Marco Mei announces the playlist for 2021 Podcast 18

Marco Mei has published the tracklist for episode 18 of 2021. Scientific Sound Asia is an English-language electronic music radio station, DJ agency, music news outlet and events promoter covering electronic music across Japan, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Korea, Sri Lanka and beyond.

Marco Mei is one half of Bicycle Corporation and a well-established solo DJ and producer in his own right, with over thirty years of experience rooted in afrobeat, funk and early synthesised music. His career behind the decks began in Italy in the early 1990s, and that breadth of early influence has continued to shape his approach to selection ever since.

A residency at Pacha Club in Sharm-El-Sheikh marked his entry into the international circuit, which subsequently took him to Woo Bar, Fuse in Brussels, Room 18 in Taipei, Bangaluu in Berlin, G-Star in Pattaya, SOS Supper Club in Bali and NLO in Minsk. His booth partners over the years have included Roger Sanchez, David Morales, Ralph Falcon, Sander Kleinenberg, Harry Choo Choo Romero, Justin Berkmann and Funk D'Void.

Bicycle Corporation, the project he runs with Stefano Ugliano, known as 6884, dates back to 2009 and found its first home with 17:44 Records. Releases across Alchemy, Miniatures, WL77, GrooveTraxx, Suka and Revox now total over fifty tracks and remixes spanning deep house, tech house, French house and techno, with the duo's earliest recordings now available on Bandcamp. Find him on Facebook for his latest updates.

Taipei remains his base, and regular appearances across South East Asia have kept him embedded in a growing network of artists and promoters throughout the region. He is available for bookings through the Scientific Sound Asia DJ agency and presents a weekly show on our radio station.

Marco Mei's 2021 Podcast 18 opens with Holo's In My Dreams, the Australian Berlin-based producer's Deep House track setting a warm, melodic tone from the outset. Jayda G's All I Need from her DJ-Kicks exclusive follows, the Canadian-born producer's Disco and House Music sensibility giving the podcast's opening section a joyful, groove-led character.

Rhode and Brown's Cruise and Rockers Revenge, and Alan Dixon's Walkin On Sunshine in the Alan Dixon Love Attack Remix carry the set through Deep House and Nu Disco territory before Horse Meat Disco and Fi McCluskey's Love If You Need It in Mousse T.'s Extended Dub delivers a Soulful House moment. Fox The Fox's Precious Little Diamond arrives as a classic Italo Disco selection before Saliva Commandos's Make Me Shine and Whomadewho's Abu Simbel shift the set towards House and Melodic House and Techno.

Einmusik and Lexer contribute two consecutive Melodic House and Techno selections, Leave You featuring Jyll and Second Chance, their back-to-back placement giving the podcast a sustained melodic focus in this section. Mees Salomé and Celine Cairo's Fools Paradise and Hardage and Michael Franti's There's Enough For All Of Us in the Luyo Remix carry the set back towards Progressive House and Soulful House before Masters On Vacation's Tradicions introduces a deeper, more Minimal quality.

Willesden Dodgers' 114 B.P.M. (1982) arrives as a Classic House and Boogie moment, its 1982 date placing it among the earliest source material in the entire Marco Mei podcast series. Juan MacLean contributes two selections, I Can't Explain in the Alinka Remix and Leave Me When You Can, the New York duo's deep and melodic House sensibility providing a consistent thread across both tracks. Richy Ahmed and Jamie Jones's I Need It brings a Tech House energy before Absolute.'s Sage Comme Une Image returns from the previous podcast, and Catz N Dogz, Dusky and Gerd Janson's Modern Romance in the Dusky Remix sustains the Deep House direction.

Noizu's Summer 91 (Looking Back) and Casper Ellis's Preacher And His Wisdom carry the podcast towards its close, the former's Tech House energy providing a dancefloor-focused contrast to the latter's more introspective Deep House quality. Alex M (Italy)'s Come On Baby, and Demuir's One Must Choose round off the episode, the latter closing a podcast that covered considerable genre ground while maintaining a consistent sense of warmth and groove throughout.

Marco Mei's 2021 Podcast 18 is one of the more melodically varied episodes in the series, moving between Classic House history, Italo Disco, Melodic Techno and contemporary Deep House with the confident eclecticism that defines the Marco Mei format.

Marco Mei tracklist for 2021 Podcast 18.

Holo - In My Dreams

Jayda G - All I Need

Rhode & Brown - Cruise

Rockers Revenge, Alan Dixon - Walkin On Sunshine (Alan Dixon Love Attack Remix)

Horse Meat Disco Feat. Fi Mccluskey - Love If You Need It (Mousse T.’s Extended Dub)

Fox The Fox - Precious Little Diamond

Saliva Commandos - Make Me Shine

Whomadewho - Abu Simbel

Einmusik & Lexer - Leave You Feat. Jyll

Einmusik & Lexer - Second Chance

Mees Salomé Feat. Celine Cairo - Fools Paradise

Hardage Feat. Michael Franti - Theres Enough For All Of Us (Luyo Remix)

Masters On Vacation - Tradicions

Willesden Dodgers - 114 B.P.M. (1982)

The Juan Maclean - I Can't Explain (Alinka Remix)

The Juan Maclean - Leave Me When You Can

Richy Ahmed & Jamie Jones - I Need It

Absolute. - Sage Comme Une Image (Good As Gold)

Catz N Dogz, Dusky, Gerd Janson - Modern Romance (Dusky Remix)

Noizu - Summer 91 (Looking Back)

Casper Ellis - Preacher And His Wisdom

Alex M (Italy) - Come On Baby

Demuir - One Must Choose

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