It is with extraordinary honour that we are pleased to introduce today's guest. Chris Roman, aka 214, has a habit of getting lost in his studio, which happens to be tucked into the same mystical foothills as the David Lynch town of Twin Peaks, a location whose presence looms across much of Roman’s audio narrative, deftly playing foil to his creative heritage as a Miami native grounded in that area’s electro scene.
Since his production debut in 2002 Roman has cultivated a substantial discography of future dance floor thump and heady sci fi vapors with releases on notable labels such as Frustrated Funk, Klakson, Central Processing Unit (CPU), Shipwrec, 20:20 Vision, and Touchin Bass. He's also appeared on three Fabric compilations, including an exclusive track commissioned for Steffi’s highly lauded Fabric 94 mix.
Though clubs all over the world have hosted 214’s hardware-heavy live sets,including 3 performances at acclaimed Berghain, he’s also known for working dance floors with dexterous precision for anyone lucky enough to catch him behind the decks.
214’s upcoming projects include EPs for Frustrated Funk and a Science Cult V/A.

Which artists has influenced you the most? 
- This is a tough one to answer. I'm someone who loves consuming all styles of music in all genres. I think that is something that reflects in my music more than specific artists. I've been influenced by many over the years.

What new projects/releases with your participation are expected in the near future? 
- I just released an EP for Frustrated Funk about 2 months ago and have another on the way soon. Likely available at the end of summer/early fall. There's also a track I contributed to an upcoming Science Cult V/A that I'm excited about.

Which artists/labels is more relevant to you now? 
- Relevancy is not something I'm looking for. There's a number of quality artists and labels who haven't released in a while who I still pull to play, but there's also a large number of new labels and artists releasing interesting music. What I love about the current state of music is how many artists are creating sounds based on mixing multiple genres.

What inspires you now to create music? 
- My surroundings and music from all genres. Inspiration is all around us.

What set-up do you use when creating music? 
- A combination of hardware and software. I find the secret sauce to come from both worlds.

Tracklist:
Peverelist - Pulse TEN
Polyfan Polyphonie - Polymer One
k_schreiber - Noire
Liftkit - Sawmill
Nicola Cruz - Pulse Motion
Chaos - Afrogermanic
Violet - Burn the Elastic 
Sun People - Rhythm Gutter
VC-118A & Kaspiann - 510
MPU420 - Want U
Alonzo - Jealous Eyes
Brassica - Turdnadoe
Paradigm Shift - Love Power
Nouveau Monica - See the Light
Dawn Razor & ArcheTech - Intervals
Shokh - Pur
Lanark Artefax - Metallur

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Strange But Dance Music #175: 214

MRAK - Portal
Massano - Talking
Noir & Olivier Giacomotto - Reste (Raxon Remix)
Chakra, Edi Mis - X-Files (Ruback & Mariz Remix)
Joe Mattei - No Good
Emanate - At Night
Kasia - Interstellar
John Monkman - Roller Vox
Niels Van Gogh - Pulverturm (ANNA Rework)
Chris Avantgarde, Kevin de Vries - Killa
Rebuke, Fēlēs - Out Of My Mind
Bigfett - Dreamer Soul
Argy - Guru
Christian Nielsen - Turn Me Up
Citizen Kain & Dj Aroze - Us
Adam Sellouk, KAS:ST - Chronic
Anyma - Pictures Of You
Y do I - I Need You
VA MO LA  - Rapture
ENØS - Celesta (Original Mix)

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Prime Suspect - Attraction (Extrawelt Primary mix)
D-Code - Forbidden Planet
Aural Float - New Frontiers  (Audiowerk mix)
Mysteryman - Electric Sheep
Luke’s Anger - Particle Swarm
Kenny Hooper - How Far
Vector Lovers - Futures in Plastic (Claro Intelecto dub)
Skee Mask - TR Nautila
Nina Indi - Crowd (Ben Pest remix)
O-Wells - Planetary Shift
Gal Tsadok - Mirroir
Lake Haze - Nucleosynthesis
Mastrapa - Cement Solitude
Ashes - 2030
Gique - Device Rider

