DJ Marco Mei presents 2021 Podcast 39, episode 39 of his 2021 series, on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian electronic music radio station, DJ agency, promoter and music-news platform serving Japan, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Korea, Sri Lanka and beyond.
Turin-born Marco Mei has been one of Italy's more widely travelled DJs and producers for over thirty years. His roots in afrobeat and early synthesised music gave him an instinct for selection that has always reached beyond the boundaries of house and techno.
After establishing himself in Italy in the early 1990s, a residency at Pacha Club in Sharm-El-Sheikh opened his career to a genuinely international circuit. 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 are among the venues that followed, with Roger Sanchez, David Morales, Ralph Falcon, Sander Kleinenberg, Harry Choo Choo Romero, Justin Berkmann and Funk D'Void among his booth partners along the way.
Bicycle Corporation, the project he runs with Stefano Ugliano, known as 6884, has been building its catalogue since 2009 through 17:44 Records and labels including Alchemy, Miniatures, WL77, GrooveTraxx, Suka and Revox. The duo's Hard Techno remix of Virus D.D.D's Origination, released on the 31st of August, was among their more recent work at the time.
Marco is based in Taipei and plays regularly across South East Asia, where a growing network of artists and collaborators has developed through years of consistent appearances. He shares updates on Facebook, and bookings go through the Scientific Sound Asia DJ agency.
Computer Data's Healing on clipp.Art opens Marco Mei's 2021 Podcast 39 with a warm House Music foundation. Flight Facilities's Crave You in the Hush Hush Bootleg introduces Nu-Disco, while Babsy's Amy on Apparel Music and DJ Aedidas's Another Day in the Breathe Edit deepen the early club-focused selection.
Donnell Knox and Beata's All You Need Iz Rhythm on Hot Haus Recs brings Deep House into focus, followed by Lonely C and Kendra Foster's Hold Up in the Mike Dunn Blackball Vokal Remixx on Soul Clap Records for a Soulful House moment. Mr. G's Ease Ya Mind in the Mango Boys Dub on Phoenix G supplies a minimal, dub-inflected quality, while Beatport described Donnell Knox and Beata's track as "a bona fide underground summer house anthem."
Men I Trust's Oh Dove in the M@c Edit and EP2's Dance in the Onionz Down The Block Remix keep the middle section moving through Indie Dance and House territory. Ian Pooley's Chord Memory in the Daft Punk Remix on Rejected then provides one of the podcast's historically notable moments, connecting the French duo's remix with the German DJ's 1997 track and two significant figures in European electronic music.
Underground Resistance's Living For The Nite featuring Yolanda arrives as a Detroit House and Techno statement, with the collective's anonymous, politically charged identity and Underground Records catalogue making the inclusion one of the podcast's most culturally grounded moments. Armando's Downfall in Derrick Carter's Extended Edit on Trax Records moves through Acid House, before Matthias Meyer and Budakid's Sweet Ease on Watergate Records and Musumeci and Qubica's The Chameleon on Future Disco sustain an Melodic House and Techno direction.
Lakou Mizik and Joseph Ray's Sanba Yo Pran Pale in the DJ Koze Extended Mix on Anjunadeep is the podcast's most culturally distinctive selection, with Resident Advisor describing Koze's remix as an "airy summer anthem" built on amapiano-informed percussion and Haitian Vodou vocals, the traditional chant of the Sanbas, Haiti's oral historians, recontextualised as a deep and Organic House dancefloor tool. Matteo Boyero's Oceans May Be Still featuring Lisa Samuel and Alex Dayo sustains the organic, atmospheric direction before Onoff's Heartbreak returns to Deep House territory.
Der Dritte Raum's Andromeda Mission on Harthouse turns towards Peak Time Techno and Trance, while Staropoli's Early In The Morning on Big Speaker Music brings a deeper, hypnotic Techno character and Tommier Joyson's Clap Your Hands on Hot Creations returns to Tech House. William Arist's B-One in the Gary Beck Remix on BEK046 and Trevino's Eclipse on Klockworks close the episode with Peak Time Techno and Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic), giving the final stretch a harder, focused conclusion after its broad range of House, Haitian musical context and electronic club styles.
Marco Mei tracklist for 2021 Podcast 39
Computer Data - Healing
Flight Facilities - Crave You (Hush Hush Bootleg)
Babsy - Amy
DJ Aedidas - Another Day (Breathe Edit)
Donnell Knox - All You Need Iz Rhythm Feat. Beata
Lonely C - Hold Up Feat. Kendra Foster (Mike Dunn Blackball Vokal Remixx)
Mr. G - Ease Ya Mind (Mango Boys Dub)
Men I Trust - Oh Dove (M@c Edit)
EP2 - Dance (Onionz Down The Block Remix)
Ian Pooley - Chord Memory (Daft Punk Remix)
Underground Resistance - Living For The Nite Feat. Yolanda (For The Nite)
Armando - Downfall (Derrick Carters Extended Edit)
Matthias Meyer & Budakid - Sweet Ease
Musumeci & Qubica - The Chameleon
Lakou Mizik - Sanba Yo Pran Pale (DJ Koze Extended Mix)
Matteo Boyero - Oceans May Be Still Feat. Lisa Samuel & Alex Dayo
Onoff - Heartbreak
Der Dritte Raum - Andromeda Mission
Staropoli - Early In The Morning
Tommier Joyson - Clap Your Hands
William Arist - B-One (Gary Beck Remix) [BEK046]
Trevino - Eclipse
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