Marco Mei presents episode 8 of his 2021 radio series on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia is an English-language electronic music radio station, DJ agency, music news outlet and events promoter covering electronic music across Japan, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Korea, Sri Lanka and beyond.
Marco Mei is an Italian DJ and producer with more than thirty years in the industry, shaped from the outset by afrobeat, funk and the earliest wave of synthesised electronic music. His path into DJing began in Italy in the early 1990s, and the years that followed took him through prominent clubs and festivals on the international circuit.
A residency at Pacha Club in Sharm-El-Sheikh provided an early foothold beyond Italy, and further appearances followed 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. The artists he has appeared alongside over the years include Roger Sanchez, David Morales, Ralph Falcon, Sander Kleinenberg, Harry Choo Choo Romero, Justin Berkmann and Funk D'Void.
Bicycle Corporation, the production project he launched with Stefano Ugliano, known as 6884, in 2009, found its footing quickly through 17:44 Records. Releases across Alchemy, Miniatures, WL77, GrooveTraxx, Suka and Revox have built a catalogue of more than fifty tracks and remixes covering deep house, tech house, French house and techno, with support from Dubfire, Axwell, Danny Tenaglia, Mauro Picotto and Above and Beyond.
His Taipei residency has been the base for Ciao Taipei, a party that became part of the city's underground fabric from 2013 and helped widen his reach across South East Asia. You can keep up with his activity on Facebook.
Based in Taipei, Marco works across a wider South East Asian network developed through clubs, events and regional electronic music activity. He is available for bookings through the Scientific Sound Asia radio station and DJ agency, while his weekly show is broadcast through the station.
Marco Mei's 20th February 2021 episode opens with Ministers De La Funk and Jocelyn Brown's Believe in its Original Mix, followed immediately by the Madd Gee and DJ Antonio Afro Remix 2021. The pairing establishes a warm Soulful House tone before reframing the same vocal in an Afro House context.
DJ Kincaid's About The Music in Kenny Summit's One Two BBQ Mix and Groove Armada's Dance Our Hurt Away, featuring Paris Brightledge in the Octave One Remix, move the programme into House Music territory. Ella Fitzgerald's Summertime in the Thurman Love Edit then provides an unexpected selection, placing the Gershwin standard's vocal within the set's groove-led framework.
Men I Trust's Break For Lovers in the Elinov Edit leads into Ten City's Be Free in the Emmaculate and Shannon Chambers Extended Mix on Ultra, sustaining the vocal-led early section. Maxinne and Moya's In The Groove on Toolroom Trax is classified as DJ Tools / Acapellas, before Fela Kuti's International Thief Thief (I.T.T.) in the Armonica and MoBlack Extended Mix on Defected brings the 1980 Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer's broadside against multinational corporations into a contemporary Afro House framework.
Hyenah, DJ Tira and Luke's Ezizweni on Mixmag Records introduces Electro, before Opprefish's Road Together on Fantin Zoo Records turns towards Deep House. Marc Brauner's Tears Of The Fallen Angel on Shall Not Fade restores a house focus, while James Trystan and Haptic's Lupine in the Omri. Remix on Disco Halal introduces an Organic House quality.
Biesmans's Trains, Planes & Automobiles on Watergate Records brings Indie Dance into the mid-section, followed by Breno Mos, Gian Granito and Magah's Massai on Fluxo. The latter returns to Melodic House and Techno, while Montessori and Gael Gael's Avant Garden on Nothing Is Real sustains the organic and Afro-influenced direction.
Veljko Jovic's Radar on I AM DIFFERENT provides a Progressive House anchor before Keymono's A Ilha Do Reggae on Denote brings another shift in texture. Fleetwood Mac's Dreams in the Psychemagik Crystal Visions Remix follows as an unexpected rock edit, giving the 1977 track a Nu Disco and Balearic treatment.
Fatima Yamaha's Day We Met in the Orlando Voorn Remix on Magnetron Music brings Electro House into the final run. Delfonic and Kapote's Sun Goddess closes the episode on a warm Disco note, completing a set that moves through Afro House, Soulful House, Organic House and Nu-Disco without losing its vocal and rhythmic thread.
Marco Mei tracklist for new show 20th February 2021
Ministers De La Funk Feat. Jocelyn Brown - Believe (Original Mix)
Ministers De La Funk Ft. Jocelyn Brown - Believe (Madd Gee & DJ Antonio Afro Remix 2021)
DJ Kincaid - About The Music (Kenny Summit's One Two BBQ Mix)
Groove Armada - Dance Our Hurt Away Feat. Paris Brightledge (Octave One Remix)
Ella Fitzgerald - Summertime (Thurman Love Edit)
Men I Trust - Break For Lovers (Elinov Edit)
Ten City - Be Free (Emmaculate & Shannon Chambers Extended Mix)
Maxinne Feat. Moya - In The Groove
Fela Kuti - International Thief Thief (I.T.T. (Armonica & Moblack Extended Mix))
Hyenah Feat. DJ Tira & Luke - Ezizweni
Opprefish - Road Together
Marc Brauner - Tears Of The Fallen Angel
James Trystan - Lupine Ft. Haptic (Omri. Remix) [Disco Halal]
Biesmans - Trains Planes Automobiles
Breno Mos, Gian Granito, Magah - Massai
Montessori Feat. Gael Gael - Avant Garden [Nothing Is Real]
Veljko Jovic - Radar
Keymono - A Ilha Do Reggae
Fleetwood Mac - Dreams (Psychemagik Crystal Visions Remix)
Fatima Yamaha - Day We Met (Orlando Voorn Remix)
Delfonic & Kapote - Sun Goddess
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