Friday May 21
Beyond Booking presents
Berghain and Panorama Bar Residency Launch at The Bunker
Public Assembly
70 North 6th Street, Williamsburg
10pm to 6am, 21+
$10 before midnight, $20 after
BACK BERGHAIN ROOM:
Shed (Berghain, Ostgut Ton, Soloaction, Hardwax | Berlin) LIVE
Derek Plaslaiko (The Bunker | Queens)
Spinoza (The Bunker, Beyond | Brooklyn)
FRONT PANORAMA BAR:
Prosumer (Ostgut Ton, Panorama Bar, Playhouse, Hardwax | Berlin)
Eric Cloutier (The Bunker | Brooklyn)
On May 21, we are proud to announce the launch of the new Berghain and Panorama Bar residency at The Bunker. Already well established as the home for these artists in Brooklyn (with appearances over the past year and a half by Marcel Dettmann, Shed, Ben Klock, and Marcel Fengler), The Bunker will now be producing quarterly parties where we will be hosting Berghain and Panorama Bar residents exclusively in New York, alongside our own resident DJs. For anyone who's been living under a rock for the past five years, Berlin's Berghain and Panorama Bar have established themselves as two of the world's greatest clubs (under one roof, no less). Known for having some of the best resident DJs in the world, an impeccable curation of guests, top-notch sound systems, and weekend-long debaucherous parties, they get everything right and throw what are arguably some the best parties in the world. We couldn't be more excited to launch this series with Berghain's Shed and Panorama Bar's Prosumer.
Writing about Shed is a bit difficult, as he is one of our all time favorite artists. At least one of Shed's tracks gets played at pretty much every Bunker, usually to devastating effect. He is not only a favorite of ours, but also held in very high regard by just about every guest DJ who comes through the party. A lifelong techno fan, Shed became somewhat disgusted with the scene after the "golden era" of techno in 1996-97, and didn't buy a single record between 1998 and 2002. If you're a vinyl junkie like us, you know how insane it is to not buy a record for four years ... we shudder at the thought of it. In 2002, he was rejuvenated and got to work on his own productions, which he began to release on his own Subsolo imprint in 2004. Thank God he did this, as he's produced an endless stream of classic, unforgettable releases over the past 6 years. Aside from his well known releases as Shed, including an album on Ostgut Ton, it has come to light that he is the man behind many of the best handstamped records coming out of the Hardwax store in Berlin where he works, including the EQD and WAX series, which have been some of the most played and respected 12"s of the past few years. Shed's North American appearances have been quite rare. He has only crossed the Atlantic once so far, to play at The Bunker and a small gig in Boston in September of 2008. This time he is coming over exclusively to perform his debut North American live set at The Bunker.
As if having Shed isn't enough, we've also secured Prosumer, Panorama Bar resident and one of our favorite DJs in the world, to play an extended set in the front room. We've been trying to book him for a long time now, but as he is a vinyl purist, and you really need a work permit to enter this country with a huge bag of wax, it took considerable time and effort to make this gig a reality. Although he has slowly released a stream of amazing 12"s and even an album on Ostgut Ton with Murat Tepeli, he is more well known for his stunning DJ sets than anything. It's hard to explain his style other than to simply say that he totally gets the art of DJing in a way that very few people ever have or will. Expect a skillful, emotional, perfectly programmed set full of some of the best house and techno you've ever heard. That said, you never know exactly what to expect with Prosumer, as he's the kind of guy who will expertly read the crowd and give the party exactly what it needs at any given moment.
Rhythmism.com
