Marco Mei presents his 2021 Podcast 20 on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia is an English-language electronic music radio station, DJ agency, music news outlet and promoter connecting electronic music across Japan, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Korea, Sri Lanka and beyond.
Marco Mei is an Italian DJ and producer whose three decades of experience trace back to an early fascination with afrobeat and synthesised music. That foundation shaped a career that began in Italy in the early 1990s and has since extended to clubs and festivals across the globe.
Early international momentum came through a residency at Pacha Club in Sharm-El-Sheikh. Appearances at Woo Bar, Fuse in Brussels, Room 18 in Taipei, Bangaluu in Berlin, G-Star in Pattaya, SOS Supper Club in Bali and NLO in Minsk followed across subsequent years.
Shared bills have included Roger Sanchez, David Morales, Ralph Falcon, Sander Kleinenberg, Harry Choo Choo Romero, Justin Berkmann and Funk D'Void. Connect with him on Facebook for updates on his latest activity.
In 2009 he formed Bicycle Corporation alongside Stefano Ugliano, known as 6884, with 17:44 Records as their first home. The project has since grown to encompass over fifty tracks and remixes on labels including Alchemy, Miniatures, WL77, GrooveTraxx, Suka and Revox.
Their releases cover deep house, tech house, French house and techno. Earlier recordings from the project are available on Bandcamp.
Taipei has been his base for a number of years, with regular appearances across the region keeping him connected to a broad network of artists throughout South East Asia. He is available for bookings through the Scientific Sound Asia DJ agency and presents a weekly show on our radio station.
Podcast 20 opens with Audiojack and Jem Cooke's Feels Good on Crosstown Rebels, before DJ Skip's Don't Go, featuring Howard Hewett and Carolyn Griffey, receives the Andrew Emil Clone Dub treatment on S&S Records. New World's Glances in the Future Disco Vocal Edit brings Nu-Disco into the sequence, while Paolo Mixato's Kirara's Morning on Baccara Music and Nez's To The Money featuring Flo Milli and 8ae broaden its club focus through Dance Music.
Basement Jaxx's Red Alert in the Mella Dee Panel Beater Mix on Atlantic Jaxx revisits the 1999 rave classic within a Tech House and Breaks frame. DJ Skip's vocal-led dub also supplies a Soulful House moment rooted in the Shalamar legacy.
Acid Jerks's Monsters featuring Fuzzy Cufflinxxx on MFF (Music For Freaks) brings Acid House into focus, followed by Boys Noize and Jake Shears's All I Want on Boysnoize Records. Human Movement's Sorry Ms Jackson reframes the Outkast 2000 classic, before Kurtiss's Every Woman Loves Acid on Mutual Intentions delivers an acid-inflected House Music passage with a 303 line and disembodied vocal.
An unknown artist's Baggage precedes Djoko's Dancefloor Pro, then Latmun's Again on Solid Grooves Raw tightens the rhythm through Deep Tech House. Marco Faraone follows with Burn Down and Orbital, both on Drumcode, taking the podcast into its firmest Peak Time Techno section.
Monolink's The Prey in the Gui Boratto and Vintage Culture Remix on Embassy One shifts the register towards Melodic House and Techno. Panko's Performative on U're Guay Records then introduces Indie Dance, while Fred Again's Marea in Marco Mei's own edit brings the selection back towards the warmer end of the set.
Nunk's True Love, Paul Johnson's She Got Me On on TDR LTD and Sune's I Didn't Quite Catch That on Let's Play House ease the programme into Deep House territory. Solomun's Ocean, featuring Jamie Foxx and Amp Fiddler in the Moodymann Extended Remix, closes the main sequence with a second Soulful House touch.
Hula Mahone's Beat My Drum, featuring Leon Q in the Vocal Mix on ClubHouse, rounds off the episode through Afro House. The closing record gives Podcast 20 a fitting finish after its movement between house-centred material, electronic edits and harder club selections.
Marco Mei tracklist for 2021 Podcast 20
Audiojack & Jem Cooke - Feels Good
DJ Skip Feat. Howard Hewett, Carolyn Griffey - Don’t Go (Andrew Emil Clone Dub)
New World - Glances (Future Disco Vocal Edit)
Paolo Mixato - Kirara`s Morning
Nez - To The Money Ft. Flo Milli & 8ae
Basement Jaxx - Red Alert (Mella Dee Panel Beater Mix)
Acid Jerks - Monsters Feat. Fuzzy Cufflinxxx
Boys Noize Feat. Jake Shears - All I Want
Human Movement - Sorry Ms. Jackson
Kurtiss - Every Woman Loves Acid
Unknown Artist - Baggage
Djoko - Dancefloor Pro
Latmun - Again
Marco Faraone - Burn Down
Marco Faraone - Orbital
Monolink - The Prey (Gui Boratto, Vintage Culture Remix)
Panko - Performative
Fred Again.. - Marea (We’ve Lost Dancing) (Mei Edit)
Nunk - True Love
Paul Johnson - She Got Me On
Sune - I Didnt Quite Catch That
Solomun - Ocean (Feat. Jamie Foxx & Amp Fiddler) (Moodymann Extended Remix)
Hula Mahone - Beat My Drum Feat. Leon Q (Vocal Mix)
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