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Scattered Waves explores and reconnects the fragmented Vietnamese and Southeast Asian diaspora. Presenting the world of Asian electronics, influenced by the places where the sea currents took us, this show invites Asian artists from across the globe.

SW01 w/ Kimmah // 09.02.23

Khoi Mai, a Saigon raised music lover who spent a few years on the road before returning to what would be an even more exciting adventure in his homeland. Hanoi is where he resettled in 2018, and it didn’t take long for the musically-versed folks at underground hub Savage to lock him as one of their key residents. Khoi Mai took his second residency at The Observatory in 2020, and co-founded the collective Lien Hoan to represent the Vietnamese dance music scene.
Playing at many local clubs and festivals comes with its fair of prerequisites, but mostly loosely termed around one’s commitment and testimony to being a purveyor of good vibe and deep selection. Khoi Mai presents a fun and light-hearted attitude to dance music with eclectic selections and a dreamy, percussive sound. Moving smoothly between genres, Khoi Mai puts his personality and influences to use on any dance floor he’s put in control of, with constant grooves, surprises and delights.
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Là một người yêu âm nhạc lớn lên ở Sài Gòn, Khoi Mai đã dành nhiều năm du ngoạn ở Mỹ trước khi trở về nước để bắt đầu cuộc hành trình phiêu lưu âm nhạc của mình vào năm 2018, sau khi nhận được lời mời làm resident DJ của Savage Hà Nội. 2 năm sau, Khoi Mai trở về Sài Gòn và tiếp tục làm chủ sàn nhảy ở thành phố quê hương mình với lời mời làm resident DJ thứ hai đến từ The Observatory. Không lâu sau đó, anh cùng những người bạn của mình thành lập Liên Hoan, một cái tên đại diện cho văn hóa âm nhạc điện tử tại Việt Nam.
Với kinh nghiệm chơi nhạc tại khắp các bữa tiệc và lễ hội âm nhạc từ Bắc chí Nam, Khoi Mai luôn mang đến những lựa chọn âm nhạc tinh tế cho người nghe. Anh đại diện cho một tinh thần vui tươi, sôi nổi và nhiều bất ngờ với những bài nhạc mang tính chất bay bổng, nhưng không kém phần sâu lắng, cùng với sự kết hợp uyển chuyển giữa nhiều thể loại nhạc khác nhau để mang đến sàn nhảy một không khí rất riêng của mình.

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mk2406

SW02 w/ Khoi Mai // 28.03.23

While she was raised with a fusion between western values and traditional Asian culture, it took Twiena several years to develop and discover the courage to go after her passions with full force.

Turning the tables of the industry with her perspective and energy, Twiena is disrupting the scene from the heart of Amsterdam. Spinning sets with wildly vibrant combinations of rump shakin’ rave sounds designed to redefine the
nightlife.

From the dynamics of Twiena’s low-end grooves, to the fluidity of her music as she introduces a balance between her pure love of 4x4 Rave & Techno sound, uplifting melodies, and perceptive mixes of emotion & intensity all fused into
unforgettable moments in time. She supplies her audience with high-energy vibes that blend & blur the lines between rolling and industrial Techno, Ghetto grooves, Trance textures, and influences from the electronic scene of the UK,
to Detroit, all the way to South America – Twiena creates unparalleled combinations of sound that are fresh and tantalizing.

This year, as she breaks out into the international scene with her debut single “Work” that premiered on the Mixmag Soundcloud and was included in the compilation of PARDON’s Whut?! Vol. 1. Twiena explores her immense palette of sound with hour-long sonic expeditions released online, and is currently hard at work designing a plethora of new material for the future ahead.

SW03 w/ Twiena // 21.04.23

As stewing chaos in a quiet pot of flesh, they channel that energy into demonstrating their inner world to fellow aliens through mishaps and mutations.

