Artists > Derek Plaslaiko
Gigs
Dec 31 - Tresor, BerlinJan 04 - The Bunker, Brooklyn
Jan 05 - Smart Bar, Chicago
Jan 11 - IT, Detroit
Jan 12 - Inciting, Philadelphia
Feb 08 - Corsica Studios, London
Feb 09 - Panorama Bar, Berlin
Mar 01 - Untitled, Detroit
Mar 02 - tba, Los Angeles
Apr 06 - Chalet, Berlin
Apr 19 - tba, Seattle
Apr 28 - Communikey, Boulder
May 03 - Monroe, SF
May 17 - The Bunker, NYC
May 18 - Symposium, Cleveland
May 24 - TV Bar, Detroit
May 25 - Circo Loco, Detroit
Jul 27 - Smart Bar, Chicago
Aug 02 - The Bunker, Brooklyn
Aug 10 - Hot Mass, Pittsburgh
There's nothing wrong with modesty. But some DJs are too modest, and Derek Plaslaiko is one of them. As someone that has thrived in some of the most competitive scenes for electronic music in the world, he has plenty to brag about.
Plaslaiko cut his teeth in Detroit at the city's famed Record Time store, selling records to some of the city's famed DJs and producers. He took these retail experiences—Watts and Syntax were employers as well, once upon a time—and applied them to his fledgling DJ career, earning a residency at the Tuesday night weekly Family. Filling the city's Motor club on an unlikely party night is no mean feat, but Plaslaiko's keen selections and infectious energy won over the house heads in the audience. So much so that Plaslaiko was asked by Carl Craig to play at the inaugural edition of the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, as well as representing Spectral Sound around the world without ever having released a track on the label.
Eventually, Plaslaiko moved on to New York City where he quickly found himself another residency at The Bunker. As part of one of the most respected Friday night events in the city, Plaslaiko has played alongside Daniel Bell, Marcel Dettmann, Baby Ford, Alex Smoke and countless others, and even was named "Best Techno Party DJ" by The Village Voice in 2006. It was in New York as well that Plaslaiko first began to produce music, leading to his debut release in 2010 on Perc Trax, a 12-inch that was played by DJs like Peter Van Hoesen, Pfirter and Paul Woolford upon its release. Now based in Berlin, more tracks are in the works and the DJ gigs keep piling up. As we said, there's plenty to brag about. Not that he'd do it himself that is.
- Todd Burns, Resident Advisor
