Marco Mei publishes the playlist for 2021 Podcast 28

Episode 28 of 2021 from Marco Mei was originally broadcast on Saturday, the 10th of July. Scientific Sound Asia is an English-language electronic music radio station, DJ agency, music news outlet and promoter serving audiences across Japan, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Korea, Sri Lanka and beyond.

Italy's Marco Mei has been active as a DJ and producer for over thirty years, building a sound that draws from afrobeat, funk and early synthesised music as much as from the house and techno underground. That combination has given his sets a character that is difficult to place in any single category.

A residency at Pacha Club in Sharm-El-Sheikh marked the point at which his career went international. What followed was a touring schedule that brought 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. Roger Sanchez, David Morales, Ralph Falcon, Sander Kleinenberg, Harry Choo Choo Romero, Justin Berkmann and Funk D'Void have all shared the booth with him at various points.

In 2009 he joined forces with Stefano Ugliano, known as 6884, to form Bicycle Corporation. The project found its first home with 17:44 Records before spreading across Alchemy, Miniatures, WL77, GrooveTraxx, Suka and Revox, accumulating over fifty tracks and remixes in the process. Their back catalogue is available to explore on Bandcamp.

Taipei is where Marco is based, and South East Asia has become an increasingly regular part of his performing circuit. His Facebook page carries the latest news, and bookings are handled through the Scientific Sound Asia DJ agency.

Marco Mei's 2021 Podcast 28 opens with returning selections from Mpharanyana and The Peddlers' Disco in the Jamie 326 Extended Edit and Palmiara's Surfin in Gerd Janson's Acid Tribe Balearic Full Moon Mix. Tilman's Got Something Special on Fine makes another appearance before Laroze begins a substantial presence across the podcast with 7AM Feelings and You Gotta Keep On on rtct.records, the Argentine producer contributing four tracks in total across the tracklist, each sitting firmly in House Music territory.

LF System's Desire returns for a second consecutive Marco Mei podcast before Parris Mitchell vs. Nina Kraviz's Feel My Butterfly in the Dance System and DJ Deeon Remix shifts into Tech House territory. Cassy contributes two consecutive Deep House selections from Hov011, The One I Love and Reminds Me Of A Track, the Berlin-based DJ and producer's own label providing a consistent deep and functional quality to both tracks. Laroze returns with R U Proud before Aquanauts' Dance The Freestyle from 1999 delivers a classic Freestyle and House moment.

Suki's Don't Want You and RR's Hbb Store featuring Interstate carry the set through Deep House and Minimal territory before Steve Miggedy Maestro's Twilight in the Beat-trayers Mix delivers a Soulful House warmth. Zoo Brazil's Outputs introduces a Melodic House and Techno quality before Själen's Spirit High on Studio Barnhus provides a Nu Disco and disco-pop moment from the Swedish duo.

Madou Kouyate's Souleyman Sangare in the Hamza Rahimtula Banjara Remix on Wind Horse Records then delivers the podcast's most globally-minded selection, the Malian musician's track given an Afro House treatment by the Indian-born label founder that fuses Malian rhythmic traditions with contemporary electronic club culture. Laurent Chanal's Carbon provides a Minimal contrast before Bustin Loose's Sugar Rush on The Disco Express returns to Nu Disco and Disco territory. Brandski's Quilting and Sam Paganini's Polyester carry the set through Deep House and Techno before Luke Welsh's The Underground returns to a House register.

Laroze's Final Battle makes the Argentine producer's fourth appearance of the podcast before LF System's Be My Baby sustains the Nu Disco direction. DJ Delivery's Get Higher and Bakaer's Make Me Feel carry the set towards its close before Sylvester's You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) in the Soulwax For Despacio Remix closes the episode.

The disco legend's 1978 anthem, given a contemporary Soulful House and Nu Disco treatment by the Belgian duo, is a characteristically bold closing statement from Marco Mei. Marco Mei's 2021 Podcast 28 is a wide-ranging House and Nu Disco episode that balances repeat appearances from established artists with globally inspired Afro House selections and classic Freestyle and Disco moments throughout.

Marco Mei tracklist for 2021 Podcast 28

Mpharanyana & The Peddlers - Disco (Jamie 326 Extended Edit)

Palmiara - Surfin (Gerd Jansons Acid Tribe Balearic Full Moon Mix)

Tilman - Got Something Special [Fine]

Laroze - 7AM Feelings

Laroze - You Gotta Keep On

Lf System - Desire

Parris Mitchell Vs. Nina Kraviz - Feel My Butterfly (Dance System & DJ Deeon Remix)

Cassy - The One I Love [Hov011]

Cassy - Reminds Me Of A Track [Hov011]

Laroze - R U Proud

Aquanauts - Dance The Freestyle (1999)

Suki - Dont Want You

Rr Feat. Interstate - Hbb Store

Steve Miggedy Maestro - Twilight (Beat-trayers Mix)

Zoo Brazil - Outputs

Själen - Spirit High (Studio Barnhus)

Madou Kouyate - Souleyman Sangare (Hamza Rahimtula Banjara Remix)

Laurent Chanal - Carbon

Bustin Loose - Sugar Rush [The Disco Express]

Brandski - Quilting

Sam Paganini - Polyester

Luke Welsh - The Underground

Laroze - Final Battle

Lf System - Be My Baby

DJ Delivery - Get Higher

Bakaer - Make Me Feel

Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (Soulwax For Despacio Remix)

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