Bicycle Corporation presents Roots episode 057 on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia is an English-language electronic music radio station, promoter and music-news platform serving Sri Lanka, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, India, South Korea, the rest of Asia and audiences internationally.
Bicycle Corporation is the Italian DJ and producer duo of Marco Mei and Stefano Ugliano, who is also known as 6884. Across their years of releases, they have produced more than 50 tracks spanning French House, Deep House, Tech House and Techno.
Marco began his career in the early 1990s as part of the crew behind events such as Urban People. His work in the Italian music scene brought growing recognition and demand for performances across the country before international bookings followed.
Stefano, who is from Torino, Italy, showed an early aptitude for music and devoted much of his spare time to it. He studied classical piano, percussion and drums, while also developing an appreciation for Chopin and West African djembe traditions.
Alongside those musical interests, Stefano became fascinated by DJs and the records they played, sounds that were seldom heard on Italian radio at the time. The prospect of making and presenting that music to large audiences seemed distant, but it became a vision he pursued with dedication.
That commitment ultimately helped bring Bicycle Corporation into being. The project combines Marco and Stefano’s backgrounds in DJing, electronic production and instrumental study.
Marco and Stefano have revisited some of their earlier tracks and established a Bandcamp page to distribute them. Bicycle Corporation are available for booking via Scientific Sound Asia’s DJ agency for Asia.
Bicycle Corporation's Roots episode 057 opens with Fela Kuti and Tony Allen’s Shall I Bruk It in the I.T.T remix, placing Afrobeat beside The Mohawks’ The Champ and Sammy Davis Jr’s Barettas Theme (Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow). Rhythm Heritage’s Theme From S W A T on Geffen follows, while Stargard’s Runnin From The Law leads into Average White Band’s Flow Lab Kid remix of Pick Up The Pieces on Vex, retaining its R&B character.
Beastie Boys vs MFSB’s Soopasoul edit of Check it Out People People then meets Messe Burges and Grupo Muzenza de Capoei’s Elevator edit of Capoeira Na Casa, bringing a Brazilian reference into the selection. Ezirk featuring Chuck Brown’s Whisky GoGo on Mango Sounds introduces Nu-Disco, before Jingoism’s Shall I Bruk It Boogie Flip Candido and Destiny Orchestra’s DJ S remix of Spring Rain.
FabioLous Barker featuring Michael Jackson brings Wanna Move My Body in dub form on Ganbatte Records, adding an Indie Dance turn. Hotmood’s Baila Conmigo on Tropical Disco Records and JKriv’s Ray Mangs High-Pressure Dub of Make It Hot on File Under Disco keep the focus on modern reworks of vintage dancefloor material.
Kongas’ Fixed Angles edit of Anikana-O is followed by Barry White featuring KS French on Promise Me, You Are Never Leave. Loleatta Holloway’s Dr Packer rework of Runaway on Salsoul Records brings House Music into the sequence, before Martin Circus’ Conan Liquid re-edit of Disco Circus returns to Disco.
Matthias Heilbronn featuring Instant Funk supplies Got My Mind Made Up/You Can Get It, followed by Moon Rocket featuring Booker T & the MG’s on Melting Pot from Soulfuric Deep. Patrick Cowley’s extended rework of Megatron Man and Ralph Macdonald’s Serge Gamesbourg rework of The Path sustain the programme’s fondness for edits that draw older recordings into a fresh club context.
Yann Polewka featuring Love Unlimited’s Dressed Like a Fella on La Fête Recording gives way to Wild Cherry’s DJ S remix of Play That Funky Music, a clear Funk moment. Sunner Soul’s Happy on Vintage Music Records keeps the rhythm moving before This Mortal Coil’s 1983 recording Song To The Siren on Virgin closes with an ambient and experimental mood.
Bicycle Corporation Roots 057 show 1st November 2020
Fela Kuti & Tony Allen - Shall I Bruk It (Remix by I.T.T)
Mohawks - The Champ
Sammy Davis Jr - Barettas Theme (Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow)
Rhythm Heritage - Theme From S W A T
Stargard - Runnin From The Law (JM Jackmaster Re-Edit)
Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces (Flow Lab Kid joins the pieces remix)
Beastie Boys vs MFSB - Check it Out People People (Soopasoul Edit)
Messe Burges & Grupo Muzenza de Capoei - Capoeira Na Casa (Elevator Edit)
Ezirk Feat. Chuck Brown - Whisky GoGo
Jingoism - Shall I Bruk It (Boogie Flip Candido)
Destiny Orchestra Feat. Destiny Orchestra - Spring Rain (DJ S Remix)
FabioLous Barker Feat. Michael Jackson - Wanna Move My Body (Dub)
Hotmood - Baila Conmigo
JKriv - Make It Hot (Ray Mangs High Pressure Dub)
Kongas - Anikana- O (Fixed Angles Edit)
Barry White feat KS French - Promise Me, You Are Never Leave
Loleatta Holloway - Runaway (Dr Packer Rework)
Martin Circus - Disco Circus - Conan Liquid RE-EDIT
Matthias Heilbronn Feat. Instant Funk - Got My Mind Made Up/You Can Get It
Moon Rocket Feat. Booker T & the MG's - Melting Pot
Patrick Cowley - Megatron Man (Extended Rework SF Disko Mix Edit)
Ralph Macdonald - The Path (Serge Gamesbourg Rework)
YANN POLEWKA Feat. Love Unlimited - DRESSED LIKE A FELLA
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music (Dj S Remix)
Sunner Soul - Happy
This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren (1983)
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