Marco Mei publishes his playlist for 2021 Podcast 40

Scientific Sound Asia carries episode 40 of 2021 from Marco Mei, broadcast on Saturday the 2nd of October. The platform operates as an Asian electronic music radio station, DJ agency and music news outlet and promoter across Japan, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Korea, Sri Lanka and beyond.

Marco Mei is an Italian DJ and producer whose career spans more than thirty years, shaped from the outset by afrobeat and early synthesised music. Those influences pushed him towards the decks in Italy in the early 1990s and have coloured his selections across every phase of his career since.

The Pacha Club residency in Sharm-El-Sheikh was the stepping stone that took him international. A circuit that included 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.

In 2009 he formed Bicycle Corporation with Stefano Ugliano, known as 6884, building a catalogue of over fifty tracks and remixes across 17:44 Records, Alchemy, Miniatures, WL77, GrooveTraxx, Suka and Revox. The duo's Hard Techno remix of Virus D.D.D's Origination released in August remains one of their more talked about recent releases.

Taipei is his base, and South East Asia has become a central part of his performing schedule through years of regular appearances in the region. Connect with him on Facebook and book through the Scientific Sound Asia DJ agency.

Marco Mei's 2021 Podcast 40 opens with Themba's Ashamed featuring Brenden Praise in The Martinez Brothers Remix, the South African producer's Afro House energy setting a warm and rhythmically charged tone. Manyelo Dafro and Bassekou Kouyate's Ladon in Da Capo's Touch on Herbal 3 Records sustains that direction, the Malian ngoni player's contribution giving the track a West African quality that connects the Afro House framework to a deeper musical tradition.

Lanowa's Mojito in the Ourra and Gary B Remix and COEO's Vojager then carry the set into Deep House and Nu Disco territory before Kim Ann Foxman's Magic Magic in the Matisa Remix and Ricardo Motta's Hey Boy sustain the House Music direction. Mufti's Kismet in the Fabrizio Mammarella Remix provides a Deep House and Organic House quality before iiO's Rapture in the Inache Remix 2021 reframes the 2001 trance classic within a Nu Disco and House context.

Disclosure's Observer Effect on K7 Records follows before Nic Fanciulli and Retna's This is Life and Jamie Jones's Handy Work push the set into Tech House territory. Eats Everything's Hello Bitch sustains the harder direction before DJ Deeon's Bak The Fuck Up delivers a raw Jackin House and Chicago House moment.

Montel's Protection and Amarcord and E.S.O's The Blue Hour Club in the Echonomist Remix carry the set through Soulful House and Deep House territory. Theus Mago's Papaya Vieja provides a Minimal and atmospheric contrast before Harry Romero's Jack Yo Body returns to a Jackin House energy.

Riva Starr and Gavin Holligan's The Feeling in the Deetron Remix and Shamako's Show Me How on Raw Materials Records sustain the House and Deep House direction before Mateo and Matos's Release The Rhythm delivers a Classic House moment rooted in the New York underground tradition.

Logic1000's What You Like featuring Yunè Pinku provides a contemporary electronic House moment before Keinemusik's Saving My Love featuring Little Dragon closes the podcast's body with a Melodic House and Techno warmth.

Jazz n' Palms's Van Van rounds off the episode on a Nu Disco and Afro House note. Marco Mei's 2021 Podcast 40 is a wide-ranging episode that moves between Afro House, Deep House, Tech House and Nu Disco across a tracklist that draws from South African underground music, Chicago House history and contemporary European club culture throughout.

Marco Mei tracklist for 2021 Podcast 40

Themba - Ashamed Feat. Brenden Praise (The Martinez Brothers Remix)

Manyelo Dafro - Ladon Feat. Bassekou Kouyate (Da Capo’s Touch)

Lanowa - Mojito (Ourra & Gary B Remix)

COEO - Vojager

Kim Ann Foxman - Magic Magic (Matisa Remix)

Ricardo Motta - Hey Boy

Mufti - Kismet (Fabrizio Mammarella Remix)

iiO - Rapture (Inache Remix 2021)

Disclosure - Observer Effect [K7 Records]

Nic Fanciulli & Retna - This is Life

Jamie Jones - Handy Work

Eats Everything - Hello Bitch

DJ Deeon - Bak The Fuck Up

Montel - Protection

Amarcord - The Blue Hour Club Feat. E.S.O (Echonomist Remix)

Theus Mago - Papaya Vieja

Harry Romero - Jack Yo Body

Riva Starr - The Feeling Feat. Gavin Holligan (Deetron Remix)

Shamako - Show Me How [RAW MATERIALS RECORDS]

Mateo & Matos - Release The Rhythm

Logic1000 – What You Like Feat. Yunè Pinku

Keinemusik (&ME, Rampa, Adam Port) - Saving My Love Feat. Little Dragon

Jazz n' Palms - Van Van

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