Scientific Sound Asia presents DJ Marco Mei and his 2021 Podcast 30, originally broadcast on Saturday 24 July 2021. Scientific Sound Asia is an English-language electronic music radio station, DJ agency, music-news platform and promoter working 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 when 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.
Marco shares his latest news and dates on Facebook, while Taipei is his home base. His regular appearances across Southeast Asia have developed a network of artists and promoters throughout the region, and bookings are handled through the Scientific Sound Asia DJ agency.
Marco Mei's 2021 Podcast 30 opens with Bjørn Torske's Aerosoles on Svek, an early-2000s Deep House track rooted in the Scandinavian dance music tradition that connects Torske to contemporaries including 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' The Ghost in the Gerd Janson Dance Mix on Future Classic bring consecutive Electro House and Nu-Disco moments, with Gerd Janson's remixing hand appearing twice in the opening section.
Damiano von Erckert's Pete on AUS Music and Catching Flies' GLY in DJ Boring's Sunrise Mix on Indigo Soul carry the set through Deep House and Melodic House and Techno territory. Computer Data's Healing on clipp.Art and Groove Boys Project's Missing Lagos Memories on Amsem Records introduce House Music, before BAILE's Amae featuring Felicia Douglass in the Sasha 2099 Remix shifts into Progressive House and melodic territory, while the Sasha 2099 alias signals a more contemporary and melodic approach from the Welsh producer than his earlier Fabric mixes.
Hamza Rahimtula's Neon Afro on Wind Horse Records sustains an Afro House direction before 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 return to Melodic House and Techno. Captain Mustache's Everything Instrumental on Kompakt follows, while Adana Twins' Nordlys on TAU adds an Indie Dance turn.
Nick Pappa's Seyizi on Wired develops the deeper Afro House current before Darin Epsilon, Alexandros Djkevingr and Greg Ignatovich's Thanatos in the Julian Wassermann Remix provides a Progressive House moment. Ron Elliot's Signature on Shall Not Fade then returns to a raw, deep and hypnotic Techno register.
Willaris. K's Chapel featuring WaveIQ in the Boys Noize Remix brings Tech House and Techno energy to the closing stretch. Eats Everything's Think About The Revolution on UNCAGE and The Streets' Who's Got The Bag in the 10 Years of Eats Everything Reebag keep the rhythm in Tech House and House territory before Truncate and Catz n Dogz's Body Control Tool on Pets Recordings makes another appearance across the series.
Dom Dolla's Pump The Brakes in the Catz n Dogz Remix on Sweat It Out closes the podcast with a Tech House flourish. Marco Mei's 2021 Podcast 30 balances Deep House roots, Afro House warmth and Melodic House and Techno energy across a tracklist drawing from Scandinavian underground history, Australian electronic music and contemporary European club culture.
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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