214_May 2025 mix

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Calisto Rising

Diffusion of Innovations

Took me forever to figure out the best way to transfer this from Mixcloud (recorded the stream, duh) - this is November 2024 - April 2025 version coming soon.
1st Live Set post covid warts and all, radio show promo for MAEDON's return to Baltimore show (NACHT-SERVICE) I would say the set at Graffiti the next night was much smoother than this one, but this was the vibe. A little over half an hour in a DC radio studio is a weird place for me to perform. But thanks to Associate DC for the opportunity.

a'phreaq - LIVE AND IMPROVISED - Eaton Radio - DC 2024.11.16

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TRACK ID
Ireen Amnes @ireenamnes – K.T.O. (Original Mix)
Yrsen, Linear System @yrsen-charles-s @linearsystem – Combined Form (Original Mix)
Ross Hillier @ross-hillier – Contingency (Yrsen Remix) @yrsen-charles-s
Nathan Alexander @user-424071944 – Shades of Red (Original Mix)
Martyn Playfrd @artinlayfrd – Asia (Original Mix)
JSPRV35 @v35jsprv35 – Molecular
Bidoben @bidoben – Sans Soleil (Original Mix)
Tsott @tsott – Chalice of Charms (Original Mix)
Dani Sbert @dj_dani_s – Justicia Callejera (Original Mix)
Finalversion3 @finalversion3 – Vulnerables (Original Mix)
Boyd Schidt @boyd-schidt-22 – Bengal Triggers (Original Mix)
Yrsen @yrsen-charles-s – Alteration Of Life (Original Mix)
Michel Lauriola @michellauriola – Complete (Original Mix)
Lulu Rosenkrantz @lulu-rosenkrantz – Evakuierung der Seele
Florian Meindl @florian-meindl – Reconstruct Physics (Red Rooms Remix) @red_rooms
Decent @deeeeecent – Orb
Maccari @maccarimusic – Spectral Mirage (Original Mix)
Phil Berg @phlbrg – Elytra (Original Mix)
Hertz, Wehbba @hertz-techno @wehbba – Ink (Original Mix)
Playmo @playmos – Nightstorms (Original Mix)
Yrsen @yrsen-charles-s – Neural Resonance (Original Mix)
ØTi @soma – Evil Chant (Original Mix)
DCM (SP) @dcm-techno – Frozen Steering (Original Mix)
Playmo @playmos – Never Fade (Original Mix)
Martyn Playfrd @artinlayfrd – Utility block (Original Mix)
Mogo, Damne @mogo @damnepha – Reb Bike (Martyn Playfrd Remix) @artinlayfrd
Connor Wall @c0nn0rwall – Disturbed (Original Mix)
Kangding Ray @kangding-ray – Hollow
Marc Faenger @marcfaenger – Stream Of Consciousness (Original Mix)
Yrsen @yrsen-charles-s – Luke (Original Mix)
Connor Wall @c0nn0rwall – Temptation (Original Mix)
Mogo @mogo – Unbiased Sequences (Original Mix)
Centeno @centeno-dj – Abuso Del Recurso (Original Mix)
Jorge Fons @jorgefons – Live of Senses (Obscur Remix)
Rostøm @rostom909 – More Than Me 
Rostøm @rostom909 – Federkleid (Original Mix)
Amorphic @amorphic101 – A4 (Original Mix)
Chlär @chlaer – Fortress of Illusion (Original Mix)
JSPRV35 @v35jsprv35 – Kyoto (Original Mix)
Matt Altman @mattaltmanmusic – Toshio's Wrath (Original Mix)
Audio Units @audiounits – Impermanence
Jnks @djjnks – Refill (Original Mix)
Kashpitzky @kashpitzky – Defensive Approach (Original Mix)
Phase Fatale @phasefatale – Lament Configuration
Reeko @reeko-music – Never Again

NE/RE/A // NO SIGNAL 071 | AUG 1, 2025

Live recorded on 3 turntables, vinyl only.

B2B with Helena Hauff Live at Trädgården, Stockholm

dj sickfuck - closing track

Blacklauren - the techno nom de guerre of Brooklyn’s Lesly Remy Jr. - works far beyond the reach of polite musical resolution. Enormous and pounding, these five tracks revel in what classically-minded listeners would consider dissonance - close intervals and flat fifths are expressed repetitively and hypnotically by whirling, searing synthesizers over undeniably kinetic drum programming. Harmonic ratios that less daring composers or improvisers would only ever use in the approach to resolution - or indeed would historically be considered demonic by early churches - are instead here the entire basis of these works. You are not permitted the safety of a return to a tonic chord, you are not permitted the boneheaded anticipation of a drop on the one, you are instead invited to savor the discomfort, everything progressing at a mechanical, unyielding techno sprint.

