One of our favorite club nights of the year, Das Bunker’s Summer Massive at Catch One was on August, 2nd 2025. Less than 2 weeks have passed but the mind and the heart have a hard time letting go.
This post is mostly a photo recap but it’s also a shout out to the Das Bunker team for continuously producing events that bring all the generations of the scene together at this generation’s clubhouse, Catch One (rip Jewel). Along with Bar Sinister, Catch One has become the defacto collection point for those who mingle and dance in the dark and industrial arts- it has been thus regardless of changes of ownership through the decades.
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The chambers and pockets and staircases of Catch One were writhing with denizens deep into the guts of the venue while the walls wobbled with bass deep into the night. The hardwood floors of the main room and foyer had a particularly nice bounce to them underneath our boots. Every room had a DJ- mostly scene favorites with an appearance by the high priest of Cum Metal, Johnny Health.
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There was a feeling of forced sensory overload fine tuning our frequencies. Our sins were washed away the moment we stepped into the noise room where bass and the sounds of synthesized gears grinding in our ears was our penance. Most were dressed to punish or to be punished but other animated oddities scurried and bopped through the venue. There was an epidemic level of ripped fishnets, trying with all their inanimate will to hold the snacks they captured in their flimsy prison. Fetish was on display by the Safeword collective of sadists and masochists. So many friends, so much good music.
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Here’s a photo recap of Das Bunker Summer Massive by photographer, Taylor Wong
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