Mista C publishes track list for next Drum and Bass show.

Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian electronic music radio station, DJ agency and events promoter, publishing music news and connecting audiences across the region and internationally. This Tuesday, the station welcomes Drum and Bass DJ Mista C for a guest show.

Robert Cullen, performing as Mista C, is a Drum and Bass DJ originally from London with over two decades behind the decks. He picked up his first pair of turntables at fifteen, cutting his teeth on vinyl at a time when London's DnB scene was at its most formative. As a teenager he was a fixture in the city's record shops, spending whatever he earned on the latest releases and building an ear for the music long before he ever played publicly.

That passion translated into his first professional steps through pirate radio, where he held residencies on several of London's key underground stations in the early 2000s, including Freeze FM, Trilogy FM, Rampage FM and Fire FM. The experience sharpened his technical skills and put him in front of audiences that took the music seriously. Bookings from major DnB promoters followed, and in 2003 he co-founded AIR Promotions alongside a group of friends, running their own events across West London.

From there his path took him further afield. A residency at Es Paradis in Ibiza, playing for Helter Skelter and Innovation, placed him on the same bills as some of the more established names in the genre, including Andy C, Nicky Blackmarket, Hazard, Phantasy and Ratpack, alongside MCs Skibadee, Shabba, Fearless, Eksman and others.

For the past fourteen years Mista C has been based in Thailand, where he plays regularly across Bangkok's underground club circuit. He has recently joined the Scientific Sound Asia DJ agency and radio station, and this Tuesday's show marks his next guest session on the station.

Mista C opens the fifth guest show with Serum's remix of Voltage and Sweetie Irie's Natty Love on Hospital, the reggae-inflected vocal giving the opening moments a warmer register before DJ Brockie and Ed Solo's Echo Box in the ANFM Remix on Undiluted pulls things into a more classic direction. Taxman's Listen Good featuring MC Moose on Playaz and Levela's Jacked on Critical Music mark the first significant genre shifts of the set, jumping between Jump Up's harder rhythmic punch and the more precise, darker architecture of the Neurofunk side. DJ Hazard arrives early with Ultra Fly, his name recurring throughout the show as one of its defining presences alongside Kanine and Levela.

The mid-section is where the set's range becomes most apparent. Formation Records tracks surface repeatedly with High Roll and Ragga Twins' We Are Dem, BassBrothers' Sekkle and L-Side and MC Fats' High Times in the Break Remix on V Recordings delivering a stretch of classic Jungle and Ragga DnB energy. Kenny Ken's Gimme Dat Roller appears before Serum's Tokyo Rose on Critical Music shifts back towards darker Neurofunk territory, and DJ SS and Isaac Maya's Born In The Ghetto on Formation reinforces the classic strand. Dub Elements, Kanine's XTC and A.M.C's Eject on Titan sustain the Jump Up momentum through the hour's second third before Mob Tactics' War City on RAM and High Contrast's If We Ever in the Unglued Remix offer a brief melodic counterpoint.

Original Sin appears in force across the following stretch, with Shaolin Fist alongside Serum, King Kong Style and later Headshot with Eksman all on Souped Up, the label's signature flavour of hard, MC-driven DnB fitting naturally into Mista C's programming. Dominator's Business Man VIP, Kleu's Puppet on DeVice and High Roll's Break It Up keep things varied before Missrepresent and Artisan's Calling All Junglists on Formation tilts deliberately towards the roots of the genre. Serum's Gator and SyRan's Guitar Dub on RAM then bring contrasting textures before the set moves into a concentrated Jungle stretch centred around Jungle Cakes releases from Sublow HZ and Benny Page, and Herve, Deekline and Benny Page.

The final third covers considerable ground efficiently. Twenty One Pilots' Heathens in the Magnetude Bootleg sits as an unexpected moment of crossover energy before Insideinfo's Mind Overload on RAM and the K Motionz and Duskee collaboration Hack It in the Break Remix bring things back to the contemporary dancefloor. Sub Focus and Dimension's Timewarp on RAM and Friction and Jonny L's Back To Your Roots 2021 nod to longer careers in the genre before AC13 and Levela's Elyse close out the critical contingent. Kenny Ken's second appearance with Gimme Dat Roller, Kleu's Hip Hop VIP and DJ Zinc's Freenote on Playaz round off a show that moves between eras and subgenres with the confidence of someone who knows the catalogue thoroughly from both sides of its history.

