2 sets here, both recorded live at Tresor Berlin during our No Way Back night presented by Interdimensional Transmissions on Friday, September 2nd 2016.

The 1st set here was in Globus from around 4:45 AM to 6:30 AM. After that, I went downstairs to play in Tresor from around 7:30 AM til the club closed around 9:45 AM. Since I knew I would be recording both sets, I opened the Tresor set with the same record I closed with an hour before in Globus. So, that's why you get that killer Secret Studio track twice.  :)

As always when the NWB crew gets together, it was an incredible night. This edition had special guest sets from Mark Verbos and Karl Meier. Plus, BMG, Erika, and myself. Last but not even close to least was Carlos Souffront getting the prime spot and rising to the occasion by playing one of the best sets I've ever heard him play. 

Missing from the usual suspects were Patrick Russell, Mike Servito and Bryan Kasenic, which is a shame. I can't help but think about how much more amazing the party would have been with them on board, as well. Boys, you were missed. 


Enjoy!

Derek Plaslaiko - No Way Back Berlin - September 2nd, 2016

Here's an 8.5 hour set (in 2 parts) recorded at Inciting's 11 Year Anniversary party in Philadelphia on November 3rd, 2017.

As always, these long sets at Inciting HQ are always such a pleasure to do. Thank you to Justin Gibbon for continuing to bring me back every so often to take over the room for the night. I am absolutely honored to do so every single time. 

Also thanks to Mike Brunner for recording the evening.

Enjoy!

Inciting 11 Year Anniversary - November 3rd, 2017

David Franz & David Farina - Hanukkah 2007 night 1

Recorded live at ://about blank in Berlin on June 25th, 2016

Derek Plaslaiko - Blank Generation (About Blank 25.06.2016)

Part 2 of 2 DJ sets here, both recorded live at Tresor Berlin during our No Way Back night presented by Interdimensional Transmissions on Friday, September 2nd 2016.

The 1st set here was in Globus from around 4:45 AM to 6:30 AM. After that, I went downstairs to play in Tresor from around 7:30 AM til the club closed around 9:45 AM. Since I knew I would be recording both sets, I opened the Tresor set with the same record I closed with an hour before in Globus. So, that's why you get that killer Secret Studio track twice. :)

As always when the NWB crew gets together, it was an incredible night. This edition had special guest sets from Mark Verbos and Karl Meier. Plus, BMG, Erika, and myself. Last but not even close to least was Carlos Souffront getting the prime spot and rising to the occasion by playing one of the best sets I've ever heard him play.

Missing from the usual suspects were Patrick Russell, Mike Servito and Bryan Kasenic, which is a shame. I can't help but think about how much more amazing the party would have been with them on board, as well. Boys, you were missed.

Enjoy!

No Way Back Berlin - Sep 2nd 2016

Derek Plaslaiko - No Way Back @ Tresor - Pt 2 Tresor - Friday, September 2nd 2016

Part 1 of 2 DJ sets here, both recorded live at Tresor Berlin during our No Way Back night presented by Interdimensional Transmissions on Friday, September 2nd 2016.

The 1st set here was in Globus from around 4:45 AM to 6:30 AM. After that, I went downstairs to play in Tresor from around 7:30 AM til the club closed around 9:45 AM. Since I knew I would be recording both sets, I opened the Tresor set with the same record I closed with an hour before in Globus. So, that's why you get that killer Secret Studio track twice. :)

As always when the NWB crew gets together, it was an incredible night. This edition had special guest sets from Mark Verbos and Karl Meier. Plus, BMG, Erika, and myself. Last but not even close to least was Carlos Souffront getting the prime spot and rising to the occasion by playing one of the best sets I've ever heard him play.

Missing from the usual suspects were Patrick Russell, Mike Servito and Bryan Kasenic, which is a shame. I can't help but think about how much more amazing the party would have been with them on board, as well. Boys, you were missed.

Enjoy!

Derek Plaslaiko - No Way Back @ Tresor - Pt 1 Globus - Friday, September 2nd 2016

1 hour set for Red Light Radio. Recorded live on March 25th, 2017.

Red Light Radio 25-03-2017

Red Light Radio, Amsterdam | 25-3-2017

Inciting 11 Year Anniversary - 11-03-2017

Part 2 - Inciting 11 Year Anniversary, Philadelphia - November 3rd, 2017

Part 1 - Inciting 11 Year Anniversary, Philadelphia - November 3rd, 2017

This mix was recorded on December 28th, 2018 at Tresor in Berlin. I had the pleasure of opening up downstairs for the Perc Trax label night with Randomer, Head Front Panel live and of course Perc.

FrameWorks Podcast 3 - Derek Plaslaiko

Derek Plaslaiko - Untitled as of Now (2003)

Many DJs have reputations defined by a certain place and time. Not so for Derek Plaslaiko, whose 20-year career behind the decks has seen him gather a loyal fan base wherever and whenever he may be.

Some will know Derek as a favorite of the mid-90s Detroit warehouse scene, which lead by a personal invite from Carl Craig to appear at the inaugural Detroit Electronic Music Festival in 2000. Others recognize him from his near decade-long residency at New York’s Bunker parties, during which time he was named “Best Techno Party DJ” by the Village Voice in 2006. Then there was the summer of 2011 spent behind the decks at Berlin’s infamous Club der Visionaere, as an honorary resident at the weekly Visionquest nights—a worthy introduction to the city he now calls home.

Of late, there is a new generation of party people who will know Plaslaiko from his extended sets (up to 12 hours) in New York, Paris, Seattle, Los Angeles and Philadelphia, or his regular appearances at clubs like Tresor, Hot Mass, Beta, Output, Smart Bar and Berghain, and festivals like Decibel, Communikey and Movement. Or some who caught his name on the flier for the No Way Back series of parties put on by Interdimensional Transmissions, the Detroit imprint that has put out several of Plaslaiko’s rare original releases, along with Perc Trax and Minus.

There are tens of thousands of others who caught on to Plaslaiko following his record-breaking 12-hour Boiler Room set, where he gave viewers a look into his living room, while friends and friend’s toddlers enjoyed the day. This landmark session properly archived the full Plaslaiko musical experience, from flawless house and techno, to hip-hop, classic rock, and whatever other musical moment this life-long record obsessive chooses to share. And let’s not forget the thousands of folks who have befriended Plaslaiko while sharing the dance floor with this committed clubber who refuses to hang out in the booth and will always skip the DJ dinner in favor of catching one of his peers behind the decks.

Wherever one picks up Plaslaiko’s story, maybe during his days dealing discs in Detroit’s famed Record Time dance room or possibly the years spent moving serious weight at Watts and Syntax Distribution, the one constant is top-shelf musical taste, as defined by Plaslaiko’s personal heroes—names like Laurent Garnier, Daniel Bell and Zip, and colleagues including Carlos Souffront, Jason Kendig and Mike Servito—and a passion for music that over-rides the usual trappings of the modern DJ industry.

This may mean to some that Plaslaiko is still unsung. But for those who know better (and there are many all over the world), praise for Derek has been sung for decades.

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