SW Live from Operator Radio

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

KOPI O is a Czech-Indonesian artist, piano virtuoso, and DJ based in Glasgow, Scotland. Having a history in music since the age of 5, KOPI O’s musical influences come from their eclectic background having lived and grown up between Czechia and Singapore. After playing a range of events from piano concerts in the churches of Eastern Europe to hard hitting club nights in the Glasgow underground scene, KOPI O’s music is an amalgamation of their love and passion for romanticism and intense electronic music.

SW15 w/ Lunar New Year Special: KOPI O // 09.02.24

C3 is a Vietnamese-American DJ and visual artist currently based in Ho Chi Minh City. She describes her sound as "ADHD," alchemizing techno with elements of vinahouse, trance, and everything in between. She models her mixing style after the laws of nature, where chaos births order. Seeking to find the flow within the unpredictable nature of the club, her mixing style invites you to feel comfortable with uncertainty. Freedom is her motivation. Transcendence is her endgame.

This mix was recorded in District 2 of Ho Chi Minh City using a 2019 Macbook Pro and Traktor Kontrol Z2. It starts calm and moody and builds towards high octane moments of ecstasy cushioned by rhythmic techno. Sonically I drew a lot of inspiration from the randomness of Saigon's fast-paced environment, with many layers of urban noises drowning each other out simultaneously and in perfect harmony. For me this mix encapsulates the feeling of going back to zero. Pent up energy is released and stabilizes when it reaches a zero sum. Every high has a comedown and eventually finds balance in the middle.

SW16 w/ C3 // 13.02.24

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

SW19 w/ Derozan // 15.05.24

SW20 w/ Temple Rat // 08.06.24

SW21 w/ Ambu Bambu // 09.07.24

SW22 w/ Zhiqi // 09.07.24

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

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.