Rumesh announces guests and tracklists for new show Petrichor.

Petrichor, hosted by Rumesh, has announced the playlists and guest DJs for its first show airing this Wednesday. Scientific Sound Asia is the English-language electronic music station, promoter and DJ agency for Asia and an international audience.

In the rise and renewal of underground electronic music, Rumesh has become a notable presence, particularly for his affinity with Progressive House. Over the years, he has refined a style built on depth, melody and atmosphere, which naturally led him to create Petrichor hosted by Rumesh.

What started as a personal platform has grown into a well-established global radio podcast series, recognised for featuring a broad range of international guests and consistently presenting high-quality Progressive House each week.

The new edition marks an expansion of the series as it joins the Scientific Sound Asia roster, offering listeners another pathway into Rumesh’s thoughtful curation and the worldwide talent he continues to champion.

Guest DJ Kaludewa (first hour)

Kaludewa delivers this week’s first hour. Hailing from southern Sri Lanka, Kaludewa – real name Chandeepa Kaludewa, is an underground music enthusiast and a self-taught DJ with a steadily growing following in his home country. His commitment to deep, emotive club music has earned him recognition within Sri Lanka’s progressive scene, where his selections are known for their warmth, flow and atmosphere.

His podcast series, Progressive House Mantra Sessions, has become his signature project and a reflection of his artistic philosophy. As Chandeepa himself puts it: “For me, music is what feelings sound like. It says all those things that words alone can never say.” The series has helped him connect with listeners who appreciate emotional depth, long-form storytelling and thoughtful progression in the mix.

While he enjoys exploring a wide spectrum of underground genres, his natural home as a DJ lies in Techno and Progressive House, particularly when he can weave in a melodic twist. His sets often balance drive with introspection, giving each performance a sense of movement and intention.

With this week’s opening hour, Kaludewa brings that same approach to the Petrichor series, setting the tone with his characteristic blend of rhythm, sentiment and melodic detail.

Guest DJ Bodai (second hour).

This week’s second hour is performed by Bodai. Gisele Bruno, known artistically as Bodai, is a DJ, producer, vocalist and label manager born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her passion for music began at the age of eight, when she started formal studies in theory, solfeggio, singing and piano. Those early foundations shaped her identity as both a musician and a storyteller.

In 2013, she returned to composition and began mixing progressive sounds, bringing her classical training into the world of electronic music. Since then, Bodai has appeared on radio stations across the globe, including Berlin, Mexico, Ibiza, Sri Lanka, Australia, New York, Miami, Colombia, Hungary, Turkey, Tierra del Fuego, Buenos Aires and now Vietnam.

She has performed at a broad range of clubs throughout Argentina as well as internationally in Australia, Chile, the Netherlands and Brazil, sharing booths with artists such as Silicone Soul, Andrea Cassino, DJ Paul, Juan Deminicis, Brigado Crew and Ezequiel Arias. Her versatility as both a DJ and vocalist allows her to bridge Progressive House, Deep House, Ambient, and Downtempo, giving her sets and productions an emotional and expressive signature.

Her music has been supported by leading names including Hernán Cattáneo, Nick Warren, Guy J, Nick Muir, Gai Barone, Cid Inc. and Aly & Fila, and she has been a regular presence in the Beatport Top 100 since 2018. In addition to hosting her monthly show NATURAL on FRISKY Radio (NYC), she runs two labels with her partner Dynacom: AMITABHA and Auditen Music, both under the Auditen Music Group.

In recent years, Bodai has continued to expand her catalogue with a steady run of high-quality releases. Her work on respected imprints such as Univack, 3rd Avenue, Modern Agenda, Balkan Connection, Mango Alley and AH Digital has highlighted her growing maturity as a producer. Tracks such as Herya, Anandi, Raksha, Sanctuary, and her 2024 collaborations with Dynacom and Emi Galván have strengthened her global profile, with several pieces charting in Progressive House and Organic House rankings.

