Bicycle Corporation return with another edition of Electronic Roots, this time featuring guest DJs Chemical Oli and Bassman 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 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 as a DJ and producer before becoming involved with the Urban People collective. Through that project he developed his experience as a promoter and organiser while presenting electronic music events across Italy.
His growing reputation eventually led to a residency with Pacha in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. That experience strengthened his international profile and was followed by appearances alongside artists including David Morales, Justin Berkmann, Roger Sanchez, Sander Kleinenberg, Harry Romero and Ralph Falcon.
Stefano grew up in Turin and showed a strong musical ability from an early age, studying classical piano, percussion and drums. His wider interests included Chopin and West African djembe, giving him a broad rhythmic and melodic foundation before electronic music became his primary 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 during the 1990s. That curiosity eventually led him towards production and the technical side of creating the music 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 foundation for exploring deeper, melodic and more driving club material.
Their work has since appeared across numerous international labels while the pair have maintained a steady output of original productions and remixes. They have also revisited material from the earlier stages of their catalogue and made selected tracks available through their Bandcamp page.
Electronic Roots gives Bicycle Corporation space to look beyond their own productions and explore the wider music that has shaped their listening and DJ careers. This edition continues that approach with Chemical Oli and Bassman, two British-born selectors whose backgrounds connect UK rave culture with later musical activity across China and Taiwan.
Chemical Oli and Bassman open Electronic Roots 47 from the deeper end of the record box, moving from Galt McDermott and Betty Lou Landreth into Ahmed Fakrun before Jimmy Smith's "Root Down" strengthens the early Jazz Music and Funk connection. Edson Frederico's "Bobeira" brings Brazilian rhythm into the sequence, while Gordon Henderson and Selvagem broaden a first section built around older grooves, edits and records drawn from well beyond conventional electronic club music.
T.J. Swan's "And You Know That" and the Selvagem edit of Elizio De Buzios keep the selection loose before Bohannon's "The Groove I Feel" pulls the programme decisively towards funk-driven dance music. Mighty Duke then changes the geographical emphasis again, leading into Voilaaa, DjeuhDjoah with Lieutenant Nicholson and George Ouedraogo as Afrobeat and African funk become increasingly important to the middle of the set.
Goody Goody's "Looks Like Love" marks a stronger Disco turn, followed by Oby Onyioha's "Enjoy Your Life" in Ben Gomori's edit, which reshapes the Nigerian original with extra club weight while retaining its boogie character. Free Youth and John Davis & The Monster Orchestra keep that warm dancefloor momentum flowing, with Louie Vega's treatment of "Bourgie Bourgie" providing a natural bridge between classic disco musicianship and House Music production.
Djar One, East Coast Love Affair, Toby Foyeh and Bastedos carry the closing section through edits, soul, funk and globally sourced dance rhythms before Kenyao and K-System continue the African thread. Pupkulies & Rebecca add a more electronic change of texture, while Floating Points' edit of Maurice Moore and Wild Fire's "Dance With Me" bring the set home through Soul and disco, completing an episode shaped by African grooves, jazz-funk, Brazilian music and crate-dug dancefloor material.
Electronic Roots episode 47 with Chemical Oli and Bassman
Galt Mcdermott - Coffee Cold
Betty Lou Landreth - Emmanuel’s Way
Ahmed Fakrun - Nisyan
Jimmy Smith - Root Down (Edit)
Edson Frederico - Bobeira
Gordon Henderson - The Highest Bidder
Selvagen - Le Freak
T.J. Swan - And You Know That (Dub)
Elizio De Buzios - Tamanquerio (Selvagem Edit)
Bohannon - The Groove I Feel (Edit)
Might Duke - Be Yourself
Voilaaa - Manu Ecoute Ca
Djeah Djoah, Lieutenant Nicholson - El Nino
Ajvar Soundsytem - Syfilis
George Ouedraogo - Deni
Sintado Na Pracinha - Americo Brito
Goody Goody - Looks Like Love
Oby Onyicha - Enjoy Your Life (Ben Gomori Edit)
Free Youth - We Can Move
John Davis & The Monster Orchestra - Bourgie Bourgie (Louis Vega Mix)
Djar One - Dance Dance
East Coast Love Affair - Not A Minute Too Late
Toby Foyeh - Ore Mi
Bastedos - Join The Fookin Party
Kenyao & K-System - Biram
Disco D - Beat It
Pupkalies & Rebecca - Saude
Maurice Moore - Everything That Shines Ain’t Gold (Floating Points Edit)
Wild Fire - Dance With Me
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