DJ Joshua presented Floating Beats and Velvety Elements, two programmes published together on Scientific Sound Asia in August 2020. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian electronic music radio station, promoter and music-news platform that connects audiences across Asia and internationally.
DJ Joshua is a Portuguese music lover, hoarder and vinyl collector from Evora, whose collection has a particular focus on electronic music. His interests span styles from House Music to Drum and Bass, Chillout and Techno.
He began working as a disc jockey in the early nineties, making his first mixes and building an avid vinyl collection. He also appeared on local radio shows covering many forms of electronic music and organised events with friends.
As his interest developed, Portugal's rave scene was growing and Joshua saw radio as a way to draw an audience towards the music. Following the birth of his daughter, he stepped away from the music scene before returning to radio after several years of fatherhood.
That return led to the creation of Floating Beats Sessions, a programme through which he could pursue progressive and calmer selections. At the time of publication, the Floating Beats podcast was broadcast on several radio stations internationally.
Joshua described the programme in his own words: 'Music is an art form. 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.' Alongside Floating Beats, Velvety Elements was introduced for the second hour with a focus on softer House music.
His weekly programmes have explored House Music and Techno sub-genres, including Deep House, Tech House, Melodic House, Detroit Techno, Soulful House, Progressive House, Vocal House and Melodic Techno. Floating Beats focuses on deeper, progressive and underground electronic music, while Velvety Elements centres on warmer, deeper and more soulful House Music.
In the first hour, Floating Beats opens with Underground Sound Of Lisbon's So Get Up on TRIBAL and That Kid Chris's Play Some Rave on Magna Recordings, establishing a Tech House foundation. iO (Mulen)'s Camp Trip follows on Infuse, taking the hour into Deep Tech House.
Jesper Dahlback and Jean-Louis Huhta bring raw, deep and hypnotic Techno through Midnight Express Part 1 on SVEK. Enzo Siragusa and Seb Zito's What's Going On on Fuse London then returns the programme to Tech House, before Ben Rau's Expand on INKAL restores the deep-tech pressure.
After Jorge Caiado's Ginkgo, Yaya's Evolver on Desolat keeps the first hour in Deep Tech House territory. Antranig's Going Deeper on Armada Music Albums brings in a direct House Music touch without breaking the programme's underground focus.
Charlie Banks's Interfere on MicroHertz supplies another Tech House cut towards the end of the Floating Beats hour. Behrouz closes this section with Azab on Shinichi, bringing a measured Progressive House turn before Velvety Elements begins.
In the second hour, Velvety Elements opens with Future Kings of House SA's Real Scene on Batavia Records, introducing the warmer Deep House direction. Litmus's Celestial on Whoyostro White adds Deep Tech House detail before Phable's Frederick Alonso remix of Tribal Tech on NYON Records returns to Deep House.
Rimbaudian's Let Me Beat U on Meda Fury maintains the deeper House feel with an unhurried approach. Black Loops follows with Plastikhaus on Shall Not Fade, keeping the second hour centred on Deep House after Brad Guest's What U Mean Looking Good.
Franck Roger's Ruffcut on Rutilance Recordings sustains the Deep House thread as the programme enters its final stretch. Chris Carrier and Guillaume La Tortue bring Set Up on Adult Only, followed by Makam's remix of 2020 Soundsystem's Broken on 20:20 Vision, for a return to House Music.
Jorge Savoretti's Parana High on Visionquest Special Editions introduces a final Deep Tech House passage. Terry Lee Brown Junior's Gabriel Sordo remix of Here We Go on Plastic City and Fauvrelle's U Say on In Flagrante Music close Velvety Elements by balancing Deep House with House Music.
Floating Beats 445 First Hour by DJ Joshua 31st August 2020
Underground Sound Of Lisbon - So Get Up (Original Mix)
That Kid Chris - Play Some Rave (Original Mix)
iO (Mulen) - Camp Trip (Original Mix)
J. Dahlback & J.L. Huhta - Midnight Express Part 1 (Original Mix)
Enzo Siragusa Seb Zito - What s Going On (Original Mix)
Ben Rau - Expand (Original Mix)
Jorge Caiado - Ginkgo (Original Mix)
Yaya - Evolver (Original Mix)
Antranig - Going Deeper (Original Mix)
Charlie Banks - Interfere (Original Mix)
Behrouz - Azab (Original Mix)
Velvety Elements 018: second hour
Future Kings of House SA - Real Scene (Original Mix)
Litmus - Celestial (Original Mix)
Phable - Tribal Tech (Frederick Alonso Remix)
Rimbaudian - Let Me Beat U (Original Mix)
Black Loops - Plastikhaus (Original Mix)
Brad Guest - What U Mean Looking Good (Original Mix)
Franck Roger - Ruffcut (Original Mix)
Chris Carrier, Guillaume La Tortue - Set Up (Original Mix)
2020 Soundsystem - Broken (Makam Remix)
Jorge Savoretti - Parana High (Original Mix)
Terry Lee Brown Junior - Here We Go (Gabriel Sordo Remix)
Fauvrelle - U Say (Original Mix)
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