Her vocals have also appeared in multiple collaborations, adding warmth and lyrical depth to a variety of projects across the international scene. With new remixes, vocal features and original productions scheduled for release throughout 2025, Bodai continues to evolve as one of Argentina’s most expressive and forward-thinking progressive artists, bringing emotional clarity and musical craft to each performance.

Petrichor 64 opens with Kaludewa’s curation of Alfonso Muchacho’s melodic abandon, its soaring arcs giving way to the serpentine drive reshaped by Jonnas B’s percussive edge from his Swedish progressive roots in the early 2010s. Orkidea’s unity surges anew through Muchacho’s uplifting rework, a nod to the Finnish trance pioneer’s 1990s anthems, before the lunar curve invites dreamy introspection and the wasteland blooms organically under Julian Nates’s Argentine guitar infusions, his drumming background adding live warmth since the mid-2010s.

Muchacho’s visualisation hypnotises with layered depths, his reworking of Sasha’s shadowy asylum evoking the Welsh icon’s late-1990s club mystique, while George FitzGerald’s burns reignites with emotive chords from his Manchester house evolutions of the 2010s. The pulsing energy builds relentlessly, Artfaq’s violent spring storms through Muchacho’s intense remix on Proton’s storied imprint, sealing the hour’s peak with Sri Lankan flair.

Bodai’s second hour eases into Iorie’s melancholic duality on Klassified’s deep canvas, Piemont’s Okinawan rhythms twisted tribally by Gabriel Ananda’s soulful German precision from his 2000s Kompakt days. Madota’s colourful rangi flows organically on Saisons’ French-inspired grooves, Mustafa Gedik’s stranger gains atmospheric remoteness via Las Von’s moody touch, and Marsh’s eu topos lifts with Mimi Page’s ethereal vocals, a staple of Anjunadeep’s Ukrainian melodic lineage since 2012.

Alejandro Conde’s and Albano Bastonero’s venito glides with flowing invitation on AMITABHA’s healing ethos, Cubicolor’s points beyond expand cinematically from their UK progressive heritage, Dynacom and Bodai’s hibrida fuses Argentine hybrids with her Italo-Argentinian positivity, and Ben Böhmer’s little lights fades into ambient glow, his Berlin sounds from the late 2010s lingering like distant stars.

Petrichor 64 unites Kaludewa’s atmospheric showcases and Bodai’s organic serenity into a profound progressive house tapestry, blending reworked classics and contemporary depths for an enduring voyage of emotional resonance and rhythmic grace.

Petrichor 64.

Kaludewa (first hour).

Alfonso Muchacho - Abandon (Original Mix) [Superordinate Music]

Alfonso Muchacho - The Snake (Jonnas B Remix) [Superordinate Music]

Orkidea - Unity (Alfonso Muchacho Rework) [Armada Music]

Alfonso Muchacho - The Curve Of The Moon (Original Mix) [Superordinate Music]

Alfonso Muchacho - Wasteland (Julian Nates Remix) [Superordinate Music]

Alfonso Muchacho - Visualise (Original Mix) [Superordinate Music]

Sasha - Arkham Asylum (Alfonso Muchacho Rework) [Last Night On Earth]

George Fitzgerald - Burns (Alfonso Muchacho Rework) [Anjunadeep]

Alfonso Muchacho - Pulse (Original Mix) [Superordinate Music]

Alfonso Muchacho - Identity [Superordinate Music]

Artfaq - Spring Violently (Alfonso Muchacho Remix) [Proton Music]

Bodai (second Hour).

Iorie - Zweisamkeit [Klassified]

Piemont - Okinawa (Gabriel Ananda Remix) [Soulful Techno Records]

Madota - Rangi [Saisons]

Mustafa Gedik - Stranger (Las Von Remix) [ICONYC Noir]

Marsh feat. Mimi Page - Eu Topos [Anjunadeep]

Alejandro Conde, Albano Bastonero - Venito [AMITABHA]

ID - ID [AMITABHA]

Cubicolor - Points Beyond [Anjunadeep]

Dynacom (ARG), Bodai - Hibrida [AMITABHA]

Ben Böhmer - Little Lights [Anjunadeep]

Listen On Mixcloud Here.