Bicycle Corporation presented the fourth edition of Roots on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian underground electronic music radio station, DJ agency, promoter and music-news platform, connecting audiences across Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Vietnam, Asia and internationally.
Bicycle Corporation is the collaboration between Italian DJ and producer Marco Mei and Stefano Ugliano, also known as 6884. Together, they bring House, Techno, Deep House, French House and live musical experience into a shared production and DJ project.
Marco brings more than two decades of experience from the international DJ circuit. His career has included appearances alongside artists such as Roger Sanchez, David Morales, Ralph Falcon and Sander Kleinenberg, placing his work within a broad House Music and Techno context.
In 2009, Marco joined forces with Stefano Ugliano to form Bicycle Corporation. The partnership developed from their backgrounds as DJs and musicians, joining club programming with studio production and arrangement.
Their productions quickly gained wider attention through the 17:44 Records group. Bicycle Corporation’s catalogue has included releases on Alchemy, Miniatures, WL77, GrooveTraxx, Suka and Revox.
The duo has released more than fifty tracks and remixes across Techno, Deep House, French House and Tech House. Their music has received support from DJs including Mauro Picotto, Danny Tenaglia, Dubfire, DJ Sneak, Axwell and Above & Beyond.
Roots is distinct from Electronic Roots, giving Bicycle Corporation space to look beyond club-focused electronic music. The fourth edition draws on Funk, Disco, Soul, Afrobeat, Electro, Rare Groove, Hip Hop and Afrocentric music, showing some of the wider influences behind the duo’s sound.
Bicycle Corporation are available for bookings through the Scientific Sound Asia DJ agency. This Roots edition presents a broader view of their musical foundations, connecting their production work with records and styles that shaped their listening.
Bicycle Corporation’s Roots 4 on Scientific Sound Asia presents an archive selection tracing links between Funk, Electronica, Disco, Afrobeat, Latin Music and Synth Pop. The episode features music from Herbie Hancock, James Brown, Kraftwerk, Konk, Fania All Stars, Gilberto Gil, Babatunde Olatunji and Heaven 17.
The mix opens with Gina X’s G.D.M., placing early Synth Pop and European electronic music at the start of the episode. Herbie Hancock’s Rockit follows with a major electro-funk reference before John Ozila and James Brown move the selection into Disco and Funk.
Liaisons Dangereuses and Kraftwerk bring the programme back towards electronic music with Los Niños Del Parque and Trans-Europe Express. Konk’s Party Uptown Breakdown and Mother’s Finest with Dis Go Dis Way, Dis Go Dat Way then add a New York and funk-rock edge to the early section.
Tullio De Piscopo’s Stop Bajon shifts the set towards Italian Disco before Nina Hagen and Monyaka introduce Reggae influence through African Reggae and Go Deh Yaka. Bill Withers follows with You Got The Stuff, returning the episode to a warm Funk setting.
Will Powers’ Adventures In Success brings the tracklist back into Synth Pop, followed by John Tropea’s jazz-funk piece Living In The Jungle. Mythos, Material and RAH Band then build a midsection shaped by electronic production, experimental rhythm and studio-led arrangement.
Favela Group, Fania All Stars and Joe Jackson move the episode into Latin Music through Harmonic Song, Back To My Roots and Zemio. Gilberto Gil’s Maracatu Atômico then adds a Brazilian reference, connecting the programme to Brazilian rhythm and song traditions.
Babatunde Olatunji’s Batucada Sa Disco and Afro Ground’s Matata bring Afrobeat and percussion-led material into the later section. Heaven 17’s I'm Your Money adds another Synth Pop entry before James Brown’s Funky Drummer Pt. 1 & Pt. 2 returns to one of Funk’s most sampled drum foundations.
Ditongo closes Roots 4 with Berimbau Editales (Vol. 1), ending the episode with a Brazilian rhythm reference. The final selection keeps the programme aligned with the Roots format, connecting older global recordings, electronic experiments and dancefloor source material.
Bicycle Corporation Roots 4 Track-list
Gina X - G.d.m.
Herbie Hancock - Rock It
John Ozila - Funky Boogie
James Brown - It's Too Funky In Here
Liasons Dangerous - Los Ninos De Parque
Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express
Konk - Party Uptown Breakdown
Mothers Finest - Dis Go Dis Way Dis Go Dat Way
Tullio De Piscopo - Stop Bajon
Nina Hagen - African Reggae
Monyaka - Go Deh Yaka (Go To The Top)
Bill Withers - You Got The Stuff
Will Powers - Adventures In Success
John Tropea - Living In The Jungle
Mythos - Terra Incognita
Material - Reduction
Rah Band - Electric Flying
Favela Group - Harmonic Song
Fania All Stars - Back To My Roots
Joe Jackson - Zemio (Instrumental Version)
Gilberto Gil - Maracatu Atomico
Barbatunde Olatunji - Batucada Sa Disco
Heaven 17 - I'm Your Money
Afro Ground - Matata
James Brown - Funky Drummer Pt1 & Pt2
Ditongo - Berimbau Editales (Vol 1)
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