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There's something to be said for an artist who takes their time honing their craft before unveiling it to the world. While Sarah Wreath has been steadily revealing her sonic vision over the years through live sets, sound baths, and DJ mixes, she has never released any original tracks—until now. We are proud to present her debut LP, "Integration."

After years spent solidifying her sonic identity, completing a degree in sound engineering, engaging in therapeutic sound practices, and playing psychedelic techno sets across Europe, Wreath has crafted a stunning collection of tracks that showcase the maturity of an artist well beyond her years. Hovering around the 90 bpm range, the LP merges psychedelic synth work with sludgy techno mechanics, creating a sound that is as deep and atmospheric as it is hypnotic. Complemented by two chugging remixes from Function and Patrick Russell, the LP transports the listener from the serenity of a moonlit sound bath to the depths of a steamy forest dance floor. As Wreath herself puts it, "I wanted to continue exploring the acoustic depth that emerges with slower tempos, polyrhythmic percussion, and deep atmospheres."

The track titles tell a story drawn from spirituality, alchemy, and nature. For instance, "Annatta" explores the Buddhist concept of non-self, while "Pando" represents oneness and connection through the ancient clonal colony of aspen trees. The title track, "Integration," reflects the process of incorporating transformative experiences into everyday life. As Sarah explains, "These titles encapsulate the essence of my creative process, each one a testament to the various influences and ideas that have shaped this musical journey."

The LP also honors the importance of collaboration and connection in Sarah’s practice. A significant connection is her membership in the Sandwell District collective. In 2023, David Sumner, aka Function, played the tracks that would eventually become "Integration" for Regis after they reunited for a Sandwell District gig in Japan. Shortly thereafter, the pair invited Sarah to join the collective—a crew whose music has always been near and dear to our hearts at The Bunker. Continuing in the tradition of these musical stalwarts, Sarah has blessed The Bunker and the wider techno world with a superb debut LP.

Among Sarah's key influences is Function, her friend and mentor, whose signature hypnotic sound has profoundly impacted the global techno scene. His 2007 Sandwell District EP, "Isolation," was a game-changer, introducing a dark, brain-dance minimalism that inspired countless artists. His remix of "Mala" on this LP captures that same energy, twisting and time-warping the synths into a captivating new form. For Sarah, having Function’s contribution on this LP completes a vital creative arc, linking her work with the Sandwell District collective to her emerging role within Sumner’s storied New York label, Infrastructure.

Further cementing the New York connection is The Bunker’s Patrick Russell, who delivers a gnarly remix of Sarah’s closing track, "Pando." In his remix, Patrick distills the raw components of the original into a slow-crawling 808 workout, swapping soaring atmospherics for a menacing bassline and gritty vocal chops. It's the perfect punctuation mark to an LP that sits comfortably between Brooklyn and Berlin, hitting that sweet spot of dark, technoid psychedelia.

Mastered by Neel at Enisslab
Artwork by Andrew Charles Edman
Liner Notes by Zoey Shopmaker

Buy at Bandcamp

Sarah Wreath - "Integration" EP (The Bunker New York BK-048)

Bryan Kasenic (The Bunker New York) mixes and interviews

Metallic drones oscillate between micro-tones, seeping down into the depths of our conscious minds. Our next guest, Bryan Kasenic, is no stranger to such sonic imagery. Anyone who has dived into the murky world of underground electronic music has undoubtedly come across The Bunker New York, which has established itself as much more than a party thanks to Kasenic's dedicated hard work. Through years of careful curation, renowned events, records, and podcasts, The Bunker has evolved into a community founded on connection through otherworldly music. 

With the launch of the sublabel Going In in 2020, Kasenic decided to promote the realms of long-form music compositions suited for more meditative moments. With 14 releases to date, he has transformed his devotion to alternative musical forms into reality. His Unrush contribution is a palpable display of this passion, turning his prowess as an experienced selector into a ruminative passage of sound that transcends time and space. So tune in, drop out, and let your thoughts dissolve into the ether.

Thanks a lot https://soundcloud.com/thebunkerny

The Bunker NY Bandcamp : https://thebunkerny.bandcamp.com/
Going In Bandcamp: https://goingin.bandcamp.com/
The Bunker NY Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebunkerny/

Unrush Bandcamp: https://unrush.bandcamp.com/
Unrush Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_unrush_/

Cover artwork by Irakli Kiziria
Words by Nathan Levenson

Tracklist & Bandcamp Links follow -->

https://www.dropbox.com/s/21ofxdxg3tuyrux/Tracklist_Bryan%20Kasenic.rtf?dl=0

Unrush 060

060 - Unrushed by Bryan Kasenic

Very excited to host this podcast from @mareenaofficial, who simply has this to say: "This mix is dedicated to the club re-opening in my hometown Berlin. Pure dance vibes!"

tracklist:

