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Originally from California and having spent time in Austin and Melbourne, Beige (@justbeige) has been a Detroit resident for some years now and is making waves on the DJ circuit. Beige’s sound ranges from house, techno, afrobeat, disco, gospel, pop and anything in between that shakes up the dancefloor. They are also a vital part of the Seraphine Collective, a Detroit-based, female-run group of art...

We’ll break up the format a bit on this week’s installment of the Bunker NY. Karl O’Connor, AKA Regis, and Bryan Kasenic are two key figures in techno — O’Connor was at the forefront of industrial techno and noise from the mid-’90s through the aughts and into the present day. He runs the legendary label Downwards label alongside the UK producer Female; Downwards is home to a plethora of critical t...

@myles-serge is a Michigan native who has been holding things down in Grand Rapids for a long time. He also spent some time in Europe and became a resident of the infamous Freerotation festival in Wales. He runs the Calder City Development Corp and (MS) imprints, and has also released on FEROX, Caduceus Records, Knotweed Records, Ilian Tape, Sweatshop, Night Drive Music, Metamorphic, Thema, and Pu...

The Bunker NY label artist and polymath of noise, industrial techno and ambient music stops by for a mix and interview. Mehmet Irdel is the musician and designer behind the name Løt.te (pronounced Loat-tey). Living in New York via Turkey, the artist has two releases on the Bunker NY (“Pressure Chant” in 2014 and “History of Discipline” in 2015), both summoning a nuanced strain of gritty warehouse...

There’s beauty in the art of teasing. To build the groove of a night slowly and piece by piece is a commonplace ideal, but not many are willing to sacrifice the early moments of gratification for a potentially more rewarding experience. Enter @garcon : The Basel-based music afficcionado has steadily built his reputation as an expert in mood modulation. Combining hypnotic grooves from all corners o...

The New York-via-Chicago house and techno aficionado stops in to deliver a jackin’ set and conversation with host Bryan Kasenic. @savile, real name Gianpaolo Dieli, hails from Michigan, but he relocated to Chicago where he cut his teeth as a DJ and producer in the house and techno scene. Now rooted in NYC, during his years in Chicago he held a residency at the revered Midwest establishment Smart B...

Lauren Flax is a Detroit native and long time Brooklyn resident who has been performing internationally for many years in a variety of projects and genres. She is known as a versatile and unique artist, an in-demand DJ and a producer with an extensive discography of original tracks, collaborations and remixes, including work with a long list of world class talent such as Grammy nominated artist Si...

Lauren Flax is a Detroit native and long time Brooklyn resident who has been performing internationally for many years in a variety of projects and genres. She is known as a versatile and unique artist, an in-demand DJ and a producer with an extensive discography of original tracks, collaborations and remixes, including work with a long list of world class talent such as Grammy nominated artist Si...

@forest-drive-west is from London, and he’s found a home on adventurous, bass-inclined labels like Livity Sound and Hidden Hawaii over the last few years. His music — a half-dozen mutant techno releases so far — speaks for itself. Here he presents an hour long mix ahead of his appearance at The Bunker at Market Hotel on Saturday April 13. More info: http://thebunkerny.com/events/2019-04-13-the-bun...

The multifaceted producer and DJ stops by for a mix and to celebrate her latest EP, One Man’s House Is Another Woman’s Techno. @laurenflax is a unique force in the house and techno sphere. Born and raised in Detroit, Flax moved to Brooklyn years ago and has always been an active part of the shapeshifting New York underground. Across her extensive discography, her output includes remixes for Peache...

Christina Chatfield (@anitserk) will be joining us at The Bunker at Market Hotel on Saturday, April 13th to play one of her unique and captivating live sets (info and tix: http://bit.ly/FDWest413). We're excited to finally have a podcast of her all-original music because she has been a friend and ally of The Bunker New York for many years, playing at our events in New York and showcases in San Fra...

@marco_shuttle, real name Marco Sartorelli, has carved out a distinct sound for himself amongst his peers. After receiving a fashion degree from Central Saint Martins, and spending some years working in the fashion industry, the Italian-born, Berlin-based DJ broke out with The Vox Attitude EP in 2011. In the years since, he’s transitioned into producing and DJing full time, with a considerable amo...

