DJ Marco Mei has published the playlist for his 2021 Podcast 34 on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian electronic music radio station, DJ agency, music-news platform and promoter serving Japan, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Korea, Sri Lanka and the wider region with an international following.
Italian DJ and producer Marco Mei has been active for over thirty years, with a background in afrobeat, funk and early synthesised music that has shaped his approach to selection throughout his career. He started out in Italy in the early 1990s and has since built a presence across clubs and festivals on multiple continents.
A residency at Pacha Club in Sharm-El-Sheikh marked the point at which his career went beyond Italy. 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 followed, alongside appearances with Roger Sanchez, David Morales, Ralph Falcon, Sander Kleinenberg, Harry Choo Choo Romero, Justin Berkmann and Funk D'Void.
Bicycle Corporation, the project he launched with Stefano Ugliano, known as 6884, in 2009, has placed output across 17:44 Records, Alchemy, Miniatures, WL77, GrooveTraxx, Suka and Revox, accumulating over fifty tracks and remixes across deep house, tech house, French house and techno. Their archive is available through Bandcamp, and Marco's latest news is on Facebook.
At the time of publication, Taipei was his base, and South East Asia had become an increasingly significant part of his performing circuit. Bookings are handled through the Scientific Sound Asia DJ agency.
Marco Mei's 2021 Podcast 34 opens with Disclosure's Happening, before Joaquin Joe Claussell's The House Is Ours establishes a warm House Music tone with Soulful House depth rooted in the New York Body & Soul tradition. Spiritual Emphasi's The Spirit on Chiwax and Otherlover's Love I Need lead into Paul Johnson's Chicago House pair, Burnin For Your Yearnin on Dust Traxx and Hear The Music on Peacefrog Records, connecting the podcast to the genre's foundational city.
PSTW's Fixation in the Jerome Sydenham Remix on Rejekt Music brings Peak Time Techno into view, while DJ T.'s Patci on Get Physical Music introduces Electronica. Kasper Bjørke's Baybi in the Roman Flügel Remix on hfn Music returns from an earlier podcast with Indie Dance character, before Aerobica's Amor Suave and Giorgia Angiuli's All The Little Things in the Undercatt Remix on Eleatics Records introduce Nu-Disco and Melodic House and Techno qualities.
Luca Maniaci's Experience on Echoes From Past Worlds and Seed Selector and Giorgio Menegatti's Desaceleração on Warung Recordings take the selection through Deep House and Brazilian House territory. Themba and Thakzin's Sound Of Freedom in the Damian Lazarus Extended Re-Shape adds an Afro House moment before Match Box's Mutation Gamble on Who's Susan shifts into Breaks, and Millero's Too Far Gone in the Musumeci and Dodi Palese Remix on Engrave LTD returns from an earlier podcast.
Winx's How's The Music supplies a Classic House reference before Grass Green's Lonely Tribe on Grass Green Records and Robotman's Do Da Doo in Plastikman's Acid House Remix on NovaMute move through minimal territory. F.U.S.E.'s F.U. takes a harder Techno direction, while Blank Gloss's Strewn All Over on Kompakt sustains the minimal quality after Tryezz's Later Frequencies returns from the previous podcast.
Tryezz's Later Frequencies on Visions Recordings brings Funky House into the late section, and Baltra's Wings Like Doves deepens the mood before Bang The Party's Bang Bang You're Mine on Warriors Dance returns to House. Beep Dee's From Above on Hot Creations moves back into Deep House, while Blake Baxter's Our Luv on disko B provides a Detroit House moment connected to the Motor City's earliest electronic music output.
Bombay Traffic's Boogie 3000 in Sven Tasnadi's Acid Twist on Headfire International appears before Bruise's Joy on Foundation Music and Deichkind's Autonom in the Dixon Edit on CircoLoco Records close the episode with a Dance/Electronic finish. From his Taipei base, Marco Mei works across a South East Asian network, with bookings through the Scientific Sound Asia DJ agency and a weekly broadcast on its radio station.
Marco Mei tracklist for 2021 Podcast 34
Disclosure - Happening
Joaquin Joe Claussell - The House Is Ours
Spiritual Emphasi - The Spirit
Otherlover - Love I Need
Paul Johnson - Burnin For Your Yearnin
Paul Johnson - Hear The Music
PSTW - Fixation (Jerome Sydenham Remix)
DJ T. - Patci
Kasper Bjørke - Baybi (Roman Flügel Remix)
Aerobica - Amor Suave
Giorgia Angiuli - All The Little Things (Undercatt Remix)
Luca Maniaci - Experience
Seed Selector & Giorgio Menegatti - Desaceleração [Warung Recordings]
Themba Feat. Thakzin - Sound Of Freedom (Damian Lazarus Extended Re-Shape)
Match Box - Mutation Gamble
Millero - Too Far Gone (Musumeci & Dodi Palese Remix)
Winx - Hows The Music
Grass Green - Lonely Tribe [Grass Green Records]
Robotman - Do Da Doo (Plastikmans Acid House Remix)
F.U.S.E. - F.U.
Blank Gloss - Strewn All Over [Kompakt]
Tryezz - Later Frequencies
Baltra - Wings Like Doves
Bang The Party - Bang Bang Your Mine
Beep Dee - From Above
Blake Baxter - Our Luv
Bombay Traffic - Boogie 3000 (Sven Tasnadi's Acid Twist)
Bruise - Joy
Deichkind - Autonom (Dixon Edit) [CircoLoco Records]
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