DJ Joshua returns with another edition of Floating Beats and Velvety Elements on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia operates as an electronic music radio station, DJ agency, event promoter and music news platform, connecting underground artists and listeners across Asia and internationally.
Based in Évora, Portugal, DJ Joshua has been involved with electronic music since the 1990s and developed his knowledge through years of listening, collecting and broadcasting. His wider musical background includes House, Drum and Bass, Chillout and Techno, with each style contributing differently to his approach as a selector.
During his teenage years, Joshua began working towards becoming a DJ alongside others involved in Portugal’s developing underground scene. He collected vinyl, helped promote rave music and contributed to local radio programmes covering several areas of electronic music.
That activity placed him close to the emergence of Portugal’s rave culture during the early 1990s. It also strengthened his belief in radio as an important outlet for introducing listeners to electronic music that often received little exposure through mainstream channels.
Alongside broadcasting, Joshua played at gatherings organised with friends and other members of the local scene. Those early experiences helped him develop an understanding of how different electronic styles could function in both social and dancefloor environments.
When his first child was born, Joshua stepped away from regular musical activity to concentrate on family life. He later returned to DJing and broadcasting once his child was older, beginning a new phase that eventually developed into Floating Beats.
Floating Beats became an outlet for deeper, progressive and underground electronic music, allowing Joshua to work with longer musical structures and gradual changes in atmosphere. The programme reflects his broader interest in Techno and related styles while giving each selection room to develop naturally.
Velvety Elements explores a different side of his collection and concentrates more closely on House Music. Warmer grooves, deeper rhythms and more soulful material give the series its own identity while retaining the careful pacing found throughout Joshua’s radio work.
Both programmes have since appeared through online stations in different parts of the world. Their continued development has allowed Joshua to reconnect with electronic music through broadcasting while maintaining the broad musical outlook formed during his earlier years in Portugal.
For Joshua, music remains a form of expression built from rhythm, melody and atmosphere rather than simply a sequence of individual tracks. Floating Beats and Velvety Elements provide two complementary spaces for exploring that idea, with each programme approaching underground electronic music from a different direction.
DJ Joshua begins Floating Beats 465 with Estroe's "Myosotis Arvensis" before Leo Janeiro and Hauy add "Enigma", establishing a spacious opening built around deeper electronic textures and steady rhythmic movement. Anja Schneider's "Secret Escapes" then brings the set towards Techno, with Dave Angel extending that direction through "Let The Sun In".
Dave Seaman's "Rapscallion's Revenge" arrives in an Ian O'Donovan remix, introducing a stronger Progressive House influence into the middle of the first hour. Petit Beurre and Theobald Ringer maintain the measured progression before the set begins to loosen its structure and move towards a more groove-led closing section.
Laurent Garnier and Chambray's "Feelin' Good" brings a distinctive shift in character, adding a freer rhythmic edge before Madben's "Robots" restores a firmer electronic drive. BVBYLON's "Arcadia" and Brame & Hamo's "Limewire" then complete Floating Beats 465, closing an hour that moves between deeper Techno, progressive movement and broader underground electronic club music.
The second hour changes direction with Velvety Elements 037, beginning with Chris Stussy's "Kaizen" before Franck Roger and Jovonn's "Remember" in the Vincent G remix settles the programme into warmer Deep House territory. Dimmish and Harrison BDP continue that deeper groove, favouring understated percussion, rolling basslines and the more restrained side of contemporary House Music.
Archie Hamilton and The Smoothness bring "Ease My Mind" into the middle of the hour before Daniel Steinberg and Makito add a firmer rhythmic swing. Clio and SLZ then move towards Deep Tech House with "Local Aliens", creating a tighter club-focused passage without abandoning the warmer character established earlier.
Angel Moraes' remix of Ariel Baund and Toby Holguin leads the closing sequence before DJ Linus, Platzdasch with Dix and Simon Shaw complete Velvety Elements 037. Across the combined two-hour programme, DJ Joshua moves from the deeper Techno and Progressive House character of Floating Beats into Deep House and deeper tech-driven House Music, giving each show its own clear identity while maintaining a natural progression between them.
Floating Beats 465 (first hour) by DJ Joshua
Estroe - Myosotis Arvensis (Original Mix)
Leo Janeiro, Hauy, Leo Janeiro, Hauy - Enigma (Original Mix)
Anja Schneider - Secret Escapes (Original Mix)
Dave Angel - Let The Sun In (Original Mix)
Dave Seaman - Rapscallion's Revenge (Ian O'Donovan Remix)
Petit Beurre - Chandra (Original Mix)
Theobald Ringer - G10 (Original Mix)
Laurent Garnier, Chambray - Feelin' Good (Original Mix)
Madben - Robots (Original Mix)
BVBYLON - Arcadia (Original Mix)
Brame & Hamo - Limewire (Original Mix)
Velvety Elements 037 (second hour)
Chris Stussy - Kaizen (Extended Version)
Franck Roger, Jovonn - Remember (Vincent G Remix)
Dimmish - Ramen (Original Mix)
Harrison BDP - Sun Dial (Original Mix)
Archie Hamilton feat. The Smoothness - Ease My Mind (Original Mix)
Daniel Steinberg - Why Do You Hate Me (Original Mix)
Makito - Dance (Original Mix)
Clio, SLZ - Local Aliens (Original Mix)
Ariel Baund & Toby Holguin - Naked Musics (Angel Moraes Remix)
DJ Linus - Samsara (Original Mix)
Platzdasch, Dix - Frozen Blue (Original Mix)
Simon Shaw - The Night (Original Mix)
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