Bicycle Corporation has announced its playlist for their 'Roots' episode 165. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian electronic music station serving the region and globally.
Bicycle Corporation is an Italian pairing of the DJ and producer Marco Mei and the talented Stefano Ugliano who also goes by the moniker 6884. At the beginning of the nineties, Marco was starting out with his musical journey as a disc jockey and producer.
He began doing his own events as a collective known as Urban People across the length and breadth of Italy. This gained him admiration then after a while, he was offered a residency at Pacha, Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt.
After highlighting his skills at Pacha and gaining more recognition, he started getting DJ bookings at venues across the globe. Thus launching him on a musical journey around the planet to perform on the wheels of steel with renowned stalwarts of the electronic music industry.
Stefano, hailing from Torino Italy, showed promise as a budding musician right from childhood. He showed a keen interest in the musical arts that soon began to engulf most of his spare time. He studied classical piano, percussion and drums and greatly appreciated Chopins and West African Djembe.
As he grew, the disc jockey rearing the crowd with electronic beats proved more alluring to the teenage Stefano. His passion for electronic music which was impossible to find on stations in Italy in the nineties' overcame him and led to the evolution of his production abilities, then he met Marco and Bicycle Corporation was born.
Just recently, their earlier tracks have gone out of contract with the original labels so they have set up a Bandcamp page to distribute them. Bicycle Corporation’s Roots Episode 165, aired on March 19, 2023, delivers a vibrant mix of Afrobeat, Disco, Funk, Brazilian Jazz, and Jazz Fusion.
Highlights include Afrobeat gems like King Sunny Ade’s "African In New York (Ken@Work Edit)" and Fela Kuti’s "Sowetto Groove," alongside Brazilian rhythms in Sergio Mendes’ "Mas Que Nada (Union Afro Demo Mix)." Disco and Funk take center stage with tracks like The Jackson 5’s "What You Don’t Know (Edit By Mr K)" and Marta Acuna’s "Dance Dance Dance (Superlover Edit)."
Modern edits and reworks, such as Piero Umiliani’s "Discomania (Jolly Mare Lifting)" and James Brown’s "So Funky (Mixtek Edit)," add fresh energy, creating a rhythmically diverse and globally-inspired journey.
Bicycle Corporation 'Roots' episode 165, 19th of March 2023.
Arte Noir - African Connection 1981
Jan Ackerman, Pietons, G&D - Cosmic Factory
King Sunny Ade, Syncro System, Ken@Work - African In New York
Gary Chris, Ken@Work - Disco De Janeiro
Fila Kuti, Ken@Work - Sowetto Groove
Sergio Mendes, Peppe Citarella - Mas Que Nada (Union Afro Demo Mix)
Pino Daniele - Yes I Know (Fc 2016 Epic Remix)
The Jackson 5 - What You Don't Know (Edit By Mr K)
Oral Caress - Charlie's Angels (Disco Version)
Mfsb, Nicholas - Love Message
Hollywood - 4 Side A (1980)
Indian Ocean - School Bell Treehouse
Mamba - Percussions Samba
Bjørn Torske - Jeg Vil Være Søppelmann (1999)
Manu Di Bango - Big Flow (V's Can't Cool Edit)
Marta Acuna - -Dance- Dance- Dance- (Superlover Edit)
Matthias Heilbronn - You Can Get It [pata De Perro]
T-connection, Micheal The Lion - Do What U Wanna Do
Fatback Band, Mitiko - Are You Ready
Hamilton Bohannon, Mitiko - Foot Stompin Music
James Brown, Mixtek - So Funky
Monyaka - Go Deh Yaka (Dr Packer Remix)
Paulinho Da Costa - Simbora - Mr V Edit
Piero Umiliani - Discomania (Jolly Mare Lifting)
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