SW04 w/ Nyjah // 17.05.23

SW05 w/ BuruN ĐăngA // 15.06.23

SW06 w/ DJ-ÖRK // 19.07.23

SW07 w/ To Van Kao // 22.07.23

SW08 w/ Tizone // 30.08.23

1.	D.K. - Elements
2.	Kim Anh - After Dark ( Massimiliano Pagliara Dub)
3.	Tama Sumo & PROSUMER - Play up
4.	TrinhNu - Tu Nay (Liquid Earth Remix)
5.	Plush Managements Inc.(Regularfantasy & D. Tiffany) - Plush Egg
6.	Sam Goku - Tsutsusi
7.	Sain Guel - Rock The Disck
8.	Sansibar - Force of Equilibrium 
9.	Lydo/Thomas Urquieta - Hand of God
10.	Aloka -  XTX3
11.	Mogwaa - Driven (Mr. Ho Remix)
12.	D.Dan - Sudan Sedan
13.	Anh Phi - Nói Thì Nói
14.	The Exaltics - Another World Underneath ( Animistic Beliefs Remix)
15.	Animistic Beliefs - Margiela Face Mask

SW09 w/ Antoan Van // 23.09.23

HIỀN ĐIÊN (they/them), Vietnamese-German, non-binary DJ and music lover, gonna take you on a journey: ɴᴏ ᴍᴜᴅ ɴᴏ ʟᴏᴛᴜs. 🪷 ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ sᴇᴇᴅs, ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏᴏᴛs sᴘʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʙʟᴏssᴏᴍ ғʟᴏᴜʀɪsʜs. 

The water in the stone fountain in the garden of your grandmas house gonna move slowly by the cat trying to reach the fishes. Far away you can hear the sound of the rolling bass drums of the temple rumouring, coming through the noise of the streets. 

You start to run while memories and the rush of the city are left behind and you enter a mesmerising forest of bamboo before you reach the wide fields of rice. The lúa is blooming. 

There are buffalos under the setting red sun and the wind is caring the whisper of your ancestors. It feels familiar. 

Tracklist:
Field Recording - “Free Palestine” 16.11.23 
Kloxii Li - Silver Lotus 銀蓮
Animistic Beliefs - To Dream About Water 
Lý Trang - sand congee
mess., Astronormous - Chú mèo con trong vườn 
JIALING - RahJahLing 
Tzusing - Clout Tunnel feat. Suda
Yaeji - For Granted 
tyler newman - hanoi rush hour 
Tuimi - Hà Nội 
Tzusing - Esther 
Lý Trang - cái cốc nhảy
Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective - đem giựt mồng 
Hơk Hoa - mừng lúa mới - Celebrate new rice season 
Suboi - CÔNG (Dance Remix) 
Kloxii Li - Interwoven Realms 交織界
Lý Trang - sắp đổ đàn tre 
Tzusing - Post-Soviet Model 
Dis Fig - CAST-OFF 
Phong Thuyet Nguyen - Kim Tiên 
Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective - What Cherubs 
Unknown Artist - From The Mountain Top 
tiny giant - Sắp Mưa 2.0

SW11 w/ HIỀN ĐIÊN // 18.11.23

SW12 w/ Kim Dürbeck // 12.12.23

1 Otro Mundo - Polygonia
2 4 SEASONS SONG - WANG YAN 48 years old woman in a village Guangxi China
3 光 - B.AI
4 วิญญาณ (Full Circle's Lost In Translation Remix) - Khun Fluff
5 Apsara - Maggie Tra
6 Chakkar (चक्कर) - Mogambo
7 Glazer Drum - Dea
8 Deep Inside (Ryogo Yamamori`s Drum Remix) - temple rat
9 BENEVOLENCE performed by RUAN ZHI CHENG 49 years old man playing the DAN BAO and WU GUI LAN 48 years old woman singing in WAN WEI village
10 Green Dragon Slayor - DJ 老闆 
11 Passing Clouds - Knopha
12 Lion Dance - Xiaolin
13 venom - Sonia Calico Remix - LVRA
14 That Dance on That Moon - Sonia Calico
15 LOVE SONG - 4 women in TUN LI TUN village, NAPO county
16 Invader - Luxixi
17 MO YI DA WANG - ZHUANG DRUMS IN GUANGXI CHINA
18 ٹرانس (SYO Remix) - Sunju Hargun
19 ٹرانس (Eternal Injection Mix) - Sunju Hargun
20 MOUNTAIN SONG - 2 men and 2 women in DALA village NAPO county
21 多谢了 - Liu San Jie/Wanqiu Huang