The result is a fascinating, disorienting space that ultimately works towards liberating the body. In the throbbing, unfamiliar harmonic churn of these body-rattling tracks something sublime bubbles up. Call it psychedelic, call it mesmerizing, call it mental, call it what you wish - but out amid the chug of the kick, as the unresolved melodies and clusters flutter unflinchingly, this freedom from resolution kicks you out of the airplane: it’s thrilling, it’s terrifying, it’s coming at you fast.

His work on these tracks can be described as devotional - with monastic dedication he makes certain to fire up Ableton and make some kind of sound every single day, hitting the YouTube tutorial dojo often or calling on fellow masters of dissonance Wata Igarashi or Linear System for expert guidance. He has also been a devotional fan of The Bunker New York, regularly attending our parties since 2010, appearing on several lineups and a pair of podcasts since then. Within the infinite universe of the DAW, he’s locked down a very particular set of instruments and presets, making great use of Reaktor’s realistic emulations of classic synthesizers. So his sonic signature is consistent, recognizable from track to track and also lovingly connected to the legacy of techno, plus the recordings are electric and alive. That’s the beautiful thing about going back to the same well again and again - you drink deeper with each dip.

Remy is also the founder of Nyabinghi Electronic Music, a fascinating label that arcwelds together the primal - like the pounding rhythms of Haitian Vodou, familiar to Blacklauren’s ears from his origins in Port-au-Prince - and the future - the various sonic technologies of the last fifty years, deployed precisely. Electrified into artistic ownership by the available time and inspiring swell of summer 2020’s Black Lives Matter actions, Remy makes explicit the label’s efforts to excavate the ceremonial aspects of techno and the futuristic summonings of African diasporic religious and cultural practices. In line with other tremendous futurists like the music and writings of DeForrest Brown, Jr. or the graffiti-as-starship designs of RAMM:ΣLL:ZΣΣ, Blacklauren’s work with the label and on this release sounds like sirens that are ever-approaching, doppler bending as they continually arrive - we’re here in the emergency but still we jubilate.

... full liner notes at thebunkerny.com

Mastered by Tim Xavier at Manmade Mastering
Artwork by Andrew Charles Edman
Liner Notes by Ben Seretan


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Patterns of Movement

step back into the Void...thanks so much to everyone at The Great Beyond for the invitation

TRACKLIST:
Staffan Linzatti – Now I Know Who You Are (Original Mix)

KOLPOS – Meaning (Original mix)

ZAHN & Z.I.P.P.O – Burn It Down feat. Dustin Zahn feat. Z.I.P.P.O (Original Mix)

Berkel – Polymerase Chain Reaction (Original Mix)

Carmelo Ponente – Non Sappiamo Nulla (Original Mix)

Gresil – Mutation Blooding IV.wav (Original)

Declan James – Perimeter Four

Aliasing – The Other Pill

Elias Garcia – Eyes Upon

Singular Anomalies – Imprinting (Original Mix)

Nicolas Vec – Cross the Deadline (Original Mix)

Autokinetic – Subterraneous (Original Mix)

Tauceti – Iris d'Alger (Original Mix)

Justine Perry – Planning Method (Original Mix)

PWCCA – Refractive (Original Mix)

Tsott – Spiral Sun (Original Mix)

Marc Faenger – Lingo (Original Mix)

Clairvoyant, 01100110 – In Spite Of Better Knowledge feat. Clairvoyant (Clairvoyant Remix)

Tehotu – Macro Vision (Original Mix)

Pulso – The Secret (Original Mix)

Casual Treatment – Requesting Quiet (Original Mix)

Sorcery – Crux Null

Groof – Spaced Out Part 1

DJ Lily – Consumer Control

Bekkler – Give Up

Terence Fletcher and Lask – Shifting (Lask Remix)

Marteka Fair at The Great Beyond 2025

A'phreaq is a live performer, DJ, and producer living in Baltimore, MD. With such varied musical output, and live sets crafted to fit exact moments he can be hard to pin down into easy definitions.

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