Bicycle Corporation return with Roots episode 121, this time featuring guest DJ Bert Bevans on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia operates as an Asian electronic music radio station, DJ agency, promoter and music news platform serving listeners across the region and internationally.
Bicycle Corporation is the Italian duo formed by Marco Mei and Stefano Ugliano, better known as 6884. Together they have built a catalogue of more than sixty original productions and remixes spanning House, Deep House, Tech House, French House, melodic electronic music and Techno.
Marco began his career in Turin during the early 1990s as a DJ and producer, later founding the Urban People collective and organising electronic music events across Italy. Those early years helped establish his reputation while giving him the opportunity to develop a broad musical identity through club performance, record collecting and promotion.
His progress eventually led to a residency with Pacha in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. That experience strengthened his international profile and opened the way for further bookings across Europe, Asia and other parts of the global club circuit.
Marco's wider musical interests have always extended beyond House and Techno alone. Afrocentric rhythms, Disco, Funk and other electronic influences form an important part of the background that later shaped Bicycle Corporation's Roots series.
Stefano grew up in Turin and showed strong musical ability from an early age, studying classical piano, percussion and drums. His interests ranged from Chopin to West African djembe, giving him a broad rhythmic and melodic foundation before electronic music became his main focus.
As a teenager, Stefano became increasingly fascinated by DJ culture and by electronic records that were still difficult to hear on mainstream Italian radio. That curiosity eventually led him towards production and the technical side of creating the sounds that had captured his attention.
When Stefano met Marco, the pair discovered a shared understanding of electronic music and began working together as Bicycle Corporation. Marco's experience behind the decks and Stefano's musical background gave the project a flexible base for moving between deeper, melodic and more driving club material.
Their catalogue has since developed across numerous international labels, including a hard Techno remix of Virus D.D.D's Origination that received recognition through Beatport staff selections. The duo have continued producing, remixing and developing radio projects while maintaining the broad musical perspective that has defined their work.
They have also revisited material from the earlier stages of their catalogue and made selected productions available through their Bandcamp page. This archive gives listeners access to older work while Marco and Stefano continue developing new productions and collaborations.
Roots gives Bicycle Corporation space to explore the records, artists and wider musical traditions that helped shape their development beyond their own studio output. Episode 121 continues that approach with Bert Bevans, bringing another highly experienced selector into a programme centred on the foundations behind contemporary electronic music.
Guest DJ Bert Bevans.
This shows guest was the late Bert Bevans, a British-Honduran-born DJ whose career became intertwined with some of the most important clubs in New York, London and beyond. Bevans died on 5 January 2026 after arriving at Heathrow Airport, bringing to a close a career that spanned more than four decades of international club culture.
His family moved to New York on 27 July 1969, initially settling in Jamaica, Queens, before relocating to Hollis, where he spent his teenage years. After high school he briefly pursued aviation studies, but music gradually became the direction that would define his life.
DJing began almost by accident through block parties in Hollis, at a time when neighbourhood parties were an important part of New York’s emerging DJ culture. Working at Melody’s Record Shop subsequently brought him into regular contact with DJs searching for new records and helped connect him with the city’s rapidly developing nightclub scene.
Those relationships eventually took him into venues including Paradise Garage, Xenon, Electric Circus, Bonds and the Playboy Club. His association with Studio 54 became particularly significant after the club opened in April 1977, with Bevans regularly playing private parties there during its formative period.
When Studio 54 DJ Richie Kaczor relocated to St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands, Bevans took over the residency there. He spent around two years playing at the Caribbean branch before returning to New York and subsequently accepting an opportunity that would take his career to London.
The move to London opened another major chapter, beginning with a residency at The Embassy before further work at Xenon and Camden Palace. At Camden Palace he became part of a scene associated with figures including Rusty Egan and Steve Strange, while performing alongside selectors such as Colin Faver and “Evil” Eddie Richards.
During this period, Bevans increasingly travelled between London, New York and other international destinations. His ability to move between Disco, Funk, Soul and the developing forms of House gave him considerable flexibility as club music changed around him.
One of his most important later connections came through longtime friend Justin Berkmann, who was developing the concept for a new London club in 1991. The venue became Ministry of Sound, and Bevans was closely involved during its formative period as the club established a sound-system and musical philosophy heavily influenced by New York institutions such as Paradise Garage.