01_Refracted - Torn Relics (Delsin)
02_Gianluca Caiati - Surrender - Substance Remix (KSR)
03_Bidoben - Gstaad (Truncate)
04_Ness - The Moon in Montreal (The Gods Planet)
05_Monobox - Rise (M-Plant)
06_Vil - 50 Shades of Grain (Reflekt)
07_Ignez - Sahasrara (SK Eleven)
08_CNCPT - Exit (Modularz)
09_Rene Wise - Jungle House (Enemy Records)
10_Planetary Assault Systems - If I Die (Token)
11_Marcal_Robot Thinking (Enemy Records)
12_Jeroen Searach - Storm (Figure)
13_Sev Dah - Marija Bursac - Nihad Tule Remix (Proletarijat)
14_Undivulged - Pintoe (Undivulged)
15_Bjarki & Kuldaboli - Ú Je Je (bbbbbb recors)
16_Fadi Mohem & Rødhåd - 210409.1 (WSNWG)
17_A4 (ES) - And You (Sub tl)
18_Ctrls - Your Data (Micron Audio)
19_Phara - Amygdala+ (Phara)
20_Yant - Solidarity is on the line (SK Eleven)
21_MODE_1 - Movements (Knotweed Records)
22_The Lady Machine - Magnify (Mote Evolver)
23_A.Morgan - Lost In A Box (self-released)
24_Mike Parker - Spiral Snare (Geophone)
25_DJ Bone - Himbot (Subject Detroit)
26_Kuldaboli - Ég er bara ég (bbbbbb recors)
27_Oscean - Spacion (Tresor Records)

The Bunker Podcast 222

The Bunker Podcast 222: Mareena

This set was recorded live at No Way Back at The Bunker in Brooklyn on December 2, 2011. This is a live Bee Mask set, everything you hear is an original production performed live on machines that fit into the tiny yellow case you see on the cover art.

The Bunker Podcast 74: Bee Mask

For a good while, I did not think No Way Back would be a streaming event for the second year in a row, but as it became clear that was what was happening, I had to start thinking about this set. This was the opening set of the 36 hour stream, which gave me a lot of space to build things up incredibly slowly. There were a few things I knew I really wanted to include like the DJ Plead, Plastikman off "Consumed", the two Kocmoc tracks, and "Untitled #35" in tribute to Jasen Loveland. The rest was just connecting those dots to make it all work. I recorded this in one take by the stream outside my house in the Hudson Valley. I thought I would have shade for the whole 3 hours but found myself in direct sun halfway through as I started recording later than planned. The sun was sort of melting my brain and made the CDJ displays really hard to see but somehow I think it just added to the vibe. Deeply looking forward to finally reconnecting with everyone in 3D space at Tangent this Memorial Day weekend.
— Bryan Kasenic 

video: https://youtu.be/T0K5-8PcV7Q

Playlist —
Deradoorian - Rite of Birth - Passage to Atzilut (Self Released, 2019)
Various Artists - No. 9 (Fatcat, 1997)
loscil - Lumina (Kranky, 2021)
Christina Chatfield - Concatenate I (Mysteries of the Deep, 2021)
Seefeel -  Utreat (Complete) (Rephlex, 1996)
Sylvia Monnier - Hors Commerce (Seconds Records, 2018)
DJ Plead - RT6 (Boomkat Editions, 2020)
David Morley & Davy Vandegaer - Uninhabitable Zones (Future Past, 2020)
George Cory Todd - Precisionism (rrao remix) (Atlantic Rhythms, 2020)
Zemi17 - Blessings In Red (The Bunker New York, 2021)
Kocmoc - Lunatetris (Sähkö Recordings, 1996)
Pessimist & Karim Maas - A5 (Pessimist Productions, 2019) 
LF58 - Rituale (Astral Industries, 2020)
Plastikman - In Side (M_nus, 1998)
Konduku - Bulutlar (Mantis, 2020)
Yak - Darunia (Version, 2017)
Orm - Astralingua (LW Productions, 2019)
Mike Parker - Living Colossus (Spazio Disponibile, 2020)
BMG - The Needle (Enisslabs, 2020)
Carter Tutti Void - T 3.4 (Conspiracy International, 2019)
Shawn O'Sullivan - Wrest (Psychic Liberation, 2017)
DJ Nobu - Dualism (Bitta, 2019)
Jonathan Kusuma - Energi Hall (Cocktail D'amore, 2019)
Bambounou - Send When You Land (Bambe, 2021)
Erik Luebs - Melting Synthetics (The Bunker New York, 2021)
Iori - Under The Water (Wata Igarashi Remix) (Kynant, 2021)
Forest Drive West - Dualism (Livity Sound, 2021)
Dubspeeka - Kie (Odd / Even, 2020)
Kaap - Razor (De Lichting, 2021)
Jasen Loveland - Untitled #35 (Unreleased, 2021)
DMX Krew - Vicious Bleebz (Super Rhythm Trax, 2019)
Love Letters  - CMB (The Bunker New York, 2019)
Kocmoc - Kosmoska (Sähkö Recordings, 1996)
Further Reductions - More than just a dream (Knekelhuis, 2020)
VC-118A - Spiritual Machines (Delsin, 2021)

Interdimensional Transmissions Podcast

IT Podcast

IT.podcast.s11e14: Bryan Kasenic at No Way Back Streaming From Beyond 2021

This is the 78th podcast from The Bunker.  Recorded live at No Way Back at The Bunker at BEMF in Brooklyn on November 8, 2013.  Performed between live PAs by Outer Space and Erika.  Cover art by Common Name.  www.thebunkerny.com

The Bunker Podcast 78: Patrick Russell

This is the 79th podcast from The Bunker.  Recorded live at The Bunker / GAFFTA at Monarch in San Francisco, July 21, 2012.  Performed between sets by Bryan Kasenic and Voices From The Lake.  Dug up from the archives to celebrate Leisure Muffin's debut release on The Bunker New York.  

