Bicycle Corporation welcome guest DJ Terence C for his fifth appearance on Electronic Roots, episode 18, on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian electronic music radio station, DJ agency, promoter and music-news platform connecting audiences across Asia and internationally.
Bicycle Corporation is the Italian partnership of DJ and producer Marco MEI and Stefano Ugliano, also known as 6884. The pair have released more than fifty original tracks and remixes across Techno and House Music subgenres.
In the early 1990s, Marco began his musical career as a DJ and producer and organised events throughout Italy with the Urban People crew. This work brought recognition, a residency at Pacha and international bookings that took him around the world.
Born and raised in Torino, Italy, Stefano showed a strong aptitude for music from childhood. He studied classical piano, percussion and drums with dedication, drawing inspiration from Chopin and West African djembe while becoming increasingly interested in the DJ's role before a crowd.
Electronic beats were difficult to find on Italian radio during the 1990s, but they opened a new chapter that led to Bicycle Corporation. The duo have revisited their earliest tracks and created a Bandcamp page to distribute them.
Terence C is a Malaysian DJ and producer based in Shanghai with more than two decades of experience. He played an important role in Kuala Lumpur's House and Techno scene and has a professional history connected with Zouk Kuala Lumpur.
His appearances have included line-ups with David Morales, Fatboy Slim, Pete Tong and John Digweed. His contribution to Electronic Roots places a long-standing regional selector alongside Bicycle Corporation's broad electronic focus.
In Bicycle Corporation’s Electronic Roots 18 with Terence C, Joseph Ray and Lakou Mizik open with DJ Koze's remix of Sanba Yo Pran Pale on Anjunadeep. John Tejada follows with the Deep Tech House of Sheltered on Kompakt, before Luciano, Michel Cleis and Los Ninos bring Organic House through Star Odyssey on Rebirth.
Hyenah's Words of Love on Watergate Records and Umami's David Mayer remix of And Stay With Me There Forever on TrueColors establish an Afro House passage. Sahar Z and Shai T return to Organic House with Roots on Moments, while Tantum's Call Of The Void on Lost & Found introduces Progressive House.
Hyenah's Nandu remix of The Greed on Watergate Records moves into Melodic House and Techno. Yulia Niko and Mommo G's It's All In My Mind on Rebellion, Sascha Braemer's 5pm remix of Sonneries de la Rose+Croix: I. Air de l'Ordre on Deutsche Grammophon and Enamour and Rinzen's Miracle of the Sun on Last Night On Earth extend the melodic section.
Man Power's As the Cube is to the Square on Me Me Me brings in House Music, followed by Steve Parry's Renato Cohen remix of What You Make It on Selador. Argy's Magit Cacoon remix of Power Of Detachment on Renaissance Records then introduces Indie Dance.
Blackisbeautiful and monokompatibel tighten the rhythm with the Tech House cut Borborygm on Trapez Ltd. Hertz Collision's Muscles on SCI+TEC supplies Peak Time Techno, before Shelley Johannson's Paradise Found on Bedrock Records returns to Melodic House and Techno.
Biesmans' Zombies In Miami remix of Careless Nights on Sinchi restores the Indie Dance direction, while Coeus brings Electronica through Vita on ATLANT. WhoMadeWho's Club Mix of Summer on Embassy One closes the programme with Indie Dance and a measured final release.
Guest DJ Terence C.
This week's guest DJ is Terence C, one of the steadiest hands in the business, Terence C is one of Malaysia’s hidden gems. A resident DJ in Kuala Lumpur (KL) clubs for 22 years, he has warmed up audiences for practically every A-List DJ you can name, a roll call that reads like a history lesson in electronic dance music that includes David Morales, Fatboy Slim, Pete Tong, Chicane, Sasha, John Digweed, Hernan Cattaneo, Carl Cox, Nic Fanciulli, M.A.N.D.Y. and Paul van Dyk, with many visiting stars requesting that Terence open for them.
A sign of his maturity and skill, he is the go-to guy whenever Digweed plays KL, having notched up at least 9 opening or closing sets for him at the bedrock icon’s request. For the past 9 years, he’s been a vital part of Zouk KL, Malaysia’s landmark international clubbing destination.
