DJ Joshua presents Floating Beats 442 and Velvety Elements 015 on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia is an electronic music radio station, a promoter, a DJ agency and a music-news platform connecting audiences across Asia and internationally.
DJ Joshua, whose real name is Joshua Mar, is a Portuguese collector and lifelong enthusiast of electronic music. Growing up in Évora, he developed an early interest in styles ranging from House and Drum and Bass to Chill-out and Techno, which shaped the artist he became.
His long-running Floating Beats show explores melodic, progressive and atmospheric material alongside deeper, more forceful shades of Techno. Velvety Elements forms the second hour, concentrating on softer, warmer and more soulful strands of House Music as a complementary weekly programme.
He began mixing in the early 1990s and soon became a committed vinyl collector. His early career developed on local Portuguese radio, where he played almost every form of electronic music.
Alongside friends, Joshua organised House and Techno events during the rise of Portugal’s rave movement. Those experiences showed him how radio could connect underground sounds with new listeners.
After stepping away from the scene to embrace fatherhood, Joshua returned with renewed purpose. Floating Beats Sessions grew from that period and was built around music with emotional weight and rhythmic movement.
The project later became two international weekly shows with followings across multiple platforms and partner stations. His broadcasts reach an international audience drawn to his musical vision.
Joshua also produces under several aliases, including K-Joshua, Joshua Marian, Joshua Fernand and Joshua Onairam. Each alias offers a different facet of his creative expression.
In 2024, he established JFLM Recordings, a label for his own productions and underground artists who share his interest in texture, depth and authenticity. The label is associated with Joshua Fernand.
His Joshua Marian EP Nobody Waiting For Me on Back to the Beat featured organ-led grooves and classic house sensibilities. Just Love and Chance With Soul further showed his ability to combine rhythm with emotional detail.
In 2025, the K-Joshua single Light of Faith introduced a more introspective tone through deep house percussion and subtle melodic phrasing. Releases across his aliases support his reputation for warm, expressive and detailed production.
Joshua summarises his approach simply: “Music is an art form. It is the fusion of elements that can convey emotions and make the body move. This is a place where you hear sounds that can float and end up falling onto your body, enjoy it.”
In his weekly shows, he explores House and Techno subgenres including Deep House, Tech House, Melodic House, Detroit House, Soulful House, Progressive House, Techno, Vocal House and Melodic Techno. His podcasts and mixes are broadcast internationally.
In the first hour, Floating Beats 442 opens with Lenny Middles’s Swellz in Satoshi Fumi’s remix on Well Cut Records, bringing subtle swelling synths into House Music territory. 100to’s Trile follows with glitchy abstraction before Emmanuel Jal and Henrik Schwarz’s Kuar on Innervisions adds percussive layers and global influences to the Deep House current.
Dave Seaman’s Press 1 For Human on Selador gives the hour a firm Progressive House pulse, recalling Ibiza club culture in the mid-2010s. Edu Imbernon and Raxon’s Betera on Systematic Recordings brings emotive melodies and rolling grooves through Melodic House and Techno.
ANTOS supplies dubby echo on Delek for Do Not Sit On The Furniture Recordings, setting up the clipped momentum of Tech House. Josh Wink’s Feel, reworked by DJ Seinfeld for Ellum, adds acid-tinged warmth and a nod to Wink’s pivotal 1990s work through Peak Time Techno.
Vince Watson’s Afrosoul mix of Voodoo Disco on Yoruba Records brings organic texture associated with his Detroit-informed work of the early 2000s, while Ritz’s Still Remember on Piston Recordings deepens the introspective mood. Hideo Kobayashi’s Kaze on Fuente Music suggests airy atmospheres and Japanese minimalism, before Cinthie’s 803 the Meme Queen on Aus Music supplies playful funk and La Fleur’s Stalker on Power Plant Records closes with the shadowy tension of Indie Dance.
In the second hour, Velvety Elements 015 begins with Vick Lavender’s Meteorites on Sophisticado Recordings, whose jazzy cosmic drift draws on Chicago soul. Rimbaudian’s Let Me Beat U on Meda Fury introduces a garage bounce, then Panevino and Mr. V’s The Gift on Sole Channel Music brings Mr. V’s veteran 1990s house touch to the centre.
Platzdasch’s Nu Moment on Moiss Music Black leaves space for reflection before Deetron’s Count On Me on Aus Music adds uplifting keys, characteristic of his Swiss precision and Mutual Rytm explorations in 2024. Silicone Soul’s Right on, Right On, remixed by Matthias Tanzmann for Soma Records, revisits Glasgow’s 2000s scene with a sharper Tech House and Tech-House edge.
Dan Shake’s The Deep End on Shake evokes UK garage roots from the 2010s, while Grisha’s Everyday Is Different receives progressive lift in the Future Kings Of House remix on Superordinate Dub Waves. Alland Byallo and Matt Paull’s Dilatant, reshaped by James Rudie for Full Bleed, brings broken beats and bruk swing with a jazzy Berlin-underground character.
Danny Howells closes with the atmospheric Shortwave on Selador, a quality associated with his progressive sets since the 1990s. Col Lawton’s Never Gunna on House Cookin’ Records follows with a soulful groove, leaving the second hour in a nocturnal space of introspection and release.
Floating Beats 442 (first hour) by DJ Joshua
Lenny Middles - Swellz (Satoshi Fumi Remix) [Well Cut Records]
100to - Trile (Original Mix) [Soundcloud]
Emmanuel Jal, Henrik Schwarz - Kuar (Don't Let Your Vote Be Fake Newsed Mix) [Innervisions]
Dave Seaman - Press 1 For Human (Original Mix) [Selador]
Edu Imbernon Raxon - Betera (Original Mix) [Systematic Recordings]
ANTOS - Delek (Original Mix) [Do Not Sit On The Furniture Recordings]
Josh Wink - Feel (DJ Seinfeld Remix) [Ellum]
Vince Watson - Voodoo Disco (Afrosoul Mix) [Yoruba Records]
Ritz - Still Remember (Original Mix) [Piston Recordings]
Hideo Kobayashi - Kaze (Original Mix) [Fuente Music]
Cinthie - 803 the Meme Queen (Original Mix) [Aus Music]
La Fleur - Stalker (Original Mix) [Power Plant Records]
Velvety Elements 015 (second hour)
Vick Lavender - Meteorites (Time Traveler Main Mix) [Sophisticado Recordings]
Rimbaudian - Let Me Beat U (Original Mix) [Meda Fury]
Panevino, Mr. V - The Gift (Mr. V Sole Channel Mix) [Sole Channel Music]
Platzdasch - Nu Moment (Original Mix) [Moiss Music Black]
Deetron - Count On Me (Original Mix) [Aus Music]
Silicone Soul - Right on, Right On (Matthias Tanzmann Remix) [Soma Records]
Dan Shake - The Deep End (Original Mix) [Shake]
Grisha - Everyday Is Different (Future Kings Of House Remix) [Superordinate Dub Waves]
Alland Byallo, Matt Paull - Dilatant (James Rudie Remix) [Full Bleed]
Danny Howells - Shortwave (Original Mix) [Selador]
Col Lawton - Never Gunna (Original Mix) [House Cookin' Records]
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