Bicycle Corporation return with Foundations episode 50, this time featuring guest DJ Jasmine Li 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 House, 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 the project, he developed his experience as a promoter and organiser while performing at events across Italy.
His growing reputation eventually led to a residency with Pacha in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. That period expanded his international experience and was followed by bookings across Europe, Asia and other parts of the global club circuit.
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 main focus.
As a teenager, Stefano became increasingly fascinated by DJs and the electronic records that were still difficult to hear on mainstream Italian radio during the 1990s. That interest 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, with the duo maintaining a steady catalogue of original productions and remixes. Bicycle Corporation has never been restricted to one narrow style, allowing House and Techno foundations to sit alongside deeper and more melodic influences.
The pair have also revisited music from the earlier stages of their catalogue and made selected tracks available through their Bandcamp page. This gives listeners access to older material while Marco and Stefano continue developing new productions, collaborations and radio projects.
Foundations gives Bicycle Corporation space to explore the wider records and influences that have helped shape artists within underground electronic music. Episode 50 continues that approach with Jasmine Li, bringing another perspective from Asia's electronic music community into a series that regularly moves across Afro House, Organic House, Techno, Melodic Techno, Progressive House, Deep House and related styles.
Guest DJ Jasmine Li.
This week’s guest is Jasmine Li, a Guangzhou-born DJ, producer and acoustic musician now based in Valencia, Spain. With more than two decades in music, including around fifteen years in Shanghai, she became an established figure within China’s electronic music community before extending her activity further across Europe.
Jasmine began her career as a professional Chinese classical and operatic musician, giving her a strong foundation in performance before she moved towards electronic music. That background continues to influence the way she approaches production, particularly when acoustic and traditional elements are brought into contemporary club music.
Her involvement with Shanghai nightlife became especially visible through Celia, the underground club she co-founded and operated in the city. Known for deep House and darker Techno, the venue became one of several projects through which Jasmine helped shape Shanghai’s independent electronic music scene.
Before Celia, she was also involved with Shiva Lounge and Downtown, adding further experience as both a performer and venue operator. These projects gave her a perspective that extends beyond DJing alone, combining music programming, nightlife development and direct involvement with underground club culture.
Jasmine has performed extensively across Asia and Europe, appearing at events including Elrow, Amsterdam Dance Event, A Summer Story and Great Wall Festival. Her international activity has also placed her on line-ups with artists including Sasha, Darren Emerson, deadmau5, Mark Knight, Armin van Buuren and Adana Twins.
Alongside her DJ work, Jasmine develops the Silverlining project, where she combines electronic production with traditional Chinese instrumentation. The project draws on instruments including the pipa and guzheng, bringing elements of her earlier musical training into a more contemporary electronic setting.
That combination of acoustic tradition and club production gives her work a distinctive position between different musical worlds. Rather than treating Chinese instrumentation as decoration, Silverlining provides a dedicated space for those sounds to interact with electronic rhythm, atmosphere and production techniques.
Her appearance on Foundations gives Jasmine Li an opportunity to explore the broader influences behind her work as a DJ, producer and musician. The programme moves through Melodic Techno and Organic House while reflecting the wider musical experience she has developed across China, Europe and more than twenty years of performance.
DJ Jasmine Li opens Bicycle Corporation Foundations 50 with Hot Oasis' "El Mazena", establishing an atmospheric electronic introduction before Juanma Sanchez and Armen Miran settle the programme into warmer, deeper territory. "Heavenly Life" provides a clear Deep House moment, while Urban Flex, Daniel Navrotsky and Zuma Dionys gradually steer the session towards the earthy percussion and spacious melodic detail of Organic House.
Dmitry Molosh, Stas Drive and Tim Sali bring a more driving Progressive House current with "Caravan", before Ramyen, Raw Main and Zuma Dionys return the set to its looser organic pulse. Jay Fase's "Sama Yone" continues the global rhythmic character, while DJ CHUS' remix of Matthias Tanzmann's "Chano" raises the energy with an Afro House groove built around strong tribal percussion.
Stan Kolev and Matan Caspi's "Barakah" and Matan Caspi's "Agadir" deepen the progressive thread before Ian Ludvig with SevenJune, Cihangir Çınar and Elfenberg bring the music back towards organic textures and flowing melodic arrangements. Hot Oasis then returns for "Mawawel" and the Diass version of "Siwa", extending the set's Middle Eastern and world-music inflections as No_mad and MI.LA carry that relaxed but danceable movement into the closing stretch.
Kasper Koman's "Fruit" and Ghenwa Nemnom's "Beyond Strings" keep the final section richly percussive, with Nemnom's qanun adding an especially distinctive acoustic voice to the electronic framework. Heidrun's "Ariam" leads into Elfenberg's remix of Shai T's "Exodus", closing a Foundations episode that moves confidently between organic rhythms, progressive depth, Electronica and globally influenced house music.
Foundations episode 50 with DJ Jasmine Li
Hot Oasis - El Mazena (Original Mix)
Juanma Sanchez - Skjaldmo (Original Mix)
Armen Miran - Heavenly Life (Original Mix)
Urban Flex - Over the River (Original Mix)
Daniel Navrotsky - Oas (Original Mix)
Zuma Dionys - Kultura (Original Mix)
Dmitry Molosh, Stas Drive, Tim Sali - Caravan (Original Mix)
Ramyen - Ginjo (Original Mix)
Raw Main - Koba (Original Mix)
Zuma Dionys - Ataro Son (Original Mix)
Jay Fase - Sama Yone Feat. Jim Mamadou (Original Mix)
Matthias Tanzmann - Chano (DJ CHUS Extended Remix)
Stan Kolev, Matan Caspi - Barakah (Original Mix)
Matan Caspi - Agadir (Original Mix)
Ian Ludvig, SevenJune - Last Nomads (Original Mix)
Cihangir Çınar - Sin Sentido (Original Mix)
Elfenberg - Jafar (Original Mix)
Hot Oasis - Mawawel (Original Mix)
Hot Oasis - Siwa (Diass Version)
No_mad - Talay Sai (Original Mix)
MI.LA - Teen (Chris Ojeda Remix)
Kasper Koman - Fruit (Original Mix)
Ghenwa Nemnom - Beyond Strings (Original Mix)
Heidrun - Ariam (Original Mix)
Shai T - Exodus (Elfenberg Remix)
Listen on Mixcloud here.