Friday January 13
*THE BUNKER 3 YEAR ANNIVERSARY*
Special Guest:
Frivolous (Karloff, Background, Proptronix | Montreal) live pa
As a school teacher, it seemed easiest to link the unconventional
behavior of Daniel Gardner to a learning disability; prooving to
be the first in a series of failed attempts to categorize this
undefinable young artist. Grades were always mediocre at best for
the young suburban Vancouverite, until one semester a mysterious
new course emerged into a normally less than progressive
curriculum; Electronic Music Composition. Suddenly discovered
were honor roll grades, and a means to merge a captive young mind
with over a decade of communist-style classical piano training.
In 1996, won over by unified dance floors and the Detroit sound,
the 16 year old Frivolous engages in a long term love affair with
the loop and takes his first weekly residency at a downtown
Vancouver afterhours. After two successfully directionless years
in electronics and then design, and after dabbling with some
white label releases, Daniel decides to put his pride aside and
send out a demo. A CD of incomplete works were sent out as an
experiment to 5 of the most technologically innovative 12" labels
in Germany and received back were 3 requests to release the
material. "I told Andy [Vaz] that the work wasn't finished, and
the day I received his reply was the day that the test pressings
arrived for the Crankkongestion EP (Background Records), it's
just been a chain reaction since then." Today, after a long
evolution in his sound, Daniel's recording alter-ego Frivolous
captures a romanticly influenced montage of the most cutting edge
production techniques with an old soul mentality. Alongside his
still rather bizarre performances, is the incorporation of
classic instruments and vocals into an environment built on
experiments with glitchy cut-up funk and found sound. We've been
told that Frivulous's live set is a very unique not to be missed
show, and we're psyched to celebrate our 3 year anniversary with
him.
plus
resident DJs: Spinoza, kleverVice, Movement, Unjust
visual residents: Giles Hendrix, Chris Jordan
the Bunker
Fridays at subTonic
107 Norfolk Street
(212)358-7501
www.klever.org/thebunkernyc
$5, 21+, 10p-4a
UPSTAIRS:
not an official Bunker show, but our good friends Flaming Fire are playing.
Awesome band, highly recommended:
THE FLAMING FIRE WINTER SHOW
see below for details:
FLAMING FIRE
REVEREND GLASSEYE
MIRROR MIRROR
at TONIC
107 Norfolk Street
January, Friday the 13th
$8, 8 PM
EARLY SHOW: We'll go on about 9 PM SHARP
UPCOMING:
1/14: A List Party
Live: The Juan MacLean
DJs: Derek Plaslaiko, Spinoza, Low Budget, more
at Supreme Trading (Williamsburg)
free, free pbr 9p-11p
rsvp to: a-list(at)onthegomarketing(dot)com
1/20: Musique Risquée night -
Vince Lemieux (Musique Risquée | Montreal)
alka_rex (Musique Risquée, Supralinear | NYC)
1/27: Socks and Sandals Microcosm Record Release Party
Someone Else (Foundsound, Microcosm, Musik Krause | Philly) live pa
Socks and Sandals (Microcosm | NYC) live pa
Ezekiel Honig and Morgan Packard (Microcosm | NYC) live pa
2/10: Strategy (Orac, Community Library | Portland)
2/11: Wolf+Lamb & the Bunker present a Brooklyn Loft Party:
Matt John (Perlon, M_nus | Berlin) live pa
Shaun Reeves (Detroit/Berlin)
Camea (Clink | NYC)
Wolf + Lamb (NYC)
DJ Spinoza (the Bunker)
at 12 turns 13 (Clinton Hill, Brooklyn)
2/24: Kendra B Birthday Party - details TBA
3/17: Sleeparchive (Berlin)
