Electro Body Music

The first incarnation of Das Bunker was very different than the one most of you know of today. It was a small club, a bit outside the usual part of town, and focused on the cold and dark side of industrial music. Franck H-Bomb and crew focused on a mix of classic European labels like Antler Subway, PIAS, New Zone, and Zoth Ommog  - while at the same time bringing the sounds from a new wave of young acts, to the hungry and eager audience of Southern California.  And it was from this passion for music that we all fell in love with stuff like Suicide Commando, Wumpscut, and the entire Power Noise Movement and the commitment to giving new great bands a place to perform that gave us the reputation for being THE place for industrial music.

We have evolved quite a bit in the almost two decades since then, but the passion for icy and harsh remains strong in the hands of MALDOROR. Inspired by the fictional “Bar Maldoror” where Current 93 recorded their classic live album, the club is a monthly event inspired by the same things we were  - and they deliver a amazing unique experience every time. The DJ’s (promoters G. Holger & J. Short of LA’s phenomenal Pure Ground) will spin everything from classics by XMPT, Absolute Body Control, and Clock DVA to fresh industrial, minimal synth and new body. And having already hosted shows by Burial Hex, Youth Code, and Sleep Clinic and upcoming shows with Max + Mara, High-Functioning Flesh, and Inhalt, Maldoror has firmly planted the flag as the place to see and hear the darkest and freshest that industrial music has to offer.    

Maldoror is one Sunday a month at Complex.  

My band Umbra-Penumbra's EP “When Fear Becomes Fetish” is finally up.

Go and download it, and get more music of bad quality on your iPod or MP3 player of your choice!!