The Bunker presents Mouthus, Holy Ghost, Terrestrial Tones, Derek Plaslaiko, and Ulysses at subTonic
Free downstairs, $5 upstairs
We've tried at length to describe Terrestrial Tones to our friends. It's not an easy task. Something of a creepy parade of burlesque musicalia with the underwater travels of a submarine 20,000 leagues under the sea. Deep almost unrecognizable vocals are hidden in layers of sub-bass warbles. Likewise there are nods to the diverse almost pop-twitch of Dat Politics and the polyrhythmic patterns of the Basic Channel/Chain Reaction projects. Seeing them live blew our minds - a sort of compressed history of electronic music, improvised and structured. Powerful. Queens is Scott Mou's solo project. When he's not performing as Queens, he works at Other Music, performs as Jane with one of the Animal Collective guys and as 14K with Hisham (ex-Black Dice), and is also one hell of a minimal techno DJ. Queens is quiet electro-acoustic drones done very well. Mouthus just keep getting better. Two artists. Many cables. A noisey, experimental, psychik, loud, sometimes droney passionate bridge of extremes. Attempts have been made to compare them to the Dead C. Maybe. We'd like to think they are forging new directions in sound, fearlessly. "Mouthus pummel you into submission with blasts of ferocity so intense, you'll find yourself on the floor crying for mommy until you pass out and wake up the next day in a glassy-eyed haze..." (From Tinymixtapes.com) Holy Spirit was once Jesus With Me, in part. They play long, long, loud, loud, "songs" (maybe two, maybe three) with vocals, bass, drums, guitar, and a deep knowledge of world psychedlia. Imagine a well-rehearsed jam session with the people who stock the psych and garage sections at Kim's and have nearly all the (great) records in original print at home and publish records from Mouthus, Terrestrial Tones, the Space is No Place (Noise Underground) Compilation, Sightings, Axolotl, and more ... They may have to end this project and start a new one soon because they are getting too good. There is a separate cover for the 10pm and midnight shows, but if you stick around, we will not charge you twice. We have yet to hear Derek Plaslaiko spin a proper set in NYC, but what we've heard has been amazing, so we invited him to play a nice long set at the Bunker. Ghostly.com has this to say: "Derek Plaslaiko delves into the realm of dance music in which the head and body are equally active. The records he plays click and whirl inside the brain while the low end keeps the body busy. Mixing lush techno with jackin' house and a healthy dose of Detroit classics, Plaslaiko is known for his creative track selection, seamlessly woven by pin-point mixing skills that rival international DJs like Richie Hawtin, Marco Carola, and Laurent Garnier (all of whom Plaslaiko has shared deck time with). A lifelong music obsessive, Plaslaiko began DJing in 1995, becoming a regular on Detroit's weekend rave circuit. He was a virtual resident at the city's legendary Syst3m Poorboy and Analog parties, as well as the weekly resident at Motor-Detroit's Tuesday night throw-down, Family. Derek was invited by Carl Craig to play the inaugural Detroit Electronic Music Festival in 2000. Trained in the masterful arts of Motown DJing, Derek Plaslaiko is heading up yet another wave of Detroit talent poised to rejuvenate dancefloors across the globe." http://www.plaslaiko.net/ http://www.ghostly.com/ Ulysses is one of our favorite dance DJs, and we're always thrilled when he stops by the Bunker. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of dance music, and what must be an enormous record collection. He is also a great producer, with a bunch of tracks out in the past couple years on Teknotika, Plastic City, Tuning Spork Records, Memory Boy, Lasergun, and (his own imprint) Scatalogics. http://www.scatalogics.com/