Marco Mei presents episode 12 of his 2021 radio show on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia is an English-language electronic music radio station, DJ agency, promoter and music-news platform connecting electronic-music audiences across Asia and internationally.
Marco Mei is an Italian DJ and producer with more than thirty years of experience, drawn into music through afrobeat and early synthesised sounds before taking his first steps behind the decks in the early 1990s. That foundation has underpinned a career that has moved fluidly across genres and continents ever since.
A residency at Pacha Club in Sharm-El-Sheikh was an early marker of his growing international profile, leading to a circuit that took in 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. Alongside Roger Sanchez, David Morales, Ralph Falcon, Sander Kleinenberg, Harry Choo Choo Romero, Justin Berkmann and Funk D'Void, he built a reputation that extended well beyond Italy.
In 2009 he joined forces with Stefano Ugliano, known as 6884, to form Bicycle Corporation, a production project that found an immediate home with 17:44 Records. Output across Alchemy, Miniatures, WL77, GrooveTraxx, Suka and Revox has accumulated over fifty tracks and remixes spanning deep house, tech house, French house and techno, earning the duo a solid standing in the underground community.
Now based in Taipei, Marco plays regular events across the region, keeping the European underground sensibility that has defined his sets throughout his career. His network across Southeast Asia grows through those appearances, and he is available for bookings through the Scientific Sound Asia radio station and DJ agency, while he shares updates on Facebook.
Marco Mei opens episode 12 with Jinku's A1 in the Sooma Remix on Banana Hill, a Kenyan producer's polyrhythmic Dance Music selection with Organic House and World Music elements. Matalo!'s La Jungla Te Mira, Ricardo Villalobos's Everywhere You Go in the Ben Jones Edit and Jean Jacques a.k.a 1980's Du Jazz Chez Mon Voisin on MoodyHouse Recordings bring a more minimal, jazz-leaning tone.
Deetron's V-NRG on Nu Groove Records and Mike Dunn's Strut Cho Phunky Stuff in the Extended Black Glitter Mixx on Glitterbox Recordings establish the House Music centre of the programme. Alexny's Ma Luv on theBasement Discos, Dave Leatherman and Bruce Nolan's Get You Down on NightSpot Recordings and Loods's Riviera on Club Sweat add Funky House, Nu-Disco and deeper house movement.
Brokenears's Cmon on Toolroom Trax tightens the rhythm with Tech House, before Enzo Elia and Private Agenda's Distanze on Engrave LTD introduces Electro. Nosssia and Fenix J's Asuna, Harry Romero and Jessica Eve's It Hurts in the Rodriguez Jr. Remix, and Studio Apartment and Monique Bingham's Sun Ra Was Right in the Kususa Remix on N.E.O.N bring melodic, Soulful House and Afro House detail to the middle section.
Marsh's Healer in the Guy J Remix on Anjunadeep and E Julian Wassermann and Raphael Mader's Moment Of Clarity on Oddity Records form a measured Melodic House and Techno passage. Lennart's A Nyte on Zone Focus, Luca Lozano and Mr. Ho's 2ubu in the A Better Tomorrow Mix, and Sha Lor's Im In Love in the Caught Up Version on Rush Hour turn towards Indie Dance and house-rooted warmth.
DJ Wild's If You Are follows Sha Lor before Avision's Yo Listen in the Truncates 808 Edit on WRKTRX brings deep, hypnotic Techno into the late run. Ghettoblaster and Lauren Flax's Let It Feel Alright on Jack Trax Records carries that firmer club focus forward, setting up the final return to house material.
Shiba San's Lets Go Dancing on Repopulate Mars keeps the closing stretch direct, while Jansons and Liz Cass's Less Ordinary on Classic returns to the programme's House Music foundation. Cioz and Eleonora's Dancing In The Night in the Lucky Shot Extended Mix on Get Physical closes the episode with Deep House warmth, matching Marco Mei's broad club approach from Taipei and his weekly Scientific Sound Asia broadcasts.
Marco Mei tracklist for 20th March 2021
Jinku - A1 (Sooma Remix)
Matalo! - La Jungla Te Mira
Ricardo Villalobos - Everywhere You Go (Ben Jones Edit)
Jean Jacques a.k.a 1980 - Du Jazz Chez Mon Voisin
Deetron - V-NRG
Mike Dunn - Strut Cho Phunky Stuff (Sho Nuff) (Mike Dunn Extended Black Glitter Mixx)
Alexny - Ma Luv
Dave Leatherman, Bruce Nolan - Get You Down
Loods - Riviera
Brokenears - Cmon
Enzo Elia Feat. Private Agenda - Distanze
Nosssia Feat. Fenix J - Asuna
Harry Romero Feat. Jessica Eve - It Hurts (Rodriguez Jr. Remix)
Studio Apartment - Sun Ra Was Right Feat. Monique Bingham (Kususa Remix)
Marsh - Healer (Guy J Remix)
E Julian Wassermann, Raphael Mader - Moment Of Clarity
Lennart - A Nyte
Luca Lozano & Mr. Ho - 2ubu (A Better Tomorrow Mix)
Sha Lor - Im In Love (Caught Up Version)
DJ Wild - If You Are
Avision - Yo Listen (Truncates 808 Edit)
Ghettoblaster & Lauren Flax - Let It Feel Alright
Shiba San - Lets Go Dancing
Jansons & Liz Cass - Less Ordinary
Cioz Ft. Eleonora - Dancing In The Night (Lucky Shot Extended Mix) [Get Physical]
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