Gerard, also known as Tim Jones of DeviceRATT, presents The Hit List episode 19 on Scientific Sound Asia alongside guest DJ Foxy Tail. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian electronic music radio station, DJ agency, promoter and music-news platform connecting audiences across Asia and internationally.
Gerard, who plays the first hour, is a producer and DJ from Angeles City in the United States with a strong interest in electronic music and his own production style. A developing talent, he aims to place House music at the centre of his DJing and production while sharing his approach with audiences.
At the time of publication, Gerard lived in China and was an artist on Scientific Sound Asia's DJ agency, having recently gained a residency at Wonderland Club in China. He was expected to perform regularly around South East Asia, held a role with Brasbeat, Latin America's first and only digital source for electronic music, and hosted a regular podcast and mix show featuring his charted music.
Guest DJ Foxy Tail.
DJ Foxy Tail, who plays the second hour, is a Russian DJ named Katya. By 2019, her radio shows and performances across Asia had established her in the regional scene, and she brought clear ambition to her work as a DJ. well-established DJ
Behind the decks, she uses eclectic and surprising sets to bring people onto the dance floor, exploring electronic music with a focus on tech house, progressive house and techno. She had performed in Russian cities including Yekaterinburg, Sochi and Moscow, as well as in Indonesia, India, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Katya recently said "The more I play the more research I'm carrying out, research for something unique and unusual, if not extraordinary. Performing as a DJ is about finding myself and expressing myself through music. Therefore, I am always researching, I guess it’s just endless; endless love for the music, yourself and to the people whose love for the music is like mine".
Much of her performance combines tribal house and ethnic elements with pumping tech house. Her sets balance that contrast with an assured dance-floor focus.
Gerard's The Hit List 19 with DJ Foxy Tail opens with Luna City Express's Full Force on Lapsus Music and Dead Space & G. Felix's Elevate on South of Saturn, establishing a Tech House foundation. FISHER's You Little Beauty, released through Catch & Release/Astralwerks, brings in Dance Music before Cloonee's Hands on Repopulate Mars returns to the house-led opening.
Carlo Lio, Andre Salmon and Cristhian Balcazar's Franky Rizardo remix of Nothing About It on Sagmen keeps the pressure close to the floor. Mathias Kaden's Square on Pets Recordings, Matt Sassari's Your Body on Glasgow Underground and Max Chapman and Late Replies' Fantasy on Sola extend that rhythm-led section.
Golf Clap and MASTERIA's Freak It Out on Country Club Disco leads into Ron Costa's Hourncase on Tronic, where the set reaches Peak Time Techno. Billy Kenny's Take Me to Church on REALM Records briefly restores the earlier bounce before SAMA's Sympathy on Noir Music raises the intensity again.
Warung's Mirage provides a point of contrast before ANNA's When I Am Only a Dream on Global Underground and Spiros Kaloumenos's Floating Point on Tronic sharpen the techno focus. Vladimir Dubyshkin's Belissimo on Trip Recordings introduces raw, deep and hypnotic techno, while Deborah De Luca's I Go Out on Solamente returns to peak-time force.
Techno Radial's Asiel keeps the tougher direction in place, followed by Bjarki's I Wanna Go Bang on Trip Recordings. Matt Sassari's Waitin' For My Baby's Car then makes room for Kohra and SHFT's Magma on Blindfold Recordings, reconnecting the later stretch with the programme's earlier house-rooted movement.
Dubfire's RibCage on SCI+TEC adds a more stripped-back Deep Tech House character near the close. Adam Beyer's Teach Me on Drumcode gives the final turn a firm techno finish.
'The Hit List' episode 19, 24th of December 2019.
Gerard (first hour).
Luna City Express - Full Force (Original Mix)
Dead Space & G. Felix - Elevate (Original Mix)
FISHER - You Little Beauty
Cloonee - Hands (Original Mix)
Carlo Lio, Andre Salmon, Cristhian Balcazar - Nothing About It (Franky Rizardo Remix)
Mathias Kaden - Square
Matt Sassari - Your Body (Extended Mix)
Max Chapman, Late Replies - Fantasy (Original Mix)
Golf Clap & MASTERIA - Freak It Out
Ron Costa - Hourncase (Original Mix)
Billy Kenny - Take Me To Church
SAMA - Sympathy (Original Mix)
Warung - Mirage
DJ Foxy Tail (second hour).
ANNA - When I Am Only a Dream (Original Mix)
Spiros Kaloumenos - Floating Point (Original Mix)
Vladimir Dubyshkin - Belissimo (Original Mix)
Deborah De Luca - I Go Out (Original Mix)
Techno Radial - Asiel (Original mix)
Bjarki - I Wanna Go Bang
Matt Sassari - Waitin' For My Baby's Car (Extended Mix)
Kohra & SHFT - Magma
Dubfire - RibCage
Adam Beyer - Teach Me
Listen On Mixcloud Here.