Secret Underground presents episode 06 with guest DJ Marsii on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian electronic music radio station, promoter, DJ agency and music-news platform connecting audiences across Asia and internationally.
Secret Underground is a record label and event management company from Sri Lanka. The island nation is among South Asia's largest audience bases for Progressive House and underground music more broadly.
The Secret Underground crew formed around a wish to bring people together through music. Founder member Pasindu Dilhara began Secret Underground as a Facebook page for electronic-music posts, which later became a Mixcloud podcast and record label supporting DJs in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka's early rave scene broadened local musical tastes and helped shape the crew's audience. At the time of publication, Secret Underground promoted underground events in Sri Lanka while running its podcast in collaboration with Scientific Sound Asia.
The crew planned to develop the Secret Underground name internationally and strengthen connections between artists and music enthusiasts. Its focus was on supporting the wider underground electronic-music community.
Guest DJ Marsii.
This weeks guest DJ is Marsii, Hailing from Finland, Marsii is a progressive house DJ based in Barcelona. Music has been present in her life since her childhood and her inspiration comes from her father who was a singer.
During her teenage years, she started listening to electronic music, and the album that really impressed her and made her choose electronic music over other genres was “The Silence” by ATB. Soon after she came across Armin Van Buuren and Roger Shah and her journey began.
In the summer of 2006, she discovered Armin Van Buuren’s “On The Beach” - series and that was the first moment when she started dreaming about creating electronic music. Then in 2017, she discovered Progressive House and her style became very groove-driven and melodic liking the heavy and moving bass lines combined with hypnotic melodies.
Her recent influences are mainly from the progressive scene, and the producers she follows the most are Cid Inc, Brian Cid and Jerome Isma-Ae. Since 2018 she’s hosted her own podcast 'ALPTH' - A Little (Progressive) Trip To Heaven and currently she is a resident DJ at the online radio station RTS.FM, and since February 2020 she’s been running her own Progressive House event brand “Uniter” in Barcelona.
Secret Underground 06 with guest DJ Marsii opens with Kasper Koman's The Blind Navigator on Anjunadeep, setting a Melodic House and Techno tone. Matthias Meyer and Ryan Davis follow with Cafuné on Watergate Records, before Hraach's Apricot Tree brings Organic House through Hoomidaas.
Jaap Ligthart's Karmon remix of Grass Walking on Songspire Records returns to melodic house and techno, while Durante and Hana's Starglow on Anjunadeep brings in Deep House. The early selections establish a measured movement between melodic detail, deeper textures and the organic character of Hraach's track.
Abity's Christian Monique remix of Hevious on Forward Music introduces the programme's Progressive House centre, followed by Robert Babicz's Doctor Käfer on DIRTCUTS. Donny Carr's GMJ & Matter remix of Merlin's Oath on Mango Alley extends that direction with a more sustained progressive-house feel.
Hermanez and Eran Aviner's Aria on Edge moves into Hakan Ozurun's Shecko from Bonzai Progressive. Stan Kolev's Nevertheless on Outta Limits keeps the set focused on progressive-house rhythms and melodic construction.
Anartist's Bombs And Unicorns on BeatFreak Limited reintroduces melodic house and techno after the progressive-house run. Space Food's Saturn on Heinz Music follows with another melodic-house-and-techno selection.
Modeplex's Mind Over Matter on Steyoyoke leads into EarthLife's Senza Fine on Infinite Depth and James Marley's Pathos on Inner Symphony. Audioglider closes with When the Last Star Fades Out on Pangea Recordings, bringing the programme back to Progressive House for its final record.
Secret Underground 06 6th of June 2020
Kasper Koman - The Blind Navigator
Matthias Meyer, Ryan Davis - Cafune
Hraach - Apricot Tree
Jaap Ligthart - Grass Walking (Karmon Remix)
Nilseus - Tense (Emphi Remix)
Durante & Hana - Starglow
Abity - Hevious (Christian Monique Remix)
Robert Babicz - Doctor Käfer
Donny Carr - Merlin’s Oath (Gmj & Matter Remix)
Immortal - DJ Samer
Hermanez, Eran Aviner - Aria
Hakan Ozurun - Shecko
Stan Kolev - Nevertheless
Romina, Franck Dona, Jerome Isma-ae - No Education (Jerome Isma-ae Remix)
Sean & Dee , Melody Stranger - Apollo
Anartist - Bombs And Unicorns
Cedren & Manu-l, Atleha - ID
Space Food - Saturn
Modeplex - Mind Over Matter
Earthlife - Senza Fine
James Marley - Pathos
Audioglider - When The Last Star Fades Out
Listen on Mixcloud here.