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@dj-godfather The ghettotech pioneer hops on the decks in our Detroit studio, offering a window into the influential style from the city that birthed it. Ghettotech, a distinctly Detroit dance music style blending the low-end of Miami bass with the drive of techno, is often pigeonholed as a style hingeing on obscene lyrics. To hear ghettotech stalwart DJ Godfather tell it, that sells it supremely...

@mikehuckaby His life with the wave: the Detroit producer and selector joins us in the Motor City for a deep-diving DJ set and interview. Producer, DJ, music educator, legendary record store clerk, Sun Ra aficionado, all-around innovative figure in techno — where to begin with Detroit’s Mike Huckaby? His decades-spanning discography – on labels such as Harmonie Park, Sushitech, Tresor and Third Ea...

@dani-lehman A superb selector from New York’s Aphotic party and LA’s Dirty Epic crew, the Detroit transplant drops a blistering techno set. “I like techno,” reads the succinct bio on Dani Lehman’s SoundCloud page. “Forget the rest.” It’s actually a fairly accurate line on where she’s at these days. Following periods spent in New York, Miami and Los Angeles, and residencies for the likes of Dirty...

@plaslaiko The longtime Bunker resident and world-renowned techno selector mixes live and speaks his mind from our studio in his hometown of Detroit. A resident DJ and integral part of The Bunker since the Subtonic days, Detroit native and current Berlin resident Derek Plaslaiko should need no introduction to anyone who’s followed Bryan Kasenic’s party/agency/label through the years – so we’ll ski...

@volvox @bananamilk Promoter Seva Granik and residents Volvox and Mary Yuzovskaya present the sound and ethos of Brooklyn’s techno after-hours institution. Unter is German for “under,” and Berlin’s subterranean techno scene is an obvious influence on the party that nightlife veteran Seva Granik has been throwing since 2015. Their events go epically late, have featured such clued-in Berlin bookings...

@mikeservito The No Way Back resident and acid-bassline-wielding DJ provocateur sets a fierce tone for Movement weekend, live in the mix from Detroit. To say Mike Servito has had a big couple of years is a supreme understatement. As soon as the world took notice of the Detroit (by way of Brooklyn) DJ, they really took notice – The Bunker’s clinch-hitter resident has barely had a weekend off since....

@scottzacharias Space disco, decadent house and more: the No Way Back favorite and DJ’s DJ stops by to spin the best dance music curios you’ve never heard. Even within the ultra-niche world of underground dance music, Scott Zacharias isn’t a household name. Those who have had the pleasure of seeing him play, though, don’t soon forget it. A founding member of Detroit’s Macho City crew and a yearly...

@jeffreysfire The new project from Jeffrey Sfire and Ian Clark is a deadly fierce take on Italo, electro and synth wave. Hear it live from the Motor City. Ian Clark (AKA longtime Interdimensional Transmissions affiliate Perspects) and Jeffrey Sfire describe their new project Looky Looky as equal parts light and dark. Their debut LP Part Flamingo is a case in point: a contemporary recasting of Ital...

@kage A deep talent in Detroit techno, with tracks signed to FXHE, Planet E and many more, the Michigander joins us for a DJ set and interview. Launched in 2016, Brian Kage’s label Michigander showcases the role his home state plays in his music, and its recently released second record features three solo productions from its proprietor. The label makes overt what anyone who’s scanned Kage’s disco...

The veteran DJ, broadcaster, label boss and champion of women in dance music brings her punchy house sound to our Detroit radio studio. DJ Minx’s roots in Detroit dance music run deep. She counts the city’s foundational Music Institute club as her inspiration for DJing, a skill she’d ply during her residency at Hamtramck’s famed Club Motor, as the host of WGPR’s Deep Space Radio, at the inaugural...

@intergalactic_gary The veteran Dutch selector drops by our NYC studio for an interview and set culled from his magic bag of dark electro and Italo delectables. With more than three decades of experience behind the decks in The Hague, John Scheffer, AKA Intergalactic Gary, has built up an enviable collection of Italo, electro and techno records, and forged a unique path through them. A longtime af...

@maroje-1 @amourette Amourette and Maroje T from Brooklyn’s exceptional Remedy party join Bryan Kasenic in our New York studio for an electro-heavy showcase. Remedy might not be widely known outside of Brooklyn’s tight-knit techno scene, but it’s quietly become one of the borough’s best showcases for dark-hued, cutting-edge dance music. The party happens less regularly than others in the borough,...

Low end legends: Dub War founder Dave Q and far-out sounds voyager Ghost Producer AKA Raz Mesinai join Bryan Kasenic in the studio. There’s nothing wrong with your internet connection – Bryan Kasenic has invited Dave Q and Ghost Producer, a couple of New York’s most gifted bass explorers, to bless our airwaves for an extra-specially blunted edition of his broadcast. Dave Q was one of the first Ame...