The Bunker Podcast 79: Leisure Muffin

This is the 80th podcast from The Bunker. Recorded live at The Bunker at Output on November 15, 2013.

The Bunker Podcast 80: Tin Man

This set was recorded live at The Bunker at Public Assembly on August 3, 2012.  Pittsburgh Track Authority drove from Pittsburgh in a car packed to the brim with gear and filled up the entire stage with all live hardware their set-up.  Their live sets are quite rare in general, and this was their first and (so far) only live gig outside the city of Pittsburgh.  As you can hear, they absolutely murdered the place.  They've since put out a bunch more records and will be self-releasing their debut album this year.

The Bunker Podcast 81: Pittsburgh Track Authority

I Call Upon ... EP (The Bunker New York BK-046)

I Call Upon ... (Mike Servito Pump Mix)

Love Letters - I Call Upon ... (Mike Servito Pump Mix)

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

Bryan Kasenic's Sunday set at Paral·lel Festival in Port del Comte, 2023.

Bryan Kasenic @ Paral·lel 2023

The Bunker Podcast 88.  Recorded at The Bunker 12 Year Anniversary at Output on January 3, 2015.  full tracklist at http://thebunkerny.com/podcasts/88-derek-plaslaiko



The Bunker Podcast 88: Derek Plaslaiko

This episode of The Bunker Podcast comes from Brussels’ Fuse resident DJ and label co-curator @altinbas, who has been playing all over Europe lately. Through his excellent Observation Station imprint, and other labels such as Token, Non Series, and of course Fuse, Altinbas has released a ton of great music in a relatively short period of time. Altinbas makes his US debut closing out The Bunker at Good Room this Saturday July 20.

The BUnker Podcast 232

The Bunker Podcast 232: Altinbas

Integration EP [The Bunker New York BK048]

Sarah Wreath - Equinox

Sarah Wreath - Citrinitas

Sarah Wreath - Anatta

Sarah Wreath - Pando

Sarah Wreath - Mala

“For the closing night of Return to the Source at the @ithqdetroit presents @thebunkerny party, we have a night of unique pairings, back to back sets from people who knew each other mostly, but usually don’t play together. After a full weekend of non stop great music, what better than the drama of the unknown combinations to keep you fully engaged, with deeply curated pairings and flows for each room. On May 27, @mikeservito x @jeffreysfire scheduled from 1am until 3am. Mike Servito always majestically closes out No Way Back, but what would this combination bring? Sfire brought the heat, and their styles melded in a slightly pitched down form, music from all eras appeared. To me, it was a form of sonic bliss. I went and asked the Danny from Bing (who does the sound and built the speakers for the Garden Stage) if he minded if we went later, he was all for it. So were Servito and Sfire, and it just kept getting better and better. The crowd was totally locked in, the feeling was ecstatic, it was truly a beautiful moment. A magical closing set that naturally extended from two hours to 5 hours of pure heat from two DJs whose whole life is this music and this culture — who could ask for more?” — BMG

Catch Servito and Sfire playing an extended set to close out No Way Back NYC presented by The Bunker at the Chocolate Factory as a day party on Sunday November 12:
https://ra.co/events/1983236

The Bunker Podcast 233: Mike Servito x Jeffrey Sfire

This edition of The Bunker Podcast comes in the form of a peak time live set from @doltzdeep, a label artist on DJ Nobu's Bitta imprint who will be performing live at The Bunker x Bitta party in Brooklyn on Friday November 29.

When we asked @djnobu_bitta who else he wanted to bring from the label for this showcase, he immediately suggested Doltz. Doltz started his musical career in 1998 as a drummer in a hardcore punk band, and had a fateful encounter with DJ Nobu, who shares the same musical roots, when they were billed alongside each other at a party in 2022. Impressed by Doltz's live performance, DJ Nobu immediately booked him for his residency party 'reprise' at Womb Tokyo. The two hit it off and began exchanging tracks, with DJ Nobu actively playing out Doltz's tracks while touring across the world and receiving a good response. Doltz's live set at The Bunker will be his US debut!



The Bunker Podcast 234: Doltz

One from the vaults!  The Bunker Podcast 49 is a recording of Mike Huckaby from 2009.  This was the first of many times he played for The Bunker.  Not a new set, but it's never been up on SoundCloud and we wanted to shed some light on it and remind you all that Huckaby returns to The Bunker on March 27 at Output: 
http://thebunkerny.com/events/2015-03-27-the-bunker-with-mathew-jonson-mike-huckaby-delroy-edwards-heartthrob-hunee

The Bunker Podcast 49 - Mike Huckaby

Electricity snakes and crackles through the transformers, conduits, stepdowns, and laid lines of modern civilization. Channelled into the walls and drawn out through the outlet, its essential power arrives in a labyrinth of transistors, resistors, and soldered pathways, a nest of interlocked components. And through the subtle tweaking of potentiometers among finely tuned electronics this current is harnessed, leashed, convinced, cajoled into undeniably kinetic techno.

