7/04

A Western Michigan native and long-time Detroit resident, Lee Curtiss has been forging his uniquely backwoods, yet avant-garde and primal brand of deep and twisted dance music since the late 1990’s. A constantly changing and ever-eager student to his craft, Lee’s finger has been pressed upon, if not thrust into, the throbbing aorta of underground dance music for quite some time – even if his production skills and brain-demolishing live PA have only recently begun to garner the attention of techno and house music’s elite. Growing up between the two poles of Chicago and Detroit organized Lee’s approach to production squarely between the grooving, deep house sounds of artists like Derrick Carter, and the mindfreaking work of techno producers such as Ricardo Villalobos, Zip (aka Dimbiman), Matthew Dear and Richie Hawtin. Over the past couple years Lee has begun to tour extensively in America and Europe, notoriously adhering to a 'fuck trends, fuck dance music, and fuck me' approach to producing and performing that only the strongest of stomachs and most iron-clad of minds can withstand. His music’s dark, sexy, and uncompromising singularity have earned him coveted performance slots at the 2007 DEMF and Mutek festivals. After that, he tried moving to Berlin for awhile before deciding that he wanted to stay in America. Curtiss was recently named by Matthew Dear as one of they key figures of emerging talent in URB magazine’s next 100, but Lee would rather you quit reading this bio and either book him, buy his record, or come see him melt you and your friends faces at a club near you. Tonight, Lee treats us to a rare DJ set.

Influenced primarily by Jameson's irish whisky, Naudio's productions have perked up the ears of drunk people across the globe. He derives most of his creativity from the immediate thoughts that come to him after strange alcohol induced dreams. Waking up with an idea and immediately working on it has led to many deep heady tracks. Mixing DJing with production has kept things fresh and interesting in his music. While tech and minimal are major parts of his sound, Naudio has also been known to infuse elements of funk and soul into his sets. Naudio serves as the sound man for the Bunker and has been a great help to us in figuring out how to make the Beyond Sound System sound amazing at Galapagos. His release on Relay Recordings has received alot of play from both Bunker residents over the past year. We are extremely sad to see Chris go, but it's hard to argue with the fact that doing sound design for snowboarding videos during the week and riding the Rockies on the weekend is a better life for him.

Coog likes things such as music, bikes, friends, snowboarding, surfing, ponies, finding stuff, and digging. He drives a big black truck and often cruises around town pumping an eclectic mix of tunes that expands way beyond the latest techno tracks. Coog has become a huge supporter of the Bunker, showing up almost every week, and never once asking us for guestlist or drink tickets. We love Coog so much and so completely trust his taste in music that we let him play the Bunker last year even though we'd never even heard him spin (he tore it up, btw). Barely anyone has heard this guy spin. He usually only plays very small parties and private afterhours when the vibe is just right. We're honored that he's agreed to make another public appearance behind the decks at the Bunker.

7/11

Philippe Quenum has released over sixty records in 10 years of music making, with a new album “As Told On The Eve Of…” now out on Glasgow’s Soma Quality Recordings and singles on labels such as Trapez in Cologne, Alphahouse (USA), Toys For Boys (Belgium) or Plak in Switzerland, where Quenum resides with his family. Quenum very much enjoys collaborations with other producers and was the cofounder of Cadenza Records, one of the most forward-thinking electronic music labels of the 21st century. And most recently, of Num Records & Num Ltd : new imprints who have already established themselves, dedicated to supporting new talents. A pioneer of the DJ trade in the Swiss/French area since the early eighties, Quenum has also lived in London for a decade, working with -among others- producer Paulo Nascimento as Access 58, to release music on Pacific or Music Man Records.

Stefny's true love has always been music. A musician since age 7, the native Californian discovered her passion for electronic music in at the early ninties, and was heavily influenced by the acid house and techno sound of that time. Expanding her passion for music into producing, she has spent the past three years developing a sexy, deep, micro-house sound. With recent releases on Defchild Recordings, Dietrich Schoenemann's Addon imprint, Pheek's Archipel label, Ulysses' Sodium label, and Darko's Lucy Lee Quality Recordings, Stefny is an emerging talent to keep an eye on. Tonight we celebrate not only Stefny's Bunker debut, but also her birthday!

7/25

Martin Schopf aka Dandy Jack is a true veteran of the electronic music world. He first came to our attention via his two excellent experimental techno albums on Atom Heart's Rather Interesting label in the late '90s as Dandy Jack And The Cosmic Trousers and Dandy Jack And The Plastic Woman. Then came a collaboration with Ricardo Villalobos as Ric Y Martin, which produced two of the earliest and best 12"s on Perlon. He also has a long term collaborative project with Tobias Freund (aka Pink Elln, Tobias.) called Sieg Über Die Sonne which has produced several hit records which were released by Sony in the '90s and Multicolor more recently. It's also worth mentioning that he has collaborated with Atom Heart, Pete Namlook, Jorge Gonzalez, and has participated in performances with techno supergroup Narod Niki. In 2005 he released an album on Perlon as Dandy Jack and the Junction SM with partner Sonja Moonear, and has been on the road touring with that project ever since. Despite releasing such a large body of recorded work with so many famous collaborators, Dandy Jack is most well known for his incredibly energetic live sets.