Ezmun presents Cooking With Gas episode 06 on Scientific Sound Asia, with guest DJ Tony McBride joining him for the second hour. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian English-language electronic music radio station, promoter, DJ agency and music-news platform connecting audiences across Vietnam, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, the Philippines and the wider region.
Cooking With Gas is a weekly programme of percussive, groove-led and darker electronic music curated by Ezmun. Episode 06 formed the second instalment of a two-part 140 BPM series, with a one-hour mix from Ezmun followed by a one-hour contribution from Tony McBride.
Tony made his 140 BPM mixes as a tribute to the early output of Hessle Audio, a label associated with broken rhythms, low-end experimentation and UK club music. His selection looks back to that period, while Ezmun’s contribution shares the same focus on the label and the musical movement around it.
Tony has mixed since receiving his first belt-drive decks at the age of ten. Over the years, he has organised events across the UK, supported emerging artists, shared the stage with Todd Terry at Culture and appeared at the Cumbrian festival Solfest.
Under his Mixcloud alias Slowpony, Tony presents an eclectic selection that demonstrates his broad musical taste. He has also focused on production, experimenting with the UK bass continuum and revisiting influences from his early sets.
Ezmun is originally from Cumbria in the United Kingdom and moved to Vietnam to pursue work as a DJ and producer. During the pandemic, he spent time in Melbourne, where he developed his sound and released his weekly programme.
His background includes bedroom experiments and house parties among close friends before he began playing in clubs. By 2019, he had performed in Manchester, Hanoi, Laos and Ho Chi Minh City.
Ezmun draws on the dark, sparse tension of minimal half-time 140 BPM material and the clattering energy of percussive leftfield bass, using them as peaks and troughs in techno-oriented sets. Over the preceding year, he had established a steady presence in Vietnam’s underground scene and devoted more time to production, with new material expected the following year.
While temporarily based in Melbourne, Ezmun explored the city’s underground scene, developed his craft and collaborated with other emerging producers. Cooking With Gas gave him space to feature friends, invite lesser-known DJs and examine the genres that informed his sound.
Ezmun’s Cooking With Gas episode 06 with Tony McBride opens with James Blake’s Give A Man A Rod on 1-800 Dinosaur, setting a spare Bass / Club tone before Ramadanman’s Tak on Soul:r introduces House Music swing. Bruce’s Serotonin Levels Low on Hessle Audio, Yak’s Zephyr on R&S Records and Bakongo’s Anytime on Tru Thoughts deepen the low-end focus, before Magic Drum Orchestra’s instrumental Two Bs One White (Bigga’s Dunn’s River Version), also on Tru Thoughts, brings in Jungle percussion.
Pangaea’s Trouble on Hessle Audio adds Peak Time Techno weight, followed by Ahadadream’s Hydration on More Time Records and Mele’s Boogaloo on Club Bad. Randomer’s Brunk on Hemlock Recordings sharpens the rhythmic pressure, while Geode’s Portal on Chord Marauders brings in Dubstep and Untold’s I Can’t Stop This Feeling on Hemlock Recordings closes this stretch with clipped bass-focused rhythm.
Ramadanman’s Tumble on Swamp81 leads into Lag’s Sama Doma on Pictures Music, keeping the first hour taut and percussive. D1’s Missin on Hessle Audio brings 140 / Deep Dubstep / Grime detail to the mix, before Scuba’s Buzzsaw on Hotflush Recordings breaks the pattern with Breaks.
In the second hour, Tony McBride begins with Sebmann’s Time on Witness Music, a measured Tech House selection that shifts the pace without abandoning the programme’s 140 BPM foundation. Elgato’s Luv Zombie on Hessle Audio, Joy Orbison’s Brkln Clln on Doldrums and Appleblim and Peverelist’s Circling on Apple Pips move through House Music, Moombahton and deep 140 pressure in turn.
Visionist’s Sodium on Left Blank brings Grime into the second-hour sequence, while Mount Kimbie’s Carbonated (Airhead Remix) on Hotflush Recordings returns to a more forceful electronic edge. Ramadanman’s Work Them on Swamp81, Pearson Sound’s Blanked on Hessle Audio and Arkist’s What Do I See on Apple Pips sustain the Dubstep thread before Skream’s Smokers on Tempa introduces the Dub Sundaes reference point.
Blawan’s Fram on R&S Records, Eliphino’s Affection on Hotflush Recordings and Joe’s Grimelight on Hessle Audio carry the set through fractured rhythm and reduced melodic detail. Synkro’s Tribe on Exit Records, Motion’s Below The Radar on Tectonic and Objekt’s The Goose That Got Away on Objekt then make room for Pangaea’s Coiled and Router on Hessle Audio, before TRG’s Broken Heart (Martyn’s DCM Remix) on Tempa and Put You Down (Ramadanman Refix) on Hotflush Recordings bring the programme to its final broken-beat resolution.
Cooking With Gas Episode 06
Ezmun
James Blake – Give A Man A Rod [1-800 Dinosaur]
Ramadanman – Tak [Soul:r]
Bruce – Serotonin Levels Low [Hessle Audio]
Yak – Zephyr [R&S Records]
Bakongo – Anytime [Tru Thoughts]
Magic Drum Orchestra – Two Bs One White (Bigga’s Dunn’s River Version) Instrumental [Tru Thoughts]
Pangaea – Trouble [Hessle Audio]
Ahadadream – Hydration [More Time Records]
Mele – Boogaloo [Club Bad]
Randomer – Brunk [Hemlock Recordings]
Geode – Portal [Chord Marauders]
Untold – I Can’t Stop This Feeling [Hemlock Recordings]
Ramadanman – Tumble [Swamp81]
Lag – Sama Doma [Pictures Music]
D1 – Missin [Hessle Audio]
Scuba – Buzzsaw [Hotflush Recordings]
Tony Mcbride (second hour)
Sebmann – Time [Witness Music]
Elgato – Luv Zombie [Hessle Audio]
Joy Orbison – Brkln Clln [Doldrums]
Appleblim & Peverelist – Circling [Apple Pips]
Visionist – Sodium [Left Blank]
Mount Kimbie – Carbonated (Airhead Remix) [Hotflush Recordings]
Ramadanman – Work Them [Swamp81]
Pearson Sound – Blanked [Hessle Audio]
Arkist – What Do I See [Apple Pips]
Skream – Smokers [Tempa]
Blawan – Fram [R&S Records]
Eliphino – Affection [Hotflush Recordings]
Joe – Grimelight [Hessle Audio]
Synkro – Tribe [Exit Records]
Motion – Below The Radar [Tectonic]
Objekt – The Goose That Got Away [Objekt]
Pangaea – Coiled [Hessle Audio]
Pangaea – Router [Hessle Audio]
TRG – Broken Heart (Martyn’s DCM Remix) [Tempa]
TRG – Put You Down (Ramadanman Refix) [Hotflush Recordings]
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