Mista C guest show 5.

Voltage, Sweetie Irie - Natty Love (Serum Remix) [Hospital]

DJ Brockie, Ed Solo - Echo Box (ANFM Remix) [Undiluted]

Taxman Feat. MC Moose - Listen Good [Playaz]

Levela - Jacked [Critical Music]

DJ Hazard - Ultra Fly [Playaz]

Particle - Fall 2 Fast [DNBA]

Break - Never Say Never [Symmetry Recordings]

Sub Zero & T95 - Step Back (feat.MadRush MC)[Propaganda Audio]

Future Cut - 2021 (DLR remix) [Future Cut Recordings]

Kanine - One [Unleashed]

Document One - Hands Up [Elevate]

Junk Mail - Yellow Jacket [RAM]

High Roll & Ragga Twins - We are Dem [Formation]

BassBrothers - Sekkle [V Recordings]

L-Side & MC Fats - High Times (Break Remix) [V Recordings]

Taxman - Utopia [Playaz]

Kenny Ken - Gimme Dat Roller [Formation]

Serum - Tokyo Rose [Critical Music]

DJ SS & Isaac Maya - Born in the Ghetto [Formation]

DJ Hazard - Play Something Nice [Playaz]

Dub Elements - Dope (VIP) [DEM Recordings]

Kanine - XTC [Unleashed]

A.M.C - Eject [Titan]

Mob Tactics - War City [RAM]

High Contrast - If We Ever (Unglued Remix) [Hospital]

Original Sin, Serum - Shaolin Fist [Souped Up]

Original Sin - King Kong Style [Souped Up]

Dominator - Business Man (VIP) [Low Down Deep]

Kleu - Puppet [DeVice]

High Roll - Break It Up [Formation]

Missrepresent & Artisan - Calling All Junglists [Formation]

Serum - Gator [Critical Music]

SyRan - Guitar Dub [RAM]

North Base, Trei & Pulsar - Raw [DeVice]

DJ Guv - Angles [Dubz Audio]

DJ Hazard - Bad Guys [Playaz]

A.M.C - Bass [Titan]

Twenty One Pilots - Heathens [Magnetude Bootleg]

Insideinfo - Mind Overload (InsideInfo Remix) [RAM]

Kanine, P Money - Point Em Up [Crucast]

K Motionz & Duskee - Hack It (Break Remix) [UKF]

Sub Focus Feat. Dimension - Timewarp [RAM]

Sublow HZ, Benny Page - London Bun It Up [Jungle Cakes]

Friction, Jonny L - Back To Your Roots 2021 [Elevate]

TNT - 2 Degrees (Remix) [Kartoonz]

Knoxz - Cross Roads [Formation]

Herve, Deekline, Benny Page - Together [Jungle Cakes]

Kleu, Section - King Of The Jungle [Weapons of Choice Recordings]

FLECK Feat. Shumba Youth - Carry Me Home [Formation]

AC13 - Akimbo [RAM]

A.M.C - Operator [Titan]

Dub Pistols, Deekline - Kleu - Ganja [Jungle Cakes]

DJ Hazard - Wiggly Worm [Playaz]

Kenny Ken - Gimme Dat Roller [Formation]

Break, Total Science - Dog's Dinner [Symmetry]

AC13 Feat. Eazy - Transition [RAM]

Levela - Elyse [Critical Music]

Original Sin, Eksman - Headshot [Souped Up]

DJ Hazard - Day Watch [Playaz]

K Motionz, IC3 - Reaction [K Motions Music]

Subshock - Airplane (Culture Shock Remix) [RAM]

Levela - Jacked [Critical Music]

Kleu - Hip Hop VIP (Thank u Dub) [DUB]

DJ Zinc - Freenote [Playaz]

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