Scientific Sound Asia presents Marco Mei's 2021 Podcast 26, the twenty-sixth episode of his 2021 series. Scientific Sound Asia is an English-language electronic music radio station, DJ agency, promoter and music news outlet connecting audiences across Japan, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Korea, Sri Lanka and beyond.
Marco Mei is one of Italy's well-travelled DJs and producers, with a career stretching back to the early 1990s and roots in afrobeat, funk and early synthesised music. That breadth of taste has given him an approach to selection that sits outside any single genre.
Pacha Club in Sharm-El-Sheikh provided the platform that took his career international. The years that followed brought 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, while shared bills with Roger Sanchez, David Morales, Ralph Falcon, Sander Kleinenberg, Harry Choo Choo Romero, Justin Berkmann and Funk D'Void illustrate the level at which he has operated.
Together with Stefano Ugliano, known as 6884, he formed Bicycle Corporation in 2009, a project that landed with 17:44 Records and has since placed output on Alchemy, Miniatures, WL77, GrooveTraxx, Suka and Revox. That catalogue now runs to over fifty tracks and remixes, with the earliest recordings made accessible through Bandcamp.
Marco is based in Taipei, playing regularly across South East Asia and growing a network of artists and collaborators throughout the region. Bookings go through our DJ agency, and updates appear on his Facebook page.
Marco Mei's 2021 Podcast 26 opens with SuperMariotte's Backprop on Clafoutis Records, whose Electronica and House Music hybrid sets a warm tone before Guydee's Svet on Minor Notes Recordings develops a deeper direction. Palmiara's Surfin in Gerd Janson's Acid Tribe Balearic Full Moon Mix on HOMAGE introduces Balearic and acid-inflected character before Natema's Ven (Ahora Sí) on TRANSA RECORDS and Vega and Romero's El Ritmo bring an Afro House and Latin House energy to the podcast's early stages.
Belcampo's Delisei on Camp01 introduces Nu-Disco, while Fast Trak's Hooked on Pornostar Comps and Air Jackson's Chemistry on Ten One Records bring the set through house rhythms and Breaks. Mr. G's Learn.2.Love from Unreleased Gemz Vol. 3 sustains the deeper mood before Cayam's Chaos In The Distance, Cayam being the alias of Maya Jane Coles, introduces a Melodic House and Techno quality and Demou's Sing Your Praises on Nothing Else Matters returns from an earlier Marco Mei podcast. Deep House
Eli Escobar's Can't Stop Dancing in the Matt Jones Rework and Jamie 326's Rebound carry the set through a Nu-Disco and house passage. Leiba's Unforgettable Day on Ltd, W/LBL and Kiu D's Dynamite from The Journey Vinyl Sampler sustain the house direction before Johannes Albert's Covered Call on Fine and an unknown artist's Eykkdarmx on Remi001 shift into a more Minimal House register.
Uniile's This Must Be Illegal provides a Tech House moment before Thomas Bangalter's On Da Rocks on Roulé arrives as one of the podcast's historically significant selections. The 1995 French House and Jackin House track from the Daft Punk member's solo imprint is a piece of genre history, its jacking groove and raw club energy contrasting with the contemporary selections around it.
Sylvester's Living For The City in a Tribute To Martin Luther King Jr. Edit then delivers a culturally charged moment, the late San Francisco vocalist's gospel-house vision given a tribute framing that connects the gay liberation and civil rights movements within the same track. DJ Deeon and Ghettoblaster's Need A Freak on Traxmen Records follows with Jackin House and Chicago House energy before Mr. Diamond's Dance With Me on Hot Creations and Anzu's Alone Together from Street Tracks carry the set into Soulful House and Organic House territory.
Marco Faraone's Want Me on Rekids provides a Tech House and Peak Time Techno anchor before Lil Mo Yin Yang's Reach in the Kenny Dope Remix on Strictly Rhythm delivers a Classic House moment rooted in the New York underground tradition. Black Market Dance Club's Redface in the Serge Santiago UK Edit closes the episode on a house and Tech House note, bringing the set's multi-era approach to a firm club-focused finish.
Marco Mei tracklist for 2021 Podcast 26
Supermariotte - Backprop
Guydee - Svet
Palmiara - Surfin (Gerd Jansons Acid Tribe Balearic Full Moon Mix)
Natema - Ven ( Ahora Sí )
Vega & Romero - El Ritmo (Original Mix)
Belcampo - Delisei [Camp01]
Fast Trak - Hooked
Air Jackson - Chemistry
Mr. G - Learn.2.Love (Unreleased Gemz Vol. 3)
Cayam Aka Maya Jane Coles - Chaos In The Distance
Demou - Sing Your Praises
Eli Escobar - Can't Stop Dancing
Jamie 326 - Rebound
Leiba - Unforgettable Day
Kiu D - Dynamite (The Journey - Vinyl Sampler) -
Johannes Albert - Covered Call
Unknown Artist - Eykkdarmx [Remi001]
Uniile – This Must Be Illegal
Thomas Bangalter - On Da Rocks
Sylvester Feat. Martin Luther King Jr. - Living For The City (Tribute To Martin Luther King Jr. Edit)
DJ Deeon, Ghettoblaster - Need A Freak (Original Mix)
Mr. Diamond - Dance With Me
Anzu - Alone Together (Street Tracks)
Marco Faraone - Want Me
Lil Mo Yin Yang - Reach (Kenny Dope Remix)
Black Market Dance Club - Redface (Serge Santiago UK Edit)
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