Coh-hul presents Play It Loud 01 on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian electronic music radio station, promoter and music-news platform connecting audiences across Asia and internationally.
Coh-hul is a DJ and producer based in Ho Chi Minh City, as well as an artist on the Scientific Sound Asia DJ agency. His first live show took place at a New Year's Eve party in Northern Thailand in 2015, and he has pursued a crowd-focused approach to his music since then.
Coh-hul's style is primarily Tech House and Tech Funk, informed by Dirtybird, This Ain't Bristol, Relief, Snatch! and Perfect Driver. He favours funky drum patterns, weighty bass lines and futuristic sci-fi melodies in his sets.
His ability to read a crowd informs when he intensifies the set and when he gives the room space to reset. At the time of publication, he had lived in Saigon for three years, hosted his own Tech House nights and built energetic atmospheres for local audiences.
Listeners may have encountered him through one of his city residencies. His best-known party was the monthly AfterDark event, co-hosted with Broma: Not A Bar.
He is a DJ member of the DTOX party brand and was involved with WHAT? Events. Other Ho Chi Minh City venues where he played include The Lighthouse, Saigon Soul Pool Party, Piu Piu, Upper Saigon, Hideout, Last Call, Indika, Saigon Outcast and Rogue.
Outside Saigon, he played the Mui Ne Music & Arts Festival and The Rock Island Club on Phu Quoc Island for New Year's Eve. His enthusiasm for Dirtybird also took him alone to Dirtybird Campout in the summer of 2017.
While in the United States, he created a renegade party set-up 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, which he described as the best set of his career.
Over the preceding year, Coh-hul had invested in a studio and set a new musical goal. He planned to focus on production and release music through established labels while building his reputation as a producer and DJ.
His first Play It Loud programme showcases Dirtybird Records alongside his favourite tracks from the label. The selection places his label influence at the centre of the show.
Coh-hul's Play It Loud 01 episode opens with Vangelis Kostoxenakis's Play It Loud on DIRTYBIRD, setting a brisk Tech House pace. Aaron Childs's Walker & Royce remix of Every Single 1 and Cajmere & Gene Farris's Gimme Your Luv on Farris Wheel Recordings bring in House Music, while Claude VonStroke and ZDS's Waddaday returns to DIRTYBIRD.
Ekoboy's AI on Desert Hearts Records and Tom Middleton's Penrose Steps on Ovum Recordings keep the Tech House pressure focused. Lopezhouse's Mude Tod on DIRTYBIRD introduces Deep House before Riva Starr and Gene Farris's After Dark and Justin Martin's Walker & Royce remix of The Feels reassert the club-minded direction.
Chris Avantgarde's The Good Old Days provides a House Music turn on DIRTYBIRD, followed by Escapade's Turn It Around and Lux Groove's Gee Up. Claude VonStroke's All My People In The House and Kill Frenzy featuring DJ Funk's Make That Booty Clap, both on DIRTYBIRD, sharpen the set's percussive character.
Ciszak's I Want and Sven Lochenhoer's Get Down To This sustain the DIRTYBIRD-led Tech House section. Justin Jay's Like This and Claude VonStroke's Dood keep the mix direct and tightly built around the label's sound.
Walker & Royce featuring Mr Jpatt's Can You Pass That? leads into Vangelis Kostoxenakis's Bob Is Dead on DIRTYBIRD. Steve Darko's Fried or Fertilized, ZDS featuring KE's Sweat and Catz 'N Dogz's Factory Setting broaden the late-set selection before Justin Martin and Ardalan's Function brings the programme back to DIRTYBIRD.
Walker & Royce featuring Green Velvet's Rub Another Dub opens the final stretch, followed by Steve Darko's Switch It Up on DIRTYBIRD. Claude VonStroke closes with The Clapping Track on DIRTYBIRD, ending the show with a House Music-inflected final statement.
Coh-hul Play It Loud 01
Vangelis Kostoxenakis - Play It Loud
Aaron Childs - Every Single 1 (Walker & Royce Remix)
Claude VonStroke feat. ZDS - Waddaday
Cajmere & Gene Farris - Gimme Your Luv
Ekoboy - AI
Tom Middleton - Penrose Steps
Lopezhouse - Mude Tod
Riva Starr & Gene Farris - After Dark
Justin Martin - The Feels (Walker & Royce Remix)
Chris Avantgarde - The Good Old Days
Escapade - Turn It Around
Lux Groove - Gee Up
Claude VonStroke - All My People In The House
Kill Frenzy feat. DJ Funk - Make That Booty Clap
Ciszak - I Want
Sven Lochender - Get Down To This
Justin Jay - Like This
Claude VonStroke - Dood
Walker and Royce feat. Mr Jpatt - Can You Pass That?
Vangelis Kostoxenakis - Bob Is Dead
Steve Darko - Fried or Fertilized
ZDS feat. KE - Sweat
Catz 'N Dogz - Factory Setting
Justin Martin & Ardalan - Function
Walker and Royce feat. Green Velvet - Rub Another Dub
Steve Darko - Switch It Up
Claude VonStroke - The Clapping Track
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