Marco Mei publishes the playlist for 2021 Podcast 38

Marco Mei has published the tracklist for episode 38 of 2021, broadcast on Saturday, the 18th of September. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian electronic music radio station, DJ agency, music news outlet and promoter serving Japan, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Korea, Sri Lanka and beyond.

Bicycle Corporation's Marco Mei has spent over thirty years developing a sound rooted in afrobeat, funk and early synthesised music. That foundation set the tone for a DJing career that started in Italy in the early 1990s and has since spread across clubs and festivals worldwide.

Pacha Club in Sharm-El-Sheikh provided his first major international platform, and subsequent years brought appearances at 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. Artists including Roger Sanchez, David Morales, Ralph Falcon, Sander Kleinenberg, Harry Choo Choo Romero, Justin Berkmann and Funk D'Void have all shared the booth with him at various points.

The Bicycle Corporation project, formed with Stefano Ugliano, known as 6884, in 2009, has accumulated over fifty tracks and remixes across labels including 17:44 Records, Alchemy, Miniatures, WL77, GrooveTraxx, Suka and Revox. The duo recently released a Hard Techno remix of Virus D.D.D's Origination, out on the 31st of August.

Based in Taipei, Marco plays regularly across South East Asia and continues to grow his network of artists and collaborators throughout the region. Find him on Facebook and book him through the Scientific Sound Asia DJ agency.

Marco Mei's 2021 Podcast 38 opens with Joy Orbison's Better on XL Recordings, the Croydon-born producer's House and UK Garage crossover sensibility providing an unusual but effective starting point. Pal Joeys's Euphoria and Tilman's Lovin carry the set through House Music and Deep House territory before Kenny Summit and Yasmeen's Loving You in the Ian Pooley Dub delivers a Soulful House warmth.

Till Von Sein's Jammin and Earth Boys's Okokok on Shall Not Fade carry the set through House and Breaks territory before Kameelah Waheed's America the Beautiful in the Bruise Vocal on F*CLR Records arrives as one of the podcast's most powerful selections. The spoken word vocal pledging allegiance to the people of America rather than its flag gives the track a political charge that Bandcamp describes as "euphoric and joyous orchestral house."

Kerri Chandler and Rev F.L. Brown's Prayer in the Instrumental Feel Mix follows with a Gospel House quality that connects the podcast to the spiritual tradition running through New Jersey's contribution to House music history. Tryezz's Later Frequencies returns from previous podcasts before Barry Can't Swim's Jazz Club After Hours and Elkka's Burnt Orange carry the set through Nu Jazz and House territory.

Böhm's Lost City and Cassy's The One I Love sustain the Deep House direction before Frankie Knuckles's The Whistle Song in the Cinthie Remix makes another appearance across the series. Pet Shop Boys' Can You Forgive Her in the MK Remix then delivers a Nu Disco moment, the 1993 synth-pop track given a contemporary House treatment by the Michigan producer.

Chez Damier's Can You Feel It in the New York Dub arrives as one of the podcast's most historically resonant selections. The Detroit producer's 1992 track on KMS Records, co-written with Larry Heard, is a foundational Deep House and Classic House recording whose New York Dub version connects two of the genre's most important cities.

DJ Fast Eddie's Yo Yo Get Funky in the Maslow Unknown Edit returns before Marco Passarani's Criticize shifts the podcast into Techno and Industrial territory. Reese Project's Direct Me and Todd Terry Sound Design's Melissas Dream deliver two more Classic House and Deep House moments, both names connecting the podcast to House music's late-1980s New York and Detroit heritage.

Keinemusik's Confusion featuring Ali Love closes the episode on a Tech House and Melodic House note. Marco Mei's 2021 Podcast 38 is one of the series's most historically grounded episodes, drawing on the founding traditions of Chicago, Detroit and New York House music while moving through contemporary Deep House, Nu Disco and Soulful House throughout.

Marco Mei tracklist for 2021 Podcast 38.

Joy Orbison - Better

Pal Joeys - Euphoria

Tilman - Lovin

Kenny Summit Feat. Yasmeen - Loving You (Ian Pooley Dub)

Till Von Sein - Jammin

Earth Boys - Okokok (Shall Not Fade)

Kameelah Waheed - America the Beautiful (Bruise Vocal)

Kerri Chandler & Rev F.L. Brown - Prayer (Instrumental Feel Mix)

Tryezz - Later Frequencies

Barry Can't Swim - Jazz Club After Hours

Elkka - Burnt Orange

Böhm - Lost City

Cassy - The One I Love

Frankie Knuckles - The Whistle Song (Cinthie Remix)

Pet Shop Boys - Can You Forgive Her (MK Remix)

Chez Damier - Can You Feel It (New York Dub)

DJ Fast Eddie - Yo Yo Get Funky (Maslow Unknown Edit)

Marco Passarani - CriticizeReese Project - Direct Me

Todd Terry Sound Design - Melissas Dream

Keinemusik - Confusion Feat. Ali Love

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