Marco Mei presents his 2021 Podcast 31 on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia serves audiences across Japan, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Korea, Sri Lanka and beyond as an English-language electronic music radio station, DJ agency, music-news platform and promoter.
Marco Mei is one of Italy's more well-rounded electronic music figures, with a career spanning over thirty years and roots in afrobeat, funk and early synthesised sound. He began DJing professionally in the early 1990s and has spent the decades since building a genuinely international presence.
Early momentum came through a residency at Pacha Club in Sharm-El-Sheikh, which opened a touring schedule that has since included 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. Roger Sanchez, David Morales, Ralph Falcon, Sander Kleinenberg, Harry Choo Choo Romero, Justin Berkmann and Funk D'Void are among those he has shared the booth with.
The Bicycle Corporation project, launched with Stefano Ugliano, known as 6884, in 2009, gave his studio work a dedicated platform through 17:44 Records. Output across Alchemy, Miniatures, WL77, GrooveTraxx, Suka and Revox has grown to over fifty tracks and remixes, with early recordings now available through Bandcamp.
Taipei has been his base for a number of years, and regular appearances across South East Asia have steadily grown his network across the region. Bookings go through the Scientific Sound Asia DJ agency, while his weekly show is broadcast through its radio station and his latest releases and upcoming dates are posted on Facebook.
Marco Mei's 2021 Podcast 31 on HearThis opens with Kim Ann Foxman's Connection on Firehouse, whose warehouse echoes and raw House Music energy establish a direct tone. Harry Romero's I Love on Nu Groove and Cinthie's Offenbach Anthem on Shall Not Fade lead into Catz N Dogz and Gerd Janson's Modern Romance in the Dusky Remix on Pets Recordings, which had also appeared in an earlier Marco Mei podcast.
Patrick Cowley and Sylvester's Menergy in the Purple Disco Machine Extended Remix on Unidisc Music gives the 1981 Hi-NRG classic a contemporary Nu-Disco treatment, bridging four decades of queer club culture. Musk's Dance Dance Dance featuring Helen Salvin in the Johannes Albert Remix then leads to Casiopepe's Postcard and Wisconsin Mozzarella, the two selections on Dom Trojga carrying the programme onwards.
Mark Broom supplies the set's most concentrated Techno passage with Machine, What To Do and The 114, all on Rekids. The three-track sequence marks the podcast's hardest phase before Nez and Felix Da Housecat's Lift Off in Radio Slave's Nasty Thing Remix changes the pressure.
Madonna's Vogue in the Younger Than Me Edit on Hard Fist brings the selection back through Tech House and classic house territory, while Felix Kröcher's Passion on Create Music Group sustains the club-focused direction. The latter's Melodic House and Techno character provides a measured contrast to the preceding run.
Jerome Sydenham and Robert Owens's Shade offers one of the episode's warmest moments, with the New Jersey vocalist's voice creating a Deep House contrast to the harder material around it. Willaris. K's Chapel, which had featured in the previous podcast, precedes Dart's Shutdown on Shall Not Fade, Sofi Tukker's Drinkee in the Carl Cox Extended Mix and Nina Kraviz's Skyscrapers on Nina Kraviz Music, a firm Peak Time Techno entry.
Bicep's Lido on Ninja Tune introduces an Electronica inflection before Cassy's The One I Love on Hov011 makes another appearance across the series. Chrissy's So Electrifying on Pets Recordings adds a Jackin House moment rooted in Chicago's foundational dancefloor tradition, then Jolucas's I Should Take My Own Advice on Cacao Records and Groove Committee's I Want You To Know in the Larry Levan Mix on Unkwn Records close the episode with a connection to the Paradise Garage legacy running beneath much of Marco Mei's programming.
Marco Mei tracklist for 2021 Podcast 31
Kim Ann Foxman - Connection (Firehouse)
Harry Romero - I Love (Nu Groove)
Cinthie - Offenbach Anthem
Catz N Dogz & Gerd Janson - Modern Romance (Dusky Remix) [Pets Recordings]
Patrick Cowley Feat. Sylvester - Menergy (Purple Disco Machine Extended Remix)
Musk - Dance Dance Dance Feat. Helen Salvin (Johannes Albert Remix)
Casiopepe - Postcard [DT004]
Casiopepe - Wisconsin Mozzarella
Mark Broom - Machine
Mark Broom - What To Do
Mark Broom - The 114
Nez, Felix Da Housecat - Lift Off (Radio Slaves Nasty Thing Remix)
Madonna - Vogue Younger Than Me Edit [hard Fist]
Felix Kröcher - Passion
Jerome Sydenham & Robert Owens - Shade
Willaris. K - Chapel Feat. Waveiq (Boys Noize Remix)
Dart - Shutdown
Sofi Tukker - Drinkee (Carl Cox Extended Mix)
Nina Kraviz - Skyscrapers
Bicep - Lido
Cassy - The One I Love [Hov011]
Chrissy - So Electrifying
Jolucas - I Should Take My Own Advice
Groove Committee - I Want You To Know (Larry Levan Mix)
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