DJ Joshua presents Floating Beats and Velvety Elements, his two weekly programmes, on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian electronic music radio station, DJ agency and promoter, as well as a music-news platform connecting audiences across Asia and internationally.
Based in Portugal, DJ Joshua is an experienced electronic music selector whose passion for music has informed a broad blend of styles. He has been a key figure in the Portuguese electronic music scene for decades, building a reputation for well-received selections.
His collection spans electronic music in many forms, and Floating Beats and Velvety Elements have received recognition from listeners internationally. Across the two programmes, he brings a detailed knowledge of records and a measured approach to programming.
Floating Beats is the first hour, centred on energetic Techno and House Music. The programme features artists including Truncate, Danilo Schneider and Timo Maas, combining firm rhythms with melodic elements.
Velvety Elements forms DJ Joshua's second hour and takes a warmer, more soulful direction. He brings together Deep House, Tech House, and Techno, with Jo Paciello, Mancini and Nick Curly among the artists associated with its sound.
Both Floating Beats and Velvety Elements were made available together through the embedded Mixcloud player. Their contrasting approaches place a more forceful first hour alongside a deeper and more nuanced second hour.
In the first hour, Floating Beats opens with Truncate's Reflex in the Radio Slave remix on Truncate, bringing Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic) into focus. Danilo Schneider's Suspend on Tip Tap Records follows with a deeper Deep Tech House rhythm.
Hybrasil's Hour Glass on Rekids raises the intensity through Peak Time Techno. Timo Maas follows with Supercharger on Senso Sounds, keeping that direct late-night pressure in place.
AND.ID's Player on Gruuv introduces a brief Tech House turn before Jon Hester's Dreamstate on Rekids lowers the temperature. Hester's track brings Deep House into the first hour without losing its club-focused rhythm.
Ackermann's Whadat on UNCAGE returns Floating Beats to raw, hypnotic pressure, while Deetron's Dr. Melonball on Nu Groove Records adds a House Music contrast. James Ruskin and Mark Broom's Zone on Blueprint Records, Kosh's No Gimmick on Convergence and S-File's I Am on GND Records close the hour with stripped percussion and peak-time force.
In the second hour, Velvety Elements begins with Jo Paciello and Soul Train's Mr. Cool on Play This! Records, setting a deep, groove-led tone. Andy Kneale's Unfulfilled Expectations follows before Chris Stussy's Riva De Biasio on Kaoz Theory restores the programme's Deep House focus.
Mancini's Furbished on hedZup records brings a more reduced Deep Tech House feel to the middle of the set. Casey Spillman's Let's Go on Constant Sound holds that rhythmic direction with an equally focused club arrangement.
Franck Roger's Kings Gruv on Real Tone Records returns the hour to Deep House, followed by Rogerio Martins' BNinjas remix of Vale on Piston Recordings. Ritz's Do Somethin, also on Piston Recordings, extends the groove before Franck Roger's Pumpkin on Duck It Records adds another House Music entry.
Jerome Sydenham and Fatima Njai's Krimson Blossom on Kraftmatic Records leads into Facundo Mohrr's I Have a Summer in My Eye on TRYBESof, introducing Organic House near the close. Local Options finishes with All We Have Is Now on Large Music, ending Velvety Elements in a deep House Music register.
Floating Beats 502 (first hour) by DJ Joshua
Truncate - Reflex (Radio Slave Remix)
Danilo Schneider - Suspend (Original Mix)
Hybrasil - Hour Glass (Original Mix)
Timo Maas - Supercharger (Original Mix)
And.Id - Player (Original Mix)
Jon Hester - Dreamstate (Original Mix)
T99 - Anasthasia (Truncate's Tribal Tool)
Ackermann - Whadat (Original Mix)
Deetron - Dr. Melonball (Extended Mix)
James Ruskin, Mark Broom - Zone (Original Mix)
Kosh - No Gimmick (Original Mix)
S-File - I Am (Original Mix)
Velvety Elements 074 (second hour)
Jo Paciello, Soul Train - Mr. Cool (Original Mix)
Andy Kneale - Unfulfilled Expectations (Original Mix)
Chris Stussy - Riva De Biasio (Original Mix)
Mancini - Furbished (Original Mix)
Casey Spillman - Let's Go (Original Mix)
Franck Roger - Kings Gruv (Original Mix)
Rogerio Martins - Vale (BNinjas Remix)
Ritz - Do Somethin (Original Mix)
Franck Roger - Pumpkin (Original Mix)
Jerome Sydenham & Fatima Njai - Krimson Blossom (Original Mix)
Facundo Mohrr - I Have a Summer in My Eye (Original Mix)
Local Options - All We Have Is Now (Original Mix)
Listen on Mixcloud here.