Ezmun presents Cooking With Gas episode 05 on Scientific Sound Asia with guest DJ Chacona. Scientific Sound Asia is an electronic music radio station, promoter, DJ agency and music-news platform connecting audiences across Asia and internationally.
Cooking With Gas is a weekly selection of percussive, groove-led and darker material, curated by Ezmun. Episode 05 was the first instalment of a two-part 140 BPM series, pairing a one-hour Ezmun mix with a one-hour mix from Chacona.
Ezmun and Chacona's interest in the UK underground rave scene began during dubstep's rise around 2008 to 2010. While visiting one another at university, the friends immersed themselves in clubs and parties in Manchester and London.
Those experiences introduced them to the breadth of underground music, informing the programme's rowdy combination of 140 BPM garage, grime, dubstep, bassline and techno. The two mixes grew from their habit of catching up over beers and early Skream tunes in the living room until the early hours.
Ezmun is originally from Cumbria in the United Kingdom and had relocated to Vietnam to develop his ambitions as a DJ and producer. COVID-19 then temporarily took him to Melbourne, from where he planned a weekly show pushing his favourite sounds.
Like many DJs, Ezmun started in his bedroom before playing house parties with close friends and peers. By 2019, he had broken into clubs, performing in Manchester, Hanoi, Laos and Ho Chi Minh City.
He draws on the dark, sparse atmosphere of minimal half-time 140 material and the forceful clatter of percussive leftfield bass, placing both within energetic techno sets. At the time, he was building recognition in Vietnam's underground scene and hoped to return there.
During his time in Melbourne, Ezmun planned to explore the local underground scene, develop his production work and release his own music the following year. Cooking With Gas also gave him space to showcase his friends, introduce undiscovered DJs and examine the styles he favours in greater detail.
Ezmun's Cooking With Gas episode 05 opens with Wookie's Stargate on ManChu Recordings, bringing UK Garage rhythm into focus. Horsepower Productions' Landslide Remix on Tempa then establishes a 140 / deep dubstep / grime edge, while Roska and TT The Artist's Killin' It on HMUSA Records adds bass / club pressure.
Mumdance's Take Time, featuring Novelist and released through Rinse, brings in Electronica before Neana's Soiree introduces dub. Walton's Smashed Crabs on Tectonic returns to bass / club impact, then Pinch's Crossing The Line, also on Tectonic, turns towards Dubstep.
Yak's Stampede on R&S Records brings clipped Breaks, before Sudanim's Lightmare on Her Records introduces grime. Nastia Reigel's Horses on Enemy Records follows with Peak Time Techno force, while Kryptic Minds' Distant on Osiris Music UK restores bass / club weight.
Roska's Asbestos on Tectonic and Author's My Only on Navy Cut settle back into dubstep and 140 / deep dubstep / grime territory. Grace Jones' Corporate Cannibal on Wall of Sound brings an Alternative Fusion interruption before Zomby's Spliff Dub on Hyperdub returns the set to its 140-focused centre.
Tommy Holohan's Subaru Impreza on Rave Selekts raises the intensity through Peak Time Techno, and Hamdi's Trumpet on Kiwi Rekords reconnects with UK Garage. FaltyDL's Phreqaflex on Planet Mu and DJ Lewi's Hold Me Tight (Dark Mix) on Moist Records keep dubstep and garage in close conversation.
Objekt's The Goose That Got Away on OBJEKT provides another dubstep turn before Sega Bodega and Shygirl's CC on Crazylegs introduces House Music. Charli XCX's Pink Diamond on Asylum Records, Shygirl's O and SOPHIE's BIPP on Numbers lead into Tierra Whack's Child Please on UMGRI Interscope, adding Hip Hop before Fatima Yamaha's What's A Girl To Do on Magnetron Music closes in electronica territory.
Cooking With Gas Episode 05
Ezmun
Chunky - Pash
Wookie - Stargate
Horsepower Productions - Landslide Remix
Roska, TT The Artist - Killin’ It
Mumdance - Take Time Feat Novelist
Neana - Soiree
Walton - Smashed Crabs
Pinch - Crossing The Line
Yak - Stampede
TenTewntySeven - Kid
Sudanim - Lightmare
Nastia Reigel - Horses
Kryptic Minds - Distant
Roska - Asbestos
Author - My Only
Chacona (Last Hour)
Grace Jones - Corporate Cannibal
Liljah - Alhassan
Zomby - Spliff Dub
Tommy Holohan - Subaru Impreza
Hamdi - Trumpet
Falty Dl - Phreqaflex
DJ Lewi - Hold Me Tight (Dark Mix)
Artwork - Rank
Loefah - Jazz Lick
Loraine James - Messy
Objekt - The Goose That Got Away
Mark Ruff Ryder Feat. Mc Vapour - Move Your Body
Wiley - Eskimo (Instrumental)
Dizzee Rascal - Stop Dat
Rude Kid - Fabric Original
Sega Bodega - Cc Feat. Shygirl
Charli XcX - Pink Diamond
Shygirl - O
Sophie - Bipp
Tierra Whack - Child Please
Fatima Yamaha - What’s A Girl To Do
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