Bicycle Corporation introduce guest DJ Nick E. Meta for episode 8 of Electronic Roots on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian electronic music radio station, DJ agency and promoter publishing music news and connecting artists and audiences across the region and internationally.
Bicycle Corporation is the long-running collaboration between Italian DJ and producer Marco Mei and classically trained musician Stefano Ugliano, known as 6884. Together they draw on decades of experience across house, techno and live musicianship, building a distinctive musical identity from those combined backgrounds.
Marco Mei entered Italy's underground electronic scene in the early 1990s through the Urban People collective, playing a role in shaping independent house and techno culture. His career then developed internationally through residencies and performances across Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Stefano Ugliano developed his musical grounding through classical studies in piano, percussion and drums, drawing from both traditional composition and global rhythmic traditions. That foundation shaped his approach to electronic production and brought a strong sense of arrangement and musicality to the Bicycle Corporation project from the outset.
Their back catalogue is available through Bandcamp. Electronic Roots provides a setting for their broader musical vision, bringing together their wide range of influences with contributions from guests across Asia and the international underground scene.
Guest DJ Nick E. Meta.
Nick E. Meta is a DJ and producer originally from Berlin, now based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Alongside his Cambodian partner Sao Sopheak, he is the co-founder of Meta House, a Cambodian-German Cultural Centre that has been contributing to the revival of Cambodian arts and culture since 2007, operating as one of Southeast Asia's most respected independent art spaces.
Nick E. Meta co-founded the Berlin label D'Vision Netcom in the early 1990s and has been producing and mixing music for over thirty-five years. Recent projects include Friends Electrick, a live ambient trance performance trio, and Airstrip, a spoken word collaboration with UK poet noir John Gartland.
Sopheak, one of a small number of female techno DJs in Cambodia, performs alongside him, and the Meta House Crew has played across Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and Germany over the past decade, blending Berlin underground sensibility with Asian influences. His first Electronic Roots episode is a tribute to legendary producer Trevor Horn, incorporating samples from Grace Jones' album Slave to the Rhythm alongside other material that shaped his musical upbringing in the 1980s.
The session weaves in Kraftwerk's track for the 2000 World Exposition in Germany and Laurie Anderson's Oh Superman in a remixed version, blending those classic references with techno and tech house club tracks and a selection of rarities. Post-production editing, mastering and effects were handled by producer Prof. Kinski.
Nick E Meta opens Electronic Roots Episode 08 with Adisyn and Wassu’s “Full Moon,” placing Deep Tech House at the front of the set before Bus and Carl Cox. The Collective States remix of “Pure” then pushes firmly into Peak Time Techno, while Claude VonStroke and Catz 'n Dogz counter with the tech-house rhythm of “Raggadagga.”
Cmon and Coqui Selection precede Eddie Richards and Efdemin before Grace Jones introduces a clear connection to disco and eighties electronic music. Hoxton Whores then lead into Jam & Spoon’s “Follow Me,” with Thomas Schumacher’s extended remix returning the programme to peak-time techno.
Jimi Tenor and Freestyle Man’s Ricardo Villalobos remix provides a more stripped-back passage before Ken Ishii’s “Glow” receives the Filterheadz treatment. Kevin Yost and Peter Funk follow before Kraftwerk add an Electro reference through “Expo 2000,” broadening the electronic roots explored by Nick E Meta.
Luciano changes the pace considerably with “Mantra For Lizzie,” a Downtempo release, before M.A.N.D.Y. and Booka Shade’s Laurie Anderson collaboration moves back into minimal and deep-tech territory through Robag Wruhme’s remix. Nicone follows before Red Axes bring in Organic House with the Bangalore Rave Version of “Little Prince.”
Sthekerson precedes The Orb, whose “A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain” provides another excursion into Ambient electronic music. TC 1992 then restores a classic House Music pulse with “Funky Guitar,” followed by Transglobal Underground, Tom Wax and Detroit electro landmark “Jaguar” from The Aztec Mystic.
Todd Terje and Afro Yemanjo carry the later section through disco-influenced and organic material before Coqui Selection’s “God Saves The American Dream” appears for a second time in the supplied playlist. Monkey Safari follows with “Palomar” before Tim Taylor and Thor 54 close an unusually broad Electronic Roots episode that moves through deep tech, house, techno, electro, organic house, ambient and downtempo music.
Bicycle Corporation Electronic Roots episode 08 with Nick E Meta
Adysyn Wassau - Full Moon
Bus - Grove
Carl Cox - Pure (Collective States Remix)
Claude Vanstroke, Catz’ & Dogz - Raggadagga (Original Mix)
Cmon - Told U Wrong
Coqui Selection - God Saves The American Dream (Original Mix)
Eddie Richards - Aaaiii
Efdemin - Modern Times
Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm
Hoxton Whores - I Was Made For Loving You
Jam & Spoon - Follow Me (Thomas Schumacher Extended Remix)
Jimi Tenor, Freestyle Man - Forgotten Planet Awakens (Ricardo Villalobos Remix)
Ken Ishii - Glow (Filterheadz Remix)
Kevin Yost & Peter Funk - Close To My Skin
Kraftwerk - Expo 2000
Luciano - Mantra For Lizzie (Original Mix)
M.A.N.D.Y., Booka Shade, L. Anderson - O Superman (Robag's Pumper-nikkel Rmks)
Nicone - Miaupella
Red Axes - Little Prince (Bangalore Rave Version)
Sthekerson - Mimimal
The Orb - A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain (Loving You Aubrey Mix Mk Ii)
TC - Funky Guitar
Transglobal Underground - Delta Disco
Tom Wax - Stayawake
The Aztec Mystic - Jaguar
Todd Terje - Pop Muzik
Afro Yemanjo - Na Procura (Zuma Dionys Remix)
Coqui Selection - God Saves The American Dream (Original Mix)
Monkey Safari - Palomar (Original Mix)
Tim Taylor & Thor 54 - Over The Hill
Listen on Mixcloud here.