No dirty house grooves to be found in this week’s episode, just a selection of deliciously chilled beach delights, beginning with some space age dub and vintage soul, journeying through cinematic stringscapes, drifting ballads and rarely heard downtempo gems to perfectly soundtrack a lazy afternoon on a beautiful tropical beach.. Why Nam? Why Not!

Tracklisting:

Easy Star All-Stars ‘The Great Gig In The Sky’
Zeb ‘Lovers Dubstep’
Dub Specialist ‘Beam Sound’
Zeb ‘Rude Boy Style’
Emancipator ‘Soon It Will Be Cold Enough To Be Build Fires’
Air ‘Les Professionnels’
Pyschemagik ‘Valley of Paradise’
Karsh Kale ‘Beautiful’ (J-Boogie Remix)
Darkside ‘Golden Arrow’
Tony Joe White ‘Thing About You Baby’ (Pyschemagik Remix)
Nightmares On Wax ‘Les Nuits’
Letta Mbulu ‘Nomalizo’
Shlomo ‘Rained the Whole Time’ (Nicolaas Jaar Remix)
KOAN Sound ‘Starlite’
Radiohead ‘Bulletproof’
Ryan Adams ‘Wonderwall’
Unknown ‘Swim Good’
Jon Hopkins ‘Immunity’
Tycho ‘Plains’
Coldplay ‘Midnight’
James Vincent McMorrow ‘Cavalier’
Nils Frahm ‘Familiar’
Bonobo ‘Eyes Down’
James Blake ‘Retrograde’
Nina Simone & Jeff Buckley ‘Lilac Wine’ (Marco Rigamonti Edit)
Imogen Heap ‘Hide & Seek’


Why Bam Vol 3 - The Chillout Session

An artist with a difference, Stevie Keys is an accomplished DJ who draws on his classical background to perform live piano over his sets, as well as a renowned producer with a history of releasing house music going back 20 years. You might not realise it but if you’ve been on a dancefloor in recent years you’re likely to be familiar with Stevie’s production as his original tracks have been released on some of the hottest labels around, licensed to over 100 compilations worldwide and supported by the world’s biggest DJ’s, such as Carl Cox, Pete Tong and Armin Van Buuren.

Born in Australia and always obsessed with music, Stevie Keys first trained as a classical pianist, before moving on to study sound engineering and completing a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance. By the age of 18 he had a record deal as a solo artist and had performed all over Australia, supporting artists such as Bjork and The Prodigy on their tours of the Southern Hemisphere.

Moving to London at the age of 19 he went on to record under various artist names including Antartica (for seminal UK dance label React), Altitude (Bonzai Records/ Sony), Sound of Soho (with Eye Industries/ Universal) and Tremor (for the influential Progressive House imprint Platipus).

Some career highlights include cowriting songs with legendary artists such as Nile Rodgers & Bernard Summers, remixing for the likes of Sia, R Kelly and James Holden, hosting a weekly radio show on DI.FM (one of the pioneering internet stations for electronic music) compiling and mixing compilation albums such as The Art of Chill (Sony) and producing several underground club hits that broke into the UK singles chart and were subsequently licensed to major labels such as Sony and Universal.

Now resident in Koh Phangan, Thailand which is famous for the Full Moon Party but is also becoming a popular destination on the international DJ circuit. In 2015 he created the now legendary Why Nam day party, before moving on to found Bambu Huts, which is fast becoming one of the most popular music venues in Thailand. 

Finally settled in this tropical island paradise after years of travelling the world, Stevie Keys is the resident DJ/ musical director of Bambu Huts, where he created The Sunday Session in 2023. This weekly event quickly established itself as the premier party on the island and is famous for having a distinct & sophisticated sound focused on afro, organic & deep house. Here Stevie plays extended sets with live musicians every week alongside illustrious guests such as Chus & La Santa (Redolent/ Stereo Productions), Djuma Soundsystem (Iziki Global), Igor Marijuan (Akasha Ibiza), DJ Ino (Cafe de Anatolia), Rezident (Anjunadeep) and many others.

I have so much respect for the DJs here, doing what they love and spreading so much awesomeness! So yeah I do love a great beat and a full sound. I'm into Deep House, funk, Tribal, Trance, Electro Swing and Technohoho!