Spiritual Viking announces playlists and guest DJ Dropfader for new show

Spiritual Viking’s new show features guest DJ Dropfader and originally aired on Scientific Sound Asia on Sunday 7 March 2021. The platform operates as an Asian underground electronic music radio station for Japan, Vietnam, China, India and international audiences, alongside its work as a DJ agency, promoter and music news outlet.

Spiritual Viking, real name Trevor Peterson, is a Canadian DJ from Montreal. His connection with Techno began in 1999, shaped by the city’s club and after-hours culture during a key period for electronic music.

At the age of 20, he was heavily influenced by Montreal’s nightlife and the weekly gatherings at SONA Afterhours Club. The venue introduced him to international artists and helped form the foundations of his sound.

During that era, Montreal hosted major electronic music figures including Tiesto, Carl Cox, John Digweed, Josh Wink and Richie Hawtin. Those artists became lasting reference points for Spiritual Viking’s musical direction and DJ style.

He first learned to mix using the classic setup of Technics SL-1200 turntables and a Vestax mixer. Living in a loft on St Laurent Street placed him close to many of Montreal’s clubs and nightlife spaces.

Around the turn of the millennium, he played regularly at Quattro Supper Club every Friday and SHED Café every other Saturday. These appearances gave him early exposure within Montreal’s nightlife scene and strengthened his connection with club culture.

That period also brought personal difficulties, as his involvement in the scene became tied to drug and alcohol problems. In 2009, he entered rehabilitation and began rebuilding his life with a renewed sense of direction.

By 2013, Spiritual Viking returned to DJing and reconnected with the music that had first inspired him. He began sharing his sound again in Montreal, performing regularly at local bars and clubs.

Further music and mixes can be followed through his SoundCloud, where his selections continue to document his work as Spiritual Viking. For this edition, he welcomes guest DJ Dropfader for a show focused on darker Techno and underground rave influences.

Guest DJ Dropfader.

Dropfader is a Moroccan Techno DJ born in 1993. Drawn to the force and clarity of electronic sound, he moved into Techno and developed a style shaped by rave culture and the underground.

His sets are built around dark atmosphere, acid melodies, gloomy drops and rising tempos.

The way he works with sound gives his performances a physical intensity, combining pressure, movement and a strong sense of space. Dropfader also produces his own samples, using them to add a personal element to each set.

This approach gives his performances a more individual character, with material shaped specifically for the moment. For Dropfader, dance music is not only a club experience but also a form of connection. His view of long hours on the dance floor links rhythm, shared energy and expression through seamless frequencies.

Spiritual Viking returns for episode 2 on Scientific Sound Asia with a two-hour programme alongside guest DJ Dropfader, centred on Techno, Peak Time Techno and Progressive House. The opening hour is handled by Spiritual Viking before Dropfader takes control for the second half.

Spiritual Viking opens with his own Epic Intro before Frank Mauer's Attack establishes an uncompromising Techno rhythm. Andrey-ey and Kmel introduce a melodic contrast with Inside the Universe, while Pan-Pot's remix of Frequenztraeger restores the heavier momentum.

Dominic Rumpf raises the intensity through Cataclysm before Keep This provides a Progressive House break with Sleeping with Ghosts. Shaded (LA), Trevor Rockliffe, Sean Sever and Green Velvet's Layton Giordani remix of La La Land steadily increase the pace towards the close of the first hour.

Feral's Invocation, JAN-X's Interplanetary and FabioTek's Moonlight complete Spiritual Viking's contribution with a balance of Techno and Melodic House and Techno. The sequence closes the opening session with a strong melodic finish before the guest mix begins.

Dropfader opens the second hour with an Ableton remake of Pink Floyd's Another Brick In The Wall, offering an electronic reinterpretation before Omis and Space 92 move directly into Peak Time Techno territory. Benefice and Ramiro Lopez maintain the pressure through driving percussion and dense rhythmic arrangements.

Alignment's Injection, Crackland's Blame the Mono and Dread's Temples Fall push the mix into its hardest section with uncompromising club energy. Ctrlz briefly shifts the atmosphere through Progressive House before Remco Beekwilder's Skeemask in the I Hate Models remix provides a powerful closing statement.

Spiritual Viking episode 2

Spiritual Viking (first hour)

Spiritual Viking - Epic Intro

Frank Mauer - Attack

Andrey-ey, Kmel - Inside the Universe

Mis. - Frequenztraeger (Pan-Pot Remix)

Dominic Rumpf - Cataclysm

Keep This - Sleeping with Ghosts

Shaded (LA) - Sheshe

Trevor Rockliffe - Work It

Sean Sever - Sonar

Green Velvet - La La Land (Leyton Giordani remix)

Feral - Invocation

JAN-X - Interplanetary

FabioTek - Moonlight

Dropfader (second hour)

Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (Ableton remake)

Omis  - Inside the Mind

Benefice - The Jacking Heat

Space 92  - Atlas

Ramiro Lopez - Bluash

Alignment - Injection

Crackland - Blame the Mono 

Dread - Temples Fall

Ctrlz - Groof

Remco Beekwilder - Skeemask (I Hate Models 'Eternal Snow' Remix)

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