Secret Underground presented German guest DJ duo Blue Cell on its Scientific Sound Asia programme in July 2020. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian electronic music radio station, DJ agency, promoter and music-news platform connecting audiences in China, Vietnam, India, Malaysia, the wider Asian region and internationally.
In July 2020, Secret Underground announced Blue Cell as its guest duo and published the programme’s tracklist. Blue Cell are a German production and DJ duo.
Secret Underground is a record label and event management company originating from Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is a small island in the Indian Ocean with a substantial regional audience for underground electronic music.
Founder Pasindu Dilhara began Secret Underground as a Facebook page for sharing electronic-music posts. It later became a Mixcloud podcast and record label that supports DJs in Sri Lanka.
The early rave scene in Sri Lanka heightened local interest in electronic music and informed Secret Underground’s original aim of bringing people together through music. At the time of publication, the crew promoted secret underground events in Sri Lanka while running its podcast alongside Scientific Sound Asia radio.
The crew also planned to develop the Secret Underground name internationally. Its stated aim was to connect artists and music enthusiasts within the underground dance-music community.
Guest DJ Duo Blue Cell.
This week's guest DJs are none other than the critically acclaimed Blue Cell. Blue cell is a production and DJ duo comprised of the unique pairing of Joachim Broeckers and Nicolas Albrecht who both hail from Germany.
Blue Cell is well into almost 15 years as a production duo and has a host of releases and remixes on various labels. They are completely Progressive in their style of production and in their culture.
Both artists love epic and powerful keynotes with a rhythmic beat and Basslines and have adhered to this concept with their flurry of releases over the years. Blue Cell favour weaving melancholic and soulful melodies into their arrangements and this has led them in a varied way into a break that can often sound surprisingly different in the drop.
In this show, the pair aim to demonstrate their style and trademark sound with a selection of tracks that epitomise their releases and rhythmically enamoured remixes. Enjoy the show!
The programme opens with Alex Breitling’s Makasi in David Mayer’s remix on Monaberry, introducing Afro House before Erdi Irmak’s Slow Motion Town on Tale & Tone. That early pairing also brings in Organic House through Irmak’s original mix.
Rob Hilgen and J.P. Velardi’s Guitar Trip, remixed by Blue Cell for Massive Harmony Records, establishes the set’s Progressive House direction. Forgotten Notes follows with Hanala on Renaissance Music, bringing Melodic House and Techno into the sequence.
Nick Kaniak’s Llegamos in the Funkstate remix on Massive Harmony Records sits alongside Blue Cell’s own Depeche Me. Feri’s Odd Speech, in Blue Cell’s remix for Stellar Fountain, extends the progressive-house section with another of the duo’s reworks.
GMJ and Matter’s Gauntlet, remixed by Alex O’Rion on Meanwhile, leads into Amantea’s Quadrum on Dear Deer Black. GIGEE’s Last Journey to Valhalla on Mobilee Records and Blue Cell’s Wellengang on Stripped Recordings keep the melodic house and techno focus in place.
Dimuth K and Shannon Davin’s Horus in Subandrio’s remix on Visceral returns to progressive house before Yeah But No’s Run Run Run in Adam Port’s remix on Sinnbus. Blue Cell’s Die Muschelbank and Ben Böhmer’s Lost in Mind in the Volen Sentir Extended Vision make way for the Deep House inflection of the Yeah But No remix.
Ormatie’s Taifun in Silinder’s remix on Proton Music precedes Erdi Irmak’s Daisy on Tale & Tone, revisiting progressive and organic house in the closing stretch. Luka Sambe’s Immense on Babiczstyle finishes the programme with Electronica.
Secret Underground 11 with Blue Cell
Alex Breitling - Makasi (David Mayer Remix)
Erdi Irmak - Slow Motion Town (Original Mix)
Rob Hilgen & JP Velardi - Guitar Trip (Blue Cell Remix)
Forgotten Notes - Hanala (Original Mix)
D. Jameson - Voyager (Sapienta Remix)
Nick Kaniak - Llegamos (Funkstate Remix)
Blue Cell - Depeche Me (Original Mix)
Feri - Odd Speech (Blue Cell Remix)
GMJ & Matter - Gauntlet (Alex O'Rion Remix)
Amantea - Quadrum (Original Mix)
GIGEE - Last Journey to Valhalla (Original Mix)
Blue Cell - Wellengang (Original Mix)
Dimuth K & Shannon Davin - Horus (Subandrio Remix)
Yeah But No - Run Run Run (Adam Port Remix)
Blue Cell - Die Muschelbank (Original Mix)
Ben Böhmer - Lost in Mind (Volen Sentir Extendet Vision)
Ormatie - Taifun (Silinder Remix)
Erdi Irmak - Daisy (Original Mix)
Luka Sambe - Immense (Original Mix)
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