Marco Mei publishes his playlist for 2021 Podcast 35

Marco Mei has published the tracklist for episode 35 of 2021, originally broadcast on Saturday, the 28th of August. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian electronic music radio station, DJ agency and music news outlet and promoter serving Japan, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Korea, Sri Lanka and beyond.

Marco Mei is an Italian DJ and producer with over thirty years of experience, whose roots in afrobeat, funk and early synthesised music have given his sets a character that sits outside any single genre. He began DJing in Italy in the early 1990s before an international career took shape through a residency at Pacha Club in Sharm-El-Sheikh.

That residency opened a circuit 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 are among those he has shared the booth with over the years.

Bicycle Corporation, his production partnership with Stefano Ugliano, known as 6884, has been running since 2009, with 17:44 Records as their first home. Output across Alchemy, Miniatures, WL77, GrooveTraxx, Suka and Revox now exceeds fifty tracks and remixes. The duo also has a Hard Techno remix of Virus D.D.D's Origination scheduled for release on the 31st of August.

Marco is based in Taipei and plays regularly across South East Asia, building a growing network of artists and collaborators throughout the region. His latest news is on Facebook, and bookings are available through the Scientific Sound Asia DJ agency.

Marco Mei's 2021 Podcast 35 opens with Itai's Flame Of The Pine Cone in the Spaniols Blue Note Remix delivering a Deep House and Soulful tone. Dee Montero and Cari Golden's Light In The Dark in the Audiojack Remix on Futurescope and Camelphat and Cari Golden's Temperament Of The Beat on Moon Harbour carry the set into Tech House territory, Golden's vocal presence connecting both tracks.

Mia Mendi and Thomas Gandey's Ubi on Watergate Records and Shiba San's All The People sustain the Tech House direction. Miane's Not Today provides a Minimal and Deep House contrast before Solardo and Maur's Power and Carlo Lio's Trippy Bizz return to Tech House and Acid House territory.

Marie Davidson's Workaholic Paranoid Bitch in the Nina Kraviz Workaholic Remix arrives as the podcast's most uncompromising moment, the Montreal performance artist's track given a hard-edged Techno treatment by the Russian producer that sits in deliberate contrast to the warmer House Music selections surrounding it. Frankie Knuckles, Eric Kupper and Directors Cut then deliver two consecutive selections, Your Love featuring Jamie Principle in the Darius Syrossian Extended Remix and The Whistle Song in the Cinthie Remix.

The placement of Frankie Knuckles material, given the Chicago DJ and producer's foundational status in the genre, represents one of the more historically grounded moments in the entire Marco Mei podcast series. Julie McDermott's Don't Go in the Disaia Remix and Jungle's Keep Moving in The Blessed Madonna Remix carry the set through Soulful House and Nu Disco territory before Purple Disco Machine's Playbox in the Alex Virgo Remix sustains the Nu Disco direction.

Pax's Revelry and All Stars's U Used To Hold Me featuring Screamin' Rachael carry the set through Progressive House and Soulful House territory before Catz 'n Dogz's First Night Out returns from earlier podcasts. Poorly's Fly and returning selections from Confidential Recipe and Ejeca carry the set through Deep House and House territory before Geraldine Hunt's Can't Fake The Feeling in the Carl Cox Extended Rework delivers a final Soulful House and Classic House moment.

James Solace and Jansons's 54 on Hot Creations provides a Tech House anchor before Tori Amos's Professional Widow in the Ant Brooks Reedit closes the podcast, the 1996 track's contemporary House reworking providing a characteristically unexpected final selection. Marco Mei's 2021 Podcast 35 is a wide-ranging episode that balances Tech House energy, Classic House history and Soulful House warmth across a tracklist that draws from multiple eras and scenes throughout.

Marco Mei tracklist for 2021 Podcast 35

Itai - Flame Of The Pine Cone (Spaniols Blue Note Remix)

Dee Montero - Light In The Dark Ft. Cari Golden (Audiojack Remix) [Futurescope]

Camelphat, Cari Golden - Temperament Of The Beat [Moon Harbour]

Mia Mendi & Thomas Gandey - Ubi

Shiba San - All The People

Miane - Not Today

Solardo & Maur - Power

Carlo Lio - Trippy Bizz

Marie Davidson - Workaholic Paranoid Bitch (Nina Kraviz Workaholic Remix)

Frankie Knuckles, Eric Kupper, Directors Cut - Your Love Ft. Jamie Principle (Darius Syrossian Extended Remix)

Frankie Knuckles, Eric Kupper, Directors Cut - The Whistle Song (Cinthie Remix)

Julie Mcdermott - Don't Go (Disaia Remix)

Jungle - Keep Moving (The Blessed Madonna Remix)

Purple Disco Machine - Playbox (Alex Virgo Remix)

Pax - Revelry (Extended Mix)

All Stars - U Used To Hold Me Feat. Screamin’ Rachael

Catz ‘n Dogz - First Night Out (10 Years Of Eats Everything Remix) [Edible]

Poorly - Fly

Confidential Recipe - What You Think

Ejeca - Free From (Cinthie Remix)

Geraldine Hunt - Cant Fake The Feeling (Carl Cox Extended Rework)

James Solace & Jansons - 54 (Original Mix) [Hot Creations]

Tori Amos - Professional Widow (Ant Brooks Reedit)

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