SW13 w/ LAN The Wireless // 16.01.24

Shasti (they/dia) is a Jakarta-born transdisciplinary artist, performer, and organizer based in Germany, as well as  the co-founder of @nusaqueerdiaspora. Their/dia’s artistic practice explores monstrosity through diabolic vocal engineering and sonic hauntings, as exercises of a re-embodiment vision that links queerness with animistic intelligence and political rage. Ancestrally drawn into fast-paced, cathartic, and possessing music, Shasti’s mixes weave infernal, gothic and utopian dance music like artcore, hardcore, trance, noise and more, with gamelan and j-core infused funkot.

SW14 w/ Lunar New Year Special: Shasti // 09.02.24

Tracklist:
Sơn FM - Bodies Without Surface
River Moon - Sinking and Floating
Luu So Em Di (LARRIA REMIX)
Temple Rat - The Composition Of Air
Sơn FM - Loose
Lawrence - Cyan Crush
Sonia Calico - Post Chaos (Part II)
Suboi - Đời
Sonia Calico - Chaos (Part I)
Anh Phi - ()
Lilian - Doi Mat Buon (Demonslayer edit)
Maggie Tra - Hanoi Oi
Mogwaa - Be On Time (Hidden Spheres' Tao Gae Noi Remix)
Doildoshi - The Last Dictator (Luca Lozano Remix)
Shum - Phantom Limb
Chalo - Doppelgänger 
Cora - Mountain High
Sugar Ross - 熱いで其れ
Nerve - Many Years Later

SW17 w/ Kimmah // 12.03.24

SW18 w/ NXP // 09.04.24

SW @ V2X Radio Saigon w/ Kimmah // 02.05.24

SW @ V2X Radio Saigon w/ ĐOUBLE ĐRAGON 88 // 02.05.24

SW20 w/ Temple Rat // 08.06.24

Emerging from Hanoi, Di Linh is a young artist from Vietnam. Coming from humble beginnings, her musical path has grown expeditiously over the years. The young DJ has been making a name for herself and her mark on the dance floors by using a diverse and colorful music selection. She is also a resident DJ at Savage, The Observatory, Equation and recently Wonder Fruit. Di Linh flawlessly brings her taste of music from north to south around Vietnam and just made her debut in Europe and SouthEast Asia recently. Each space gives her different inspiration as she is consistently developing herself to ensure the audience falls into a trance whilst also staying true to herself. She knows how to lead audiences' emotions into her own story, leaving them with a strong impression after each set through a variety of sounds such as Disco, House and Techno.

SW23 w/ Di Linh // 13.08.24

Justin Moy (jmoy) is a spatial designer and sound artist based in the Netherlands with a Chinese-Malaysian heritage. Combining his background in architecture with sound, jmoy constructs three-dimensional soundscapes that aim to tell spatial narratives.

For this Scattered Waves show, jmoy will be playing a self recorded and produced set consisting of field recordings, ambient works and archival family recordings. The set is imagined as a sonic fiction about the journey of a displaced being finding its place in foreign lands.