The latest EP of tracks from Berlin’s Torvvo feels like sticking your tongue in the wall socket. Sizzling with all the lethal, awesome power of an elemental force, these five tracks capture the elusive, unrepeatable magic of program synthesis. The subtle dialing in of knobs and the serpentine patching of controlled voltage give the heady synth lines and brain-tickling noise sweeps a once-in-a-lifetime quality - they cannot be recalled, so thank goodness these sounds were being recorded.

From the moment one of “Latch” - the EP’s opener and one of two tracks named for synthesizer functions - we ride a wave of voltage. It kicks off with a buzz that ricochets between the speakers before locking into a deep, undulating hi-hat groove, exactly the type of track that ASMR tingles you into your second wind of dancing. “Relay” follows” with an ever-morphing, insistent 16-beat bassline that calls to mind techno’s Italo ancestors. On the third track, Torvvo pulls the rug just a bit with a sultrier BPM and a stuttering kick-snare pattern that never quite repeats in a predictable pattern as the upper freqs of the hi-hats dissipate into steam, mushroom music. EP highlight “Shuddering on the Substrate” displays some true mastery of primetime-ready techno with a swift, driving drum pattern sprinting under a triplet synth pattern that filters deliciously in and out of the ether. By the time the closing track comes along it feels like something of a victory lap, another unrelenting modular tour de force - crispy, corporeal, & chugging.

Torvvo (also known as Tom Holroyd, originally of Pittsburgh) is intimately familiar with electromancy, having served for some time now as one of the folks behind beautiful synth module makers Verbos Electronics (Mark Verbos, founder of the company, is also a Bunker artist). Holroyd’s work in demonstrating, repairing, and understanding the flow of voltage through electronic components rewards him a deep, intuitive knowledge - he works beyond manuals, patching by vibe, letting the beautiful serendipities bubble up between his computer running CV-optimized DAW Bitwig and the warmed-up modules cooing in his studio.

Both god and ghosts run free in the machines - the tiniest adjustment of a parameter, a shift in the local weather, whether or not the operator is wearing any jewelry, the most minute factor can profoundly alter the lassoed voltage running through the precision synthesizer modules of a eurorack system. With “Substratum” Tom Holroyd proves undeniably that he is one of our finest ghost hunters, communing with the alternating current, cracking open the dance floor.

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


Torvvo - Substratum

Torvvo - Latch

Torvvo - Reagent

Torvvo - Relay

Torvvo - Shuddering on the Substrate

The first time we'd ever heard of Carlos Souffront was in 2006, when Derek Plaslaiko was encouraging us to book him for our first 3/03 acid party (alongside Mark Verbos).  Derek would not shut up about a party in Detroit where Carlos just played Aphex Twin (and his many aliases) vinyl all night long and demolished the place.  So it only followed that we should invite him to play an all acid set on 3/03.  Carlos of course was phenomenal that night and has been a regular guest at The Bunker ever since.  Earlier this year, when Aphex Twin began uploading a seemingly endless stream of unreleased tracks to Soundcloud, it was Derek once again who called us and said: you HAVE to ask Carlos do a mix of this stuff for The Bunker Podcast.  Carlos obliged and did this mix for us live in one take (after a surprise practice session on RBMA radio).  Enjoy!

The Bunker Podcast 98 - Carlos Souffront

Recorded in The Panther Room at The Bunker and Wrecked's Gay Pride party on June 27, 2015.  The room was opened by Mike Servito and closed by Aaron Clark Price of Honcho.  Mike Servito had this to say about The Black Madonna's set: "I must say I have not seem someone command a room quite like that in some time. people losing their fucking minds! she served and beat us silly! she is inspiring us awwwwl!".  to which she responded: " I have to say I think it was basically my favorite time I ever DJed and so much of it had to do with how great Mike Servito was and the state the room was in when he did his thing. It was just perfect."  Yeah, it was basically one big love fest in the booth and on the floor.   As TBM says: You're damn right we still believe!!!

The Bunker Podcast 99 - The Black Madonna

Recorded in his studio, August 2015.

1. Max Loderbauer, Claudio Puntin & Samuel Rohrer - Toxic Underground (Tobias. Remix)
2. Mod21 - Skyline
3. Retina - Melancholic Daimon
4. Mick Finesse - However Comma (TVO Remix)
5. Wata Igarashi - Upcoming on Midgar
6. Antigone - Artefakt
7. Max_M - Scape Sequences
8. Eric Cloutier - Raxeira (Donato Dozzy Remix)
9. Evigt Mörker - Huldra
10. Ligovskoï - Dilip (Antigone & Francois X Remix)
11. Subion - Bevilo Nero (retina.it rework)
12. Domenico Crisci - Lash (Marco Shuttle Remix)
13. Varg - Raggarsvin
14. Cio D’or - XLIV for Mike
15. Wata Igarashi - Upcoming on Midgar
16. Rrose - Levitate
17. Caiazzo - Refraction
18. Inigo Kennedy - Requiem (Regis 'Human Host' Mix)
19. Voiski, Wata Igarashi - Pomme (Wata Igarashi version)
20. UNC - 446

The Bunker Podcast 104 - Wata Igarashi

Recorded September 2015.
http://thebunkerny.com/podcasts/109-konstantin

The Bunker Podcast 109 - Konstantin

Live studio set started at The Bunker Dream House in Brooklyn and finished in Rome, November 2015.  

