Description
At a time when so much techno feels like endless variations on a played-out theme, it’s heartening to know that there are still a handful of artists, labels and DJs who can combine experience, skill and forward-looking ideals in style. Step forward Jeremy P. Caulfield, who amply ticks all of the above boxes.
As proprietor of leading neuro-minimal imprint Dumb-Unit, DJ of widely-acclaimed repute, and occasional producer of stripped-back, ominous dancefloor bombs, Jeremy has emerged from his early days on the Canadian techno circuit to become a leading light of today’s underground club scene. Using his fifteen years of DJing experience as a springboard, Jeremy has utilised Dumb-Unit as a pivotal platform for the blossoming careers of artists including Butane, Lee Curtiss, Sweet N’ Candy and Seph, loosely defining a hinterland micro-scene of murky, intricate sounds that play with the darkest recesses of the mind while remaining firmly attached the propulsive drive of the dance-floor.
It’s an ambiguous definition best articulated by his series of Detached:Works mix tapes and CDs, which over the course of three volumes and 10 years neatly plots Jeremy’s evolution from sparky underground enthusiast to undisputed connoisseur of finely-tuned contemporary techno. From early residencies at Toronto’s legendary Blue and Fukhouse parties (where he knocked around with like-minded local jocks Adam Marshall, Ian Guthrie and Jeff Milligan, while playing alongside techno deities like Richie Hawtin, Derrick May and Jeff Mills), Jeremy’s established himself as one of North America’s finest DJs. In 2008 alone, alongside his residency at Watergate, (in his adopted home of Berlin) Jeremy has played nearly every weekend across the globe, including gigs at renown clubs and festivals such as Fabric, Fuse, Mutek, and the Sonne Mond Sterne Festival and tours of Japan, Australia and South America
Meanwhile, his rare but intricate rocking live shows surface every once in a while to remind us that his darkly-tinged, boiled-down beats and distantly unsettling grooves are one of the most precious jewels in the jagged DU crown. Check his killer releases Dumb-Unit, Trapez and WMF if you need any proof.
Somewhere between his smart, re-edit heavy sets, his vigorously spiky artist releases, and his scandalously consistent label, there lurks the charred, elusive heart of Jeremy P. Caulfield. The fun part is trying to find it.
RELEASES
The Cities (12″) // Trapez
Haunted Days EP (12″) // WMF Records
New Memory EP (12″) // Trapez
Runaway (12″) // Dumb Unit
Untitled (12″) // Trapez Ltd.
Cavalcade EP (12″) // Dumb Unit
Dumb Unit: Public Works (CD) // Dumb Unit
Detached [05] (CD) // Dumb Unit
Grotbox (Remixes) (12″) // Dumb Unit
Scar City (12″) // Dumb Unit
Tumble-Dry (12″) // Dumb Unit
Lacewing Puff (12″) // Dumb Unit
NEXT DATE
15 May 2010 23:00
Dumb Unit / Vakant @ Watergate Berlin, DE
22 May 2010 20:00
Dumb Unit / Vakant @ NYC New York,
28 May 2010 22:00
Dumb Unit / Vakant @ Vancouver Vancouver, British Co, CANADA
29 May 2010 23:00
Dumb Unit / Vakant @ DEMF Detroit, US
2 Jul 2010 20:00
Dumb unit / Pow ! Wow @ Weekend Berlin, Berlin, GERMANY
3 Jul 2010 23:00
Dumb-Unit @ Das Schiff Basel, 1, SWITZERLAND
23 Jul 2010 20:00
10th Anniversary Tour @ Rocker 33 Stuttgart, Baden-Würt, DE
9 Aug 2010 20:00
Kiss FM Stage @ Kazantip Republic UA
17 Sep 2010 20:00
10th Anniversary Tour @ Waagenbau Hamburg, Hamburg, DE
25 Sep 2010 23:00
10th Anniversary Tour @ Watergate Berlin, GERMANY
15 Oct 2010 20:00
10th Anniversary Tour @ Ekaterinburg Ekaterinburg, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
16 Oct 2010 23:30
10th Anniversary Tour @ Nizhni Tagil , Russia, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
20 Oct 2010 23:30
Dumb-Unit & Serialism @ Watergate,
22 Oct 2010 23:30
10th Anniversary Tour @ Harry Klein, GERMANY
5 Nov 2010 20:00
Dumb unit / Pow ! Wow @ Weekend Club Berlin, Berlin, GERMANY
13 Nov 2010 20:00
10th Anniversary Tour @ Arma 17 Moscow, RU
Source : Background Techno Experience
Elsewhere on the web
- http://www.myspace.com/jpcaulfield
- http://www.discogs.com/artist/Jeremy+P.+Caulfield
- http://www.dumb-unit.com/artist_detail.php?id=3
- http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/jeremypcaulfield
