@old-man-crane

Bait is set to release the debut EP, ‘Hepp’, from Leipzig producer Old Man Crane with four subterranean bass experimentations.
Marking the 16th release on the label since its inception in 2023, the connection between Old Man Crance and the label started via a DM with her demos and blossomed into a collaborative partnership including a spontaneous back-to-back with Beatrice M. at Bassmaessage last year. The ‘Hepp’ EP follows shortly on from Old Man Crane’s first appearance on Bait via the One Hundred and Fifty Steps compilation series and begins an exciting chapter for the emerging artist.

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2025

17.10 - Distillery, Leipzig
03.10 - Ilses Erika, Leipzig b2b @neelie-3
10.08 - Subardo Festival, Luppa
03.08 - Nachti 25, Olganitz
18.07 - KW29, Brandenburg
21.06 - Pracht, Leipzig
30.05 - Blechsonne b2b @miezibub
10.05 - BÄMME, Leipzig
10.01 - DUQO, Leipzig
01.01 - IfZ, Leipzig b2b @neelie-3

2024

23.11 - Fraktal, Brno b2b @pens29
08.11 - IfZ, Leipzig b2b @pens29
18.10 - elipamanoke, Leipzig
10.10 - Unter Deck, München b2b @olgica23
02.10 - Neue Welle, Leipzig
14.09 - Humboldthain, Berlin b2b @neelie-3
20.07 - KW29, Brandenburg b2b @harbabeats
30.06 - Neue Welle, Leipzig
30.04 - IfZ, Leipzig b2b @neelie-3
12.04 - TIFF, Leipzig
07.04 - Filmwerkstatt, Düsseldorf

2023

16.12 - OstApotheke, Leipzig b2b @jlululu
21.10 - Frühauf, Leipzig
21.06 - Liqwe, Leipzig
25.03 - Artik, Freiburg
04.03 - IfZ, Leipzig
04.02 - Liqwe, Leipzig

2022

25.12 - Slow Club, Freiburg
25.11 - Neues Schauspiel, Leipzig
12.11 - TIFF, Leipzig
05.11 - IfZ, Leipzig
07.10 - mjut, Leipzig
02.09 - Tarmac Festival
11.08 - IfZ, Leipzig
23.07 - mjut, Leipzig
16.07 - Don't Let Ricky Out, Leipzig
08.05 - Mensch Meier, Berlin
22.04 - mjut, Leipzig
02.04 - elipamonoke, Leipzig

2021

29.10 - Groove Station, Dresden
18.09 - mjut, Leipzig
10.09 - Flux Tattoo, Leipzig
24.07 - Pittlerwerke, Leipzig

2020

12.09 - Conne Island, Leipzig
15.02 - Neues Schauspiel, Leipzig
06.02 - IfZ, Leipzig
17.01 - Tower, Bremen
11.01 - TIFF, Leipzig

2019

07.12 - Studio 394, Leipzig
16.11 - Liqwe, Leipzig
09.10 - elipamanoke, Leipzig
08.06 - Jos Fritz, Freiburg
01.05 - Conne Island, Leipzig
06.04 - Kurt & Komisch, Würzburg
15.03 - Artik, Freiburg
15.02 - Mensch Meier, Berlin

2018

28.09 - KTS, Freiburg
21.09 - Artik, Freiburg
18.08 - Slow Club, Freiburg
08.07 - Splash Festival
09.06 - Modul, Saarbrücken
08.06 - Artik, Freiburg
13.04 - Wörli, Freiburg
17.02 - Artik, Freiburg

2017

22.12 - Artik, Freiburg
08.12 - Musikbunker, Aachen
11.11 - White Rabbit, Freiburg
29.08 - KTS, Freiburg
14.07 - Musikbunker, Aachen
01.07 - White Rabbit, Freiburg
15.04 - Crash, Freiburg