His wider production and remix work can be explored through his Beatport catalogue, while archived DJ sets remain available through Mixcloud and SoundCloud. These recordings preserve another side of a career built not simply around famous venues but around decades of record selection and dancefloor experience.
Later in life, Bevans maintained strong ties with Asia and became particularly connected with Phuket, Thailand. He helped establish Seduction with his friend Santeri, worked on projects connected with Café del Mar Ibiza and was involved with the launch of Ice and Spice Bar in Ho Chi Minh City before the pandemic.
His connection with Asia made his appearance on Roots especially appropriate, bringing a direct line from 1970s New York Disco through London club culture and into contemporary scenes across Southeast Asia. Few guests could represent the idea behind the programme more completely, given the breadth of music, clubs and generations that passed through his career.
Bert Bevans remained active internationally until shortly before his death, travelling between Thailand, Britain and other music destinations. Tributes following his passing described him not only as an influential House DJ and remixer but also as a generous and widely respected figure within the international dance music community.
Bert Bevans opens Bicycle Corporation Roots 121 with S.E.L's "Brand New" in the DJ Spen and Michele Chiavarini remix, establishing the warm vocal character of Soulful House from the outset. The Foremost Poets treatment of Michael Jackson and Christian B with Lee Wilson continue that polished club direction before Aaron K Gray adds another gospel-tinged vocal moment to the opening run.
Booker T's remix of Soul II Soul's "Keep On Movin'" connects the programme directly with British club history, followed by his own "When The Love Is Over" as the selection settles further into House Music. Eddie Kendricks and Yes then provide the source for another Foremost Poets reconstruction before David Morales' "Come Undone" brings one of the episode's key house producers into the foreground, reflecting the house-and-disco focus of the original SSA presentation.
DJ Meme's extended disco treatment of "I Can't Get You" begins a stronger Disco thread through the middle and latter stages, while Damond Ramsey and Sister Pearl keep the percussion and vocal energy high. David Morales returns repeatedly with "Never Looking Back", "Never Give Up" and "Can’t Get Enough", giving Bert Bevans' set a clear contemporary house spine while the surrounding selections continually reference the genre's soul and disco roots.
Dimitri From Paris' remix of Average White Band and his Dancefloor Touch Up of the O’Jays' "I Love Music" bring classic Funk and Soul material back into focus as the programme approaches its conclusion. Change and Luther Vandross close the known sequence through another Foremost Poets rework, completing a Roots episode that connects Studio 54-era influences, soulful vocals and disco heritage with the modern house productions Bert Bevans continues to champion.
Join Bicycle Corporation and Bert Bevans on the 'Roots' show for a journey through House and Disco classics, featuring reimagined favourites by icons like Michael Jackson, Soul II Soul, and David Morales. This mix, originally aired on 13th March 2022, is a showcase of timeless grooves and unforgettable beats. For those who missed the original broadcast, you can tune in and relive the set on the embedded player below.
Bicycle Corporation Roots 121 show with Bert Bevans
S.E.L - Brand New (Dj Spen & Michele Chiavarini Extended Remix)
Michael Jackson - Vertigo (Foremost Poets Adventure)
Christian B Feat Lee Wilson - The Way You Love Me (Original Mix)
Aaron K Gray - Broken Wings (Famous Rebel Extended Mix)
Soul II Soul - Keep On Movin' (Booker T Mix)
Booker T Feat. Earl W Green - When The Love Is Over (Booker T Main Mix)
Eddie Kendricks vs Yes - Date With The Rain (Foremost Poets Lonely Heart Version)
David Morales - Come Undone (Extended Version)
Gary Adams - This Feeling (Vocal)
DJ Meme - I Can't Get You (Out Of My Mind) (Extended Disco Mix)
Damond Ramsey - Sunrise In Mexico (DJ Spen & Damond Ramsey Remix)
Sister Pearl - Dancing Time (Doug Gomez Remix) [Big Speaker Music]
David Morales - Never Looking Back (Extended Mix)
Awb - Lets Go Round Again (Dimitri From Paris Remix)
David Morales - Never Give Up (Extended Mix)
David Morales - Can’t Get Enough (Extended Mix)
O’Jays - I Love Music [Dimitri From Paris Dancefloor Touch Up Edit Rmx]
Change Feat. Luther Vandross - Searching (Foremost Poets Adventure)
Listen on Mixcloud here.