The Lab Sessions announce guest DJs and playlists for Assemble 20

The Lab Sessions announces guest DJs Ploi and Takamasa Owaki for episode 20 of Assemble on Scientific Sound Asia. The platform operates as an expatriate and local underground radio station for Asia and internationally, alongside its work as a DJ agency, promoter and music news outlet.

Originating from Bogotá, Colombia, The Lab Sessions is an artistic electronic music collective representing the country’s underground scene through showcases and large-scale events. Its work focuses on cultural exchange, artist development and high-quality electronic music programming for local audiences and international listeners.

The collective highlights the depth of Colombian electronic music by placing regional artists alongside wider international sounds. Since 2016, The Lab Sessions has been active across South America through club nights, festivals and collaborative events.

Their appearances have taken place at venues and events including Octava, Klan 31, Teatron, KAPUTT, Vagabond, Bud-X Colombia, Top Secret Medellín, Armando Records, Céntrico, Mambo Alive, Sutton, Montibus Fest, Bassline events, TLS Parties, Euro Techno, Madame Garden, La Fabryka, Victoria, Masha, Vlak and Lede Club. More recently, the collective appeared at Groove and Dirty Sanchez in Quito, Ecuador, extending its activity beyond Colombia.

Guest DJ Ploi (first hour).

The first guest DJ for Assemble 20 is PLOI, a Seoul-based selector from South Korea. Outside music, she works in the healthcare sector as a nurse, balancing her professional career with an active role in the city’s electronic music scene.

Her sets are rooted in Funky House, Disco House and Soulful House, while also moving across a wider range of House styles. She favours rhythmic melodies, live instrumental elements and warm musical selections that create a direct connection with the dancefloor.

Alongside her DJ work, PLOI is involved in party promotion in Seoul and works with other DJs across the local scene. Her contribution to Assemble brings a South Korean House perspective to The Lab Sessions’ international guest format.

Guest DJ Takamasa Owaki (second hour).

The second guest DJ for Assemble 20 is Takamasa Owaki, a Japanese selector from Kamo-gun. His DJ career began in South America, where he took part in events across Colombia, Brazil and Ecuador.

His sound moves across House, Nu-Disco and Tech House, with wider influence from 1980s and 1990s electronic music, Disco and Rock. Classical music also played an early role in his musical development through his father’s influence during childhood.

At 23, Takamasa moved to the United States for two years as an agriculture trainee. During that period, he was exposed to electronic music, Hip Hop, Reggae and Latin music, broadening the musical range that later shaped his work as a DJ.

After returning to Japan, he worked as a florist while gaining DJ experience in cafes and bars. His sets later developed around Deep House and Soulful House, while also drawing from Disco, Afro House, Psychedelic and Ambient music.

Takamasa began his career on vinyl and later performed as a resident DJ at several international venues. These included Lavista Nightclub at Intercontinental Hotel Doha, The Warehouse Wine & Tapas at Pearl Rotana Hotel Abu Dhabi, Impressions Lounge at Anantara Hotel Abu Dhabi, ToroToro at Etihad Towers Abu Dhabi and Hard Rock Café Bogotá.

His contribution to Assemble brings a Japanese selector’s perspective shaped by South America, Japan, the United States and the Middle East. Updates, mixes and release information can be found through his Traxsource artist page, Bandcamp, Mixcloud, Instagram and the Cactus Experience website.

Assemble by The Lab Sessions episode 20 features Ploi in the first hour and Takamasa Owaki in the second hour. Ploi opens with Sidney Charles’ Cabo, setting a Minimal / Deep Tech direction shaped by clipped percussion and compact low-end movement.

Darius Syrossian’s Harlem Lights receives a Prunk remix that brings a warmer House Music contrast into the early section. Caioter’s Goodies and Wyatt Marshall and Sly Turner’s Arpeggiated Dreams return the mix to a leaner structure, keeping the first hour tight and groove-led.

Victor Polo’s Fumadisko adds a brief Tech House turn before AQUATI and High Soundsystem move back into deeper club territory through Kreech’s remix of You Didn’t Have To Stop. Perky Wires’ Come To Rhythm then reinforces the stripped rhythm focus that shapes much of Ploi’s hour.

