Marco Mei publishes the playlist for 2021 Podcast 30

Scientific Sound Asia presents episode 30 of 2021 from Marco Mei, originally broadcast on Saturday the 24th of July. The platform operates as an English-language electronic music radio station, DJ agency, music news outlet and promoter across Japan, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Korea, Sri Lanka and beyond.

Italian DJ and producer Marco Mei has been shaping his sound for over thirty years, starting from a foundation in afrobeat, funk and early synthesised music that set him apart from the moment he began DJing professionally in the early 1990s. That breadth of influence has kept his output from settling into any predictable pattern.

His international career took off through a residency at Pacha Club in Sharm-El-Sheikh, which opened a circuit spanning 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. Along the way he has appeared alongside Roger Sanchez, David Morales, Ralph Falcon, Sander Kleinenberg, Harry Choo Choo Romero, Justin Berkmann and Funk D'Void.

Bicycle Corporation, formed in 2009 with Stefano Ugliano, known as 6884, was picked up by 17:44 Records and has since placed releases on Alchemy, Miniatures, WL77, GrooveTraxx, Suka and Revox. The catalogue now runs to over fifty tracks and remixes, with the earliest work available through Bandcamp. Find his latest news and dates on Facebook.

Taipei is Marco's home base, and his regular appearances across South East Asia have built a growing network of artists and promoters throughout the region. Bookings are handled through the Scientific Sound Asia DJ agency.

Marco Mei's 2021 Podcast 30 opens with Bjørn Torske's Aerosoles on Svek, the Norwegian producer's early 2000s Deep House track rooted in the Scandinavian dance music tradition that connects Torske to contemporaries like Prins Thomas and Lindstrøm. Tilman and Will Buck's What's Mine Is Mine follows before Wolfram's Paradise Tea in the Gerd Janson Re-treat and Flight Facilities's The Ghost in the Gerd Janson Dance Mix deliver two consecutive Nu Disco moments, the Australian DJ's remixing hand appearing twice in the podcast's opening section.

Damiano von Erckert's Pete on AUS Music and Catching Flies's GLY in DJ Boring's Sunrise Mix on Indigo Soul carry the set through Deep House and Melodic House and Techno territory before Computer Data's Healing introduces a deeper and more electronic quality. Groove Boys Project's Missing Lagos Memories and Hamza Rahimtula's Neon Afro sustain an Afro House direction before BAILE's Amae featuring Felicia Douglass in the Sasha 2099 Remix shifts into Progressive House and Melodic House territory.

The Sasha 2099 alias signals a more contemporary and melodic approach from the Welsh producer than his earlier Fabric mixes. M.A.N.D.Y.'s Gizmo in the Christopher Schwarzwälder Remix and Fat Sushi's Alone featuring Allies For Everyone on DAYS like NIGHTS carry the set into Minimal and Melodic House and Techno territory.

Captain Mustache's Everything Instrumental on Kompakt and Adana Twins's Nordlys sustain that direction before Nick Pappa's Seyizi develops a deeper Afro House quality. Darin Epsilon, Alexandros Djkevingr and Greg Ignatovich's Thanatos in the Julian Wassermann Remix then provides a Progressive House moment before Ron Elliot's Signature returns to a deeper and more Minimal register.

Willaris. K's Chapel featuring WaveIQ in the Boys Noize Remix brings a Tech House and Techno energy to the closing stretch. Eats Everything's Think About The Revolution and The Streets's Who's Got The Bag in the 10 Years of Eats Everything Reebag carry the set through Tech House and House territory before Truncate and Catz n Dogz's Body Control Tool returns for another appearance across the series.

Dom Dolla's Pump The Brakes in the Catz n Dogz Remix closes the podcast with a Tech House flourish. Marco Mei's 2021 Podcast 30 is a wide-ranging episode that balances Deep House roots, Afro House warmth and Melodic House and Techno energy across a tracklist that draws from Scandinavian underground history, Australian electronic music and contemporary European club culture throughout.

Marco Mei tracklist for 2021 Podcast 30

Bjørn Torske - Aerosoles

Tilman, Will Buck - What's Mine Is Mine

Wolfram - Paradise Tea (Gerd Janson Re-treat)

Flight Facilities - The Ghost (Gerd Janson Dance Mix)

Damiano von Erckert - Pete [AUS168]

Catching Flies - GLY (DJ BORING’s Sunrise Mix - Extended Mix)

Computer Data - Healing

Groove Boys Project - Missing Lagos Memories

BAILE - Amae Ft. Felicia Douglass (Sasha 2099 Remix)

Hamza Rahimtula - Neon Afro

M.A.N.D.Y. - Gizmo (Christopher Schwarzwälder Remix)

Fat Sushi - Alone Ft. Allies For Everyone [Days like Nights]

Captain Mustache - Everything (Instrumental) [KOMPAKT434]

Adana Twins - Nordlys

Nick Pappa - Seyizi

Darin Epsilon, Alexandros Djkevingr & Greg Ignatovich - Thanatos (Julian Wassermann Remix)

Ron Elliot - Signature

Willaris. K - Chapel Ft. WaveIQ (Boys Noize Remix)

Eats Everything - Think About The Revolution

The Streets - Whos Got The Bag (10 Years of Eats Everything Reebag)

Truncate & Catz n Dogz - Body Control (Tool)

Dom Dolla - Pump The Brakes (Catz n Dogz Remix)

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