SW24 w/ jmoy // 10.09.24

Kiki Raikkonen is a French-Vietnamese DJ currently based in Saigon. His style blends influences from the Southern French Tek culture, Vietnamese clubs, the currently vibrant Paris music scene, and his own online explorations. Originally extra fun-oriented within his activity as DJ and event-organiser for Club Schumacher, he has recently been navigating different emotions through more complex soundscapes, while still aiming for cross-genre harmony. For Scattered Waves, he delivers a flow of deep, personal sounds juggling between breaks, tek, and rolling patterns.

SW25 w/ Kiki Raikkonen // 08.10.24

SW26 w/ Manila Spice // 12.11.24

SW27 w/ BongBongQuayQuay // 10.12.24

As a member of the OIL Soundsystem, he focuses on creating complex rhythmic patterns through advanced and organic sound design, unifying the dual essences of techno: primitivism and innovation. His style is both free and diverse, crossing various musical genres. While these styles may seem contradictory, they come together in a form of inclusive and liberated expression. With a strong sense of innovation and independent spirit, he guides his audience to explore the profound depths of music.

SW28 w/ Mingo // 14.01.25

Sanyo, a DJ based in Chengdu, brings her take on dance music to the dance floor through her sets. She co-hosts parties with friends in Chengdu and Beijing.

This one-hour set was recorded on the first day of Lunar New Year. The holiday brings back memories of childhood and the feeling of growing up. This set reflects those moods while also resonating with emotions from the past year.

SW29 w/ Sanyo // Lunar New Year Special: 11.02.25

Though it may not have been initially evident even for himself, Emel Rowe has the love for music engraved in his DNA. The Filipino-Australian DJ, party polymath, and vibe manager brings with him a gift of feeling; one that led to a flourishing career spinning across countries and co-founding UNKNWN, CC:Concepts and Manila Community Radio in the Philippines along the way. From closing Equation Festival and raising a rager in Wonderfruit Festival to hosting numerous events across the archipelago, Rowe has been both fortunate and diligent with his mission to share special moments on and off the floor.

SW30 w/ Emel Rowe // 20.02.25

Kaarst, is a Filipino-British sound artist and DJ currently based in Delft, NL. His club sets are characterized by the enigmatic sounds of bass music that resonate through the UK underground. His performances feature low-end influences from 140, grime, halfstep, techno, and UK funky, layered with rhythms and grooves that border on the menacing.

Outside of the club, Kaarst is interested in concepts of listening and what music garners this attention, creating mixes that consist of some of his own and others’ field recordings, ambient music, jazz and experimental electronic music.

This set is a showcase of the diverse and rich influences that shape Kaarst's unique sound. Expect a dynamic blend of deep basslines, intricate rhythms, and immersive textures that capture the essence of UK underground bass music.

SW31 w/ Kaarst // 11.03.25

SW32 w/ Phát Paris // 08.04.25

Re-recorded set from the Scattered Waves listening event at Huidenclub @ Rotterdam. 06.12.24. w/ @djkimmah & @tovankao
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Scattered Waves + Sonoor Listening Bar - Huidenclub Rotterdam - 06.12.24

Scattered Waves is a cross-continental platform amplifying East and Southeast Asian voices in electronic music—both across Asia and throughout its global diaspora. Founded in Rotterdam by Vietnamese DJ, producer, and curator Kimmah, the project is based between the Netherlands and Vietnam, building sonic and cultural bridges between communities historically scattered across oceans and borders. 

Rooted in a diasporic narrative, the name Scattered Waves draws from the South China Sea, whose waves scattered Vietnamese communities across the world. These waters symbolize both the rupture of displacement and the persistence of cultural memory. Scattered Waves channels that legacy into a space for exchange and connection through music. 

The platform hosts club nights with all-Asian lineups across Europe and Asia, including a flagship Lunar New Year event in the Netherlands. It also organizes intimate listening sessions focused on ambient, experimental, and leftfield music by Asian artists, runs a record label dedicated to new sounds from East and Southeast Asia, and airs a monthly radio show on Operator Radio in Rotterdam highlighting voices from the Asian diaspora and beyond.

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