ agency. He made his live debut at a New Year's Eve celebration in Northern Thailand in 2015 and has been performing regularly ever since, building a reputation within Saigon's electronic music scene through a consistent programme of events and club appearances.

His sound sits predominantly within tech house and tech funk, drawing inspiration from labels including Dirtybird, This Ain't Bristol, Relief, Snatch and Perfect Driver. Energetic drum rhythms, heavy basslines and forward-thinking arrangements define his productions and his sets, with an instinct for reading the room that shapes how each performance develops.

Over the past five years in Saigon, he has organised his own tech house nights and built a following across a range of venues including The Lighthouse, Saigon Soul Pool Party, Piu Piu, Upper Saigon, Hideout, Last Call, Indika, Saigon Outcast and Rogue. His monthly AfterDark party, co-hosted with Broma Not A Bar, has become one of his most recognised events, and he is affiliated with the DTOX party label and has worked alongside WHAT? Events.

Beyond Saigon, he has performed at the Mui Ne Music and Arts Festival and at Rock Island Club on Phu Quoc Island. In 2017 his connection to Dirtybird led him to attend their Campout festival in the USA, during which he organised an impromptu event at Venice Beach in Los Angeles and played at Stacy's at Melrose in Phoenix. The following summer he delivered a sold-out performance at Le Chapiteau in Marseille.

More recently, he has invested in a studio and turned his focus toward production, with releases across reputable labels a key part of his next phase. His work can be found on Mixcloud, Instagram and SoundCloud. This episode shines a light on Hot Creations, the label founded by Jamie Jones and Lee Foss in 2010, which has grown from chilled house roots into one of the leading names in heavy tech house.

Coh-hul's Play It Loud Episode 09 opens with the host's first hour selection drawing from a broad range of Tech House and Jackin House labels. Gaby M's ForTune on Mood Funk Records sets a warm and groove-led tone before Bellaire's Groovin' on AOC Records and Fex (IT)'s Keep The Party Loud on Snatch! develop the dancefloor energy.

V.I.O's Wantchu in the Elinov Remix on Slightly Sizzled White and Codes's Jump Around on Box of Cats carry the set forward before Mason Maynard's Propane featuring Green Velvet on Universal-Island Records arrives as one of the first hour's more recognisable selections. Marc Spence's They Wanna on Dirtybird and Rocksted and Fractall's Super Bowser on LW Recordings sustain the Tech House direction before Lozz's Lose My Cool on Sweets & Treats and GRiZ's Medusa in the J.Worra Remix add further variety.

Ekoboy's Taeko on Lost Records and Shades's Holla Atcha Boy on Dirtybird carry the set forward before Armodine and Tony Wonka's Be Quiet on Bazzaddict and Mike Catherall's Buggin' on Farris Wheel Recordings sustain the Jackin House energy. Cour T. contributes two Dirtybird selections with Escape From The Barn and Dope Farm before Sammy Legs's Sniffin' on Box of Cats, Ekoboy's Work It on Freakin 909, Demuir's How Do I Ask on Sola Nauts and Nassar Baker's Tribes of the Metronome on Dirtybird round off the first hour.

Minilogue's Elephants Parade on Wagon Repair closes Coh-hul's selection with the Swedish duo's more understated and melodic House character. The second hour is dedicated entirely to Hot Creations, Jamie Jones's influential Tech House imprint that has defined the label-conscious end of the underground House scene since its founding.

Pteradactill Disco's Clive's Alright opens the label mix before Danny Daze and LOUISAHHH!!!'s Your Everything and Alexis Raphael's Into The Light develop the label's characteristically groove-led and vocal-inflected direction. Robert James's Sleep Moods and Jamie Jones's own Say What? carry the set forward before Bubba's Dance With Me and Digitaria and Funky Fat's You Bring Me Down sustain the Hot Creations aesthetic.

Hunter/Game's Don't Feel The Presence and Lee Foss's U Got Me carry the label mix through its mid-section before Jamie Jones, Hot Natured and Lee Foss's Forward Motion featuring Ali Love provides one of the set's more collaborative and vocally driven moments. Waifs and Strays' Body Shiver and Benoit and Sergio's $100 Bill follow before Jamie Jones returns with Ruckus and Greg Pidcock's Blame Game sustains the label's dancefloor energy.

Thomas Schumacher's Hush in the Catz 'n Dogz 2013 Remix and James Solace's Keep On carry the mix towards its close before Popof's It's Been A While, Jamie Jones, Hot Natured and Lee Foss's B4 The Bentley, Patrick Topping's Any Amounts and Route 94's House & Pressure close the episode.

Coh-hul Play It Loud Episode 09 is a thorough introduction to the Hot Creations sound in its second hour, following a first hour that showcases the breadth of contemporary Tech House and Jackin House programming across a wide range of underground labels.

Coh-hul Play It Loud  09

Gaby M - ForTune [Mood Funk Records]

Bellaire - Groovin’ [AOC Records]

Fex (IT) - Keep The Party Loud [Snatch!]

V.I.O - Wantchu (Elinov Remix) [Slightly Sizzled White]

Codes - Jump Around [Box of Cats]

Mason Maynard - Propane (feat. Green Velvet) [Universal-Island Records Ltd.]

Marc Spence - They Wanna [Dirtybird]

Rocksted, Fractall - Super Bowser [LW Recordings]

Lozz - Lose My Cool [Sweets & Treats]

GRiZ - Medusa (J.Worra Remix) [GRIZ TWO]

Ekoboy - Taeko [Lost Records]

Shades - Holla Atcha Boy [Dirtybird]

Armodine, Tony Wonka - Be Quiet [Bazzaddict]

Mike Catherall - Buggin’ [Farris Wheel Recordings]

Cour T. - Escape From The Barn [Dirtybird]

Sammy Legs - Sniffin’ [Box of Cats]

Ekoboy - Work It [Freakin 909]

Demuir - How Do I Ask [Sola Nauts]

Nassar Baker - Tribes of the Metronome [Dirtybird]

Cour T. - Dope Farm [Dirtybird]

Minilogue - Elephants Parade [Wagon Repair]

Hot Creations label Mix

Pteradactill Disco - Clive’s Alright

Danny Daze, LOUISAHHH!!! - Your Everything

Alexis Raphael - Into The Light

Robert James - Sleep Moods

Jamie Jones - Say What?

Bubba - Dance With Me

Digitaria, Funky Fat - You Bring Me Down

Hunter/Game - Don’t Feel The Presence

Lee Foss - U Got Me

Jamie Jones, Hot Natured, Lee Foss - Forward Motion Feat. Ali Love

Waifs & Strays - Body Shiver

Benoit & Sergio - $100 Bill

Jamie Jones - Ruckus

Greg Pidcock - Blame Game

Thomas Schumacher - Hush (Catz ’n Dogz 2013 Remix)

James Solace - Keep On

Popof - It’s Been A While

Jamie Jones, Hot Natured, Lee Foss - B4 The Bentley

Patrick Topping - Any Amounts

Route 94 - House & Pressure

Listen on Mixcloud here.