Tam Yeung presents his seventh show on Scientific Sound Asia, with a tracklist that moves through electronic, experimental and club-rooted selections. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian electronic music radio station, DJ agency, promoter and music-news platform connecting audiences across Asia and internationally.
Tam Yeung, whose real name is Tim Young, is a DJ from Essex in the United Kingdom who lives in Da Nang, Vietnam. His principal musical influences include techno, experimental and electronic sounds, metal, jazz, folk, disco, funk and many other genres.
Tam began DJing in 2004 at the semi-legendary and moderately infamous monthly CLUB CLOR events at the Brixton Windmill. The parties featured bands and DJs, and developed a fearsome reputation for people letting their hair down.
He became known for playing tracks that broke with the norm, and later performed in several countries through talent and fortitude. Those appearances included squat parties in Berlin, beach bars in Malaysia, Thailand and Malta, underground venues in Poland, techno clubs in Moscow and breweries in London.
He has been part of DJ crews and residencies in Aberdeen and London, playing music from hard disco to soft industrial. In Da Nang, the pandemic disrupted his hopes of playing psychedelic sounds to open-minded ravers, so he brought his crate-digging selections to the airwaves.
The opening pairs Nine Inch Nails’ Run Like Hell on The Null Corporation with Andrea Parker’s Ballbreaker on Mo Wax, moving from Alternative music into IDM. Theon Cross’ Activate, released by Gearbox Records, adds Jazz before Nihiloxica’s Tewali Sukali on Crammed brings in Bass / Club pressure.
23 Skidoo’s F.U.G.I. on LTM Recordings returns to Alternative territory, while Mantronix’s Bassline on Sleeping Bag Records introduces the tracklist’s Trap element. Africans With Mainframes follow with Vibrations from the Serengeti II on Soul Jazz Records, bringing the selection into House Music.
Ekoplekz’s Detroit on Planet Mu supplies a more abstract electronic turn through Electronica. Sensate Focus’ Y, released on Sensate Focus, brings the rhythm back towards House Music before the heavier centre of the programme.
Karenn’s On Request on Voam introduces Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic), with Nahash’s The Horns on SVBKVLT returning to Alternative material. Pinch’s Croydon House on Tectonic restores Bass / Club weight, keeping the set focused on angular electronic rhythms.
Universal Indicator’s untitled Rephlex cut brings an Abstract passage before Underground Resistance’s Nannytown arrives on Underground Resistance. That record gives the latter stretch a firm Peak Time Techno direction.
Hashim’s Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) on Cutting Records revisits Trap in the closing sequence. Tengger’s Flow, released by Beyond Beyond is Beyond Records, closes with an Asian Music reference that leaves the programme in a more open-ended electronic space.
Tam Yeung Show 07 16th of June 2020
Nine Inch Nails - Run Like Hell
Andrea Parker - Ballbreaker
Theon Cross - Activate
Nihiloxica - Tewali Sukali
23 Skidoo - F.U.G.I.
Mantronix - Bassline
Jamal Moss - Gherkin U - 1
Africans With Mainframes - Vibrations from the Serengeti II
Ekoplekz - Detroit
Sensate Focus - Y
Karenn - On Request
Nahash - The Horns
Pinch - Croydon House
Universal Indicator - (Untitled)
Underground Resistance - Nannytown
Hashim - Al Naafiysh (The Soul)
Abyss - Don't Be Afraid
Tengger - Flow
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