Process Residency Night - Neutron Dance: Derek Plaslaiko all night long

Rounding out an incredible year of Neutron Dance parties, we are very excited to welcome Derek back to the club for his fourth and final residency night of 2027. This time he's settling in for a long-form all-vinyl odyssey from open to close.

A few words from Derek about the evening:

It’s funny, when the Process PDX folks asked me to do this residency, I immediately started thinking about guests, as I have a list of TONS of DJs I would love to share a night with! Little did I know, the crew actually was thinking the parties would be just me.. all night.

What an honor!

And while I have ZERO regrets on sharing those nights with 2 of my best friends (Mike Servito & BMG), I am beyond excited to go open to close with y’all for this one!

I’m fixing on playing vinyl the whole night because I have had a TON of fun going through the records that currently make up the stock of my shop, Sunsets On Wax. And, I’ve intentionally held back quite a few very special tracks specifically to play at this edition of Neutron Dance. Some I haven’t even thought of in decades, let alone played them!

So, whether you’ve attended any of the previous 3, none of them or ALL of them… I’m gonna do my best to make this one the most memorable one yet!

Come early, stay late…. Let’s have some fuckin’ FUN!!

More about Derek Plaslaiko:

Many DJs have reputations defined by a certain place and time. Not so for Derek Plaslaiko, whose 20-year career behind the decks has seen him gather a loyal fan base wherever and whenever he may be.

Some will know Derek as a favorite of the mid-90s Detroit warehouse scene, which lead to a personal invite from Carl Craig to appear at the inaugural Detroit Electronic Music Festival in 2000. Others recognize him from his near decade-long residency at The Bunker New York parties, during which time he was named “Best Techno Party DJ” by the Village Voice in 2006. Then there was the summer of 2011 spent behind the decks at Berlin’s infamous Club der Visionaere, as an honorary resident at the weekly Visionquest nights—a worthy introduction to the city he now calls home.

Of late, there is a new generation of party people who will know Plaslaiko from his extended sets (up to 12 hours) in New York, Paris, Seattle, Los Angeles and Philadelphia, or his regular appearances at clubs like Tresor, Hot Mass, Beta, Output, Smart Bar and Berghain, and festivals like Decibel, Communikey and Movement. Or some who caught his name on the flier for the No Way Back series of parties put on by Interdimensional Transmissions, the Detroit imprint that has put out several of Plaslaiko’s rare original releases, along with Perc Trax and Minus.

There are tens of thousands of others who caught on to Plaslaiko following his record-breaking 12-hour Boiler Room set, where he gave viewers a look into his living room, while friends and friend’s toddlers enjoyed the day. This landmark session properly archived the full Plaslaiko musical experience, from flawless house and techno, to hip-hop, classic rock, and whatever other musical moment this life-long record obsessive chooses to share. And let’s not forget the thousands of folks who have befriended Plaslaiko while sharing the dance floor with this committed clubber who refuses to hang out in the booth and will always skip the DJ dinner in favor of catching one of his peers behind the decks.

Wherever one picks up Plaslaiko’s story, maybe during his days dealing discs in Detroit’s famed Record Time dance room or possibly the years spent moving serious weight at Watts and Syntax Distribution, the one constant is top-shelf musical taste, as defined by Plaslaiko’s personal heroes—names like Laurent Garnier, Daniel Bell and Zip, and colleagues including Carlos Souffront, Jason Kendig and Mike Servito—and a passion for music that over-rides the usual trappings of the modern DJ industry.

This may mean to some that Plaslaiko is still unsung. But for those who know better (and there are many all over the world), praise for Derek has been sung for decades.