Sidney Charles returns with Paz, followed by Mateo Dufour’s Paradigms and the Artmann remix of Tom Spark and Parsec’s Crowded. The sequence keeps the pressure controlled rather than forceful, using rolling basslines and small rhythmic changes to build movement.

Jizz’s Onyx, MADVILLA’s Lipid and Wyatt Marshall’s The Tuna Groove keep the set in a reduced underground House space. Sebo K and Politics of Dancing close the first hour with Politics Of Dancing, linking the section to a wider European minimal and House vocabulary.

Takamasa Owaki begins the second hour with Q Narongwate’s Together, shifting the programme towards a more open House structure. Dany Fright’s Los Flys brings a Jackin House edge before Col Lawton and Rio Soldierman move into Deep House through Is everythink.

Mirko Dee’s Immediately and Eddie Amador and Dany Cohiba’s Times of Change keep the second hour centred on accessible House rhythm. Lebedev’s Expressive then returns the mix to a deeper sound, using the Closer To Truth catalogue context as a natural reference point.

Yuichi Inoue, Masmin and DJ Spen bring Soulful House into focus through the remix and instrumental versions of Before Dawn. Reelsoul and DJ Spen’s All That I Can Say extends that section with vocal warmth and a smoother arrangement.

Crew Deep’s A Whole New Level and Kevin Yost’s We Need It move the programme back into Deep House with a jazz-influenced late-night feel. Risk Assessment’s Beep Beep then adds Disco House colour through Midnight Riot’s party-centred catalogue identity.

Booker T and Kathy Brown’s Boogie Oogie Oogie introduces a Dance / Pop listing with clear disco roots before Enzo Siffredi closes with Afro House on 4th Classic. The episode moves from Ploi’s reduced Minimal / Deep Tech first hour into Takamasa Owaki’s broader House, Deep House and Soulful House second hour.

Assemble by The Lab Sessions episode 20

Ploi (first hour)

Sidney Charles - Cabo (Original Mix)

Darius Syrossian - Harlem Lights (Prunk Remix)

Caioter - Goodies (Original Mix)

Wyatt Marshall, Sly Turner - Arpeggiated Dreams (Original Mix)

Victor Polo - Fumadisko (Original Mix)

AQUATI, High Soundsystem - You Didn't Have To Stop (Kreech Remix)

Perky Wires - Come To Rhythm (Original Mix)

Sidney Charles - Paz (Original Mix)

Mateo Dufour - Paradigms (Original Mix)

Tom Spark, Parsec (UK) - Crowded (Artmann Remix)

Jizz - Onyx (Original Mix)

MADVILLA - Lipid (Original Mix)

Wyatt Marshall - The Tuna Groove (Original Mix)

Sebo K, Politics of Dancing - Politics Of Dancing (Original Mix)

Takamasa Owaki (second hour)

Q Narongwate - Together (Original Mix) [Little Jack]

Dany Fright - Los Flys (Original Mix) [Moiss Music]

Col Lawton, Rio Soldierman - Is everythink (Original Mix) [Induction Muzic]

Mirko Dee - Immediately (Original Mix) [Serendipity Music Group]

Eddie Amador, Dany Cohiba - Times of Change (Original Mix) [Nu Soul Records]

Lebedev (RU) - Expressive (Original Mix) [Closer To Truth]

Yuichi Inoue, Masmin, DJ Spen - Before Dawn (DJ Spen Remix) [Quantize Recordings]

Yuichi Inoue, Masmin, DJ Spen - Before Dawn (DJ Spen Instrumental) [Quantize Recordings]

Reelsoul, DJ Spen - All That I Can Say (Lonnie-s Groove) (DJ Spen Original Mix) [Reelsoul Musik]

Crew Deep - A Whole New Level (Original Mix) [I! Records]

Kevin Yost - We Need It (Original Mix) [i! Records]

Risk Assessment - Beep Beep [Midnight Riot]

Booker T, Kathy Brown - Boogie Oogie Oogie (Booker T Vocal Mix) [Liquid Deep]

Enzo Siffredi - 4th Classic (Original Mix) [Below The Belt]

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