From leading some of the city’s leading regular nights to doubling up as a VJ, Terence C has been an important and integral part of defining the musical identity that Zouk enjoys today. Constantly called back to his true love, techno, Terence is also helming another monthly night at Zouk called ‘We Love Techno’ in association with one of KL’s leading left-field players DJ XU, concentrating on the underground sounds coming out of labels like Drumcode, Cocoon Recordings, Bedrock Records, and many others.
Kicking off his career as a DJ in 1998 as a protégé of DJ Chris Doss, he grew in the industry with several residences in KL at Cubeat and Globar under his belt. An early and major break for this talented player came in the shape of warming up for New York legend David Morales at the peak of his powers for his first-ever Malaysian show.
At the forefront of one of the most exciting periods in Malaysia’s dance music history, Terence was a resident at the seminal Movement club at the turn of the millennium. Since then, he’s appeared wherever dance music has flourished in this city: Backroom, Nouvo and Atmosphere.
Reaching across Southeast Asia, Terence has also performed at Lush in Singapore and Liquid Club in Ho Chi Minh City. In 2005, Terence helped to spearhead a new audio-visual collective called Altered Image with fellow artists Callen Tham and Didjital.
At the cutting edge of a wave of international artists who were going far beyond the usual DJ-VJ format, Altered Image mixed cinematic visuals, turntable beats, and live FX and samples in a mixture that never forgot that the dance floor was its true home. Winning the Malaysian heats of the internationally renowned Heineken Thirst competition that year, the trio went on to perform across Southeast Asia as Altered Image, picking up a new fan base as they toured.
Since then, Terence has always remained at the forefront of technical innovation and has invested considerable time and energy in mastering the Ableton Live production suite and now plays fully live sets using the software as well as traditional decks and CDJ set that frequently top 7 hours. With almost ten years at Zouk to his name, Terence C is now emerging from the shadows to concentrate on his production work.
Expect a raft of releases scheduled for later in the year, and increase his visibility across South East Asia. And with a reputation as Malaysia’s hardest-working DJ, he looks poised to achieve it.
This was aired originally on Wednesday 3rd of November, catch the upload using the Mixcloud player beneath the tracklist.
Electronic Roots episode 18 with Terence C
Joseph Ray, Lakou Mizik - Sanba Yo Pran Pale (DJ Koze Remix) [Anjunadeep]
John Tejada - Sheltered (John Tejada's Year Later Mix) [Kompakt]
Luciano, Michel Cleis, Los Ninos - Star Odyssey (Original Mix) [Rebirth]
Hyenah - Words of Love (Original Mix) [Watergate Records]
Umami - And Stay With Me There Forever (David Mayer Remix) [TrueColors]
Sahar Z, Shai T - Roots (Original Mix) [Moments]
Tantum - Call Of The Void (Original Mix) [Lost & Found]
Hyenah - The Greed (Nandu Remix) [Watergate Records]
Yulia Niko, Mommo G - It's All In My Mind (Original Mix) [Rebellion]
Sascha Braemer - Sonneries de la Rose+Croix_ I. Air de l'Ordre (Sascha Braemer 5pm Remix) [Deutsche Grammophon (DG)]
Enamour, Rinzen - Miracle of the Sun (Original Mix) [Last Night On Earth]
Man Power - As the Cube is to the Square (Original Mix) [Me Me Me]
Steve Parry - What You Make It (Renato Cohen Remix) [Selador]
Argy - Power Of Detachment (Magit Cacoon Remix) [Renaissance Records]
Blackisbeautiful, monokompatibel - Borborygm (Original Mix) [Trapez Ltd]
Hertz Collision - Muscles (Original Mix) [SCI+TEC]
Shelley Johannson - Paradise Found (Original Mix) [Bedrock Records]
Biesmans - Careless Nights (Zombies In Miami Remix) [Sinchi]
Coeus - Vita (Original Mix) [ATLANT]
WhoMadeWho - Summer (Club Mix) [Embassy One]
Listen on Mixcloud here.