DJ Joshua presents Floating Beats and Velvety Elements on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia operates as an Asian electronic music radio station, event promoter, DJ agency 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 has developed his knowledge through decades of listening, collecting, DJing and broadcasting. His wider musical background spans House, Techno, Drum and Bass and Chillout, giving his radio work a broad foundation across several generations of electronic music.
During his teenage years, Joshua became closely involved with Portugal’s developing underground scene through record collecting, local radio and events organised with friends and fellow enthusiasts. That period placed him close to the growth of rave culture in the country and helped shape the musical curiosity that still informs his selections today.
After stepping away from regular musical activity to concentrate on family life, he eventually returned to DJing and broadcasting through Floating Beats. The programme became an outlet for deeper, progressive and underground electronic music, with careful pacing and gradual movement forming an important part of its identity.
Velvety Elements developed as a complementary series focused more closely on the warmer and more soulful side of House Music. Deep House, Soulful House and groove-led material give the programme its own character while retaining the smooth transitions and considered structure found throughout his radio work.
Alongside broadcasting, he has become increasingly active as a producer through several aliases. Each project gives him room to explore a different area of electronic music without forcing every release into a single stylistic direction.
As Joshua Fernand, he concentrates primarily on contemporary Techno and more driving electronic material. 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 studio work.
The Joshua Fernand project also reaches into deeper and more melodic territory through tracks such as Closed Door and Open Door on Radickal Records. Killer’s Plan on Rice Bowl Recordings extends that side of his catalogue towards Melodic House and Techno.
Joshua Marian carries much of his House-focused production work and connects naturally with the warmer musical direction of Velvety Elements. Releases such as Soul Zone, Love My Soul, Tengo Rojo, Restless Lips, Always on My Mind and I Can Go, You Can See explore deeper, soulful and groove-led House.
His K Joshua alias moves further into hypnotic and experimental territory. Tracks including Promised Work on Kopoc, Stranger Things on dublucid and As You Are on Liberty Rhythm draw on Dub Techno, Ambient and deeper rhythmic structures.
He also founded JFLM Recordings as an independent outlet for his productions and collaborative projects. The label gives him greater control over how new material is released while providing a dedicated home for music connected with the different sides of his studio work.
That production activity now feeds directly back into his radio programmes. Floating Beats explores deeper, progressive, hypnotic and Techno-oriented electronic music, while Velvety Elements concentrates on warmer House selections built around groove, soul and understated movement.
Together, the two programmes reflect the same broad musical curiosity that has followed him from his early years collecting records in Portugal into his current work as a DJ, producer and label owner. His approach remains centred on rhythm, melody, atmosphere and the connection that carefully selected music can create with the listener.
DJ Joshua opens Floating Beats 460 with Sasha Carassi before Patrice Bäumel's remix of Petar Dundov introduces a spacious, melodic form of Techno. Chappier and Petit Beurre continue that atmospheric direction, keeping the first hour deep and measured rather than immediately pushing towards peak-time pressure.
Hideo Kobayashi and Ian O'Donovan add more drive through the middle of the set, while Vince Watson and Karim Sahraoui bring Detroit-influenced depth and warmer melodic detail. Shaun Reeves then loosens the rhythm with "Late Night In The Cut", giving the mix a more stripped-back club feel before the closing run begins.
DP-6, Eddie Niguel in Greg Gow's interpretation and Jules Wells with Theobald Ringer rebuild the intensity through deeper techno and progressive textures. 9th House closes Floating Beats 460 with "Keeping Me Up", completing a first hour that blends Progressive House, deep Techno and melodic electronic material without losing its underground focus.
Velvety Elements 032 changes the palette with Javonntte and Hidden Sequence before Jovonn establishes a warmer Deep House foundation. Lauhaus and Mario Franca, followed by Rocco Rodamaal and James Dexter, maintain the groove with supple basslines, understated percussion and a more soulful rhythmic feel.
Iron Curtis and F.E.M continue the deeper house flow before Floorplan's "Save The Children" brings a stronger gospel and Soulful House character into the latter part of the hour. Todd Terry then adds a classic New York house touch with "Shake", increasing the energy without breaking the warm character of the set.
JR From Dallas and the Miguel Rendeiro remix of Sandro Beninati and Yuuto complete Velvety Elements 032 with a polished house finish. Across both shows, DJ Joshua mixes Techno and Progressive House in the first hour with Deep House, Soulful House and classic House Music in the second, giving the two programmes clearly contrasting but complementary identities.
Floating beats 460 (first hour) by DJ Joshua
Sasha Carassi - Spaceballad (Original Mix)
Petar Dundov - Synesthetic Flow (Patrice Bäumel Remix)
Chappier - Gone (Original Mix)
Petit Beurre - Farewell (Original Mix)
Hideo Kobayashi - Endorphin (Original Mix)
Ian O'Donovan - Hydrophonic (Original Mix)
Vince Watson - Metamorphosis (Original Mix)
Karim Sahraoui - Ready (Original Mix)
Shaun Reeves - Late Night In The Cut (Original Mix)
DP-6 - Mirador (Original Mix)
Eddie Niguel - The Ritual (Greg Gow Interpretation)
Jules Wells & Theobald Ringer - The Tears (Original Mix)
9th House - Keeping Me Up (Original Mix)
Velvety Elements 032 (second hour)
Javonntte - Aquarius Swing (Original Mix)
Hidden Sequence - The System (Original Mix)
Jovonn - You (Original Mix)
Lauhaus, Mario Franca - Super Sun (Original Mix)
Rocco Rodamaal - The Fantasy (Original Mix)
James Dexter - Desire (Original Mix)
Iron Curtis - SPX3 (Original Mix)
F.E.M - Yes We Can (Original Mix)
Floorplan - Save the Children (Original Mix)
Todd Terry - Shake (Extended Mix)
JR From Dallas - Sweet Melody (Detailed Remix)
Sandro Beninati, Yuuto - Elisea (Miguel Rendeiro Remix)
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