Dr Moonstruck was announced as the host of Uncharted Frequency episode 07 on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian electronic music radio station, promoter and music-news platform connecting audiences across Asia and internationally.
Uncharted Frequency is a radio programme broadcast every two weeks on Scientific Sound Asia. It is a joint project between Shayekh Mohammad Arif, also known as Dr Moonstruck, from Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Hersiaz Hasi from Colombo, Sri Lanka.
The show provides a space for unconventional and underground music from different parts of the globe. Episode 07 placed Dr Moonstruck at the controls for a selection spanning progressive house and melodic techno.
This week's host is Dr Moonstruck, whose real name is Shayekh Mohammad Arif and who is a DJ and producer from Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is also a composer, sound collector and audiovisual new-media artist.
His work incorporates industrial music, noise-based provocation and avant-garde electronics as critical responses to contemporary society and political events, including government, collective movements and individualism. It also considers the music and cultural sectors, while his interactive audiovisual performances frequently use site-specific recordings.
As an active participant in Bangladesh's contemporary art scene, he performs as an experimental electronic musician. He works in duos, bands and solo settings, often using hybrid setups.
His portfolio includes instrumental ensemble performances at Birmingham Weekender in 2017, Transforming Narratives in the UK in 2019, LEV Helmond Festival in 2019 and the MoTplus Sound exhibition in Vietnam in 2019, among other events. Since 2016, he has served as artistic director of Half Moon Collectives in Dhaka.
Dr Moonstruck has also been a resident artist of Delta Tribe Dhaka and a sound artist at Soul City Arts in the UK. He has been affiliated with eleven international record labels and has collaborated with artists from the UK, Netherlands, Australia, Russia, Mexico, Algeria, Germany, Iran, the USA and Bangladesh.
In March 2019, he performed at Birmingham Repertory Theatre as a Research and Development fellow for the Transforming Narratives project, which was supported by Arts Council England and the British Council UK. He also appeared at the Birmingham Weekender festival in 2017.
His performances have included the Knights of the Raj launch event, the opening of the Knights of the Raj Exhibition and an appearance with live instrumentalists at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery before a large audience. He has played at more than 35 events, including Nepal's Shakti Peak Festival, BUKAN Night 2016 at the British Council, the British Council-hosted Knights of the Raj afterparty in Dhaka, StartUP Dhaka 2014, DUNMUN Fest 2015 and ATYA Festival 2018.
Colours FM radio in Dhaka named him Artist of the Month in August 2016. His sound scores have featured on more than 50 international radio shows, and he has accepted invitations from over 25 international radio stations to present his experimental sound showcase.
Dr Moonstruck opens with Javier Duque's 30 Days Alone in Gux Jimenez's remix on Oz Land Music, establishing a Progressive House foundation. Dabeat's Lascar on Freegrant Music and Lucas Rossi's Weird Sounding Dude remix of Dynamo on Dopamine White extend that opening direction.
Andrea Cassino and Greenage's Dmitry Molosh remix of Losing Part of Me on Proton Music follows with Da Luka's Immersed on Droid9. An unidentified Promo selection introduces Peak Time Techno, before Samer Tinoco's Purepecha returns to Droid9.
Kamilo Sanclemente and Giovanny Aparicio's Aware, released through Anjunadeep, brings in Organic House. DJ San's Rick Pier Oneil remix of Beacon on UV and The Stupid Experts' S.S.S.O.N on Freegrant Music then restore the progressive house focus.
Third Project's Community on Gradera Music introduces Melodic House and Techno to the programme. Galestian's Berlin and Jeff Ozmits' Memory, both on Zerothree Music, frame Fuenka's Arrakis on UV with further progressive house selections.
Antdot's Mirrors on Braslive Records keeps the later section centred on progressive house. ARTBAT featuring Sailor & I's Best of Me on Metaphysical leads into CamelPhat and Will Easton's melodic house and techno cut Witching Hour on RCA.
A second unidentified Promo record brings the set back to peak time techno near its close. Dr Moonstruck finishes with his own Whispers From Woods, presented as an original mix on Promo.
Uncharted Frequency EP 07 22nd of October 2020
Javier Duque - 30 Days Alone (Gux Jimenez Remix) [Oz Land Music]
Dabeat - Lascar (Original Mix) [Freegrant Music]
Lucas Rossi - Dynamo (Weird Sounding Dude Remix) [Dopamine White]
Andrea Cassino & Greenage - Losing Part Of Me (Dmitry Molosh Remix) [Proton Music]
Da Luka - Immersed [Droid9]
ID - ID [Promo]
Samer Tinoco - Purepecha [Droid9]
Kamilo Sanclemente, Giovanny Aparicio - Aware (Extended Mix) [Anjunadeep]
DJ San - Beacon (Rick Pier Oneil Extended Remix) [UV]
The Stupid Experts - S.s.s.o.n (Original Mix) [Freegrant Music]
Third Project - Community (Original Mix) [Gradera Music]
Galestian - Berlin (Extended Mix) [Zerothree Music]
Fuenka - Arrakis (Extended Mix) [UV]
Jeff Ozmits - Memory (Extended Mix) [Zerothree Music]
Antdot - Mirrors (Extended Mix) [Braslive Records]
Artbat Feat. Sailor & I - Best Of Me (Original Mix) [Metaphysical]
Camelphat, Will Easton - Witching Hour (Original Mix) [RCA]
ID - ID [Promo]
Doctor Moonstruck - Whispers From Woods (Original Mix) [Promo]
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