DJ Joshua presents Floating Beats 431 and Velvety Elements 04 on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian electronic music radio station, DJ agency, promoter and music-news platform connecting audiences across Asia and internationally.
This profile identifies DJ Joshua as Joshua Mar, a music enthusiast from Évora, Portugal, while supplied artist context also identifies him as Joshua Fernand. His electronic music collection includes House Music, Drum and Bass and Chillout, providing a basis for DJ Joshua’s expression and creativity.
Floating Beats is his weekly programme for deeper, progressive and underground electronic music, shaped by hypnotic rhythms and detailed melodic arrangements. Velvety Elements focuses on the warmer, smoother and more soulful side of House Music.
Joshua began making mixes and developing a passion for vinyl in the early 1990s. His early work on local radio explored varied electronic styles, and he also organised events with friends during Portugal’s rave scene.
He saw radio as a way to bring together listeners across a wide area. After the birth of his daughter, he took a temporary break from music to focus on family life.
After several years away, he returned to his shows, including Floating Beats Sessions. His selections draw on Deep House, Tech House, Melodic House, Detroit House, Soulful House, Progressive House, Vocal House and Melodic Techno, alongside other electronic forms.
“Music is a living, breathing art form, a harmonious blend of elements that stirs emotions and inspires movement,” Joshua explains. “Through these sessions, I invite you to explore sounds that resonate beyond mere enjoyment, crafting an experience that uplifts and inspires. Enjoy the ride!”
His podcasts reach listeners through diverse electronic music and radio networks. Together, Floating Beats and Velvety Elements pair upbeat tempos with more serene melodic passages.
Floating Beats 431 opens with Ian O’Donovan’s Beyond Alaska and DJ Ino feat. MC Johnny Def’s Heaven is a Place on Earth before Petit Beurre’s Farewell on Eivissa Recordings (Spain) introduces Tech House. That early progression gives way to a firmer club rhythm without assigning an unsupported genre to the opening records.
Etyen’s Petar Dundov remix of Bebe on Not Another moves into Deep Techno. Lionel Weets follows with A New Era on Motech Records, while Oniris’s Memories on Tulipa Recordings brings the programme into Peak Time Techno.
Steve Bug and Langenberg’s Vince Watson reshape of NGC 6240 on Push Communications precedes DJ Hell’s ARTBAT Rave Mix of Guede on International DeeJay Gigolo Records. The latter supplies Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic), before Brutkho’s F.E.M. remix of Bhekamba on Redlight Music turns towards Deep Tech House.
Moby’s Go on Little Idiot Music Limited provides a brief Dance reference near the close of Floating Beats 431. Adam Beyer, Green Velvet and Layton Giordani then finish the hour with Space Date on Drumcode, returning the set to Peak Time Techno.
Velvety Elements 04 begins with Heller & Farley Project’s Darius Syrossian remix of Ultra Flava on Defected, bringing in a direct House Music foundation. Jay Newman’s Orange on Celestial Recordings then eases the second programme into Deep House.
Thierry Tomas’s Rhythm#1 on Robsoul Recordings adds Funky House to the middle of the hour. Black Loops’s Higher on Planet E Communications and Eddie Fowlkes’s That’s What I Think About on Defected keep the House Music emphasis in place.
Ray Okpara’s Jazzy Sticks on Our House and Finest Wear’s Searching on Kolour Recordings sustain the house-led section, before Lauren Lo Sung’s Worthless on Rutilance Recordings returns to Deep House. Osunlade’s Franck Roger remix of Same, Same on Yoruba Records introduces Afro House without interrupting the programme’s warmer direction.
Taktyle’s Billy Boy on Neo Apparatus leads into Ritz’s Still Remember on Piston Recordings, both rooted in Deep House. Platzdasch closes Velvety Elements 04 with Mo Slowtion on Gents & Dandy’s, leaving the second hour in a measured, low-slung mood.
Floating Beats 430 (first hour) by DJ Joshua
Ian O’Donovan – Beyond Alaska (Original Mix)
DJ Ino feat. MC Johnny Def - Heaven is a Place on Earth (Original Mix)
Petit Beurre - Farewell (Original Mix)
Etyen – Bebe (Petar Dundov Remix)
Lionel Weets - A New Era (Original Mix)
Oniris - Memories (Original Mix)
Steve Bug, Langenberg - NGC 6240 (Vince Watson Reshape)
DJ Hell - Guede (ARTBAT Rave Mix)
Brutkho - Bhekamba (F.E.M. Remix)
Moby – Go (Original Mix)
Adam Beyer, Green Velvet, Layton Giordani - Space Date (Original Mix)
Velvety Elements 004 (second hour)
Heller & Farley Project - Ultra Flava (Darius Syrossian's Full Pressure Extended Remix)
Jay Newman – Orange (Original Mix)
Thierry Tomas - Rhythm#1 (Original Mix)
Black Loops - Higher (Original Mix)
Eddie Fowlkes - That's What I Think About (Original Mix)
Ray Okpara - Jazzy Sticks (Original Mix)
Finest Wear - Searching (Original Mix)
Lauren Lo Sung - Worthless (Original Mix)
Osunlade - Same, Same (Franck Roger's Remix)
Taktyle - Billy Boy (Original Mix)
Ritz - Still Remember (Original Mix)
Platzdasch - Mo Slowtion (Original Mix)
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