Acronym (@4cr0nym) has been releasing some of the best techno, dub and ambient music in recent memory, with three albums, over a dozen EPs, and a handful of collaborations out since 2012. A Swedish artist closely affiliated with Abdullah Rashim, most of his early work came out on the Northern Electronics label, but he’s now releasing via his own imprint, Stilla Ton. He sends us this podcast in ant...

Titonton Duvante @tduvante has been orbiting in and around the club scene for 20-plus years. Starting out in the ’90s in the Midwest, Duvante and the ele_mental crew took frequent trips to Detroit and surrounding cities searching for a certain kind of groove; they naturally developed a network of like-minded individuals. After time in New York, he now resides back in Columbus, Ohio, where he reps...

Justin @Cudmore’s “Are You Ready” is the track that’s making you stay at the party long after you started saying you should really get home. Justin tells us that “Are You Ready” is the result of some early experimentation with the studio setup in his old apartment and one of the first white label acid tracks he began playing out, even before his popular debut for The Bunker NY, “Forget It” was rel...

Justin @Cudmore’s “Are You Ready” is the track that’s making you stay at the party long after you started saying you should really get home. Justin tells us that “Are You Ready” is the result of some early experimentation with the studio setup in his old apartment and one of the first white label acid tracks he began playing out, even before his popular debut for The Bunker NY, “Forget It” was rel...

Throughout a career spanning almost a decade, Berlin-based Romanian producer and DJ Cosmin @trg has released music with Hessle Audio, Hemlock, Running Back, Rush Hour and 50Weapons. His latest is an ambient album entitled "Hope This Finds You Well" (available on bandcamp: https://cosmintrg.bandcamp.com/album/hope-this-finds-you-well). He tells us: "this mix is a collection of tracks I’ve come acro...

@eli-verveine is long regarded as a stellar DJ — she has many years under her belt playing at some of the most notable clubs around the globe. A DJ with a keen intuitive flow in her sets, in the early ’00s she honed her sound and skillful technique by opening and warming up the dancefloor on many club nights; later she became known for her afterhours sets at Zurich’s legendary Dachkantine. Althoug...

Nihar (@niharb)has been DJing and producing original music as part of the bay area electronic music scene for more than a decade. He’s been a resident of a number of legendary San Francisco DJ crews including Surface Tension, Warm Leatherette and Haçeteria. He recently founded T.V.O.D., an event series that he curates alongside Jason Polastri and the Creatrix. He’s also an affiliate of the East Ba...

The Tel Aviv born, Berlin based, rising DJ and producer takes us on a tour through entrancing club sounds across techno, electro and more. @morelian was born and raised in Tel Aviv, where she gravitated toward record digging and the club scene in her early teens. A restless globetrotter, she later moved to the US and spent some years in San Francisco and Los Angeles working as a promoter, DJ and s...

Three crucial voices in house and techno pay homage to the past and present sound of New York City. All masterful DJs in their own right, Hot Mix features the hyper-personalities of @mikeservito, Justin @cudmore, and @gunnar_haslam. With a nod to Chicago and radio quickfire mixing, the trio have played under this moniker for some time now, melding together their high-energy influences. On this epi...

@olin is a Kansan by birth, Chicagoan by the grace of the rave gods. Releases on Argot, Discovery, God Particle, Night Owl Diner, and Detour. Label head of Boundary Monument. Resident DJ at Chicago institution, Smartbar.

Hypnotic Spa is the collaborative project from Maxime Robillard (Love Letters @askloveletters) and Sean Schermerhorn (DJ Sofiia @djsofiia), created with an intention to showcase the transcendent and sublime side of electronic music. The Hypnotic Spa night has been going strong for the past two years, and in recent months has sunk into a monthly residency at a new home, NYC’s Nowadays. The night in...

Berlin-based @darwinspec is a resident at Griessmuehle and runs the REEF parties, which have taken up residency in Mexcio city for winter at YuYu club. She also runs the SPE:C (@specrecords) label, which has a string of releases lined up for 2019 including an EP from @sepehr-a. Two forthcoming dubs from Sepehr are included on this mix.

Ahead of her set at the Brooklyn techno institution’s 16th-anniversary party, the Schematic affiliate @unjust steps in for a mix at our NYC studio. Hailing from Florida, where she forged a bond with legendary electronic label Schematic, and having spent many years in Brooklyn, Unjust currently resides in Lima, Peru. During her time in New York, she was an early resident at the Bunker and an occasi...