The Bunker Podcast 112 - Voices From The Lake

The Bunker on RBMA Radio: Rrose 12/31/2015

DJ Nobu has long been Japan's best kept secret, but lately it feels like the cat is well out of the bag as his global touring schedule fills up for 2016. Nobu has been producing the legendary Future Terror parties in Japan since 2001 and launched his Bitta label in 2012. More than anything though, he is known for his completely unpredictable yet always mind-melting DJ sets. We were totally floored by both his prime-time set at The Bunker in Tokyo and his opening set at The Bunker in Osaka in September, 2015. He will be playing the closing set of The Bunker NY takeover of Berghain in February, making his North American debut at The Bunker in Brooklyn in March, in addition to playing alongside The Bunker resident Eric Cloutier at Smart Bar in Chicago. Few DJs demonstrate the depth of vision that seems to come naturally to Nobu. 

The Bunker Podcast 117 - DJ Nobu

Recorded in Patrick's studio, February 2016.  Inspired by his set at Berghain earlier in the month, and in celebration of his forthcoming EP on The Bunker New York: 
http://thebunkerny.com/releases/bk-016-patrick-russell-the-bunker-remixes-ep

The Bunker Podcast 119 - Patrick Russell

In anticipation of Atom™ and Tobias' tour of the US over the next two weekends (July 29 - Stereo Montreal, July 30 - The Bunker New York,  August 5 - Surface Tension SF, and August 6 - Lunar Lodge Colorado), we dug up this set, recorded at The Bunker New York showcase at Anthology at The Works in Detroit on May 25, 2015.  This three hour live and improvised set of hypnotizing mind control music closed out Movement weekend in epic fashion.  The room was still packed when they finished at 6am.

The Bunker Podcast 129

The Bunker Podcast 129 - Atom™ & Tobias

Hot on the heels of her b2b set at Dekmantel with The Bunker resident DJ Mike Servito and announcement of her new collaborative EP with TB Arthur ("Blotter Trax" out on (312) Records on September 12), Magda delivers a long promised podcast for The Bunker New York.

The Bunker Podcast 130

The Bunker Podcast 130: Magda

The sharply defined lines of Brutalist architecture, the infinite starry expanse of the cosmos, the industrial automation of the factory floor, the endless virtual worlds that make up the alternate universe of cyberspace: what do each of these things have in common with the new EP from Wata Igarashi on The Bunker New York? All are essentially a distillation of the grand, overarching spirit of modernity embodied by techno music.

Wata Igarashi is a lifelong musician and professional sound designer by trade. His decades of experience composing music for TV, web, live events, and beyond taught him the ins and outs of electronic music production — the mood of his machines — and led him to develop mind-bending techno timbres that recall the similarly hypnotic artistry of Rrose or Donato Dozzy, alongside a certain ineffable quality that makes his work uniquely his own. “Japanese people like to refine things,” suggests Igarashi. “There’s definitely some kind of particular ‘Japanese thing’ in electronic music — some Japanese producers are so detailed, carefully looking after the smallest elements,” he adds. Certainly, Igarashi himself falls in that cohort.

The last several years have been fruitful for Igarashi, with hotly tipped records on Peter Van Hoesen's Time to Express record label, the Berlin-based Midgar, and Spanish minimal techno specialists Semantica. A chance meeting at Berghain in February 2015 led Igarashi to connect with Bryan Kasenic, the man behind The Bunker New York, who already knew and loved his music. The pair developed a fast friendship based on mutual respect, and Kasenic was honored to welcome Igarashi to The Bunker New York family.

For his debut on The Bunker New York, Igarashi presents Mood of the Machines, a pristine techno record so perfectly composed, so tightly woven, that it simply speaks for itself. Each of the four untitled tracks offers a different bassline groove paired with slowly unfurling cosmic sound design, featuring synthesizer leads that sound like an aural glimpse into the inner workings of your brain. Techno is a universal language, and The Bunker New York is proud to share Wata Igarashi's latest dancefloor declaration with the world.



Wata Igarashi - Mood Of The Machines Part II (preview clip)

In advance of the launch of the Planet Giegling world tour at The Bunker New York on Feb 3-4, label mainstay @ateq delivers a stunning mix from his studio.  More info on the event at http://thebunkerny.com/events/2017-02-04-planet-giegling-party-at-the-bunker-new-york

The Bunker Podcast 140

The Bunker Podcast 140: ATEQ

Like many of us, Brooklyn-based producer Gunnar Haslam has long been drawn to acid. Following two releases on The Bunker New York alongside Tin Man as a part of their improvisational Romans project, Gunnar returns with “Scale No Flam”, his first 12” single for the label. Scale No Flam is both a love letter and a demonstration of why he can’t stop getting lost in the sound. According to Gunnar, “acid is just one of those things that creeps into your life and consumes everything around you - a psychedelic and textural approach to music that is simultaneously intense and smooth.” While acid has come to be defined by the Roland 808 and the 303, the hardware alone can’t define the feeling, and Gunnar believes “You don't need a 303 to make acid, you just need an open ear and an open mind.” 

