Bicycle Corporation guest DJ Brendon P will be presenting 'Electronic Roots' episode 88. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian electronic music station serving the region and internationally.
Bicycle Corporation is an Italian duo of the DJ and producer Marco Mei plus the skilled Stefano Ugliano aka 6884. As a pair, they have released over 50 original works and remixes across the spectrum of House and Techno.
At the beginning of the early nineties, Marco was starting on his musical journey as a disc jockey mesmerised by the birth of Electronic music and Afrocentric music. After his introduction, he began doing his own nights as a collective known as Urban People throughout Italy.
His skills on the decks gained him notoriety and he gained a residency at Pacha, Egypt. His residency at Pacha gave him recognition and DJ bookings internationally and started him on a musical mission around the planet.
Born and growing up in Torino, Italy, Stefano in his early years displayed incredible abilities with music. He studied with passion classical piano, percussion, and drums, and loved his Chopins and West African Djembe.
However, as he grew his fascination with music developed and his main draw was the image of the electronic DJ rearing the crowd. He never knew that those very electronic beats, so hard to get on ‘90s Italian radio stations, were going to launch a very new chapter in his life.
Despite their success today, Marco and Stefan have not forgotten their humble beginnings. They’ve recently been going back over some of their earlier tracks and even set up a Bandcamp page to distribute them.
Guest DJ Brendon P.
DJ Brendon P's real name is Brendon Perera and he is a native of Singapore. He prefers the low-profile, lo-fi approach to his work and has performed as a disc jockey for over four decades.
Brendon P has a long history of Clubs and Music; starting in 1980, in the Singaporean mobile DJ circuit, and moving on to clubs a year later. A visit to New York in 1984, and visiting clubs such as the Funhouse, the Paradise Garage, Dancetaria and Area weaned him into the New York club culture, and into the music that was to become the house music that we hear today.
Crossing vast musical backgrounds over his years as a DJ, both locally and internationally, he continued to acquire a keen ear and passion for dance music. His main genres now are House, Techno, Disco, Nu Disco, Funk, Soul, Lounge, and Electronica.
From doing the club rounds in the ’80s, both locally and internationally, with the Juliana’s and Bacchus groups, residencies with Neo Pharaohs, Venom and NOX in the ’90s, and a 9-year residency at the globally renowned, Zouk Club in Singapore. Between July 2001 and May 2009, he held a 2-year Residency at Kyo and spent the last five years on the team of residents at the Swanky CE LA VI Rooftop Club & Skybar at Marina Bay Sands.
He continues to be a regular feature in the local and international club circuit today. Having DJ'ed in cities across the globe (including Geneva, Gothenburg, Melbourne, London, New York, Miami, Taiwan, Hanoi & Hong Kong, just to name a few), and has also played at the world-renowned (and now defunct) Cielo Club in New York, in June 2010.
Brendon, in his own and separate right, as a producer, has also released his original material and remixes on In The Woods (USA), Los Grandes (Spain), Reversoulmusic (USA), Audio Parallax (UK), Hotbox Music (USA), Soul Shift (USA), Defected (UK), Rawjak (SG), Eclesia (SG), Issys Groove (UK), Love International (MY) and One With Music (SG).
With his stringent adherence to music style and sophistication and attention to detail, it's not difficult to understand why Nicolas Mattar, owner of New York's 'Cielo' and ‘Output’, calls him a 'taste master' and one of the best DJ's in the region. Expect nothing less from him, than a set that crosses vast musical boundaries; past, present and future.
In this week's show, Brendon expresses his electrical roots with a nice selection of Deep House and Detroit Techno. This show originally aired on Wednesday 21st of June 2023, listen to the Mixcloud player below.
'Electronic Roots' episode 88 Brendon P, 21st of June 2023.
Mark E - Call Me (Dixon Edit)
Tamer Malki - Alright, Let’s Go [City Life Recordings]
Macao Plex - Under The Sheets [No.19 Music]
Iz And Dis - Love Vibe (Jimpster Remix) [Freerange Records]
Freeform Five Feat. RóisÃn Murphy - Leviathan (Freeform Reform) [Eskimo Recordings]
Atjazz - Does This Qualify? [Atjazz Record Company]
Nightmares On Wax – Citizen Kane (Ron Trent Night Dubbin Remix) [Warp Records]
Aroop Roy - Edabile [Club Bad]
Bianca - Tabu (Ruf Dugs extended Caribbean Dub) [Nunorthern Soul]
Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts - L’Été Des Indiens [Oslo Records]
DJ Steve - Warp Odyssey (Hot & Spicy]
Ben Gomori - 7 a.m at Wintergreen [House of Disco]
Dan Shake - Verde (Original Mix) [OHX]
Push/Pull - Africa (Original Mix) [Fore Music]
Genius Of Time - Taurindo Shuffle [Oathcreations]
Cody Currie Feat. Smoking’ Jones - Agony [House of Disco]
Session Victim Feat. Ras Stimulant - Motivation [Delusions Of Grandeur]
The Reese Project Feat. Terence FM - I Believe (Chez Damier Mix) [Network Records]
Laurent Garnier & Chambray - Feeling’ Good [Rekids]
Listen on Mixcloud here.