Marco Mei announces playlist for 2021 Podcast 20

Marco Mei has published the tracklist for episode 20 of 2021, broadcast on Saturday the 15th of May. 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 an Italian DJ and producer whose three decades of experience trace back to an early fascination with afrobeat and synthesised music. That foundation shaped a career that began in Italy in the early 1990s and has since extended to clubs and festivals across the globe.

Early international momentum came through a residency at Pacha Club in Sharm-El-Sheikh. Appearances at 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 followed across subsequent years.

Shared bills have included Roger Sanchez, David Morales, Ralph Falcon, Sander Kleinenberg, Harry Choo Choo Romero, Justin Berkmann and Funk D'Void. Connect with him on Facebook for updates on his latest activity.

In 2009 he formed Bicycle Corporation alongside Stefano Ugliano, known as 6884, with 17:44 Records as their first home. The project has since grown to encompass over fifty tracks and remixes on labels including Alchemy, Miniatures, WL77, GrooveTraxx, Suka and Revox, covering deep house, tech house, French house and techno. Earlier recordings from the project are available on Bandcamp.

Taipei has been his base for a number of years, with regular appearances across the region keeping him connected to a broad network of artists throughout South East Asia. 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 20 opens with Audiojack and Jem Cooke's Feels Good, the Tech House track making another appearance across the series before DJ Skip's Don't Go featuring Howard Hewett and Carolyn Griffey in the Andrew Emil Clone Dub on S&S Records delivers a Soulful House moment rooted in the Shalamar legacy. New World's Glances in the Future Disco Vocal Edit introduces a Nu Disco quality before Paolo Mixato's Kirara's Morning and Nez, Flo Milli and 8ae's To The Money carry the set through House and hip hop-adjacent territory.

Basement Jaxx's Red Alert in the Mella Dee Panel Beater Mix arrives as one of the more unexpected selections in the podcast, the 1999 rave classic recontextualised within a contemporary Tech House and Breaks framework. Acid Jerks's Monsters featuring Fuzzy Cufflinxxx and Boys Noize and Jake Shears's All I Want follow, both sitting at the harder, more electronic end of the set before Human Movement's Sorry Ms Jackson reframes the Outkast 2000 classic within a House context.

Kurtiss's Every Woman Loves Acid on Mutual Intentions delivers the podcast's most explicitly acid-inflected House Music moment, the 303 squelch running line for line with a disembodied vocal in keeping with the track's Chicago roots. An unknown artist's Baggage and Djoko's Dancefloor Pro carry the set through House and Minimal territory before Latmun's Again returns to Tech House. Marco Faraone contributes two consecutive Techno selections, Burn Down and Orbital, pushing the podcast into its hardest and most driving phase.

Monolink's The Prey in the Gui Boratto and Vintage Culture Remix shifts the register into Melodic House and Techno territory before Panko's Performative on U're Guay Records and Fred Again's Marea in Marco Mei's own edit return to Deep House warmth. The latter marks the track's most personal appearance across the series, Mei reworking the Fred Again and Blessed Madonna collaboration into his own version.

Nunk's True Love and Paul Johnson's She Got Me On sustain the House direction before Sune's I Didn't Quite Catch That provides a Minimal and understated contrast. Solomun's Ocean featuring Jamie Foxx and Amp Fiddler in the Moodymann Extended Remix closes the podcast's main sequence, the Detroit legend's reworking of the Solomun track bringing a Soulful House depth that suits the closing stretch well.

Hula Mahone's Beat My Drum featuring Leon Q in the Vocal Mix rounds off the episode, the personal touch of a Hula Mahone selection giving Podcast 20 a fitting conclusion. Marco Mei's 2021 Podcast 20 is one of the most genre-diverse episodes in the series, moving between House, Tech House, Acid House, Techno and Deep House across a tracklist that covers multiple eras and sensibilities with characteristic confidence.

Marco Mei tracklist for 2021 Podcast 20

Audiojack & Jem Cooke - Feels Good

DJ Skip Feat. Howard Hewett, Carolyn Griffey - Don’t Go (Andrew Emil Clone Dub)

New World - Glances (Future Disco Vocal Edit)

Paolo Mixato - Kirara`s Morning

Nez - To The Money Ft. Flo Milli & 8ae

Basement Jaxx - Red Alert (Mella Dee Panel Beater Mix)

Acid Jerks - Monsters Feat. Fuzzy Cufflinxxx

Boys Noize Feat. Jake Shears - All I Want

Human Movement - Sorry Ms. Jackson

Kurtiss - Every Woman Loves Acid

Unknown Artist - Baggage

Djoko - Dancefloor Pro

Latmun - Again

Marco Faraone - Burn Down

Marco Faraone - Orbital

Monolink - The Prey (Gui Boratto, Vintage Culture Remix)

Panko - Performative

Fred Again.. - Marea (We’ve Lost Dancing) (Mei Edit)

Nunk - True Love

Paul Johnson - She Got Me On

Sune - I Didnt Quite Catch That

Solomun - Ocean (Feat. Jamie Foxx & Amp Fiddler) (Moodymann Extended Remix)

Hula Mahone - Beat My Drum Feat. Leon Q (Vocal Mix)

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