After getting Mike Servito, Justin Cudmore, Derek Plaslaiko, and Bryan Kasenic all running to the booth to see what the fuck was playing at various times when Gunnar was dropping the unreleased “Scale No Flam” in his DJ sets throughout 2016, we had no choice but to press it to vinyl. Gunnar tells us he was playing around with trying to replicate the bass line of Heaven 17’s 1982 classic ‘Let Me Go’ when “things kinda mutated.” The A side is completely Gunnar’s own with a dominating acid line providing the backbone to a flangey work-out that is simultaneously totally crazy and totally logical. On the B side, fellow Brooklynites and co-members of the Hot Mix DJ crew, Mike Servito and Justin Cudmore add their perspective with a remix that draws out the hidden angular funk.

Scale No Flam (The Bunker New York 023)

Gunnar Haslam - Scale No Flam (Servito and Cudmore Bass Shift Mix)

Bryan Kasenic is an American dj, promoter and the founder of well-known The Bunker New York label. The Bunker New York began as a party, grew up into a record label, and has become a collaborative community, fostered by founder and curator Bryan Kasenic since it’s launch in 2003. The label unites diverse sounds from across the electronic music spectrum, connecting the dots between house, techno, experimental sounds, and much more. 

Bryan Kasenic delivers 60 minutes of murky and dynamic mix with a lots of twists and turns. In this hour-long set, recorded especially for Bassiani, he traipses through energetic techno, electro, breakbeat and leftfield aesthetic. Without high tempos and tensions throughout the mix, Kasenic perfectly creates dynamicity and intensity, that makes his sonic adventure very special and unique.

BRYAN KASENIC: ამერიკელი DJ და პრომოუტერი, მის სახელს უკავშირდება The Bunker New York-ის შექმნა და განვითარება. Bryan-ის სეტებში საუკეთესოდ აისახება მისი თავდადება და სიყვარული იმ მუსიკისა და ჟღერადობის მიმართ, რომელსაც ის სხვადასხვა მიმართულებით ანვითარებდა ქალაქ ნიუ-იორკში.
The Bunker New York 2013 წელს, ბრუკლინში, Bryan Kasenic-ის მიერ დაარსებული ლეიბლი, რომელიც ნიუ-იორკის ერთ-ერთი ყველაზე ცნობილი და გამორჩეული ელექტრონული მუსიკის ფართების სერიის გაგრძელებაა. The Bunker New York-ის ღამეები 2003 წელს შეიქმნა, რის მერეც ქალაქის ტექნო სცენის განსხვავებული, ექსპერიმენტული განზომილებების აღმოჩენა დაიწყო და საკუთარი მძიმე, უცნაური, პროვოკაციული ჟღერადობა ჩამოაყალიბა. The Bunker NY-ი, როგორც ლეიბლი, გარკვეულად წინა 10 წლის რეფლექსიას წარმოადგენს, დაგროვილი გამოცდილება და იდეები სტუდიურ ჩანაწერებში გადმოაქვს.

BASSIANI პოდკასტისთვის Bryan Kasenic-ის კონტრიბუცია არის ბნელი, დინამიური და ძალიან ეკლექტური მიქსი, რომელშიც საკმარისად ვხვდებით მოულოდნელობებს და საინტერესო დრამატურგიულ გადაწყვეტილებებს. ნიუ-იორკელი არტისტის და The Bunker New York-ის დამფუძნებლის ერთ საათიანი სეტი მოიცავს ტექნოს, ელექტროს, ბრეიქბითის და ლეფთფილდ ესთეტიკისთვის დამახასიათებელი კომპოზიციების განსაკუთრებულ სინთეზს. მიუხედავად იმისა, რომ არტისტი არ ცდილობს მიქსის სტრუქტურა ერთ კონკრეტულ ტემპს დაუქვემდებაროს, Kasenic-ის ჩანაწერი მაინც საკმაოდ ინტენსიური და ენერგიულია, რაც პოდკასტის ამ სერიას ნამდვილად განსაკუთრებულს ხდის.

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Bassiani invites Bryan Kasenic / Podcast #28

Recorded in June, 2017 ahead of The Bunker Pride event in Brooklyn on 6/24/17 (full info and tickets: http://thebunkerny.com/events/2017-06-24-the-bunker-pride)

Tracklist:
Anthony Child - Remember a Time When You Weren’t Sure Which Way Was North [Frequency Domain]
Jonathan Fitoussi and Clemens Hourriere - Instants Ephemeres [Versatile]
Aleksi Perala - UK74R1406100 [Colundi]
Octo Octa - Pitch Black [100% Silk]
Terrence Dixon - Bonus Coverage [Out Electronic]
Rrose - unreleased
Gunnar Haslam - Broadcast [The Bunker New York]
Rrose - unreleased
Neel - Sciara [Spazio]
Fjäder - The Real Does Not Die 
Antenes - The Track of a Storm [L.I.E.S.]
Antigone - Walking Distance [Token]
Rrose - Nest of Queens [Eaux]
Robert Hood - Pattern 8 [Dekmantel]
Svreca - Warszawa [UMS]
Christian Piers - Strain [17 Steps]
Anthony Parasole - Explode [Dekmantel]
Shifted - Gauze [Drifting Over]
Svreca - Instituto Para El Futuro [Reclaim Your City]
Invite - Mercer [Propoganda Moscow]
Terrence Dixon - In Orbit [Out Electronic]
Bookworms - What Are You 
*Mixed With*
Pessimist - Spirals [Blackest Ever Black]
Rrose - The Ends of Weather [Eaux]