@karlpmeier @ken-meier Brothers possessing an encyclopedic knowledge of music across the spectrum, Karl & Ken Meier join Bryan Kasenic in our New York studio. Born and raised in the western suburbs of Chicago, longtime collaborators and real-life brothers Ken and Karl Meier – who also records and performs as half of Talker, a duo with Jonathan “Stave” Crohn – developed a mutual obsession with musi...

@kimskii L.A.G. label boss Arthur Kimskii joins Bryan Kasenic for a DJ set and introduction to his sound, live from our NYC studio. Techno has been a constant in Arthur Kimskii’s life for the better part of two decades. During an 11-year stint as a New Yorker, he launched the record label L.A.G., paired up with Cory James (of past Bunker radio guests Dusk Notes) to form the DJ/production duo Point...

@ambivalent Delft boss and current Berliner LA-4A joins The Bunker’s Bryan Kasenic for a session, live from our NYC studio. At the end of 2013, a 12” on a label called Delft, by an artist called LA-4A, landed in record store bins. An unknown producer releasing on an unknown label might not be notable in and of itself, but the music didn’t sound like the work of someone just starting out – it betra...

@cudmore One-third of Hot Mix and The Bunker’s latest signing, Justin Cudmore joins Bryan Kasenic for a party-starting broadcast from NYC. Originally from Springfield, Illinois, and arriving in Brooklyn by way of Chicago, Justin Cudmore has quickly become one of the city’s most beloved DJs. His style is ear-catching and party-starting, honed through near-constant sets at the borough’s better house...

@gieglingdustin Giegling co-founder DJ Dustin drops in The Bunker’s biweekly techno showcase, live from our NYC studio. What is Giegling? You may know them as a label, and a very good one at that – they’ve been Resident Advisor’s label of the year twice. But like everything else Giegling does, releasing records feels like less of the endgame than a way of channeling a very particular feeling, one...

@jake-reif @a_arias Bunker boss man Bryan Kasenic invites respected Brooklyn producers Jake Reif and A.Arias, for a live broadcast from our NYC studio. You’d do yourself a favor getting to know each of The Bunker’s guests this week – both have dedicated their lives to the pursuit of distinctive sounds and killer records. First up is Jake Reif, a longtime New Yorker who came up through Sonic Groove...

@gunnar_haslam @tinman Ahead of The Bunker’s 14th anniversary, Tin Man and Gunnar Haslam, AKA Romans, present a live set of acid-infused techno, live from NYC. Vienna-based techno auteur Tin Man already had numerous albums and EPs under his belt when he linked up with Gunnar Haslam, a pseudonymous Brooklyn producer at the very start of his career, to form Romans. Any apparent experience gap was fo...

@verbos Modular synth master Mark Verbos returns to our NYC studio for a live ambient set and conversation with The Bunker’s Bryan Kasenic. Mark Verbos makes electronic music – as well as tools for making it. His New York-based company, Verbos Electronics, founded in 2014, makes Eurorack modules that incorporate a deep understanding both of vintage gear and contemporary techniques, and you’ll find...

@magda-official @mikeservito Old friends from Detroit who are now favorites on the international circuit, Magda and Mike Servito join forces live from our NYC studio. Magda and Mike Servito trace their friendship back to ‘90s Detroit, where the city’s untouchable techno scene blew their minds to the extent that they couldn’t help but dedicate their lives to the sound. Magda achieved international...

@sonic-groove-records @orphx The iconic label’s founder and one of its longtime acts link up live in NYC for a celebration of dark techno and industrial textures. Sonic Groove dates back to the rough-and-tumble Brooklyn of the early ‘90s, where brothers Adam X and Frankie Bones founded the first all-techno record store in America. Adam started the label out of the shop, and it’s gone on to become...

@the-corner_brooklyn The Brooklyn techno veteran and Berghain resident joins Bryan Kasenic to DJ and chat about their rich history together, live from NYC. For the past several years, Anthony Parasole has served as a resident DJ at the world’s most famous club, Berghain in Berlin, and traveled the planet as part of their Ostgut Booking roster. But the knowledge and technique he brings to productio...

@gunnar_haslam The Romans member and Brooklyn techno experimenter pays a visit to Bunker founder Bryan Kasenic, live from our NYC studio. In 2013, Gunnar Haslam seemed to materialize out of thin air with a brittle, elemental LP for L.I.E.S. called Mimesiak. With each subsequent release – two more albums for L.I.E.S., plus appearances on Mister Saturday Night, Argot, Delsin and Efdemin’s Naïf impri...