Name: Beautiful Japan Main Theme by Hidetake Takayama
Duration: 56 s
Description: The theme song for Japanese TV program"美しき日本百景"(BS JAPAN)

For this edition of The Bunker Podcast we're releasing @otodojo's live set from their album release party at The Bunker in April.

artist video explanation accompaniment:
https://youtu.be/h-xMUetPiTg?si=9qj-4DNHj2dHUBtT

artist statement:

In February 2023 I focused on developing a new live set for my debut with @thebunkerny for an album release, named one of the best releases of 2023 by @mixmag-1. I trained the set with performances at Bossa Nova Civic Club with Perfect Party Look Book and at Forest City Lodge with Microtones in Ithaca.

Maybe describing this can help you process some live set ideas.

My previous approach to delivering this material live (originally at The Long Count Cycle, then at Technically Yeah) was using stems as a bedrock and improvisation on top. Even though this worked fine, it got a bit stale for me and I wanted to be as satisfied as a listener when a groove sets in. So I decided to go fully based on MIDI information and instruments, with an added challenge that my CPU can’t take too much of a load, so I needed to make sure I disabled certain instruments before bringing others in. A disclaimer is that I am not fully endorsing all of the equipment in this list, there are some caveats that I’m happy to discuss.

In Ableton I created custom instruments through stock plugins like operator, collision, wavetable - these instruments are divided into ones I cycle through and ones that are constant throughout the set.

The constant ones exist in instrument racks and are freely interchangeable through chains - all of the parameters are mapped to the same knobs on my Novation Launch Control XL enabling me to wash through several instruments running varying sounds. I also have stored macro variations for those instruments in case I need some sound immediately without menu diving (like 1/16 note hi hats).

The cycled instruments instruments are mostly from my tracks in Amphibious / Aural Spirits that are all controlled by four channels on my Xone K1. Initially I tried using Tip by K-Devices and Map-8 to disable a swath of devices (thanks One Child Policy for the tip!). Yet I found that the CPU load was comparable with just leaving the devices on and simply stopping clips. This made for a much better workflow.

I slowly progress through the cycled instruments while improvising with the constant instruments and the main drums / accenting discussed below.

My iPad is running Werkbench by Karl Scholz @karlalamusic, a sequencer sampler app that can easily form interesting polyrhythms and is great for anything sample-related, like live accenting, bass lines, drums, etc.

For the main drums I didn’t want to be too focused on sequencing as it takes up a lot of time, so I just wanted to scroll through patterns that I generate beforehand. I opted to use a modified version of Instant Haus by @alexkid which stores drum patterns for four-five instruments. Modifying this was a bit challenging as it is difficult to determine what kind of patterns I think can stay interesting over an hour time period. This is playing Smackos 808 Simulator by @legowelt-official as well as other custom drum instruments.

For acid lines I am using a Roland TB03 on lend from Indy Nyles and sequencing the 303 with Sting by Iftah Gabbai  as well as his Microtuner device coupled with note echos (I believe this is the most CPU intensive part of the set).I am using Ableton Push as a means to do miscellaneous control and Jaw Harp / Mic for some added organic-ness.

I am running all of this through an Apollo Twin Duo and Allen & Heath Xone 96 at the club.

The Bunker Podcast 227

The Bunker Podcast 227: Otodojo

This edition of The Bunker podcast comes from our old friend @blacklauren, recorded live at The Bunker at Good Room in July 2022, when he opened for DJ Nobu and Wata Igarashi. Mastered by @russellelbutler.

artist statement: "At some point during the late months of 2013, a close friend at the time sent me a podcast mix to listen to from a young Japanese DJ who was completely unknown to me at the time - @wata Igarashi. This same friend coincidentally took me to my first Bunker party a few months prior & I became a regular attendee from that night onwards for many years. 

In the early spring of 2015, my collaborative partner and I, collectively known as The Long Count Cycle, were asked to do a podcast mix for The Bunker as well as an invitation to play the party following it’s release. For us, this was monumental and just when we thought things couldn’t get any better, we were invited to play Rural festival and Dommune in Japan that summer based on our mix. 

One of the artists on the lineup was Wata Igarashi. I was excited for many reasons but also because I now had the opportunity to tell him in person how phenomenal I thought his mix was. We spent quite a bit of time together during that trip and became friends. Additionally, I gained a new perspective on techno seeing how he performed and the sonic palette necessary for creating states of psychedelia and euphoria. 

In the years following, we would cross paths several times at Nowadays, Good Room & Sustain Release. Each time, I left with a deeper understanding of the music and my place within it. So when I was invited to open for him and the exceptional & exemplary @djnobu_bitta, there was a visceral sense of validation in being entrusted to set the tone for what was to come that night. Please enjoy, listen on headphones or a system that can carry bass weight, “turn on, tune in, drop out”.