The Bunker Podcast 148

The Bunker Podcast 148: Rrose

Now available for digital and vinyl pre-order on our bandcamp: https://thebunkerny.bandcamp.com/album/the-moon-chant-ep-the-bunker-new-york-035
@Marco_shuttle first caught our ear many years ago when we discovered his music the old fashioned way, picking up his Clone Store Only Series record at Halcyon in Brooklyn. This mysterious record led to becoming obsessed with his incredible, self-released podcasts that were floating around online at the time so we reached out to him and ended up working together to put his Fanfara EP out on our label in 2014, when he was almost unknown in North America. Since then, his music career has grown in leaps and bounds. He’s no longer at his day job in the fashion industry but tours and produces full-time, releasing albums on his own Eerie Records, Donato Dozzy and Neel’s Spazio Disponibile, as well as a string of killer EPs on several respected imprints. His productions and DJ skills have led to repeat bookings at Labyrinth Festival, Berghain, Concrete, Fabric, De School and just about everywhere else around the world where discerning heads congregate to hear great techno. 

When Marco was in Brooklyn to play an 8 hour set at The Bunker Limited earlier this year he played some new demos that stuck out as something exceptional, even by his very high standards, and we knew we had his next record on The Bunker New York ready to go. We’re psyched to present these intricate and detailed jams for your enjoyment in foggy dance floor corners. These tracks all have that unmistakable Marco Shuttle vibe with plenty of deliberate, slightly twisting melodies, shadowy disembodied echoing vocals courtesy of @gabriellavergilov that let your brain fill in the meaning, underpinned with punches of tautly layered rhythms. 

releases November 30, 2018 

Mastered by Neel at EnissLab 
Cut at Manmade Mastering 
Pressed at Brooklyn Vinyl Works

Marco Shuttle - The Moon Chant (Chanting By Gabriella Vergilov) from BK-035

Acronym (@4cr0nym) has been releasing some of the best techno, dub and ambient music in recent memory, with three albums, over a dozen EPs, and a handful of collaborations out since 2012. A Swedish artist closely affiliated with Abdullah Rashim, most of his early work came out on the Northern Electronics label, but he’s now releasing via his own imprint, Stilla Ton. He sends us this podcast in anticipation of his appearance at The Bunker at Market Hotel on Saturday, March 23 2019 where he will be performing his deeply twisting live set alongside a live set from tdel and DJ sets from Bunker NY label artist Marco Shuttle and Brooklyn electro expert Amourette. Tickets and full party info here--> http://bit.ly/Marco323

Tracklist: 
1.     Eclipse - Tau-Ceti (Mix Alpha)

2.     Bruce - Meek

3.     Cv - Movement (Another Mix)

4.     Unknown - Untitled (Acronym remix)

5.     Oliver Ho - Atom Life

6.     Souldestroyaz - Nubian Life

7.     Tommy Gillard - Phases

8.     Anthony Linell - Untitled

9.     Acronym - For Club Use Only

10.   Rob Alcock & Tommy Gillard - X-Ray

11.   Kessell - Organelle

12.   Anthony Linell - Untitled

13.   Aural Traxx - Cydron

14.   Scøpe - Inner Passage (Acronym's Couloumb Mix)

15.Acronym - Mistress of the Copper Mountain B

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The Bunker Podcast 189: Acronym

After decades of a friendship birthed in Detroit and many gigs together, Magda (@magda-official) and @mikeservito took their "Highkicks and Necksnaps" party on a North American tour this June. Their busy schedule took them to seven different cities in ten nights. This is a recording of them playing together on the final night of the tour at Good Room (@goodroombk) in Brooklyn.

The Bunker Podcast 199

The Bunker Podcast 199: Magda and Mike Servito

@anthony-rother is a stone cold electronic music legend. He’s put out 20 albums since his debut in 1997, and run the Psi49net and Datapunk imprints, which have more or less defined the electro genre. Lately, he’s been back with a vengeance, releasing the “3L3C7RO COMMANDO” LP on his own label, as well as EPs for DVS1’s Mistress Recordings and of course Danny Daze’s Omnidisc. His DJ sets these days are comprised of his own unreleased music specifically tailored for dancefloors. Rother is a dream booking for The Bunker who we still kind of can’t believe is coming to play our collaborative party with Omnidisc on November 1 (more details at http://bit.ly/omnibunker ).

The Bunker Podcast 203

The Bunker Podcast 203: Anthony Rother

Eric @Cloutier on the inspiration for this mix: "It's impossible to fully describe the importance of Theorem (@theorem-thx) in my life. Upon first hearing the “Nano” album I was immediately sold on his sound. Moving artfully between psychedelic, dub and chill varietals of techno, the picture he painted on this full length on Plus8 blew my mind…and honestly still does. Fast forward to the “Mantra One” EP, and I knew this wasn’t a fluke but a revolution of a genre. Almost like clockwork, singles on a sub label of M_nus started dropping; I was indoctrinated in to Theorem's sound 100% at this point. Beautiful, patient, delicate, unique, and timeless - Theorem’s records, both solo and with a handful of equally amazing friends, such as Stewart Walker, Sutekh, and Swayzak, are at once undefinable and unquestionably from one defining point in electronic music history. I’ve been fortunate enough to stay friends with Theorem for well over a decade, and he’s blessed me with a trove of unreleased transmissions I’ve never felt comfortable putting to a recording until now. Without this music  I honestly don’t know where my techno life would have taken me, but I am forever indebted to Theorem for what he unintentionally did to a random connoisseur back home in Detroit. 

