DJ Set @ Brooklyn Bowl 12/7 

https://www.brooklynbowl.com/brooklyn/events/detail/spins-k7vgfb9ceuxzq

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Based in East London, Florian Laws, also known under his project named “I Could Get Used To This” (ICGUTT), plays a mix of Dub, Techno, House, Trip-Hop, Northern Soul - at once or separately.
Born in Germany, Florian lived in France for almost a decade where he was part of the free party scene. 

He’s been based in the UK since 2008 contributing to various projects, collabs and DJing is under his name but he has used the pseudos Floboter and Elis D in the past. 

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CHRISTIAN BRUNA (50/50 Productions, Camouflage, NYC)

“The Camouflage party, which began in 1997, used to be held at Guernica (ex-Save the Robots), but was moved to Sin Sin in early August, and the party seems to have profited from the move. A couple of facts to know. First, this is the real-deal jungle scene in New York, very mixed crowd, très heavy on vibe, call it creole culture. Second, the Camouflage djs know how to hold things down, Christian especially. He's a jungle dj, not a drum'n'bass dj. He doesn't do pseudo-sophisticated, 70s fusion-feel, oceanic tedium, and he doesn't do metallic bashing music for testosterone freaks. He's into the psychedelic demon vibe, and his sets are seriously dynamic, the roller coaster principle, thrills and pills, queasy rhythms. New music mixed with 94/95/96/97 music. Lots of wicked jungle diva tracks.”
 
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"Big love to Mr. Bruna...This guy is the epitome of DNB in the USA.. He has the passion, the heart and the soul.. DNB will rise again and hopefully you can start Camo again one day... If all promoters had Mr. Bruna love for this music in the States dnb would be where dubstep is right now..."

~ Fabio of "Fabio & Grooverider"


"I used to shop at Breakbeat Science right when it first opened. "I would often run into local DJs there, and after 6-7 months of this, one of them (Christian Bruna) invited me to try out at his Hot Fudge Sundays night, he said “bring 5 records”, I did, and was offered my first residency at Camouflage."

~ Reid Speed


“NYC's #1 Drum & Bass Club DJ."

~ DJ ESP aka Woody McBride

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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