Bicycle Corporation presents its Roots 85 episode on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian electronic music radio station, promoter and music-news platform connecting audiences across Asia and internationally.
Bicycle Corporation comprises Italian DJ and producer duo Marco Mei and Stefano Ugliano, who is also known as 6884. The pair has accumulated more than 50 releases across Techno, Deep House, House, melodic and French House styles.
Marco began his career in the early nineties as part of the crew behind House Music and Techno events including Urban People. He earned recognition in Italy before receiving international bookings worldwide.
Stefano, who hails from Turin, Italy, showed an early interest in music and devoted much of his free time to it from childhood. He studied classical piano, percussion and drums, developing an admiration for Chopin and the West African Djembe.
Although Stefano was interested in several musical forms, his strongest fascination was with the DJ behind the turntables. That interest stood out during his teenage years, when those beats were rarely heard on Italian radio stations.
Creating those sounds and performing them to large audiences could have appeared unattainable, but Stefano pursued the idea with determination. He and Marco formed Bicycle Corporation through hard work, commitment and perseverance.
Their success has not detached Marco and Stefano from their origins, and they have revisited some of their early tracks. They have also established a Bandcamp page for distribution.
Roots draws on Afrocentric music and encompasses Funk, Afrobeat, Disco, Reggae, Hip Hop, Brazilian music, Rare Groove, Latin music, Jazz and Soul. Bicycle Corporation can be booked through the DJ agency for Asia.
The original broadcast took place on Sunday 30 May 2021. Its tracklist brings edits, reworks and original recordings into a broad selection of dancefloor-focused material.
Bicycle Corporation's Roots 85 episode opens with The Vocals' La Vie En Rose before Santana's Aqua Marine appears in the Deepspirits Edit. Jkriv and Sivuca's rework of Nada De Sol, Ain't No Sunshine follows alongside Delfonic and Kapote's version of Earth Wind & Fire's Sun Goddess.
Gilberto Gil's Toda Menina Baiana arrives in Ashley Beedle's Black Bahia Rework before Ferdinand Debeaufort and People's Choice's Groovin In All Directions brings Nu-Disco into focus on Discoholics Anonymous Recordings. Freitobar's Island In The Sun (Maracatu' Atomico), featuring Gilberto Gil, leads into Ken@Work and Love Unlimited's High Stepper on Spa In Disco.
Alexny and Asphalt Jungle's Freakin Time keeps the edit-led approach in place, with the release credited to Duchesse. Instant Funk's I Got My Mind Made Up in the Da Lukas Re-Disco treatment is followed by James Brown and Maceo Parker's Soul Power Super Bad in the DJ Prince Remix, then James Brown's The Payback in the Angelo Ferreri Edit.
Surgery Edits' take on Silver Convention's Get Up And Boogie precedes T. Connection's Do What You Wanna Do in Kon's Grooves, a House Music selection issued through UCA. The Owl and Orlando Riva Sound's Boogie / Body To Body Boogie then keeps the emphasis on extended club records.
Tony Orlando's Don't Let Go appears in the DJ XS Edit, bringing Disco through Disco Deviance. Viking Grooves and the Jimmy Castor Bunch's It's Just Begun, Yello's Goldrush in the Rwn Edit and Simple Minds' Theme From Great Cities in the Mr. K 12 Edit extend the late-set selection.
Nina Simone's Plain Gold Ring in the Fab Samperi Remix gives way to Andy Ash and Johnny Hammond's Hurricane Fantasy. B.T. Express's Express in Pete Maxey's Disco Express Theme, Eddy Grant's Nobody Got Time in the Timmy Regisford Mix and Loshmi with Jimmy Bo Horne's O Yes It Is (Is It In) bring the programme to its final stretch.
Bicycle Corporation Roots 85
The Vocals - La Vie En Rose
Santana - Aqua Marine (Deepspirits Edit)
Jkriv Feat. Sivuca - Nada De Sol, Ain’t No Sunshine (Jkriv Rework)
Delfonic & Kapote Feat. Earth Wind & Fire - Sun Goddess
Gilberto Gil - Toda Menina Baiana (Ashley Beedle-s Black Bahia Rework)
Ferdinand Debeaufort Feat. People’s Choice - Groovin In All Directions
Freitobar Feat. Glberto Gil - Island In The Sun (Maracatu’ Atomico)
Ken@work Feat. Love Unlimited - High Stepper
Alexny Feat. Asphalt Jungle - Freakin Time
Instant Funk - I Got My Mine Made Up (Da Lukas Re - Disco)
James Brown Ft. Maceo Parker - Soul Power Super Bad (Dj Prince Remix)
James Brown - The Payback (Angelo Ferreri Edit)
Surgery Edits Feat Silver Convention - Get Up And Boogie
T-connection - Do What You Wanna Do (Kon's Grooves)
The Owl Feat. Orlando Riva Sound - Boogie / Body To Body Boogie
Tony Orlando - Don't Let Go (Dj Xs Edit)
Viking Grooves Feat. The Jimmy Castor Bunch - It’s Just Begun
Yello - Goldrush (Rwn Edit)
Simple Minds - Theme From Great Cities (Mr. K 12 Edit)
Nina Simone - Plain Gold Ring (Fab Samperi Remix)
Andy Ash Feat. Johnny Hammiond - Hurricane Fantasy
B.T. Express - Express (Pete Maxey's Disco Express Theme)
Eddy Grant - Nobody Got Time (Timmy Regisford Mix)
Loshmi Feat. Jimmy Bo Horn - O Yes It Is (Is It In)
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