DJ Marco Mei presented Bicycle Corporation’s Roots 8 on Scientific Sound Asia, originally aired on 21 October 2018. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian broadcaster for electronic music, promoter and music-news platform connecting audiences across Asia and internationally.
Bicycle Corporation is the collaboration between Italian DJ and producer Marco Mei and Stefano Ugliano, also known as 6884. Formed in 2009, the partnership has released more than fifty productions and remixes across Deep House, Tech House, French House and Techno.
Marco Mei began DJing in Turin in 1991 and was associated with the Urban People collective. His work there encompassed DJing, promotion and event organisation within Italy’s underground House Music and Techno culture.
That early work led to international bookings and a residency at Pacha in Sharm el-Sheikh. His later appearances included Woo Bar in Bali, The Mansion in Shanghai, Fuse in Brussels and The Observatory in Ho Chi Minh City.
Stefano Ugliano developed his musical grounding through classical piano, percussion and drums. His interest in electronic music later brought those skills into the production approach he shares with Mei.
The pair’s catalogue has appeared through labels including Alchemy, Miniatures, WL77, Suka and GrooveTraxx. Their studio work centres on electronic forms, while Roots offered space for a broader selection of records and influences.
Roots was distinct from Electronic Roots, which serves as Bicycle Corporation’s platform for broad electronic music and guest DJs. This eighth edition looked beyond club-focused material to selections from different periods and styles that informed the duo’s wider listening.
Bicycle Corporation’s Roots 8 on Scientific Sound Asia presents a wide archive selection tracing links between Funk, Disco, Afrobeat, Latin Music, Jazz Music, Synth Pop and Electronica. The episode includes music from Yellow Magic Orchestra, Antena, The Fatback Band, Les Ambassadeurs, King Sunny Ade, Airto Moreira, Liquid Liquid, The Human League, Klaus Schulze and Hamilton Bohannon.
The mix opens with Beat The Drum’s Try before Yellow Magic Orchestra’s Cosmic Surfin moves into early electronic music. Antena’s Camino Del Sol in the Todd Terje remix brings a Balearic turn, followed by Thomas Leer’s Saving Grace and Tullio De Piscopo’s Stop Bajon in the Jolly Mare remix.
The Fatback Band’s Yum Yum brings the selection back to Funk before Les Ambassadeurs and Salif Keita introduce Afrobeat and West African influence through Wassolon Foli. King Sunny Ade’s Syncro Systems keeps that thread active, while Airto Moreira and Fania All Stars move the programme through Brazilian jazz, Latin Music and percussion-led material.
Airto Moreira returns with Peasant Dance, followed by Liquid Liquid’s Cavern and Zaka Percussion’s Sahel. Idris Muhammed’s Ya Na Ho adds a jazz-funk reference before Antena’s Achilles returns the mix to a softer Balearic setting.
The Doors’ Peace Frog, Rare Earth’s Hum Along Dance and Hudson County’s Bim Sala Bim bring rock, Funk and Jazz Music influences into the middle of the episode. The Jimmy Castor Bunch then add a major breakbeat source with It's Just Begun, followed by Decimo’s Theme From Shaft.
The Splash Band and John Carpenter shift the programme into Electronica with The End, before Via Afrika and Mandingo widen the selection through South African and Afro-rooted material. The Human League’s Being Boiled and Anna’s System Breaking Down then move into Synth Pop and early electronic song forms.
Klaus Schulze’s Tango Salty brings a further electronic reference before Sheila Chandra’s Quiet 6 slows the closing section into a more meditative setting. The Police’s Walking In Your Footsteps and Hamilton Bohannon’s Maybe U Can Dance close Roots 8 across reggae-influenced pop and Disco, ending the episode with a groove-led final passage.
Marco Mei is based in Taipei and works across a broader Southeast Asian network. He is available for bookings through the Scientific Sound Asia DJ agency and broadcasts weekly through the Scientific Sound Asia electronic music radio station.
Bicycle Corporation’s Roots 8
Beat The Drum - Try
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Cosmic Surfin
Antena - Camino Del Sol (Todd Terje Remix)
Thomas Leer - Saving Grace
Tullio De Piscopo - Stop Bajon (Jolly Mare Remix)
The Fatback Band - Yum Yum
Les Ambassadeurs feat. Salif Keita - Wassolon Foli
King Sunny Ade - Syncro Systems
Airto Moreira - Circo Maribondo
Fania All Stars - Seis Con El Mismo Sabor
Airto Moreira - Peasant Dance
Liquid Liquid - Cavern
Zaka Percussion - Sahel
Idris Muhammed - YA NA HO
Antena - Achilles
The Doors - Peace Frog
Rare Earth - Hum Along Dance
Hudson Country - Bim Sala Bim
The Jimmy Castor Bunch - It's Just Begun
Decimo - Theme From Shaft
The Splash Band feat. John Carpenter - The End
Via Afrika - Via Afrika
Mandingo - Muso
The Human League - Being Boiled
Anna - System Breaking Down
Klaus Schulze - Tango Salty
Sheila Chandra - Quiet 6
The Police - Walking In Your Footsteps
Hamilton Bohannon - Maybe U Can Dance
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