The Bunker Podcast 228

The Bunker Podcast 228: Blacklauren

Live Dj cut from Glinodo playing at the recent Zoya Zerkalski curated "Do You Be" events at Sameheads....

Next one is April 25th .....

Enjoy xxx

Glinodo Live Dj cut - Do You Be @ Sameheads 17.08.2023

The Bunker Podcast 229 comes from Berlin's @sarahwreath, who takes you on a journey of intricate rhythms intertwine, leading you deeper into a mesmerizing labyrinth of sound. 

If listening, collection, and selection have been daily habits since her youth, the processes of production and devoted explorations into the ripples of sound became the most important aspects of her current practice. In her vision, there is no prevailing preference over the role of producer or DJ - no hierarchical distinction amongst the club’s dancefloor, the acoustic hall or the healing sound bath. In the same perspective, both the creator and the careful selector of music & sound are entrusted with the power of touching the body-mind complexities of listeners and dancers with forceful acoustic messages.

Starting off 2024, she made her debut at Tresor Berlin for her first contribution to Infrastructure New York, which also features her collaborative work with David Sumner aka Function, from the Sandwell District collective.

"My aim with this mix was to take listeners on a journey—deep yet uplifting—reflecting my diverse taste in club music. It's like a rollercoaster ride of energy; sometimes we plunge into the depths, facing challenges, but consistently rediscovering our path to light and euphoria.” - Sarah Wreath


Tracklist: 

Anthony Linell - Advanced Spiritual Evolution
Stereometrix - Phone Number
Otodojo - Suzumebachi
Artefakt - Hypnosis
Valentino Mora - Portal 
Rrose - Open Cell 
Applebim - Vansan
Droneghost - Ember
Alan Backdrop - Nemon 
Dasha Rush - Dream n68
Etapp Kyle - Polar
Franklin De Costa - Poseidon
ASC - Telomere
TM404 - Rymdeko
Luigi Tozzi - Aztlan (Refracted Remix)
Slam - Infra
GiGi FM - Amadamushies
Anthony Linell - Path of Surrender

The Bunker Podcast 229

The Bunker Podcast 229: Sarah Wreath

This edition of The Bunker Podcast comes from @camillealtay (they/them), a visual artist, composer and DJ who lives and works in Climax, New York. 

Camille spent formative years as a drum and bass dj in the house-heavy rave scene in Chicago in the late 90s. A contrarian in nature, Camille has been known to play genre-bending dj sets with influences ranging from Cumbia to Ghettotech. Camille’s live sets lean toward the spiraling, runaway arpeggiations of synth music in its initial stages of identity crisis - whether to emulate real instruments, or subversively carve a path towards unnamed and evolving shapes of space and identity. Camille has a recent release on the The Bunker’s long-form sub label Going In, is a founding member of of the group Birds of Prey (Kathexis Records, Mysteries of the Deep), and collaborates with LA artist Israel Vines under the moniker CAIV, with the most recent release Dwellers EP out on Tresor Records.

tracklist:

1	Reflection In Your Eyes	/ A.Fruit / Your Inner Sun
2	Bella di Giorno	 / Marco Shuttle / MSP01
3	Trunk Junk / Mad Zach	/ Out of Body
4	Tribes	/ Oceantied / Tribes
5	French Lessons / Beatrice M. & Trois-Quarts Taxi System / Spiral Study vol.3 
6	Mhkl / Siu Mata & Amor Satyr	/ Nechung
7	Ritmo Actual / Toma Kami / Speed Oddity vol.II
8	Ecstatic dance / Vardae / The Kaipos EP
9	Odd / EM + STAV / Endless
10	Tunnel	/ Ghost Warrior	/ Fracture EP
12	Göbekli Tepe /  CAIV  / DWELLERS EP
13	Subspark /  Aa Sudd / Pushedd
14	Deconstructor /  Felix K / Die Verachtung
15	Run / Sully	/  UH-02
16	Orange Sunshine	/ Stakka & K.Tee / The Speed of Sound
17	napar / dadan karambolo / deers by bess
18	Multidimensional / Oscean / Multirays
19	Brahma Kamal / Space Drum Meditation / SDM005
20	Phaya Naga (INN Remix)	/ Sunju Hargun	/ Mooping Cuts #1 (Re-Meows)
21	Endless Vanishing Point	/ Marco Shuttle	MSP01
22	Clastic	 / Vigliensoni	/ Clastic Music
23	Özlem	/ Konduku / Mantis 0910

The Bunker Podcast 230

The Bunker Podcast 230: Camille Altay

The theme song for Japanese TV program"美しき日本百景"(BS JAPAN)

Beautiful Japan Main Theme

Hidetake Takayama

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