Bicycle Corporation return with Electronic Roots episode 77, this time featuring guest DJ Brendon P. 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, better 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 international bookings and helped establish a career that would extend far beyond his home country.
Over the years, Marco has performed across Europe, Asia and other parts of the international club circuit. His experience behind the decks has allowed him to develop an adaptable approach shaped by House, Techno, Disco and other strands of underground electronic music.
Stefano grew up in Turin and showed a strong interest in music from an early age, studying classical piano, percussion and drums. His wider influences included 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 difficult to hear on mainstream Italian radio. That interest led him towards production and eventually into a partnership with Marco, where their different musical backgrounds could be combined within one project.
Bicycle Corporation developed from that shared understanding of electronic music and has since grown into a long-running collaboration. Marco's experience as a DJ and Stefano's studio background give the duo room to move between deeper, melodic and more driving club material without being tied to a single style.
Despite their international activity, the pair have continued to revisit material from the earlier stages of the project. Some of those productions are now available through their Bandcamp page, giving listeners access to older work while the duo continue developing new music and radio episodes.
Electronic Roots reflects the wider musical knowledge behind Bicycle Corporation rather than focusing only on their production catalogue. The programme gives Marco and Stefano space to explore the records, influences and electronic music traditions that have shaped their work across more than three decades.
Guest DJ Brendon P.
This week's guest is DJ Brendon P, whose real name is Brendon Perera, a Singaporean DJ and producer with more than four decades behind the decks. Known for a low-profile and understated approach, he has built a long career around careful selection, musical depth and a strong understanding of dancefloor culture.
Brendon began DJing in 1980 on Singapore's mobile DJ circuit before moving into clubs the following year. A visit to New York in 1984 proved especially influential, with nights at venues including the Funhouse, Paradise Garage, Danceteria and Area introducing him directly to the club culture that helped shape the House Music he would later champion.
Across the years, his musical range has remained broad rather than fixed to one style. House, Techno, Disco, Nu Disco, Funk, Soul, Lounge and Electronica all feature within his selections, while decades of local and international experience have sharpened his instinct for programming music around the room in front of him.
His wider musical activity can be explored through SoundCloud, where his recorded work reflects the broad range that has characterised his career. Further mixes are available through HearThis and Mixcloud, giving listeners access to different periods and directions within his DJ work.
His club history in Singapore stretches through the 1980s and 1990s, including work with Juliana's and Bacchus, followed by residencies at Neo Pharaohs, Venom and NOX. He later held a nine-year residency at Zouk Singapore, followed by further long-term appearances at Kyo and CÉ LA VI Rooftop Club & SkyBar at Marina Bay Sands.
Brendon's international activity has taken him to cities including Geneva, Gothenburg, Melbourne, London, New York, Miami, Taipei, Hanoi and Hong Kong. He also performed at the former Cielo Club in New York in 2010, adding another connection with the city whose club culture had influenced him so strongly decades earlier.
Alongside DJing, Brendon has developed a substantial catalogue as a producer and remixer. His Beatport profile documents releases across several labels, while Juno Download provides another view of his original productions and remixes.
His music has appeared through labels including In The Woods, Los Grandes, Reversoulmusic, Audio Parallax, Hotbox Music, Soul Shift, Defected, Rawjak, Eclesia, Issys Groove, Love International and One With Music. That production work mirrors the same breadth heard in his sets, moving between deeper House, Disco-influenced material, groove-led club music and more atmospheric electronic sounds.
Rather than chasing one narrow trend, Brendon's catalogue reflects the long musical perspective of a DJ who has experienced several major shifts in club culture first-hand. His approach has remained focused on taste, restraint and the relationship between records rather than spectacle.
That reputation for selection has earned respect from figures across international club culture. Nicolas Matar, owner of New York venues Cielo and Output, described Brendon as a "taste master" and one of the strongest DJs in the region.
Brendon P's guest appearance on Electronic Roots fits naturally with that history. His set draws on more than forty years of experience while crossing House, Disco, Funk, Soul, Techno and electronic music from different eras without treating the past as a fixed museum piece.
Brendon P opens Electronic Roots 77 with 51 Days' "Paper Moon", a classic house cut that sets the programme on a warm, understated course before Jimpster's "Square Up" moves firmly into Deep House. Jus’ Dope's "Roots", Jaco's Rhythm Invention remix and Kym Mazelle's "Was That All It Was" continue the journey through the deeper and more soulful foundations of House Music, drawing on records that favour groove and atmosphere over obvious peak-time impact.
Steve Bug's remix of Chez Damier's "Can You Feel It" keeps that deep-house thread intact before 51 Days returns with "Squeeze" and the Space Invaders mix of 2 Phat Cunts' "Ride" broadens the rhythm into tougher club territory. Paperclip People's "Throw" then brings Carl Craig's Detroit lineage into sharper focus, while the MD Express acapella of "God Made Me Phunky" provides a vocal bridge into the increasingly electronic middle of the set.
Stimming and Einmusik's "Magdalena" and Eric Prydz's remix of Paolo Mojo's "1983" open the mix into a more melodic progressive phase before Electro-Land's "Drop Beat" and Los Hermanos' remix of Esteban Adame begin moving the programme closer to Techno. DJ Gregory and Laurent Garnier keep the closing stretch rhythmically adventurous, linking house, techno and Electronica without losing the loose, exploratory character that runs through the episode.
Cybotron's "Clear" closes the selection with one of the defining early Electro records, tying the final minutes directly to Detroit's formative electronic history. Released in the early 1980s and widely recognised as a foundational electro track with an important influence on Detroit techno, it gives Brendon P a fitting final statement after a set that moves from deep and classic house into increasingly futuristic machine music.
Electronic Roots episode 77 Brendon P
51 Days - Paper Moon [Touché]
Jimpster - Square Up (Original Mix) [Buzzin' Fly Records]
Jus’ Dope - Roots [Soul Heaven Records]
Jaco - Show Some Love (Rhythm Invention Remix) [Warp Records]
Kym Mazelle - Was That All It Was (Def Mix Dub) [Syncopate]
Chez Damier - Can You Feel It - New York Dub (Steve Bug Re-Mix) [Dessous Recordings]
51 Days - Squeeze [Touché]
2 Phat Cunts - Ride (The Space Invaders Mix) [Yoshitoshi Recordings]
Paperclip People - Throw [Planet E]
MD Express - God Made Me Phunky (Accapella) [Aspro/Defected]
Stimming & Einmusik - Magdalena [Diynamic Music]
Paolo Mojo - 1983 (Eric Prydz Remix) [Pryda Friends]
Electro-Land - Drop Beat [F-111 Records]
Esteban Adame - Unofficial Discourse (Los Hermanos Remix) [Dolly Recordings]
DJ Gregory - Attend 1 [Kitsuné Music]
Laurent Garnier - Gnanmankoudji (Horny Monster Mix) [[PIAS] Recordings]
Cybotron - Clear [Fantasy Records]
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