01. Theorem - Emerge [MINUS TH 3]
02. Theorem - Evolve [SWZLP2]
03. Theorem - Graviti [PLUS8057]
04. Theorem + Sutekh - Mitochondria [MINUS THX 5]
05. Theorem - Fallout [MINUS TH 4] 
06. Theorem - Clone [PLUS8070]
07. Theorem - Igneous [MINUS TH 2]
08. Theorem + Stewart Walker - Recoil [MINUS THX 3]
09. Theorem + Stewart Walker - Too Distant Images [MINUS THX 3]
10. Theorem + Swayzak - Break In at Apt 205 [MINUS THX 1]
11. Theorem + Swayzak - Devil of Rotations [!K7193EP]
12. Theorem - Shift [MINUS TH 1]
13. Theorem - Embed [MINUS TH 3]
14. Theorem + Swayzak - 020100 (Swayzak Mix) [SWZ11]
15. Theorem + Swayzak - Day From Hell [MINUS THX 2]	
16. Theorem + Sutekh - Canis [MINUS THX 5]
17. Theorem + Stewart Walker - Intervals [MINUS THX 4]
18. Theorem - Formulate [MINUSMIXMAX1]
19. Theorem - Dilate [PLUS8057]
20. Theorem - Gelidity [UNRELEASED]

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The Bunker Podcast 209: Eric Cloutier

"I have been tasked many times with opening No Way Back. It's quite fun to play with the energy in the room as it goes from empty and chill to full and heaving over the course of my set. This year was obviously very different with NWB being a stream where my set started at noon instead of 11pm. I had been quarantining upstate for months with my friend Otis Mass (Massive Original), and we decided to pair his visuals to my set to do something special with the format. Without any real pressure to get a dancefloor moving, I decided to start things off very slowly and build things up for Mike Servito's set. It is always an honor to be a part of No Way Back, and this year was no different. I was quite impressed with how well the stream managed to translate the energy of what I feel is the world's best party." — Bryan Kasenic @thebunkerny

video: https://youtu.be/kUk4Csnl6aw

Head - Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (Buddah, 1970)
Monolake - Gobi. The Long Edit 2020 (Monolake, 2020)
Octo Octa - Hallway Visions (Air Texture VII, 2020)
Donato Dozzy - Let It God (Enisslab, 2020)
Agonis - Eternal Silence (Enisslab, 2020)
RETREAT - Form#9 (Patience Records, 2020)
Jo Johnson - there is no there there (self released, 2020)
J.F. Burma - Tourmaline (Mysteries of the Deep, 2020)
Caterina Barbieri - Clessidra (Enisslab, 2020)
Wata Igarashi - Las Ventanas Abiertas (Enisslab, 2020)
Lack - Machine Club (Livity Sound, 2020)
De Leon - B1 (Mana, 2018)
Redshape - A New Home (Delsin, 2019)
Loop LF - You Wouldn't Understand (Well Street, 2018)
Erik Luebs - (forthcoming The Bunker NY, 2020)
Forest Drive West - Invisible (Mantis, 2020)
Human Space Machine - Rebirth (ÆX, 2019)
Valentino Mora - Hualien (Spazio Disponibile, 2018)
natural/electronic.system. - Marea (Mantis, 2020)
M33 - Reforger 75 (LW Productions, 2020)
Erik Luebs - (forthcoming The Bunker NY, 2020)
Craft - Pursuit of Passage (Monday Off, 2019)
Nathan Surreal - Trunk (ÆX, 2019)
Haruka / Erik Luebs - (unreleased)  
Pizzaboy - Just Stop It (The Bunker New York, 2020)
Maximilian Schneider - K5V (LW Productions, 2020)
Tristan Arp - Double Exposure (Human Pitch, 2018)
Stefan Goldmann - panamax (Macro, 2020)
Cassegrain - Clear Sights (Arcing Seas, 2019)
Newworldaquarium - Trespassers (Delsin, 2000)
Specimen X - Transmission 3 (LW Productions, 2019)
Wata Igarashi - Turbulance (Omnidisc, 2020)
Abby Echiverri - Isospin (Infinite Refractions, 2020)
Radioactive Man - Uranium (Rotters Golf Club, 2000)

IT.podcast.s09e06: Bryan Kasenic at No Way Back Streaming From Beyond 2020

20 years ago Bryan Kasenic started The Bunker New York as an event series on New York's then-gritty Lower East Side. In 2014 he created a record label to provide an outlet for the work of friends, party-goers and visiting artists. Over the years, The Bunker NY has grown into an established institution which is well known for its steady output of high quality releases and its reputation as one of North America’s finest event series. 

WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING DEMOS

bookings: - michelle@thebunkerny.com

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