Bicycle Corporation return with episode 50 of Electronic Roots with guest DJ Nandi on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia operates as an Asian electronic music radio station, DJ agency, promoter and music news platform connecting underground artists and listeners across the region and internationally.
Bicycle Corporation is the Italian duo formed by Marco Mei and Stefano Ugliano, also known as 6884. Their catalogue includes more than fifty productions and remixes spanning Deep House, Tech House, French House, melodic electronic music and Techno.
Marco began his career in Turin during the early 1990s, working with the Urban People collective as a DJ, promoter and event organiser. His growing reputation across Italy eventually led to a residency with Pacha in Sharm el-Sheikh, which became an important step towards regular international bookings.
That residency helped extend Marco's career beyond the Italian club scene and into a much wider international circuit. Over the years, he has performed across Europe, Asia and other parts of the world while developing an adaptable approach shaped by decades of club experience.
Stefano grew up in Turin and showed a strong interest in music from an early age, studying classical piano, percussion and drums. His musical background also included an appreciation for Chopin and West African djembe, giving him a broad rhythmic and melodic foundation before electronic production became his main focus.
As a teenager, Stefano became increasingly fascinated by DJ culture and the electronic music that was still relatively difficult to hear on mainstream Italian radio. Watching DJs perform on Technics SL-1200s encouraged him to explore production more seriously and eventually develop his own studio skills.
The partnership with Marco brought those different backgrounds together and developed into Bicycle Corporation. Marco's experience on the dancefloor and Stefano's production knowledge allowed the duo to build a catalogue that moves comfortably between deeper, melodic and more driving electronic material.
Across numerous labels and releases, Bicycle Corporation have maintained a steady flow of original productions and remixes while continuing to work together over the long term. Their music reflects a shared interest in underground club culture while leaving room for different influences to shape each project.
The duo have also revisited material from the earlier stages of their career and made part of that catalogue available through their Bandcamp page. This archive gives listeners access to older productions while Marco and Stefano continue developing new releases, collaborations and radio episodes.
Electronic Roots reflects the wider musical knowledge behind Bicycle Corporation rather than concentrating solely on their production catalogue. The programme gives Marco and Stefano space to explore the records, artists and electronic influences that have shaped their approach across more than three decades.
Guest DJ Nandi.
This week's guest is DJ Nandi, an Indonesian DJ with a long-standing passion for electronic music and a strong connection with House and Techno. His sets are built around careful selection, smooth transitions and an instinct for reading the room rather than following a fixed formula.
Nandi's musical influences stretch through Soul, Jazz, Disco, Funk, Minimal and Techno, giving his House selections a broad foundation. Those references feed into a style that balances groove, rhythm and atmosphere while allowing him to adapt comfortably to different venues and audiences.
Whether performing in a large club or a smaller bar, his priority is to choose music that suits the space and the people in front of him. That approach has helped him develop a reputation for creating a natural flow across longer sets while keeping the dancefloor engaged.
His activity in Jakarta has included appearances at venues such as Jenja Jakarta and Colosseum Club, alongside a range of bars and lounges across the city. These performances placed him within Indonesia's wider underground electronic music community and gave him regular opportunities to refine his sound in different environments.
Nandi has also performed internationally across Asia, with appearances at venues including Club Kyo in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, Jiro in Kuala Lumpur and Le Noir in Kuala Lumpur. His regional bookings reflect a wider connection with the electronic music networks linking Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.
Alongside his solo work, Nandi is part of the House Cartel collective, a group built around like-minded DJs and music enthusiasts. The collective aims to support House and Techno in Indonesia by creating events, sharing music and building a stronger audience for underground electronic sounds.
His guest appearance on Electronic Roots fits naturally with that background. Nandi brings a selector's perspective shaped by years of club experience, broad musical influences and a commitment to House and Techno as evolving rather than fixed forms of electronic music.als at its core with an aim to push House and Techno music to the masses in Indonesia.
DJ Nandi opens Electronic Roots 50 with Surya Sen's "Jessica" in the DJ Boring remix, setting an electronic tone before Director's Cut and Kenny Summit's "Loving You" shifts the programme into the warmth of Deep House. Terrence Parker's remix of Jamie 3:26 and Masalo's "Testify" continues the connection with classic House Music, while REda daRE and Lis Sarroca keep the early section centred on deeper, groove-led club music.
Demi Riquisimo's "Noisey Kricket" begins to loosen the structure before H.O.S.H.'s "Tighter" in the Whitesquare remix adds a more melodic electronic edge, leading naturally towards DJ Tennis' treatment of Kino Todo and SOLI's "Space Sum". Blake Baxter and Marc Romboy then introduce a tougher Techno presence with "Freakin'", opening a more forceful part of the programme without abandoning the rhythmic detail established earlier.
Matthias Tanzmann, Santos with Riva Starr and Sosa (UK) bring Tech House firmly into the centre of the set, with Tuccillo's remix of Fauvrelle providing a deeper counterpoint between those more driving selections. E-Dancer's "Uptempo" in the DJ Minx remix pushes back towards Detroit-rooted techno, while Cromby, AJ Christou and Housey Doingz continue a sequence shaped by underground club music rather than a single narrow style.
Donald's House and Eden Burns bring a lighter, more playful house character into the later stages before Reboot's rework of Kone Kone, Moodymanc with Overmars and Audiojack's remix of Roberto Pagliaccia return the emphasis to rolling late-night grooves. Sven Väth's "Feiern" provides one final techno turn before Orbital's "Halcyon On And On" closes the episode in Electronica, giving DJ Nandi's selection a fitting finish after a journey through house, techno and more leftfield electronic forms.
Electronic Roots episode 50 DJ Nandi
Surya Sen - Jessica (DJ Boring Remix)
Director's Cut & Kenny Summit - Loving You (Roberto Rodriguez Dub)
Jamie 3:26, Masalo, Terrence Parker - Testify (Terrence Parker Remix)
REda daRE - Dini
Lis Sarroca - No Wait
Demi Riquisimo - Noisey Kricket
H.O.S.H. - Tighter Feat. Jalja (Whitesquare Extended Remix)
Kino Todo, SOLI - Space Sum (DJ Tennis Remix)
Blake Baxter, Marc Romboy - Freakin' (Original)
Matthias Tanzmann - Bindford (Original Mix)
Fauvrelle - La Vie (Tuccillo Remix)
Santos, Riva Starr, Troels Abrahamsen - Up On The Hill (Original Mix)
E-Dancer - Uptempo (DJ Minx Remix)
Sosa (UK) - Isolator (Original Mix)
Cromby - Vortex
AJ Christou - We Play
Housey Doingz - Brothers (Original Mix)
Donald's House - Everything Is Fine (Original Mix)
Kone Kone - Come Closer (Reboot's Muscleflexx Rework)
Eden Burns - Yardmaster Pt. I Feat. Nice Girl
Overmars, Moodymanc - Only Sober (Original Mix)
Roberto Pagliaccia - When We Were Kids (Audiojack Extended Remix)
Sven Vath - Feiern (Original Mix)
Orbital - Halcyon On and On
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