Bicycle Corporation return with Electronic Roots episode 74, this time featuring guest DJ Brendon P 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. Their catalogue includes 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, working with the Urban People collective as a DJ, promoter and event organiser. His growing reputation across Italy eventually led to international bookings and helped establish a career that would extend well beyond his home country.
Over the years, Marco has performed across Europe, Asia and other parts of the international club circuit. His experience behind the decks has allowed him to develop an adaptable approach shaped by House, Techno, Disco and other areas of underground electronic music.
Stefano grew up in Turin and showed a strong interest in music from an early age, studying classical piano, percussion and drums. His wider influences included Chopin and West African djembe, giving him a broad rhythmic and melodic foundation before electronic production became his main focus.
As a teenager, Stefano became increasingly fascinated by DJ culture and the electronic music that was still difficult to hear on mainstream Italian radio during the 1990s. That interest encouraged him to study production and develop the technical skills that would later become central to Bicycle Corporation.
When Stefano met Marco, the pair discovered a shared understanding of underground electronic music and began working together. Marco's experience on the dancefloor and Stefano's studio background allowed the project to move between deeper, melodic and more driving club material without being tied to a single style.
Across numerous labels and releases, Bicycle Corporation have maintained a steady output while continuing to develop new ideas together. Their partnership reflects a long-term commitment to underground electronic music while leaving room for the different influences each member brings to the project.
The duo have also revisited material from the earlier stages of their catalogue and made selected productions available through their Bandcamp page. This gives listeners access to older work while Marco and Stefano continue developing new releases, collaborations and radio episodes.
Electronic Roots reflects the wider musical knowledge behind Bicycle Corporation rather than focusing only on their own productions. Episode 74 continues that approach with guest DJ Brendon P, bringing another experienced voice from Asia's underground electronic music community into the series.
Guest DJ Brendon P.
This week's guest is DJ Brendon P, whose real name is Brendon Perera, a Singaporean DJ and producer with more than four decades behind the decks. Known for a low-profile and understated approach, he has built his reputation around careful selection, musical depth and a strong understanding of dancefloor culture.
Brendon began DJing in 1980 on Singapore's mobile DJ circuit before moving into clubs the following year. A visit to New York in 1984 proved particularly influential, with time spent at venues including the Funhouse, Paradise Garage, Danceteria and Area introducing him directly to the club culture that helped shape the House Music he would later champion.
Across the years, his musical range has remained broad rather than fixed to one style. House, Techno, Disco, Nu Disco, Funk, Soul, Lounge and Electronica all feature within his selections, while decades of local and international experience have sharpened his instinct for programming music around the room in front of him.
His wider musical activity can be explored through SoundCloud, where his recorded work reflects the breadth that has characterised his career. Further mixes are available through HearThis and Mixcloud, giving listeners access to different periods and directions within his DJ work.
His club history in Singapore stretches through the 1980s and 1990s, including work with Juliana's and Bacchus, followed by residencies at Neo Pharaohs, Venom and NOX. He later held a nine-year residency at Zouk Singapore, followed by further long-term appearances at Kyo and CÉ LA VI Rooftop Club & SkyBar at Marina Bay Sands.
Brendon's international activity has taken him to cities including Geneva, Gothenburg, Melbourne, London, New York, Miami, Taipei, Hanoi and Hong Kong. He also performed at the former Cielo Club in New York in 2010, adding another connection with the city whose club culture had influenced him so strongly decades earlier.
Alongside DJing, Brendon has developed a substantial catalogue as a producer and remixer. His Beatport profile documents releases across several labels, while Juno Download provides another view of his original productions and remixes.
His music has appeared through labels including In The Woods, Los Grandes, Reversoulmusic, Audio Parallax, Hotbox Music, Soul Shift, Defected, Rawjak, Eclesia, Issys Groove, Love International and One With Music. That production work mirrors the same breadth heard in his sets, moving between deeper House, Disco-influenced material, groove-led club music and more atmospheric electronic sounds.
Rather than chasing one narrow trend, Brendon's catalogue reflects the perspective of a DJ who has experienced several major shifts in club culture first-hand. His approach remains focused on taste, restraint and the relationship between records rather than spectacle.
That reputation for selection has earned respect from figures across international club culture. Nicolas Matar, owner of New York venues Cielo and Output, described Brendon as a "taste master" and one of the strongest DJs in the region.
Brendon P's appearance on Electronic Roots fits naturally with that history. His set draws on more than forty years of experience while crossing House, Disco, Funk, Soul, Techno and electronic music from different eras without treating the past as a fixed museum piece.
Brendon P opens Electronic Roots 74 with Larry Heard's "Guidance Theme", setting a warm and understated Deep House foundation before Pépé Bradock's enduring "Deep Burnt" pushes further into hypnotic, jazz-tinted territory. Still Phil and Kevin Yost continue that deeper movement with relaxed grooves and spacious arrangements, giving the early section the patient character that runs through much of the episode.
Marshall Jefferson's remix of System 7's "Sirènes" brings the pulse closer to House Music, while Ian Pooley's treatment of Jovonn's "Pianos Of Gold" reconnects the set with a deeper club sensibility. Rickster's "Night Moves" in Steve 'Silk' Hurley's House Mix draws directly on Classic House traditions before Bicep's "Rays" carries the mix into a more contemporary and atmospheric phase.
Nic Fanciulli's remix of Paolo Rocco's "People Say" adds the firmer rhythmic push of Tech House, followed by Dennis Ferrer's edit of Henrik Schwarz's remix of Ane Brun as the set returns to deeper, more expressive territory. Peter Kruder's Ruff Mix of Zero dB's "Te Quiero" then opens the palette towards Electronica, creating a useful bridge between the house-led first half and the more machine-driven material that follows.
Underground Resistance's "Hardlife" introduces the unmistakable Detroit pulse of Techno before The Revenge's remix of DJ Steef's "Shaking" changes direction again with a warmer Nu Disco groove. KiNK's remix of Unit 2's "Sunshine" and The Heartists' "Belo Horizonte" complete the episode by returning to house foundations, rounding off a selection that connects deep and classic house with techno, disco and more exploratory electronic forms.
Electronic Roots episode 74 Brendon P
Larry Heard - Guidance Theme [Guidance, US]
Pépé Bradock & The Grand Brûlé's Choir - Deep Burnt [Kif Recordings]
Still Phil - Bey Un Bey (MKL & Soy Sos Cellist Mix) [Natural Resource]
Kevin Yost - Two Wrongs, Making It Right [Guidance, US]
System 7 - Sirènes (Marshall Jefferson Remix) [Butterfly Records]
Jovonn - Pianos Of Gold (Ian Pooley Remix) [Clone Royal Oak]
Rickster - Night Moves (Steve ’Silk’ Hurley House Mix) [P1 Records]
Bicep - Rays (Original Mix) [Feel My Bicep]
Paolo Rocco - People Say (Nic Fanciulli Remix) [Saved Records]
Ane Brun - Headphone Silence (Henrik Schwarz Remix - Dennis Ferrer’s Noisy Edit)
Zero dB - Te Quiero (Peter Kruder Ruff Mix) [Ninja Tune]
Underground Resistance - Hardlife [Underground Resistance]
DJ Steef - Shaking (The Revenge Remix) [RedEye Records]
Unit 2 - Sunshine (Kink Remix) [Running Back Records]
The Heartists - Belo Horizonte (Original Mix) [Atlantic Jaxx]
Listen on Mixcloud here.