Bryan Kasenic
For the past 15 years, The Bunker New York has led the way for American techno by bringing together hundreds of artists from all over the world. More than a mere techno party, The Bunker unites diverse sounds from across the electronic music spectrum, connecting the dots between house, techno, experimental sounds, and much more. 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 its launch in 2003.
Kasenic's roots in the world of music go deep. In 1993, at the age of 16, he began DJing on Carnegie Mellon’s WRCT in Pittsburgh. He went on to launch his own radio show on WNYU in 1997. The radio show, and his interest in the many weird corners of the NYC music scene, eventually morphed into the creation of a weekly email newsletter, which included noteworthy party and event listings at a time when nothing of the kind existed online. As Bryan became more established in New York City, he created Beyond Booking, the agency that would become a core part of The Bunker New York. During this time, Bryan was also a sought-after DJ, performing at parties and events on a weekly basis. Currently, Bryan also hosts a weekly show on Red Bull Music Academy Radio, featuring The Bunker's friends and family.
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Bryan is much more than a mainstay at The Bunker New York. He has also played in many of the finest clubs and venues around the world: Berghain, Panorama Bar, and Atonal Festival in Berlin; Concrete in Paris; Bassiani in Tbilisi; De School and Shelter in Amsterdam; Organik Festival in Taiwan; Output and MoMA PS1's Warm Up series in New York; Contact, Air Tokyo and Circus Osaka in Japan; Smart Bar in Chicago; the Communikey and Decibel festivals in Boulder and Seattle respectively; Public Works in San Francisco; and many more. Additionally, he has co-produced numerous events and festivals, including several years at Unsound Festival New York. Unsound is one of the leading electronic and experimental music festivals worldwide, and he subsequently brought The Bunker to Krakow, Poland, Unsound's native city.
To understand Kasenic as a DJ one needs only look back at his decades of passion promoting electronic and experimental sounds in New York, and towards the sound of the artists that have become key members of The Bunker New York family: the psychedelic, cerebral bent of Atom™, Voices From The Lake, and Reagenz; the swirling, atmospheric soundscapes of Clay Wilson, Zemi17, and Marco Shuttle; and the industrial-strength hardware dynamics of Løt.te, Mark Verbos, and Romans. 15 years after its founding, The Bunker is stronger than it has ever been and continues to grow, thanks to Kasenic's vision and effort.
Their Resident Advisor profile, in full and unedited.
Records out on The Bunker New York. — their own list on Resident Advisor
The nights
- Sat 14 NovNowadaysfirst time · Interdimensional Transmissions, The Bunker New York301 going
2026
- Sat 11 AprParagonfirst time · The Bunker New York
2025 — 2 nights
- Sat 18 Oct 2025room not announcedInterdimensional Transmissions, The Bunker New York
- Fri 16 May 2025Knockdown Centerfirst time · Pornceptual, SPIELRAUM, Whole - United Queer Festival, Wire Festival
2024 — 3 nights
- Sun 10 Nov 2024The Chocolate Factorytheir 2nd night · Interdimensional Transmissions, The Bunker New York
- Fri 21 Jun 2024Locust Grovefirst time · Crew Love, DJs For Climate Action, Future Sound Of Nature, Soul Clap
- Fri 9 Feb 2024House of Yestheir 2nd night
2023 — 4 nights
- Fri 1 Dec 2023Good Roomfirst time · The Bunker New York
- Sat 18 Nov 2023The Chocolate Factoryfirst time · Interdimensional Transmissions, The Bunker New York
- Fri 29 Sep 2023BASEMENTfirst time · basement ny
- Fri 8 Sep 2023House of Yesfirst time
Their rooms
One tick a night, on the one axis this page has — Aug 2023, where the listings start, to Jan 2027, the last night anybody has announced. The shaded end has not happened yet.
- The Chocolate FactoryNov 2023 – Nov 20242 nights
- House of YesSep 2023 – Feb 20242 nights
Once each: Paragon, Knockdown Center, Locust Grove, Good Room and BASEMENT. One of the 11 listings never named a room, and is not counted as one.
Who they play with
Counted from the bills themselves, over bills of twelve names or fewer. A pair's count includes a night that is announced and not yet played; where there is one, the row says when.
- BMGThe Chocolate Factory ×2, and 2 more rooms · Nov 2023 – Nov 2026 · together again Sat 14 Nov4 nights
- Carlos SouffrontThe Chocolate Factory ×2, and 2 more rooms · Nov 2023 – Nov 2026 · together again Sat 14 Nov4 nights
- Derek PlaslaikoThe Chocolate Factory ×2, and 2 more rooms · Nov 2023 – Nov 2026 · together again Sat 14 Nov4 nights
- ErikaThe Chocolate Factory ×2, and 2 more rooms · Nov 2023 – Nov 2026 · together again Sat 14 Nov4 nights
- Mike ServitoThe Chocolate Factory ×2, and 2 more rooms · Nov 2023 – Nov 2026 · together again Sat 14 Nov4 nights
- Patrick RussellThe Chocolate Factory ×2, and 2 more rooms · Nov 2023 – Nov 2026 · together again Sat 14 Nov4 nights
- Scott Zachariasan unnamed room ×1, Nowadays ×1, and 1 more room · Nov 2023 – Nov 2026 · together again Sat 14 Nov3 nights
The nights, the rooms and the bills are the listings themselves. The biography, the labels and the photograph are Resident Advisor's. Nothing on this page was written for it.