2016

10.12 - Ruefetto, Freiburg

Label run by @beatricemasters 

BAIT19: Plexus remixes EP (Beatrice M., Herbalistek, Pinch, Katatonic Silentio)
BAIT18: Tighe - Empty Units EP
BAIT17: Soa420 - No Nerve VIP/ Soa420 & Stacktrace - Basement 31
BAIT16: Old Man Crane - Hepp EP
BAIT15: One Hundred and Fifty Steps II VEP
BAIT14: Trois-Quarts Taxi System - Plexus LP
BAIT13: Conzi - AU2 EP
BAIT12: Argo - Syndicat
BAIT11: Sub Basics - Cause & Effect EP
BAIT10: Out of Step VEP
BAIT09: Soa420 - No Nerve EP
BAIT08: Andrae Durden/Chewlie - Lasca/Denial
BAIT07: Hyas - Soulless (Spectre remix)
BAIT06: One Hundred and Fifty Steps VEP
BAIT05: Baby Steps VEP
BAIT04: Ambit - In the Dark EP
BAIT03: Trois-Quarts Taxi System/Night Garden - Coma/Regenerate
BAIT02: Ekaliff/Parts Project - Ooze/Tomb
BAIT01: Hyas/ARtroniks - Soulless/Tension

Producer, DJ, DIY events, member of Ventral Vibrations and Zoumo Soundsystem Crew

Producer/DJ/Promoter/Organizer/bonehead/etc - [Bounce House] -  they/them - PHL - @bounce-house-phl
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For booking, production, remix work, promos, or any other inquiries, please write to: furtivetrax@gmail.com
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Upcoming Dates:
10/20 - Great Circles Radio Residency
11/2 - Belly Music w/ Cyrus for Particle.FM
11/12 - The Lot Radio
11/15 - TBA, Philly
11/17 - Great Circles Radio Residency
12/19 - TBA, Philly
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Furtive is a full-gonzo rave conjurer and relentless creative tinkerer, intractably committed to the rave as a Philadelphia-based producer, DJ, underground event organizer, and dancer. A shifting sonic chameleon, Furtive brings a scintillating, sentimental, and psychedelic touch to their artistry, rooted in wormhole-traversing technoid propulsion and dependably delivering riotous, slack-jawed whiplash moments of the delightfully unexpected. Their many polished and focused genre-spanning productions are informed by over thirteen years of experience in the studio, yielding a rich selection of tracks across their self-released discography, vinyl pressings, and contributions to compilations. A veritable product of the contemporary American underground, Furtive cut their teeth as a DJ and DIY event organizer in Washington, DC’s warehouses, where they once played a variety of turnkey roles in putting on some of the District’s more proper techno parties. Furtive co-founded and co-runs Bounce House, an intimate, blossoming off-the-books venue in Philly where they regularly hold court as a resident. Furtive is on broadcast monthly through Ashen Vanity, a radio residency at Philadelphia’s indispensable cultural mainstay Great Circles. As a DJ, Furtive has played hallowed halls (recently rampaging at Nowadays and Basement), dingy holes, roaring renegades, broadcast booths, and festivals (The Great Beyond '23, '24, and headlining in '25, Honcho Campout '24, Making Time '25) - always with eclectic selections and a steadfast focus on pacing and dynamics while regularly jumping genres to build moving and impactful sets, often alongside internationally celebrated, no-nonsense acts. Beyond the fog and speaker stacks, Furtive creates art in a variety of mediums. They're as unapologetic in their sincerity and flair as they are in being a die-hard True Believer in the rave.
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Learn more here: https://www.attackmagazine.com/features/introducing/furtive-the-astronaut-in-a-pool-of-mermaids/
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As a closing note: the journey can be summarized in their own words (or, a cheeky amalgamated existential portmanteau): “I aim for the stars, but sometimes I land in a pool of mermaids.”

https://furtivetrax.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/furtivetrax
https://www.instagram.com/furtive.sasha/
https://ra.co/dj/furtive

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Bookings:
UK/EU/ROW: carl@suomotubookings.com
NA/SA: josh@scaldinghot.xyz
FR: melchior@hellopedro.fr

Non-conformist electronic sound composer.

Sommelier of sonic disturbia.