Bicycle Corporation presents episode 22 of Roots 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 is the electronic duo of Italian DJ and producer Marco MEI and Stefano Ugliano, also known as 6884. Marco began his musical path as a DJ in the early 1990s.
He ran nights across Italy with the Urban People collective. The work brought recognition, a residency at Pacha and international DJ bookings that took him around the world.
Raised in Torino, Italy, Stefano showed an early aptitude for music. He studied classical piano, percussion and drums with dedication, while developing an interest in Chopin and West African djembes.
During his teenage years, the figure of the DJ spinning records became increasingly compelling to Stefano. The electronic beats that were difficult to hear on Italian radio in the 1990s opened a new chapter in his life.
The tracklist below traces the roots of Bicycle Corporation’s sound and the influences that inform their electronic releases, including Funk, Disco, Soul, Afrobeat, Electro, Rare Groove, Hip Hop and Afrocentric music. Bicycle Corporation is available for booking via our DJ agency for Asia.
Bicycle Corporation’s Roots episode 22 programme, aired on 15 December 2019, opens with Herb Alpert’s Rise (The Reflex Revision), bringing Jazz Music into the selection through the revision’s label credit. People’s Choice’s Movin’ In All Directions on Legacy Recordings and Runaway’s Don’t Let Go on Let’s Play House establish the programme’s Nu-Disco character.
Patrick Cowley’s Primitive World on CLASSICS BY KOOKOO and Brooklyn Dreams’ Street Man on Mercury Records deepen that club-focused opening. Hudson County 1975’s Bim Sala Bim, released through RCA, adds a soulful change of pace before The Salsoul Orchestra’s Ooh I Love It (Love Break) on Salsoul Records restores the dancefloor momentum.
Gilberto Gil’s Patuscada De Gandhi on WM Brazil introduces Brazilian music to the programme. Gal Costa’s O Gosto Do Amor (Fgon Rework 2019) follows with Brazilian vocals and a 2019 rework, before Manu Dibango featuring Turbojazz brings The New Bell from Universal Music Division Mercury Records.
Mike Theodore Orchestra’s The Bull on M to Off introduces the programme’s rap-informed passage, while Van McCoy’s The Hustle (David Kust Remix Edit) and The Brothers Johnson’s Stomp (Carl Reidy Edit) keep the rhythmic focus intact. The latter is credited to Cleopatra Records, and Superlover’s Disco Drive on Superlover Music adds an electronic turn.
Bitter End’s Honky Get Fonky leads into In Flagranti’s Freakin Time on Street Meat and L.T.D’s Back In Love Again (Barry Harris Edit). Igor Gonya’s Potion on Sundries Digital and Incredible Bongo Band’s Apache on Mr Bongo return to the edit-led feel of the earlier selections.
Yellowman’s Strong Me Strong precedes Peter Godwin’s Emotional Disguise on UMC, broadening the final stretch without forcing the set into a single style. Sivuca’s Ain’t No Sunshine (BC Edit), credited to London Records, brings in Latin Music before Manu Dibango’s Big Flow (V’s Can’t Cool Edit) and Liquid Liquid’s Cavern (Alan Dixon DJ Edit) close the programme.
Bicycle Corporation Roots episode 22
Herb Alpert - Rise [The Reflex Revision]
People's Choice - Movin' In All Directions
Runaway - Don't Let Go
Patrick Cowley - Primitive World
Brooklyn Dreams - Street Man
Hudson County 1975 - Bim Sala Bim
The Salsoul Orchestra - Ooh I Love It (Love Break)
Gilberto Gil - Patuscada De Gandhi
Gal Costa - O Gosto Do Amor [Fgon Rework 2019]
Manu Dibango Feat Turbojazz - The New Bell
Mike Theodore Orchestra - The Bull
Van Mccoy - The Hustle (David Kust Remix Edit)
The Brothers Johnson - Stomp (Carl Reidy Edit)
Superlover - Disco Drive
Bitter End - Honky Get Fonky
In Flagranti - Freakin Time
L.T.D - Back In Love Again (Barry Harris Edit)
Igor Gonya - Potion
Incredible Bongo Band - Apache
Yellowman - Strong Me Strong
Peter Godwin - Emotional Disguise
Sivuca - Ain't No Sunshine (BC Edit)
Manu Di Bango - Big Flow (V's Can't Cool Edit)
Liquid Liquid - Cavern (Alan Dixon DJ Edit)
Listen on Mixcloud here.