DJ Marco Mei presents his 2021 Podcast 32 on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia is an English-language electronic music radio station, DJ agency, music-news platform and events promoter serving audiences across Japan, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Korea, Sri Lanka and beyond. music news
By 2021, Marco had spent three decades in a career that began in Italy in the early 1990s and drew from a wider pool than most. Afrobeat, funk and early synthesised music were his entry points, and that foundation has informed his work as a DJ and producer.
The Pacha Club residency in Sharm-El-Sheikh was an early catalyst for an international career that has taken in 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 number among those he has appeared alongside over the years.
Bicycle Corporation, the production alliance he has run with Stefano Ugliano, known as 6884, since 2009, found its first home at 17:44 Records. Labels including Alchemy, Miniatures, WL77, GrooveTraxx, Suka and Revox have since hosted a catalogue of more than fifty tracks and remixes, while the duo's earliest work is preserved and available on Bandcamp.
Marco is based in Taipei and works across a wider South East Asian network of artists and collaborators. Find him on Facebook and book him through the Scientific Sound Asia DJ agency, while his show broadcasts weekly.
Marco Mei's 2021 Podcast 32 opens with You and Aikon's Rain on Disco Halal, whose Organic House and World Music sensibility establishes a warm, unhurried tone. Super Flu and Angelov's Diva Halle on Monaberry moves into Melodic House and Techno, while Mollono.Bass and Marc Vogler's Unforgettable Times on 3000 Grad Records passes through Deep House and Progressive House before Adriatique's Trance Lesson on Afterlife Records restores the melodic direction.
Jimmy Blanche's Tambou La Ti Bois La in the Pardonnez Nous Remix on Sima Records brings a Gwo Ka-rooted, Afro House and World Music moment to the sequence. Bez (UK) and Doorly's Flying Bus featuring Firouzeh leads to Kasper Bjørke's Baybi in the Roman Flügel Remix on HFN Music, an Indie Dance turn before Millero's Too Far Gone in the Musumeci and Dodi Palese Remix on Engrave Ltd and Be Like Butter and Enzo Siffredi's Ode To Omar return to Melodic House and Techno.
Rüfüs Du Sol's Alive in the Solomun Remix is the podcast's most recognisable selection, with the Australian trio's track recast as a defining Melodic House and Techno remix moment of 2021. O.N.O's Gran Music on Exploited brings in Electro (Classic / Detroit / Modern), before Soul Campbell's Universum on Ten One Records, PBR Streetgang's Montego and its House Music and Nu-Disco warmth bring the set back to the floor.
Omar S and Aaron Fit Siegel's Tonite featuring Lrenee in the Detroit Mix on FXHE delivers one of the episode's most culturally grounded moments through its Detroit House character. FXHE is one of Detroit's most uncompromising underground imprints, and Ralphi Rosario's All Right Now! on Underground Construction and Obskür's Mr. Whippys Disco Weapon follow with a lighter Nu-Disco contrast.
Secondcity's Tomorrow's World on Sola and Beth Lydi's Pull Through in the Nathan Barato Remix on Plump Records tighten the rhythm through Tech House. Obskür's Bayside on FFRR and Tommier Joyson's Clap Your Hands on Hot Creations sustain that club-focused stretch, with the latter providing the Jackin House moment associated with the label's dancefloor identity.
Junior Sanchez's Nobody Bring U Down on Nothing Else Matters brings the closing section back to House Music. Adapter's Celebrate on Trick ends the episode on a House and Nu-Disco note, completing a broad selection that moves through Disco Halal, Afterlife Records, FXHE and Hot Creations.
Marco Mei tracklist for 2021 Podcast 32
You & Aikon - Rain (Night Vision) [Disco Halal]
Super Flu & Angelov - Diva Halle [Monaberry]
Mollono Bass - Unforgettable Times Feat. Marc Vogler [3000 Grad Records]
Adriatique - Trance Lesson (Original Mix) [Afterlife Records]
Jimmy Blanche - Tambou La Ti Bois La (Pardonnez Nous Remix) [Sima Records]
Bez (UK) & Doorly - Flying Bus Feat. Firouzeh
Kasper Bjørke - Baybi (Roman Flügel Remix) [Hfn Music]
Millero - Too Far Gone (Musumeci & Dodi Palese Remix) [Engrave Ltd]
Be Like Butter & Enzo Siffredi - Ode To Omar
Rüfüs Du Sol - Alive (Solomun Remix)
O.N.O - Gran Music [Exploited]
Soul Campbell - Universum [Ten One Records]
PBR Streetgang - Montego [Bandcamp]
Omar S, Aaron Fit Siegel - Tonite Feat. Lrenee (Detroit Mix) [FXHE]
Ralphi Rosario Presents Energy Factor - All Right Now!
Obskür - Mr. Whippys Disco Weapon
Secondcity - Tomorrow’s World
Beth Lydi - Pull Through (Nathan Barato Remix) [Plump Records]
Obskür - Bayside
Tommier Joyson - Clap Your Hands [Hot Creations]
Junior Sanchez - Nobody Bring U Down [Nothing Else Matters]
Adapter - Celebrate
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