DJ Joshua presents Floating Beats and Velvety Elements on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia operates as an electronic music radio station, DJ agency, promoter and music news platform, connecting underground artists and listeners across Asia and internationally.
Based in Évora, Portugal, he has been involved with electronic music since the early 1990s and developed his musical knowledge through vinyl, cassettes, CDs and later digital formats. His background spans electronic music, giving his work a broad foundation built over several decades.
He began DJing during his teenage years, making early mixes, collecting records and becoming involved with Portugal’s developing underground scene. He also presented music through local radio and helped organise events with friends and fellow enthusiasts as rave culture expanded across the country.
Those experiences established radio as an important part of his musical life and gave him a way to introduce listeners to records outside the mainstream. After stepping away from regular activity to concentrate on family life, he eventually returned through Floating Beats and rebuilt his presence as a broadcaster.
Floating Beats became a platform for deeper and more progressive electronic music, with careful pacing and gradual development at the centre of the programme. He uses the format to explore atmospheric and hypnotic material without relying on constant peak-time intensity.
Velvety Elements developed as a complementary series focused on the warmer and more soulful side of his collection. The programme gives him a separate space for groove-led selections, softer textures and the emotional character that has remained important throughout his relationship with House Music.
Alongside radio, Joshua now produces under several aliases that allow different areas of his studio work to develop independently. Each project reflects another side of the musical interests accumulated through years of collecting, DJing and broadcasting.
As Joshua Fernand, he concentrates primarily on contemporary Techno. Releases including Blue River on MixCult Digital and Breaking Rocks and Tearing Metal through his own JFLM Recordings represent a tougher and more rhythm-focused side of his catalogue.
Tracks such as Closed Door and Open Door on Radickal Records move the same project into darker and more hypnotic territory. Killer’s Plan on Rice Bowl Recordings introduces a more melodic approach and shows the flexibility within the Joshua Fernand identity.
Joshua Marian carries much of his warmer production work, with releases including Soul Zone, Love My Soul, Tengo Rojo, Restless Lips, Always on My Mind and I Can Go, You Can See. That material connects closely with the musical character explored through Velvety Elements.
His K Joshua alias provides space for more experimental and atmospheric ideas. Promised Work on Kopoc, Stranger Things on dublucid, and As You Are on Liberty Rhythm explore deeper textures and more spacious rhythmic structures.
In 2024, he launched JFLM Recordings as an independent outlet for his productions and collaborative projects. The label gives him greater control over how new material is presented while providing a dedicated home for the different sides of his studio work.
That production activity now feeds naturally back into his broadcasting and broadens the perspective behind both programmes. Floating Beats and Velvety Elements remain distinct outlets, but together they reflect the same long-standing curiosity that has followed Joshua from his early years collecting records in Portugal into his current work as a DJ, producer and label owner.
Floating Beats 454 begins with Linkwood's "Electricity" before Chris Carrier and MODEON shift the first hour into Deep House and Deep Tech House territory. Delano Smith's "Inspiration", reconstructed by Makam, introduces Dub Techno before Vincenzo's "The Past The Future" adds the broader melodic pull of Melodic House and Techno.
Deetron's "Believer" brings a Tech House turn before DJ Pierre and Phuture's "Acid Track" in KiNK's remix marks a decisive shift towards harder Techno. DJ Emerson and ZRK continue that Peak Time pressure, giving the middle and latter stages a much firmer drive than the deeper house-led opening.
Coyu's "Garnier At (any) Sonar" then pushes the hour into Raw, Deep and Hypnotic Techno before A Sagittariun closes with "Interzone" on Craigie Knowes. The progression gives Floating Beats 454 a particularly broad first hour, starting from house and deeper electronic forms before steadily increasing the intensity through Tech House and into driving, hypnotic Techno.
Velvety Elements 026 resets the second hour with Ritz's "NYC Conversation", returning the programme to a warmer Deep House groove before Ray Okpara's remix of Chris Carrier introduces a more direct house rhythm. Fynn Callum keeps the deeper tone intact, while Ray Mono's remix of Avante brings in Deep Tech House and gives the early sequence a leaner, more tightly wound character.
Jesse Maas and Mike Delgado restore the Deep House emphasis before Lauhaus with Mario Franca and Cevin Fisher bring stronger House Music foundations into the middle and latter stages. Sascha Sonido sits between those passages with another deep selection, maintaining the low-slung groove while allowing the hour to alternate naturally between house and deeper material.
Steve Lawler's "Don't Ask" in the Jansons Extended Mix continues the house-led momentum before Luca Donzelli brings Deep Tech House back into focus with "Get Out People". DJ W!ld closes with "Ghost On My Back", finishing a second hour dominated by Deep House and House Music and providing a clear contrast with the progressively tougher Techno trajectory of Floating Beats 454.
Floating Beats 454 (first hour) by DJ Joshua
Linkwood - Electricity (Original Mix)
Chris Carrier - Freshly Ground (Original Mix)
MODEON - Disco Crazy (Original Mix)
Delano Smith - Inspiration (Reconstructed By Makam)
Vincenzo - The Past The Future (Original Mix)
Deetron - Believer (Original Mix)
DJ Pierre, Phuture - Acid Track (KiNK Remix)
DJ Emerson - Rolling (Original Mix)
ZRK - Alternating Dark (Original Mix)
Coyu - Garnier At (any) Sonar (Original Mix)
A Sagittariun - Interzone (Original Mix)
Velvety Elements 026 (second hour)
Ritz - NYC Conversation (Original Mix)
Chris Carrier - Yog (Ray Okpara Remix)
Fynn Callum - Deep South West (Jonny Bee Remix)
Avante (UK) - Stagger (Ray Mono Remix)
Jesse Maas - Neio (Original Mix)
Mike Delgado - The Murder Track (Original Mix)
Lauhaus, Mario Franca - How Long (Original Mix)
Sascha Sonido - Welcome Home (Original Mix)
Cevin Fisher - The Message (CF’s Street King Beats)
Steve Lawler - Don't Ask (Jansons Extended Mix)
Luca Donzelli - Get Out People (Original Mix)
DJ W!ld - Ghost On My Back (Original Mix)
Listen on Mixcloud here.