DJ Marco Mei presents 2021 Podcast 28 on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia is an English-language electronic music radio station, DJ agency, promoter and music-news platform 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 Mpharanyana and The Peddlers' Disco in the Jamie 326 Extended Edit, a Kalita Records selection rooted in Afrobeat, before Palmiara's Surfin' in Gerd Janson's Acid Tribe Balearic Full Moon Mix brings House Music through HOMAGE. Tilman's Got Something Special on Fine follows, while Laroze starts a four-track contribution with 7AM Feelings and You Gotta Keep On, both released through rtct.records.
LF System's Desire precedes Parris Mitchell vs. Nina Kraviz's Feel My Butterfly in the Dance System and DJ Deeon Remix, with the latter bringing Tech House through Snatch! Records. Cassy's The One I Love and Reminds Me Of A Track make a paired Deep House passage from Hov011 before Laroze returns with R U Proud.
Aquanauts' 1999 track Dance The Freestyle follows, then Suki's Don't Want You on Finer Things Records introduces Dance Music to the sequence. RR featuring Interstate's Hbb Store leads into Steve Miggedy Maestro's Twilight in the Beat-trayers Mix on T's Crates, where the house rhythm takes on a Soulful House warmth.
Zoo Brazil's Outputs on clipp.Art sharpens the club focus before Själen's Spirit High on Studio Barnhus supplies a Nu-Disco and disco-pop moment. Madou Kouyate's Souleyman Sangare in the Hamza Rahimtula Banjara Remix on Wind Horse Records fuses Malian rhythmic traditions with an Afro House treatment, while Laurent Chanal's Carbon on Get Physical Music moves into Melodic House and Techno.
Bustin' Loose's Sugar Rush on The Disco Express brings the set back to Nu-Disco, followed by Brandski's Quilting on Mélopée Records, an Indie Dance entry. Sam Paganini's Polyester on JAM adds Peak Time Techno, and Luke Welsh's The Underground on Libero Records returns the mix to Tech House.
Laroze's Final Battle on rtct.records completes the producer's fourth appearance, before LF System's Be My Baby keeps the late selection close to disco. DJ Delivery's Get Higher on Yellow Van Records and Bakaer's Make Me Feel prepare the close, with Sylvester's You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) in the Soulwax For Despacio Remix ending the episode through Disco, Soulful House and Nu-Disco.
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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