Investigative Film Maker. Retired US Navy Chief Master-At-Arms.

Fritz Jünker (aka DJ FLIGHTplan), is an American-born and San Diego/Cabo San Lucas Mexico-based musician, producer, and “Deep Lounge” electronica Selector/DJ who has lived and played on four continents.  After a diverse creative career in music (session artist, band leader, manager, promoter); film (producer, screenwriter); and television (director, editor), and with the age and wisdom of a life-long music collector, Fritz shifted focus to live DJing in 2021.  Fritz was recently the Resident DJ at the Four Seasons in Denver, Colorado.

An accomplished slide guitarist and upright bassist, FLIGHTplan’s live “Deep Lounge” sets pull influence from his time living and gigging in West Africa, Spain, and Brazil, where confluences were forged between electronic dance & house music, and these three cultures deeply-rooted in percussion and multi-rhythmia.  Nigerian Afro-beat, Brazilian Samba, Spanish Flamenco, and Fritz’s American Blues & Jazz background all combine to influence his pensive and diverse modern-groove electronica sets.

FLIGHTplan applies his razor-sharpened ears and technical expertise to craft dynamic and evocative aural landscapes that pay tribute to early, current, and broad influences.  Those early 2000's electronic music influences include pioneering artists Kruder & Dorfmeister, Plasikman, Ian Pooley, Moodyman, Atjazz, Portishead, Amon Tobin, Jazzanova, Matthew Herbert, Jimpster, Fauna Flash, Gui Boratto, Wagon Christ, Minilogue, St Germain, Murcof, Aphex Twin, Gotan Project, and Boards of Canada.

FLIGHTplan specializes in a self-described “Deep Lounge” sound - composed of primarily instrumental variants of Afro-Brazilian Electronica, early-2000’s Deep House, Berlin-style Minimal & Melodic Techno, and modern American Urban Soul & Groove.   As a selector, FLIGHTplan searches out complex, multi-rhythmic vibes that create sensual environments and moods - and digs for pioneering, organic instrumentation that is over-looked or forgotten in modern electronica increasingly dominated by a predictable “EDM” sound that has lost touch with its ancestry.  Rhodes and Fairlight piano riffs, Afro-Brazilian Batucada Samba drumlines, and expertly-crafted synthetic Moog and Roland 303 baselines dominate highly produced aural spaces that inspire movement and musical emotion.

FLIGHTplan sonic landscapes are internationally-inspired, and target-focused on the tastes of Gen X underground electronic music fans.  These listeners are mature, selective, nuanced, and prefer sophisticated environments to elevate their musical experience.  They want to look sharp, post-up, been seen, have fun, groove… and avoid the kids and the clubs where predictable, un-inspired, and mass-appeal content often dominates.  It is FLIGHTplan’s highest ideal to serve his generation's underground, while promoting and nurturing musical wisdom and literacy for all.

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